BloodRayne: Betrayal
{{Short description|2011 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = BloodRayne: Betrayal
| image = BloodRayne - Betrayal Coverart.png
| developer = WayForward
| publisher = {{Unbulleted list|Majesco Entertainment|Midnight City (PC)|Fresh Bites|Ziggurat Interactive}}
| director = {{Unbulleted list|Matt Bozon|Sean Velasco}}
| artist = Matt Bozon
| designer = Sean Velasco
| producer = Robb Alvey
| programmer = Lee McDole
| composer = Jake Kaufman
| series = BloodRayne
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|PlayStation 3|Xbox 360|Windows|Fresh Bites|Windows|Nintendo Switch|PlayStation 4|PlayStation 5|Xbox One|Xbox Series X/S}}
| released = {{Unbulleted list|PlayStation 3, Xbox 360|September 7, 2011|Windows|April 30, 2014|Fresh Bites|September 9, 2021}}
| genre = Action, platform, hack & slash
| modes = Single-player
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BloodRayne: Betrayal is a 2D side-scrolling action game released in 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows. Arc System Works published the PlayStation 3 version in Japan under the name BloodRayne: Crimson Slayer{{efn|{{nihongo|BloodRayne: Crimson Slayer|ブラッドレイン {{ruby|深紅の叛逆者|クリムゾンスレイヤー}}|BuraddoRein Kurimuzonsureiyā}}}} on May 1, 2014.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=30508&redirect=no |title=ブラッドレイン 深紅の叛逆者 [PS3] |language=Japanese |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |access-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-date=June 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621174115/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=30508&redirect=no |url-status=live }}
An enhanced version with the subtitle Fresh Bites was released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and Windows on September 9, 2021.{{cite web |url= https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/bloodrayne-betrayal-fresh-bites-launches-september-9 |title= BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites launches September 9 |date= August 16, 2021 |access-date= April 8, 2024 |last= Romano |first= Sal |website= Gematsu |archive-date= August 16, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210816140331/https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/bloodrayne-betrayal-fresh-bites-launches-september-9 |url-status= live }}
Gameplay
BloodRayne: Betrayal is a side-scrolling platform game that keeps the hack and slash combat of the previous games in the series. The player controls Rayne through 15 "Chapters". With Rayne's arm blades and a handgun, the game will lock players in rooms full of enemies that will need to be taken down to progress through the levels. There are no new obtainable combat skills or new weapons throughout the game (aside from a light cannon that can be swapped with the handgun). The player can also find some collectibles that give upgrades like more ammo to the handgun.
Also, a great portion of the game's levels requires the players to be jumping from platform to platform, avoiding spikes, learning enemy placement, and projectiles in order to clear each "Chapter". Each one of the levels has multiple checkpoints that will replenish Rayne's life bar when you reach them. The player will be brought back to the checkpoint if all Rayne's health gauge is depleted or the player falls into a hole/acid pit/spikes etc. The health gauge can only be restored sucking the blood of some types of enemies after weakened them, the game does not feature any other item that can replenish health.
Plot
Rayne, a dhampir, is recruited by the vampire hunting Brimstone Society to infiltrate a ball with the help of a mysterious friend.
Development and release
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''Fresh Bites''
Announced at Limited Run Games' E3 2021 show,{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Xx2Puaa2JKg |archive-date = December 11, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx2Puaa2JKg&t=591s |title = #LRG3 2021: Announcing Thirty Physical Games from Limited Run! |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} BloodRayne: Betrayal – Fresh Bites has updated 4K visuals, improved difficulty, and now fully voiced with Laura Bailey and Troy Baker reprising their roles as Rayne and Kagan respectively alongside more from the likes of Todd Haberkorn and Patrick Seitz to "bring new life to the original written dialog."{{Cite web |title=BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites / Ziggurat Games |url=https://www.ziggurat.games/game/bloodrayne-betrayal |access-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828191752/https://www.ziggurat.games/game/bloodrayne-betrayal |url-status=live }}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| PS3 = true
| X360 = true
| na = true
| Destruct_PS3 = 2/10{{cite web |url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-bloodrayne-betrayal-210976.phtml |title=Review: BloodRayne: Betrayal (PS3) |website=Destructoid |publisher=Enthusiast Gaming |last=Sterling |first=Jim |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-date=May 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524215359/https://www.destructoid.com/review-bloodrayne-betrayal-210976.phtml |url-status=live }}
| Edge_X360 = 8/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/bloodrayne-betrayal-review |title=BloodRayne: Betrayal review (X360) |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |author=Edge staff |date=September 14, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102040555/http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/bloodrayne-betrayal-review |archive-date=January 2, 2012}}
| EuroG_PS3 = 7/10{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-16-download-games-roundup-review?page=3 |title=Download Games Roundup (Page 3) |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |last=Reed |first=Kristan |date=September 16, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019}}
