Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Sep 27, 2021

  Awesome and challenging action platformer featuring a sexy red headed dhampir slicing up all manner of evil. Combat is difficult but rewarding with a nice feeling of satisfaction when you nail a sick combo. Fun campaign mode, nice art style, and an amazing soundtrack! Some of the platforming bits felt a bit clunky or perhaps the precision required just rustled my jimmies but otherwise a great game!
• gamedeal user

  Jun 29, 2014

  The atmosphere, music, style etc all are A+. I could not wait to play, and enjoyed the first half of the game. Now for the bad. The game eats inputs. For a platforming game that eats your jump inputs when holding right half the time is unacceptable and becomes completely unplayable towards the end of the game when timing multiple jumps becomes necessary to complete the level. For the first half missing a jump isnt the end of the world, but still can be frustrating. Second major issue is hitbox detection. Getting hit by things not touching your characters image, being able to stand half into spinning saws without being hurt, falling through platforms that you jump on, or even taking spike damage from the top edge of the platform, but not the spike part you can jump off of... Third some of the abilities/moves not intuitive. The game also does not say a controller is recommended. I would argue its STRONGLY recommended. I may purchase on psn to see if using a controller solves this. Now doing a high jump involves running, releasing ALL keys, then pushing jump, but only if Rayne is sliding, if she just comes to a stop she will only do a regular jump. This mechanic is balls. Lastly, I love the concept, music and its fun once you get used to the controls even on keyboard. It pains me to not recommend the game, but with the game eating your jump command, and it being necessary to do many timed jumps in succession to complete some levels, I just cant in good faith tell people to pay money for this. If they patch the game I could see this being a thumbs up, 9/10 or 10/10 Please buy now review.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 26, 2014

  Great combat and level design. solid mechanics. fantastic OST. the only problem i had was on chapter 15 with the pulsing overlay making it hard to see what exactly was going on without dying to it first. making the entire chapter a nightmare. very solid otherwise.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 11, 2023

  Review from fresh bites version: It's pretty hard to play a 2d side scroller with bad controls since you want precision in your movements.
• gamedeal user

  May 5, 2015

  Pros: Good art style. music is ok, despite the same track playing over and over again presentation is decent enough for a middle market game... and that's about it Cons: Samey environments; the first five levels are in what seems to be in a castle Gameplay is EXTREMELY repetitive even for what it is. Level design is piss poor, the scoring system doesn't make any sense (how is it that i can get a f on one level and make sure i do well and play like crap on another and get a c?) Enemy types are too repeated new enemies are added but by the time they do you've lost interest. Bloodrayne as a character is cool and she's overdue for a new proper game. But not like this. If you like these kinds of games (which i do btw), and don't mind the awkward jumping mechanics, the lack of a duck feature (because you know how much dhampirs can't duck) the pointless bird sections of the game and the difficulty of the game and the lack of options.. then yeah get it.. for cheap because it's not worth 10 dollars. i paid 2 for it and that was fair. By and large it's not horrible or broken, but too mediocre to matter.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 5, 2015

  Nice art, barely existent animation. The game plays like a budget Castlevania, which sounds great as a concept, but the unbelievably stiff controls keep me from saying the game is "good". Every movement and attack feels stilted and slippery, and as the game throws more and more death traps at you it's not something you adapt to; it's just bad. It's certainly a challenge, but it's much more a test of patience and willingness to put up with frustration than a test of skill or memorization. The soundtrack is pure generic butt rock that's just cheesy enough to be enjoyable, though it could use a few more tracks. Overall Bloodrayne Betrayal is forgettable aside from the fact that I somehow powered my way through it. Don't bother unless you've mastered the hundreds of better platformers that are available and you kind of hate yourself.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 26, 2015

  alot of people say this game isnt worth it let me tell you why it is. its a fun game. granted, its not very deep. more akin to a flash game (back when flash games were good), but it does its job well at keeping you interested and wanting more. it doesnt have the deep complex fighting of say streetfighter or skullgirls, but its varied, fast paced and fun. the art is beautiful, no one has qualms about that. the best way i can put this is, at its most its 10 bucks (on sale now for a dollar). for that 10, you get a good way to kill time. you get a game more akin to a game youd play on your snes back in the day. you get the game you play when you are waiting for the pizza, or the download to finish. 10 bucks doesnt get you alot anymore, and even the 60 buck games arent really too deep. but if you spend your 10 bucks here, youll have a game you can pick up whenever you want a light game to play "in the meantime" for everyone who understands what i mean.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 10, 2016

