BloodRayne

BloodRayne Description

A cross-breeding of Tomb Raider and Wolfenstein seems to be the concept behind this latest third-person adventure from Vivendi. The resulting game sees a generously-endowed, foxy female protagonist embark on a quest to investigate some rather mysterious supernatural goings on within Nazi Germany. As the full story goes, in the years between the World Wars, Agent BloodRayne works as a killing machine for a top-secret fraternity that hunts down and destroys supernatural threats. Two missions, five years apart, turn out to be connected by one particular man who, for years, has been searching for powerful occult relics to bring Germany into a new age of domination. Agent BloodRayne must face this man's elite Nazi army to prevent them from releasing creatures of unfathomable terror onto the world in their unwavering quest for the relics. Taking control of the fiery heroine, players travel across such locales as the backwater bayous of Louisiana, a mysterious temple in Argentina and a vampire-infested German cathedral, discovering and subsequently disposing of hordes of mutated humans and swamp creatures. Being half-human, half-vampire, this is not such a daunting task - as well as exuding sex appeal, charm and style, Agent BloodRayne is also endowed with a range of supernatural powers. She can suck victims' blood to maintain her health, use slow motion, zoom and aura visions to assist in combat, and also pull off an assortment of useful acrobatics. Adding to the already fast-paced gameplay, the control system allows players to target multiple enemies at the same time, one with each hand. The process of picking up and dropping weapons is also automatic, thus optimising your inventory and also keeping the action going. You can use and carry any weapon that your enemy uses, including guns, explosives and rocket launchers. You also wield a harpoon knife that allows you to reel in distant victims to feed on. Sounds pretty gruesome? Well yes, but when you've got Nazis intent on ruling the world, you just can't take these things lightly.