| GI_PS3 = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/bloodrayne_betrayal/b/ps3/archive/2011/09/07/cheap-deaths-mar-rayne-s-bloody-comeback.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115052432/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/bloodrayne_betrayal/b/ps3/archive/2011/09/07/cheap-deaths-mar-rayne-s-bloody-comeback.aspx |url-status=live |archive-date=November 15, 2013 |title=BloodRayne: Betrayal (PS3, X360): Cheap Deaths Mar Rayne's Bloody Comeback |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |last=Vore |first=Bryan |issue=221 |date=September 2011 |page=93 |access-date=October 23, 2019}}
| GameRev_PS3 = C{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/52859-bloodrayne-betrayal-review |title=BloodRayne: Betrayal Review (PS3, X360) |website=Game Revolution |publisher=CraveOnline |last=Schaller |first=Kevin |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919172924/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/bloodrayne-betrayal |archive-date=September 19, 2015 |url-status=live}}
| GamePro_PS3 = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/222843/review-bloodrayne-betrayal-360-ps3/ |title=Review: BloodRayne: Betrayal (360/PS3) |magazine=GamePro |publisher=GamePro Media |last=Matulef |first=Jeffrey |date=September 12, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105212520/http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/222843/review-bloodrayne-betrayal-360-ps3/ |archive-date=November 5, 2011}}
| GamePro_X360 = {{Rating|3.5|5}}
| GSpot_PS3 = 5.5/10{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bloodrayne-betrayal-review/1900-6333297/ |title=BloodRayne: Betrayal Review (PS3) |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |last=McShea |first=Tom |date=September 8, 2011 |access-date=October 23, 2019}}
| IGN_PS3 = 9/10{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/02/bloodrayne-betrayal-review |title=BloodRayne: Betrayal Review (PS3) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |last=Moriarty |first=Colin |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023231224/https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/02/bloodrayne-betrayal-review |url-status=live }}
| Joystiq_PS3 = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/09/06/bloodrayne-betrayal-review/ |title=BloodRayne Betrayal review: Re-animated (PS3) |website=Engadget (Joystiq) |publisher=Oath Inc. |last=Fletcher |first=JC |date=September 6, 2011 |access-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714205349/http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/06/bloodrayne-betrayal-review/ |url-status=live }}
| OXM_X360 = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.oxmonline.com/bloodrayne-betrayal-review |title=BloodRayne: Betrayal review |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Future US |last=Lewis |first=Cameron |date=September 6, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107145201/http://www.oxmonline.com/bloodrayne-betrayal-review |archive-date=January 7, 2012}}
| PSM_PS3 = 6/10{{cite magazine |title=Review: BloodRayne: Betrayal |magazine=PlayStation: The Official Magazine |publisher=Future plc |issue=50 |date=October 2011 |page=82}}
| rev1 = 411Mania
| rev2 = Metro
| rev2_X360 = 5/10{{cite news |url=https://metro.co.uk/2011/09/09/bloodrayne-betrayal-review-dhampir-weekend-144664/ |title=BloodRayne: Betrayal review - dhampir weekend (X360) |newspaper=Metro |publisher=DMG Media |last=Hargreaves |first=Roger |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024023931/https://metro.co.uk/2011/09/09/bloodrayne-betrayal-review-dhampir-weekend-144664/ |url-status=live }}
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The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Whereas some reviewers, such as those writing for Joystiq and IGN, praised the challenge of it, others, such as GameSpot, felt it was too frustrating. James Stephanie Sterling, who at the time was a reviews editor for Destructoid, went so far as putting it on their top 10 worst games of 2011 for its terrible controls and handling and obscene number of enemies thrown at the player.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_X2tYMO40 |title=Jimquisition: The Ten Worst Games of 2011 |website=YouTube |author=Escapist |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2013 |archive-date=July 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721145013/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_X2tYMO40 |url-status=live }}
411Mania gave the PS3 version 8.5 out of ten and called it "a fantastic experience that old-school gamers shouldn't pass up". However, The Digital Fix gave the same console version 6 out of 10 and said it "will appeal to a particular kind of gaming masochist [...] For the rest of us, the imprecise controls, frequent deaths and lack of a difficulty selector make this an experience just too frustrating to be enjoyable".{{cite web |url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/gaming/content/371/bloodyrayne-betrayal/ |title=Bloodyrayne [sic] Betrayal Review (PS3) |website=The Digital Fix |publisher=Poisonous Monkey |last=Gray |first=Mike |date=October 9, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429002925/http://gaming.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/371/bloodyrayne-betrayal.html |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |url-status=live}} Metro gave the Xbox 360 version five out of ten: "Never has so promising a game been ruined by such a perversely high difficulty level, which is a crying shame given the gorgeous 2D art".
Fresh Bites was given 6 out of 10.{{cite web | url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/58345/bloodrayne-betrayal-fresh-bites-switch-review-faq | title=BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites Review - Review }}
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External links
- [https://www.ziggurat.games/game/bloodrayne-betrayal/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110910205505/http://bloodraynebetrayal.com/ Archived website]
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