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==Plot== |
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''BloodStorm'' is set in a distant, [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] future where the world, ravaged by war and famine, has |
''BloodStorm'' is set in a distant, [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] future where the world, ravaged by war and famine, has divided into eight provinces ruled by the High Emperor. At the start of the game, the Emperor is assassinated by an unknown assailant, bringing the Empire to the brink of a global war. In accordance with ancient laws the ruling kings and queens of the provinces agree to gather and have a tournament, dubbed the BloodStorm, to determine the next High Emperor, in hopes of preventing further conflict.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ade9hmVbDbI | title=Arcade Longplay [448] Bloodstorm | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> |
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==Characters== |
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'''Hellhound''' |
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The semi leader of Scorch, the southern most region. He is the strongest fighter among the members of the Scorch Army and has named himself the official spokesperson for peace summits and trade meetings with Polaria, the region to the north. He despises these meetings and ends up turning these meetings into a total bloodbath. He has sworn to lead his people to victory over the Ice people. His gauntlet is known as the ''Phlogiston'' and you can gain the '''Hell Fire''' special move and '''Freeze Escape''' ability after defeating him. |
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'''Freon''' |
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The leader of Polaria, the Ice region. He lives his life with a lot of pomp and circumstance, as his wishes are usually treated as law. He hopes to find his equal in Scorch to accept surrender at his hands. Hellhound usually ruins these talks when they erupt in violence. Fed up with his antics, Freon will do everything he can to crush the Fire people once and for all. His gauntlet is known as the ''Geleed'' and you can gain the '''Ice Morph''' special move after defeating him. |
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'''Fallout''' |
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The quasi-leader of the Death Zone, a radioactive wasteland that separates Scorch from Polaria. Despite being a founding member of the Alliance, the Death Zone has been inactive for many years. When the call for the contest came out, no one showed up from the Death Zone. Right before the contest could begin, a person did arrive - Fallout. The other members of the Alliance protested his entry, but he was allowed in thanks to centuries old document created at the beginning of the Alliance. His gauntlet is known as the ''Mephitic Fist'' and you can gain the '''E.R. Cannon''' special move after defeating him. |
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'''Mirage''' |
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The militant leader of Obsel, the desert region. For many years, civil war has raged in the region causing the male population to shrink. Seeing their moment, the female population banded together and overthrew the weakened male led government. As a direct descendant of the leader, Mirage continues to lead the female lead region and hopes to lead her fellow warriors out into the other regions, where she can enforce her despotic rule over men. Her gauntlet is known as the ''Aniglav'' and you can gain the '''Grenades''' and '''Land Mine''' special moves after defeating her. |
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'''Tempest''' |
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The daughter of the now slain High Emperor, she was created by the Royal Gene Matrix to create the perfect human being. As a by-product of this, she also developed the skill to use concentrated air masses at close range. Her younger years were one of being a pampered and spoiled princess until she met Razor. The Gene Matrix made up a story that convinced Tempest of Razor's ulterior motives. With her heart broken and trust betrayed, she vowed to never be a victim ever again and learned how to use her power alongside martial art training. Heading into the tournament, she's a swirling mass of emotions who feels a tournament shouldn't be held until her father's death is solved and holds a lot of contempt at the other fighters for she feels that she's the rightful heir to the throne. Her gauntlet is known as the ''Windigo'' and you can gain the '''Storm Shield''' special move after defeating her. |
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'''Razor''' |
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At a young age, the suave and crafty Razor seduced Tempest, the daughter of the High Emperor. This love affair ended in scandal after the Royal Gene Matrix accused Razor of plotting the downfall of the Royal Family. As punishment, Razor was sent to prison in Nimbus and then sold to Talon, the leader of Cyberia. During that time in those prisons, he was experimented on. These experiments gave him cybernetic arms and a cybernetic eye. After years of torture, he escaped from the Cyberian prison - the only escape to ever happen there. This lead him back home to Ebony Harbor, where he began to accumulate power by creating the Black Market Network. His gauntlet is known as the ''Natator'' and you can gain the '''Optic Laser''' special move by defeating him. |
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'''Talon''' |
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The cold and unfeeling cyborg ruler of Cyberia, the region has been the main provider of technology for many years. Thanks to all the pollution created by the plants there, a flesh eating disease broke free and forced the people of Cyberia, who had no medical experience at all, to focus on stopping this disease. The end result was the turning of the human population into cyborgs. Before becoming a cyborg, Talon's main goal was to find a cure for the disease. This lead him to go into the other regions and kidnap people for his experiments - one of those victims was Razor, the only person to ever escape. These experiments have given him a new goal: The world must becoming unfeeling, unthinking cyborgs in order to survive. This has the other leaders on full alert for what he could do if he wins the tournament. His gauntlet is known as the ''Cyber Claw'' and you can gain the '''Cruise Missile''' special move after defeating him. |
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'''Tremor''' |
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The strongest and wisest of the Earthian people from the Subterran region. The people here are few in numbers, but have lived for many years thanks in large part to the mystical elemental powers that protect the region. For many years, the people here lived in peace, not knowing what the world above has become. Tremor became the first person from Subterra to step foot on the new world and tried to offer ecological solutions to the problems of the day, but the leaders chose to ignore him and continue on their destructive ways. Frustrated by the leaders ignoring him, Tremor feels that the only way they'll learn their lesson is through force - and the tournament provides a very big stage to do so. His gauntlet is known as the ''Galan Mantle'' and you can gain the '''Earthquake''' special move after defeating him. |
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==Gameplay== |
==Gameplay== |
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Revision as of 18:40, 30 January 2023
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| Developer(s) | Incredible Technologies |
| Publisher(s) | Strata |
| Producer(s) | Elaine Ditton |
| Designer(s) | Chris Oberth |
| Composer(s) | Leif Marwede |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | 1994 (arcade) |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player video game, multiplaye |
BloodStorm is a 1994 arcade fighting game published by Strata and developed by Incredible Technologies. It is considered a quasi-sequel to Time Killers.
