Anyone else like BloodRayne 1 better?

[Axel The Vampire Slayer]

Maybe it's just me but I'm not finding BR2 to be that much of an improvement over the first one quite frankly. I still like the game and enjoy it but I feel that BR1 was more fun in terms of combat and gameplay mechanics.

Slaying Nazis is a lot more fun and satisfying than generic goth girls and guys in my opinion for one and I don't really like the level design in this game much, it leaves a lot to be desired. The stun-lock is also a major problem with this game too and sucks the fun out of a lot of the gameplay for me and I find the actual locomotion movement to be strange, almost sluggish at times too.

I much prefer the quick snappiness of the first game over the movement in 2, and I also miss the wall spin break mechanic. Using the spear hook is a lot of fun though.

[JacobDannAlexx.]

I like it better. From many point of view. The atmosphere is much cooler, the location and settings are much better. And the combat is nowhere near as flawed and bugged. Sure, the second has a lot more moves and combos for the character but what's the point if there almost never work as they should? The first one is simply better. The way Rayne is portrayed is also better.

[Axel The Vampire Slayer]

Yep definitely agree with you on all points

[Yes JewishMastersOfTheUniverse]

are they going to fix the game or should i keep it on my ignore list? would like some updates to turn the frown upside down. (i mean 2, of course... vampire games have a lot of potential)

[Axel The Vampire Slayer]

Originally posted by TheIncredibleNeoNEET commander:

are they going to fix the game or should i keep it on my ignore list? would like some updates to turn the frown upside down. :RevengeCthulhu: (i mean 2, of course... vampire games have a lot of potential)

Fix what exactly? Also you should start a separate thread for this lol, it's unrelated to mine.

[Random Rogue]

Yeah, I can see that. Problem is that all the Bloodrayne games(1, 2 and Betrayal) are fundamentally different in terms of tone, story and gameplay aspects, whilst having their pros and cons differ from one another.
They're all good games for their time period. For the most part I guess it's just a preference or nostalgia or types of games players are more accustomed to.
Example:
For every person saying they loved the open ended level design of BR1 and disliked the strict linearity of BR2's levels, there will be another stating that the open levels in BR1 didn't really add anything other than empty space with little reason for exploration.

[dprog1995]

Originally posted by Random Rogue:

Yeah, I can see that. Problem is that all the Bloodrayne games(1, 2 and Betrayal) are fundamentally different in terms of tone, story and gameplay aspects, whilst having their pros and cons differ from one another.
They're all good games for their time period. For the most part I guess it's just a preference or nostalgia or types of games players are more accustomed to.
Example:
For every person saying they loved the open ended level design of BR1 and disliked the strict linearity of BR2's levels, there will be another stating that the open levels in BR1 didn't really add anything other than empty space with little reason for exploration.

I agree.

I personally prefer the way Bloodrayne 1 handled the guns but I prefer the other stuff in BR 2.(Especially the melee combat and having different finishing moves)

[Himitsu]

Generic goth girls? take that back!

[Hydra_360ci]

I hated the mech portion of the first game. And DMC 1 & 3 are still better... as well as Bayonetta and Neir 2. Also, the PC version was broken for decades. Wasn't till this redux that someone finally fixed the power line running and restored the chase section that was present in the PS2 version.

[Random Rogue]

Originally posted by Himitsu:

Generic goth girls? take that back! :SpectreSmile:

I thought they were just Vampire Thralls lol... come to think of it, I always forget that you can enthrall enemies late in the game.

[Elder_Moloch]

I liked BR1 more, but a bit. BR2 made me more angry/frustrated/have mixed feelings due to some things like bugs, hardcore elements and weird approach, if you want to upgrade you HP/Rage bar first. But I still liked it overall, especially with taking into account that you can start New Game+ basically and forget about hardcore part mostly.

[Himitsu]

Originally posted by Random Rogue:

Originally posted by Himitsu:

Generic goth girls? take that back!

I thought they were just Vampire Thralls lol... come to think of it, I always forget that you can enthrall enemies late in the game.

I don't think they are vampires; it's funny because they're as attractive, if not more attractive than Rayne and have very cute personalities.