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Has problems with Windows XP

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It is really a shame that this game was never updated for windows XP. You can run most of the features, but the practice shooting range no longer works and this is an important feature. You need to practice to do well in solving the puzzles. I wrote to them a while back but they showed no interest in providing a fix. I guess they made their money and don't care.

This shouldn't be considered a game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: February 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I had high expectations when I bought this game. However, I was extremely disappointed to find out that it's hardly a game at all. Minimal skill and effort is required to get from scene to scene. I can only assume that all the good reviews for this game are from the people who had an obsession with the movie and are just excited to now own the computer-game version. I wish I'd never spent my money on this, it is the single worst computer game purchase I have ever made.

Like watching a movie, and occasionally clicking a mouse...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: May 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I must be the only person in the entire world who didn't like this game. Sure, the graphics are great, and it's really fun to be able to walk around in the world of one of my favorite movies of all time.

But...

Is the game really good? Let's compare. In what I consider to be a good RPG/adventure game, you would have complete freedom to go where you want, talk to whom you want, figure out the mystery on you own terms, just like real life. However, in Blade Runner, nothing is available until someone mentions it, or until you "discover" it. Several times I had a certain submystery figured out and could have moved on, but the game wouldn't let me because I hadn't done such and such yet.

What this means is that the entire game boils down to moving your mouse back and forth across the screen until the cursor changes, clicking, moving on to the next scene, and doing the same thing again. Point and click, point and click. Imagine watching a movie that every few minutes you have to press a button to move on to the next scene. That's all this game is. Player input is minimal, and the game practically runs itself.

I was sure that after not reading a single bad review ANYWHERE, Hmmm...

If not for the ending(s), it would be a 5 star game.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 18 / 23
Date: November 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is really great, despite one or two "little" problems. The plot, the characters, the vision of the future... One of the few movie sequel-type games that uses its name to the fullest. Even if you haven't seen the movie, this game's well worth the $$ for anyone who likes a well-formed adventure story. This game claims to be real time, but it's not really (at least in the sense of The Last Express and other well-formed real time adventure games). Still, it's really fun, and you usually do things at your own pace. This makes this particular game more fun and enjoyable than its real time counterpart could ever be. I think the only major mistake this game has is that it's too darn hard to get any of the endings you haven't already seen. After you've seen one, you've probably seen all of the ones you can reasonably access without changing your playing habits way too much. And, some of the prerolled aspects of the game (i.e., who's a Replicant and who's not) are completely random (obviously, they're **prerolled**), and therefore you could get the same ending over and over and **over** again without knowing why. And, no, this is not an exaggeration. I've probably played the game five times, and I've only seen three of (supposedly) seven endings. One of these endings was so revolting I couldn't bear to watch it (not violence wise, more... plain old disgusting wise; you'll know it when you see it). All three of these endings were available through different paths the first time I played, so I just saved and saw them all the **first** stinking time. Anyway, I keep playing it again and again to see the other endings, and, frankly, it gets old.

To conclude, it's a good game, and, if you can bear playing it about a billion times, you can take advantage of all the annoyingly hard to get endings.

Blade Runner

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 19
Date: March 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott was a strange sci-fi movie. I thought that it is funny how people in the 80's have viewed the Los Angeles in 2019. We know that nothing like that is going to happen. Genetically engineered superhumans used for slavery in not likely to happen in the near future. I thought is was also funny how Harrison Ford was supposed to discard of the Androids but instead he falls in love with one of them. I never did understand why she did not die when the others did. They are only supposed to live life half of what we do. This movie also makes you think. Like at the end when he was talking about the android that saved him. He said that they were searching for the same answers that we are. Like why are we here, what is our purpose, ect. Doesn't that make you wonder. And another thing that puzzles me about the movie is, why did the android save his life?

Great game, and serves the purpose of a sequel.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Alright everyone, you can stop bothering Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott about a Blade Runner sequel. Look no further than your local software store. BR: The Game effectively recreates the world of L.A.- 2019, and, though you don't play as Rick Deckard, does include many of the movie's characters. The environment in which a player is immeresed is designed beautifully, and gives the same forlorn-city feel as the film. It's great that the humans/replicants aren't constant from game to game, providing multiple outcomes and new surprises. However, there are only four stars up there, not five. My reason is that this game is less of a detective adventure as walking around, talking, and picking things up. It doesn't require much deduction on the player's part. Despite that, Blade Runner is certainly worth it's price, and has great scenery, without needing graphics acceleration. Replicants are walking the streets... find them!

