Blade Runner (1997) (VG)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

Joseph D. Kucan

Writers:

Hampton Fancher (1982 screenplays)
David Webb Peoples (1982 screenplays)

Release Date:

3 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Action

Plot:

You play a blade runner investigating a series of violent replicant crimes, only to discover far more than you bargained for.

Plot Keywords:

Replicant | Police | Futuristic | Cyberpunk | Based On Film

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Martin Azarow	...	Dino Klein (voice)
Lloyd Bell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mark Benninghoffen	...	Ray McCoy (voice)
Warren Burton	...	Runciter (voice)
Gwen Castaldi	...	Dispatcher / Newscaster (voice)
Signy Coleman	...	Dektora (voice)
Gary Columbo	...	General Doll (voice) (as Gary Colombo)
Jason Cottle	...	Luthur / Lance / Photographer (voice)
Timothy Dang	...	Izo (voice) (as Tim Dang)
Gerald Deloff	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lisa Edelstein	...	Crystal Steele (voice)
Gary L. Freeman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jeff Garlin	...	Lieutenant Edison Guzza (voice)
Eric Gooch	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Javier Grajeda	...	Gaff (voice) (as Victor Gardell)
Mike Grayford	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Michael Grayford)
Gloria Hoffmann	...	Mia (voice)
James Hong	...	Dr. Chew (voice)
Kia Huntzinger	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Anthony Izzo	...	Officer Leary (voice)
Brion James	...	Leon (voice)
Shelly Johnson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Terry Jourden	...	Spencer Grigorian (voice)
Jerry Kernion	...	Holloway (voice)
Joseph D. Kucan	...	Crazylegs Larry (voice)
Jerry Lan	...	Murray (voice)
Michael B. Legg	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Michael Legg)
DeMarlo Lewis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tse Cheng Lo	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Etsuko Mader	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mohanned Mansour	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Karen Maruyama	...	Fish Dealer (voice)
Michael McShane	...	Marcus Eisenduller (voice)
Alexander Mervin	...	Sadik (voice)
Tony Mitch	...	Governor Kolvig (voice)
Toru Nagai	...	Howie Lee (voice)
Dwight K. Okahara	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Gerald Okamura	...	Zuben (voice)
Bruno Oliver	...	Gordo Frizz (voice)
Pauley Perrette	...	Lucy Devlin (voice) (as Pauley P)
Mark Rolston	...	Clovis (voice)
Stephen Root	...	Early Q (voice)
William Sanderson	...	J.F. Sebastian (voice)
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Bullet Bob (voice)
Rosalyn Sidewater	...	Isabella (voice)
Ron Snow	...	Blimp Announcer (voice)
Stephen Sorrentino	...	Shoeshine Man, Hasan (voice) (as Stephen Sorentino)
Jessica Straus	...	Answering Machine / Female Announcer (voice)
Melonie Sung	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Iqbal Theba	...	Moraji (voice)
Myriam Tubert	...	Insect Dealer (voice) (as Myriam Tupert)
Joe Turkel	...	Eldon Tyrell (voice)
Bill Wade	...	Hanoi (voice) (as Billy Wade)
Jim Walls	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as James Walls)
Sandra Wang	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Marc Worden	...	Baker (voice) (as Mark Worden)
Sean Young	...	Rachael (voice)
Joe 'Tippy' Zeoli	...	Officer Grayford (voice) (as Joseph Zeoli)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:T

Company:

Westwood Studios Inc.

Trivia:

The story includes a character named Runciter, who owns a pet store. There is also a man of the same name and occupation in the book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', written by Philip K. Dick, who wrote the original novel upon which the movie Blade Runner was based.

Quotes:

Crystal Steele: All ya gotta do is ask, Slim.

Movie Connections:

References Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996) (VG)

One of the best movie-based games.

Like in movie, this game is telling a story about a Blade Runner. A special police unit/man that tracks down and exterminates illegal replicants who arrive on Earth from Off-World. First thing which struck me like a lighting from the clear sky was visuals of this game. Although they are pre-rendered 3d backgrounds, they deliver the mood and this noir-like feeling which was present thorough the film right down to your PC screen. You can and will recognize many places that were in the original Blade Runner (1982) movie. The voice acting... well, it's just perfect. William Sanderson, an actor, who was J.F Sebastian in the Blade Runner movie, is one of the voice-actors of this game. A really valuable effort from Westwood to hire on of the originals. As is actually whole plot which gives you some kind of options of how the game ends and how other characters react to you. It is interesting to notice how this game takes everything from the original concept and adds couple of it's own ideas, which are, fully suitable for this kind of product. Joseph D. Kucan did a great job on this game (the man most of us gamers will recognize as "Kane" from the Command & Conquer game series (he also provided voice-acting for Crazylegs Larry)) when he wrote whole plot. As the game advances, a Blade Runner fan will be caught in it. Certain aspects of drama are also present in this game, which is, very rare in game industry overall.

I must recommend this to all those players out there who want a kinda once-in-a-lifetime gaming experience. And also, full recommendation goes to Blade Runner fans. Trust me, this is the game worth the Blade Runner license. The music, overall, is awesome. Thanks goes for Vangelis for their original score. In the last scene where everything is suddenly made clear to you... You will find out. This game is relatively old, made back in 1997 by Westwood Studios, but the age hasn't affected this one so much just yet. This is solely action/adventure game. With maybe a couple RPG elements in it. Kudos to Westwood for this. And no-thanks to EA for shutting down Westwood.