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Finally getting around to playing Blood for the first time. I've been on an FPS kick and just finished Duke 3D. Anything I ought to know going into this?

>> No.8659405

>>8659402
it's not very good. then again neither is duke 3d so you'll probably love it

>> No.8659406

>>8659402
TNT + Shotgun are your bread and butter but every weapon has a niche. First chapter is the hardest for some reason and the stingiest with ammo. It'll kick your ass for a while but once you get into the groove and zoom through a level eyes glazed over like a scout in tf2 going 22-4 the game is absolutely euphoric.

>> No.8659407

>>8659402
Yeah learn to aim well with the flare gun. It will kill enemies with one shot and is useful when you are bouncing around the levels

>> No.8659412

It's much more difficult then Duke 3D so keep that in mind. Bit more strategy in the shooting compared to Duke's mostly run'n'gun.
Aside from that, very good Build game. It's horror atmosphere is super cool and the MC Caleb is a funny dude.

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>>8659402
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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>> No.8659454 [DELETED] 

>>8659405
>it's not very good. then again neither is duke 3d
Actually kill yourself.

>> No.8659457

a bit too parodic like duke. and i would have liked a less difficult version with no save states, so that it's less of a die & retry.

>> No.8659465

>>8659405
fpbp

>> No.8659587

>>8659457
>a less difficult version
When you start the game there is a difficulty selection option.

>> No.8659765

>>8659457
Honestly past episode 1 you can play it ironman pretty reasonably on lightly broiled.

>> No.8659768

>>8659402
well done is not equivalent to hurt me plenty and come get some, you don't have any business trying it on a first playthrough.

>> No.8659779

Superb game - also really dug the "mission packs".

>> No.8659986

>>8659402
I finished Duke Nukem 3D on the hardest difficulty, i had issues with Blood on the hardest difficulty on the first level.
Not a bad game tho, just to consider that the difficulty spike is big

>> No.8660628

>>8659402
Ducking actually avoids a lot of enemy attacks.

>> No.8661295
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>> No.8661417

Shadow Warrior and Blood both have retarded difficulty levels where it goes from being piss easy to incredibly hard and unfun, you can do custom difficulty levels but the second to hardest difficulty and the hardest difficulty for Blood and Shadow Warrior respectively are the genuine real ways to play the game and save scumming or googling secrets means you didn't play it

>> No.8661573

>>8659402
Ya the story behind it makes no sense

>> No.8661936

>>8659402
its hard as fuck but very good.

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>>8659402
You should know that there are different types of damage towards enemies, stone gargoyles are weak to magic and hell hounds are weak to electricity

>> No.8662130

>>8661417
The original release of Blood is buggy so that only one of the difficulty levels works correctly and the others are too hard. The bug was never fixed because the developers were amateurs and didn't care. Despite having a interesting concept and setting they could not make good FPS mechanics to save their life

>> No.8662290

>>8662130
There was a bug where if you played on the easiest setting, saved and loaded it'd somehow load up in the hardest setting. I can't recall if it worked the other way as well.

>>8659402
Play using BuildGDX

>> No.8662294

Watch out for those hands that crawl around on the ground and choke you. When I played it in DOSBox for some reason the "shake them off" button didn't work so getting choked was instadeath. You can use dynamite or the flare gun alt-fire to kill them. And you can bunny hop across them if you're desperate, although this isn't 100% effective.

>> No.8662542

>>8659402
Sell it. It's overrated garbage.

>> No.8663229

>>8662542
your mom is overrated garbage

>> No.8663231

>>8659402
You'll learn how to pretend to like bad games for internet cred.

>> No.8663376

Lots of butthurt fags itt

>> No.8663460

dynamite in the first room

>> No.8664918

>>8659402
That you're going to have a lot of fun.

>> No.8665747

>>8662290
nblood is better

>> No.8665750

>>8659402
6 keys
SIX KEYS!

>> No.8665776

>>8659402
>Anything I ought to know going into this?
Like most shooters from that time, the higher difficulties increase the amount of enemy spawns and damage you take. Unlike other shooters, the higher difficulties give them more health and better accuracy as well.
>>8662290 recommends GDX. It has some custom difficulty sliders if you want to say, have the enemy spawns from the highest difficulty while having health from the medium difficulty.

>> No.8665960

>>8665747
save games bugged to hell and back so i ended up using raze