Reader reviews for Blade Runner page 2

Don’t get me wrong, the game starts nicely and it has this beautiful Vangelis music but then it goes on filling up your journal with tons of information and the map with dozens over dozens of locations. You stop for a day or two to do something else and if you return you have to read again most of it to get back on track in a proper way. Don’t get me wrong, it might be easier if you do it non-stop, but if you do it in portions it’s full of disconnects to the flow. It should be an 101 no-no for future and modern games.
Not only that, but it’s also filled with plenty of problematic puzzles that are neither bugged or theoretically difficult, but they become difficult because the map is huge and one may not know what the writers thought it would happen later.
But apart from that it was an enjoyable game and the dynamic nature of its script was admirably complex (that wasn’t tedious).
Ah, it also went too abruptly to some new characters in the end. Here you are, going very slowly and methodically investigating 2 or 3 characters and bang here are some new guys in your life that just throw everything directly at you, the end.
i.e. The movie was nice also because it had a nice soothing flow, being all Detective Supercomplexity in the end wasn’t “impossible” but it wasn’t enjoyable. (And don’t put stupid killer rats in a game like this again.)

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Time Played: 10-20 hours

This is a really good companion experience to the 1982 film. Made in 1997, this game perfectly captures the feel of the Blade Runner world that the film portrays—and that’s no easy feat. You play a different Blade Runner, Ray McCoy, but occasional references to Deckard are included. The approach of telling a different story set in the same world worked well.

The art direction is absolutely outstanding and except for looking a little patchy, holds up well by today’s standards better than you might think. The sweeping screen transitions look great. I don’t remember seeing this effect used even in newer games. It comes across looking ahead of it’s time.

The voice acting is amazingly strong and adds a whole lot to the overall experience. Much more than in most adventure games!

At times the story was a bit complex and difficult to follow & overall the game is a bit on the short side.

I’m personally not a fan of adventure games having multiple endings based on your choices throughout the game. Blade Runner has 13 different endings, which is pretty extreme! I know it means replay value is enhanced, but I never feel like replaying significant portions again after I’ve finished it the first time. So instead I just watched a few of the other endings on youtube

But overall this really is a fantastic achievement in adventure gaming.

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Time Played: 5-10 hours