  If you are familiar with the Bloodrayne series, then I must first warn you that it plays nothing like the previous games, an open mind is required should you decide to purchase. This is a challenging platform brawler that has 15 stages in total, not a Metroidvania with free roam. You can obtain secret skulls that can extend your life bar or bullet count, but you won’t unlock new move sets or level up. In terms of [u]graphics[/u], I feel the screenshots didn’t do it much justice. While it may look like a flash game in still frames, the animation is extremely smooth and pleasant to look at. The stage backdrops are detailed and befitting in most cases, while the blood splatters never gets old. I do have some gripes on the lack of variety though, as every single enemy of the same type will look the same every time, not even a colour swap, this was just plain lazy. Contrary to popular belief, the [u]controls[/u] are fine; they just require very precise timing to pull off properly. I managed to complete the game using a keyboard, while countless speed runners did it on Youtube with various controllers. This is a case of casual gamers spoiled by handholding mechanics, blaming the controls when they just need to git gud. [u]Music[/u] is where this game really shined, every track was pumped full of adrenaline and atmospheric, the ending song "Cursed Dawn" was especially memorable. Sound effects are numerous but very distinctive from one another, I can perfectly tell what was happening amidst the chaos just by listening alone. The game even came with a whole set of 8-bit soundtracks as an Easter egg, so it is virtually impossible to complain in this criteria. The only downside to this game came from the [u]level design[/u], which is admittedly a little repetitive. There were too many spike, acid and cannon ball traps laden across later stages; almost to the point of annoyance. The difficulty scale is mostly justified in lieu with the game’s progression, but the 13th stage was just completely evil and totally uncalled for. It got a lot of people to rage quit at that point which I can relate with. Whoever designed that stage was just sadistic. In conclusion I feel I must recommend this title to anyone who’s up for a challenge, it is very underrated and often blamed for the wrong reasons. It may not be a canon entry to the series, but it has enough merits to stand on its own.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 18, 2016

  If I made a list of things I think constitute bad video game controls, almost everything about BloodRayne Betrayal's controls would be on it. Confronted with every option of doing something to make the game flowing and fun, or making it feel numb and clunky, they seem to have opted for the latter. It doesn't matter starting out. The game is gorgeous and has a modestly budgeted feel that makes it quite easy to forgive and even like initially. More maneuvers are introduced before long, and although it wears thin eventually, you have a decent amount of combat options to mix things up and express yourself with that stuff. But when they take what is a fairly functional 2D brawler and apply it to platforming sections, it just turns into a miserable experience. Not miserable because it's impossible - it's not - miserable because there's absolutely nothing fun or stimulating about the arbitrary gameplay segments they force on you. They are just a chore. If you simply describe those sections to somebody - that you're asked to bounce on enemies to keep afloat while fighting other enemies - it sounds challenging and fun because you imagine that the controls are suitably responsive, but boy they sure aren't. Truth is I really wanted to like this. It looks really, really cool and it's a fun and clever use of the license. There are plenty of moments when it's easy enough to gloss over its issues and enjoy, but when you first pick it up, the game immediately feels less snappy and responsive than you want a game like this to feel, and before it's over it asks you to perform precision movement that make its shortcomings impossible to ignore.
• gamedeal user

  May 31, 2016

  I really enjoyed BloodRayne 1 and 2. They had fun over the top action, a decent storyline, and generally good graphics for their time. BloodRayne (along with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines) may very well be the best in this very small genre of vampire video games. I had seen the mixed reviews for BloodRayne: Betrayal on Steam and elsewhere, but being a fan of the franchise, I decided to check it out anyway. Unfortunately, much of the criticism is well-founded. The two major criticisms of the game were its controls, and its unbalanced difficulty. The controls are not as responsive as you’d expect in a 2D platformer. You’ll often find yourself positioning yourself at just the right location to suck an enemy’s blood, or finding just the right timing to execute certain basic attacks. Now about the difficulty, I’m not usually one to complain if a game is too hard. Although the game has a higher than normal level of difficulty throughout, every once in a while you’ll reach a level that is just so ridiculous, that you may question whether it’s really worth your time trying to beat it considering that the game isn’t that good in the first place anyway. These two criticisms are unfortunate, because I think that had the controls been more responsive and the difficulty more balanced this may have turned out to be a great addition to the BloodRayne series. If you were a fan of the first two games like me, you will probably pick this up anyway in which case I’d recommend waiting for a sale. If you are new to the BloodRayne franchise, I would recommend passing on BloodRayne: Betrayal and picking up BloodRayne 1 and 2 instead.