Commander Blood
| Commander Blood | |
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Mindscape[2] | |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS[2] |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure[2] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Commander Blood is a science fiction adventure game that was developed by Cryo, a French company that also created Captain Blood (released in 1988). Designed to run on MS-DOS, Commander Blood was released in 1994. The Big Bug Bang, the sequel to Commander Blood, was released in 1996, and was available in French only.
Plot
Bob Morlock, a biomechanical mastermind, is the founder of a massive company called Kanary. Thanks to scientific advances, Morlock is the oldest being in existence. Knowing his time in this universe is nearing an end, he would like to see the Big Bang and the beginning of the universe. Kanary's Clone Consortium branch builds Commander Blood in order to help Morlock achieve his goal. Commander Blood is placed on a high-tech ship, the Ark, and aided by Honk, Blood's onboard computer personality; the ORXX, Blood's biomechanical 'clone'; Olga, Blood's onboard translator; a radio, television set; and other technology.
Gameplay
Communication with the game's characters is carried on clicking on a series of words that serve as topics. Captain Blood utilized UPCOM (an icon-based communication system), while Commander Blood makes use of a multiple-choice conversation system, in which players click through word-choices in order to learn more information. Players traverse both time and space as they enter black holes in the search for the Big Bang.
Development
Graphics
The game focuses on Commander Blood's interactions with the denizens of the worlds players travel to in search for the Big Bang. Thus, the game makes use of complex
Sound
The game makes use of original scores by the French composers
Release
A port for the
Critical reception
Commander Blood was said to have the graphics and music that its prequel, Captain Blood, did not possess. It was also praised for having a play which is ‘written with great humor.’ However, it was also criticised for not allowing the commander to go to all possible planets in the universe just as you could in its prequel.[15]
References
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