Blood (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Monolith Productions Nightdive Studios (remaster) |
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| Director(s) | Nick Newhard |
| Producer(s) | Matt Saettler |
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| Artist(s) | Kevin Kilstrom |
| Composer(s) | Daniel Bernstein Guy Whitmore |
| Engine | Build Kex Engine (remaster) |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Windows |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Blood is a 1997 first-person shooter game developed by Monolith Productions using the Build engine and published by GT Interactive. The shareware version was released for MS-DOS on March 7, 1997, while the full version was later released on May 21 in North America and June 20 in Europe.
The game follows the story of Caleb, an undead early 20th century gunslinger seeking revenge against the demon Tchernobog. It features a number of occult and horror themes. Blood includes large amounts of graphic violence, a large arsenal of weapons ranging from the standard to the bizarre, and numerous enemies and bosses.
Blood received largely positive reviews from critics upon release, with many praising its creative level design, humor (particularly its use of pop-culture references), atmosphere, and gameplay, though some criticism was aimed at the game's difficulty. It has since garnered a cult following and is now considered one of the best games on the Build engine.
The Blood franchise was continued with two official expansion packs titled Plasma Pak (developed by Monolith) and Cryptic Passage (developed by Sunstorm Interactive). A sequel titled Blood II: The Chosen was released in 1998. Blood also served as the principal inspiration for the manhwa series Priest. The game was released on GOG.com along with its two expansion packs on April 22, 2010, utilizing the DOSBox emulator to run on modern systems, and on Steam on July 14, 2014. A remaster of the game made to run better on modern systems entitled Blood: Fresh Supply was released on May 9, 2019, by Nightdive Studios and Atari.