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Article: MOVIE REVIEW; 'Blade Runner' CD-ROM lives up to legendary film; Blade Runner (Westwood Studios) Three and a half stars.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- December 5, 1997
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Much like Ridley Scott's legendary sci-fi film "Blade Runner," the recently released ultra-polished adventure game CD-ROM "Blade Runner" breaks new ground in the video game market with impressive high-resolution graphics, a slick story, colorful characters and eye-popping 3-D animation.
Re-creating the dark, rainy, neon-lit world where Nexus 6 Replicants are hunted and real animals are the most valued possessions, "Blade Runner" puts the player in the role of Blade Runner rookie McCoy.
McCoy is searching for several replicants who are responsible for some vicious animal murders that take players back into the heart of the ominous Tyrell Corp. and ...