BloodStorm was dubbed as a possible "Mortal Kombat-killer" in an attempt to surpass rival Midway Games's success with Mortal Kombat, though it did not prevail. It was the last game Strata produced before the company went out of business. Home ports for the Saturn and PlayStation were announced in early 1995,[1] but were later cancelled.
Plot
BloodStorm is set in a distant, post-apocalyptic future where the world, ravaged by war and famine, has divided into eight provinces ruled by the High Emperor. At the start of the game, the Emperor is assassinated by an unknown assailant, bringing the Empire to the brink of a global war. In accordance with ancient laws the ruling kings and queens of the provinces agree to gather and have a tournament, dubbed the BloodStorm, to determine the next High Emperor, in hopes of preventing further conflict.[2]
Gameplay
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As with its predecessor Time Killers, BloodStorm features many of the aspects carried down from it, such as the removal of an opponent's arms and an instant kill attack, as well as a Special Death Move. The button layout is similar. They are labeled as "back leg", "front leg", "back arm" and "front arm" respectively. A button in the center is used to make the character block. If a limb is lost in combat, its corresponding button is rendered useless.
BloodStorm is a weapons-based fighting game, though it differs from Time Killers in that the characters use weapons called "Gauntlets" that allow them to use particular powers and attacks with them. Other than being able to bash off an opponent's arms, a technique called a Sunder is in the game. If executed when an opponent is stunned, it will destroy their lower body. The character will not be able to jump or use kicks, but can still move back and forth a little with the leg buttons.
Even after a successful Sunder attack, the fight can still go on, if the character's life bar is not totally drained yet. However, if both limbs are lost afterwards (if they were not already torn off prior to the Sunder attack) then they are almost completely helpless. There are a few special moves that do not require arms or legs, and those can still be performed. Characters are restored back to normal form after a round is over much like Time Killers as well.
A notable feature in the game is that when an opponent is defeated, the player gains a passable power. These powers or weapons can be used at any time to give the player a further advantage. Players can save their progress in a game with a password feature by pressing buttons during the player select screen. However, since the data was saved only until the machine was turned off, it was not beneficial unless used to pick the game back up where it ended.
The game features 7 secret characters who can be found based on how a player defeated an enemy, interactions with certain environments, or codes entered after a match. These 7 characters, plus one additional character (faced after defeating the 8 main characters), were collectively known as the Agents of Nekron. Defeating all 8 of these characters unlocked a special ending after defeating the final boss.
Development
Home ports for the Saturn and PlayStation were announced in early 1995,[1] but were later cancelled.
Reception
In North America, RePlay reported BloodStorm to be the eight most-popular arcade game at the time.[3] Play Meter listed the game to be the seventeenth most-popular arcade game at the time.[4] According to Electronic Gaming Monthly, "BloodStorm enjoyed some success in the arcades, but it had very tough competition (Mortal Kombat II)."[5]
Entertainment Weekly gave the game a D and wrote that "If The Simpsons ever did a parody of Mortal Kombat, the result might be BloodStorm, a brutal fighting game in which players cut each other's arms off, launch cruise missiles at one another, and get impaled. But BloodStorm isn't funny, except in a snickering, Beavis and Butt-Head sort of way — like when the screen flashes 'Cat Fight!' before two female combatants step into the ring."[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "BloodStorm Hits Home!". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 69. Ziff Davis. April 1995. p. 82. ISSN 1058-918X.
- ^ "Arcade Longplay [448] Bloodstorm". YouTube.
- ^ "Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software". RePlay. Vol. 19, no. 9. RePlay Publishing, Inc. June 1994. p. 6.
- ^ "Equipment Poll - Video & Pinball Combined". Play Meter. Vol. 20, no. 8. Skybird Publishing. July 1994. p. 11.
- ^ "What Ever Happened To...?". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 66. Ziff Davis. January 1995. p. 18. ISSN 1058-918X.
- ^ Strauss, Bob (June 17, 1994). "BloodStorm". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018.