Adventures in Blade Running 

I actually love Grim Fandango.

Probably my favorite thing about this game is that it re-incorporates elements from the book that were either dropped entirely from the movie, or only hinted at. For instance, the reason animal murder is such a HUGE deal is that in the book, tons of species have gone extinct after a nuclear world war, so now keeping the remaining ones alive and thriving is basically a religion on Earth. If you don't take care of your own animal, you're a total loser, but they're expensive, so some people just get artificial electric ones to keep up appearances with their neighbors. Killing an animal is considered BEYOND heinous, by EVERYONE, which is why a lot of the Voight Kampf test questions involve killing, eating, or otherwise harming animals; it's also why traditionally meat-based foods like hot dogs and sushi are mentioned to be imitations made from lichen. The whole "animals are sacred" attitude is the crux of a big ironic mental conflict for book Deckard: accidentally stepping on a spider is more or less a crime against humanity, the worst thing you could do, yet destroying these thinking, feeling androids with human-level intelligence is the law, and his job. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a fucking amazing book. Go read it right now if you haven't, ESPECIALLY if you like Blade Runner. You can finish it in a day or two, it's a real page turner.

Still blows my mind that you could make an adventure game with randomization

"All you got to do is ask, Slim" Civvie11's most depressed tone of voice ever: "That's not in the dialogue options..."

Holy crap, these pre-rendered cutscenes have aged really well.

DAIKATANA IS DRAWING NEAR, CV-11 You can't escape this detestable fate!

"Meanwhile, at Valve..." I laughed way too hard at that one.

That pink haired girl is also voiced by a TV actress. It’s that goth tech from NCIS

"Do you like Civvie 11?" "Is it artificial?" "Of course it is."

Ah yes, the dark and dystopian future of 2019

Westwood was such a great studio. They were so versatile. They made great RPG's, they made great action adventures, they pioneered the RTS genre, they even made a platformer with the Lion King.

So civvie likes point and clicks? Niiice can u play "i have no mouth and i must scream"

The replicants-disguised-as-cops interrogation scene was partially lifted from the film's source novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". Nice little touch. There's no doubt the developers really cared about the material they were adapting.

Wait, Westwood? As in Command and Conquer Westwood? THEY made this? Goddammit... Now I’m making myself sad.

"Harrison Ford isn't gonna do some video game" - He did voice acting for Star Wars Galaxies. I was devastated when I found out.

Wait... *are* you a replicant??? This explains why we haven't seen a pro Duke3D: The Birth episode yet.

It's always amazed me that there wasn't more Adventure Games that adopted this kind of randomization. Especially in the age of RU-vid longplays letting you fully experience a telltale style game without spending a penny. Makes this still the best adventure game ever made.

Ah, the Blade Runner game... It's Heavy Rain with actual gameplay

Lucy is voiced by Pauley Perette of NCIS-fame, where she plays Abby. They got a lot of great actors to star in this game.

i love how every iteration of Blade Runner is god-teir quality, the fact that the video game and the 20 year past sequel is on par or maybe even better than the near perfect original amazes me

There's another way to take out Zeuban the chef. Right before he drops the pot on McCoy, quickly move the mouse to the right and click. McCoy will dive out of the way and you can chase the chef down the alley. After you corner him you can "Retire" him or spare his life. Sparing his life will give you progress in either the Replicant or Lucy ending.

Oh cool hes playimg snatc- Oh theres an actual blade runner game Ok

It's a shame Philip K Dick isn't a household name despite how a lot of interpretations of his work are. That dude was a drugged out genius.

Speaking of noir-style games, I would be elated to see a vid on Max Payne.

Fun Fact: CV-11 Before incarceration frequently partook in ACTUAL Blade Running. This Explains Why he did not escape when CV-18 [TERMINATED] broke free of their holding cell. this is also why he Won't play Ridge Racer; his feet can't use the PS1 Pedals -ADMINISTRATOR-

“Skinjob” sounds like it should be something pleasurable.

"That's an urban legend. I've tried my top tier dead baby jokes..." Had I a replicant machine, I'd give you so many babes for that line.

"This is like listening to Vogon poetry" classic We already knew civvie was a man of culture

Aw yiss, new Civvie video. Are you thinking of making Duke 3D: Ep 4, or is that one getting skipped?

