The Mediocre Zone | Bloodline Uśpione zło (2004) a game that wanted to redefine the horror genre
Bloodline back when it came, was one of those unique horror games ... mixing adventure sections with combat ... with a first person camera ... now this niche is over saturated in 2018 but back in 2004 , this was fresh ... but what it did right was the overwhelming sense of intrigue that made you continue ... placing events that sparked your interest in fine moments ... but then we get to the gameplay ...
First of , you have to SET YOUR ATTACK BUTTON in your config screen that's not set by default to your first mouse button ... more like you cant set it correctly , i used F ... this is super sensitive because this game has ... wait for it ... 3 USE BUTTONS ... facepalm ... one manipulates the 3D environment , One Uses your items that are in your Inventory and places them in your quick inventory, One Uses those items in your Quick inventory on the 3D environment .... pure over complex madness ...
Not to mention this game has a bug with vanishing items that can screw you up ... and you will be stuck ... speaking about getting stuck , that exclamation mark on the upper left means there is a Important event here to progress the story line ... the problem is until you find it , you cannot exit the location ... even if you miss the item to progress , hahahaha ... pure madnesses
So what about exiting the map ... well those loads of those map are ... well ... well ... well ... they take from 2 to 5 min long... and its not a CPU core count issue or drive speed or memory management ... it simply a unoptimised engine hahahaha ...
So what about the combat ... seeing that you saw me open the Console and entering the UnlimitedAmmo thing ... its crap ... so crap that the option of removing monsters from the maps did sparked my mind , but then it will break the game and you will not be able to progress ... same if you get immortal ... if you ask whats so wrong about the combat well ... its not the combat itself , but the respawn of enemies that is just instant ... breaking the enjoyment from this game ... that gets better after some sections
So controls are broken , inventory also , you have to cheat to progress and the enemies respawn is a mess ... and loads of each map take 2 to 5 min ... no matter the system ... so why is this not a crap game , the journey into the unknown in this is good ...and to me it was a Czech game that wanted to reinvent the horror Genre (like Nosferatu did)... but its production quality killed this for some
#PC
#Bloodline
#Horror