I like it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: February 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Looking at the cover of this game I would have assumed it to be more bang-bang and low on plot. I was pleasently surprised. You take on the role of the main character, flying, running and interacting with the environment at a speed that you desire. It doesn't have the graphic beauty of say Myst, but it is dark, futuristic and sexy non the less (some scenes are a little adult). It's easy to get addicted to this game, and look forward to whats around the corner. Solving this game is not super difficult I would rate it's difficulty as low to medium. It does the movie justice and is alot of fun.

Average game that's incredibly immersive.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There are two things to think about when talking about this game. One is the game mechanics themselves and one is the execution of the look and feel of the game. On the former the game lacks, but as far as the way the game looks and sounds you will be hard pressed to find a computer game that puts you this deeply into a franchise. Blade Runner is this kind of game.

Westwood Studios decided to take a stab at the Blade Runner franchise and make a game so true to the movie that you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. I think they succeeded in this. They do it in three ways: Plot or story structure, visuals and sound. All of which holds onto an important credo: be true to the source material.

The plot itself puts you in the Blade Runner world as a Rep Detec (a Blade Runner) on the hunt for a group fugitive replicants. Apparently this is all happening at the exact same time as the movie events as well (kinda like two different cases going on in the department). The mood and manner of the story is well done and they brought in a wealth of talent to do with voice acting, including a few from the original movie (Sean Young, Brion James, William Sanderson and more). Add some really nice cut scenes and you get a pretty theatrical experience. One "scene" where you walk out of your apartment balcony so see the city streets and skyline is almost worth playing the game alone.

The visuals are stunning for when the game was made. Actually they still are. The backgrounds are pre-rendered with some interaction here and there. While that sounds like it makes a rather static game it does mean when you walk into a familar Blade Runner movie location you REALLY feel it. Down to the little details the background visuals really inspire.

While the visuals are great I think what really makes the difference in this game is the sound. I think this game takes full advantage of having 32 channels of audio, and if it doesn't it sure does sound like it. Every location you go to is filled with environmental sounds. This more than anything else sucks you into the setting. Add to that the occasional cues from the Vangelis soundtrack (which mixes in perfectly by the way), PLUS the incredible voice acting, and the audio experience in breathtaking. Even with two speakers it's incredible. Add some surround sound and you will get lost in the game.

Okay that's all the good stuff about the game, but I did say the actual game play was merely average. I meant that. The game is incredibly static. While you can travel all over the place and see the beautiful sites and sounds (which is a good thing if you think about it) the game will not progress until you take a specific action or interview a specific person. You play a detective in the game, but since the game is so linear you really don't get a chance to stretch your detecting skills much.

Also while the backgrounds and static images or animations are incredible Westwood made a compromise and decided to reduce the resolution of the items that are more dynamic so more people with "average" systems at the time could enjoy the game. The end result is you are a very pixelated character and the characters you interact with are just as pixellated. While shading is not too bad on your pixelled self any time you compare with the backgrounds the difference is painfully obvious.

So the game had pixelled characters and VERY linear gameplay. That's not the reason to get it. The reason to buy Blade Runner is to get yourself immersed in the Blade Runner universe. This, more than anything else, is what the accomplishes in spades.

I give it a four

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I just liked the whole breakdown of this game. I haven't seen the movie or read the book...but after this game I am going to check out both.

I can't explain it very well...it's a mix between the old Phillip Marlowe Detective Stories and 12 Monkeys.

A great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I'd like to say when I bought this game I was amazed at how complicated it was. It was hard for me personally, so I had to go on line and get hints. After I started to get a little better at it I soon got addicted to it. If you like solving mysteries there's no doubt you'll like this game. It has pretty good graphics and runs smoothly. Every once in a while a bug comes up, but other than that, there's no freezing or anything. This game takes place in the future in L.A. You play police detective Ray McCoy. Lateley there's been signs of outer world activity,A.K.A.[Nexus 6's]. Your main objective is simple, find them and kill them. At some points the game can turn in to a scavenger hunt because you look for lots of clues. That's usually the case in lots of games that you play a detective, cop, FBI agent,ect. Overall the game is good. There could be more action, but because you look for lots of clues so it's limited. You should buy this game if your up for a challenge and like mystery games. Just be aware that there's no cheats for this game.

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