Re: About BLOOD with Jace Hall: "Blood - Should It Live Agai
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 01:24 pm
@Gila
The problem with Blood 1's Chosen is that they are barely existent. Mostly they are used as motivations for Caleb's revenge and to absorb their power to defeat Tchernobog. Blood 2 expands on them greatly but they still lack character depth (something which I am happy Nightmare Levels tried to improve) and they hardly matter to the shoddy plot aside from having a few allies for Caleb to talk with. Ophelia is British because I guess Monolith thought the accent was sexy or made her sound stand-offish. Gabriella I think is Creole and her NM level might be based on a Louisiana mansion. Ishmael is supposed to be Indian I think but Gabriella and Ishmael have the least amount of backstory unfortunately.
The whole of Blood 2 was less serious in tone compared to Blood 1 so if anything came off as corny (which many parts of Blood 2 are) then this was intentional. Yeah it's true, Blood 2 is an out-dated game and the glitches weren't helping matters at all but while the base game was lack-luster, I always liked it for it's potential to be very good. Blood 1 I agree is a near perfect FPS title that can be replayed numerous times akin to Doom and Duke 3D. Regarding unique skills for the Chosen, this is obviously a good idea that I am annoyed wasn't included in Blood 2. They have certain points switched around but no unique abilities.
The problem with Blood 1's Chosen is that they are barely existent. Mostly they are used as motivations for Caleb's revenge and to absorb their power to defeat Tchernobog. Blood 2 expands on them greatly but they still lack character depth (something which I am happy Nightmare Levels tried to improve) and they hardly matter to the shoddy plot aside from having a few allies for Caleb to talk with. Ophelia is British because I guess Monolith thought the accent was sexy or made her sound stand-offish. Gabriella I think is Creole and her NM level might be based on a Louisiana mansion. Ishmael is supposed to be Indian I think but Gabriella and Ishmael have the least amount of backstory unfortunately.
The whole of Blood 2 was less serious in tone compared to Blood 1 so if anything came off as corny (which many parts of Blood 2 are) then this was intentional. Yeah it's true, Blood 2 is an out-dated game and the glitches weren't helping matters at all but while the base game was lack-luster, I always liked it for it's potential to be very good. Blood 1 I agree is a near perfect FPS title that can be replayed numerous times akin to Doom and Duke 3D. Regarding unique skills for the Chosen, this is obviously a good idea that I am annoyed wasn't included in Blood 2. They have certain points switched around but no unique abilities.