In BloodRayne, you are a young woman named Rayne. However, you are not an
ordinary young woman, you are a Dhampir, a half vampire born of a human mother.
As a Dhampir, you possess many of the strengths of a vampire, while being free
of many of the weaknesses. When you were a teenager you were recruited by
the Brimstone Society, a secret organization devoted to protecting the world
from supernatural threats, and became known as Agent BloodRayne. Your
latest mission will take you deep into the Louisiana swamps on what appears to
be a standard zombie attack, but soon embroils you in a Nazi plot to use the
power of the occult to realize their dreams of world dominance.
Agent
BloodRayne's
vampire heritage endows her with a whole host of special powers. First of
all, she is incredibly agile, and has the ability to jump, leap, and flip like a
gymnast on the moon. She is armed with large silver blades attached to her
forearms and dagger-heeled (literally) boots, and these combined with her
agility turn her into a slashing machine of death. As you progress through
the game, you'll gain higher level attacks that will allow you to string combos
together to unleash an even more lethal flurry of blades.
As you attack enemies with your, you will build up a blood lust in Agent
BloodRayne. This can then be unleashed as a blood rage, which make Agent
BloodRayne move faster and allows her to use special combo attacks.
Agent BloodRayne also gains additional supernatural senses as the game
progresses. Aura sense allows you to see enemies and their state of
health, even in darkness and fog. It also provides a spectral glow around
objectives, to guide you in your missions. Extruded view allows you to see
far in the distance, and doubles as a sniper attack. Dilated perception is
by far the most interesting of the enhanced vision modes. It allows you to
slow time around you to the point where you can watch the paths of bullets and
avoid them. Run sideways with guns blazing, add a flip, and suddenly you
are in The Matrix. Sure, it's been done in other games, but it
looks really good in this one. Dilated perception is an innate ability, so
once you gain it you can use it to your heart's content as there is not timer or
energy associated with it. It can be a heck of a lot of fun to do a
somersault into a mass of Nazi soldiers and then kick in the dilated perception
just before your blades strike.
Probably the most famous of vampire traits is their ability to gain sustenance
by sucking blood. Agent BloodRayne is no exception to this, and you can
pounce on nearby enemies to suck their blood. This replenishes your health
while removing all life from your victim. For those enemies that keep
their distance, you have a harpoon and chain which can be used to impale your
enemies and bring them in close for a quick snack.
Agent BloodRayne can also use more conventional weapons such such as pistols,
shotguns, machine guns, and even the occasional panzerfaust. Weapon
management is pretty much automatic. You'll automatically pick up and arm
weapons you come across, discard them when they are out of ammo, and will
auto-aim at the nearest enemy. All that's left for you to do is to pull
the trigger. While busting into a room with both guns blazing in different
directions looks exciting, the simple fact is that it does take some of the
sport out of it.
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