9:39 Did he just dab

Gog is the best thing the Internet ever made

Wait, Runciter Zoological is the name of the place in the opening scene? I guess they must have had some Phillip K Dick fans on the staff, not just Blade Runner fans.

Hey Civvie, I think Jim Sterling watched your Terminator: Resistance video. He forgot to mention you though, and no link in the description. But at least he followed your suggestion to shout out dev's who care.

Another world visualized primarily by the mind of Syd Mead. RIP Syd, you will be sorely missed.

You weren't kidding about this being one of the best games ever, let alone one of the best point and click adventures.

"Meanwhile at VALVE..." I completely pissed my pants (and haven't changed them yet out of respect). :D Greetings from Germany!

PRO SHADOW WARRIOR 2013 WHEN CIVVIE?

Pro Republic Commando when Civvie?

RIP Westwood. You were my favorite RTS developers in the 90s-00s.

I'm just grateful there are people out there taking the time to allow for these old games to run on modern machines.

Pro Dark Forces 2 and Jedi Outcast when civvie? Best lightsaber combat NA

3:56 - Actually, Civvie, he's our SECOND unexpected voice actor. Lucy in the opening scene is voiced by Pauley Perrette. Yes, _THAT_ Pauley Perrette, the one who plays Abigail Scuito on NCIS.

Like tears in the rain...

Civvie and Ross Scott are the only 2 people on RU-vid that I genuinely get excited when they release a new video.

pro snatcher when civvie no seriously if you love point-and-click ish adventure games with blade runner themed environments snatcher is right up your alley AND it's a kojima game from when he was good still

I left this video on 'watch later' for quite a long time, did two playtroughts of the game and still am amazed by how different Civvie's playtrought turned out. Absolute masterpiece.

Wow. You may have actually gotten me to buy this.

"I won't be able to show it unless I upload 6 hours of game footage." Fine. I just noticed that Jeff Garland has some of the same dialogue from the ending that is also in Curb season 6, episode 3. Larry steals flowers and Jeff gets blamed for it.

Warden: adventure games! In my dungeon! In this timeline! Being played right now on your computer? Civvie 11: Yes Warden: may i play it? Civvie 11: no.

If cyberpunk 2077 comes close to at least half the atmosphere and storytelling shown here , I'll be a happy man .

Set in the dystonian future of 2019.

Someone gave CV:11 a badge, a gun and the right to shoot anyone he wanted... Think about that...

Gotta love that ppl have more empathy for animals than replicants in this universe

*PRO HDOOM WHEN CIVVIE?*

Pro doom 2016 when civvie Pro wolfenstein 2009 when civvie Pro return to castle wolfentein when civvie

1:27 That's one way to give me a stroke

10:16 “Meanwhile, at Valve!” That’s actually not a bad guess at what goes on in Valve’s headquarters.

I knew the game had alternative storylines, but damn, yours was completely different from mine. Didn't know the makers went that far.

11:31 it’s interesting how they made the lobby look like the Gold Room from THE SHINING, where the actor who played Tyrel also played Lloyd the bartender

I remember renting this from out local library as a kid. I was too young to really get the game back then (let alone the movie), but I still really had fun with it. Only fond memories.

So uh, Pro Marathon when, Civvie?

Playing somewhat sympathetic to replicants. *they kill you dog* THAT IT, EVERYONE DIES!

I didnt know that the reps would sometimes be human. Thats great. But you can also click to the side of the kitchen and you’ll dodge the soup and can actually catch Zuban, kill him a little early and that Gaff scene happens in the yukon where You wake up all tied. I love this game and am so excited that it got a port. I cant believe how many variations there are in this tie in adventure game

These are extremely rare animals of the highest quality. What a coincidence, so am i.

Boomer game war: I can't endorse insults on Grim Fandango, that game is god tier. Good vid tho. RIP Lucasarts, by the way. Edit: (yes, I saw the pinned comment.)

"I've done my top tier dead baby jokes and got nowhere." That's because they were dead on arrival.

They really need to re-release Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds on GOG.

Ha, they have a C&C Red Alert arcade cab. Awesome. 19:20

No mention of the sewer rat/wooden plank "puzzle" :(

I friggin love this game. One of the best games Westwood made, and amazingly atmospheric. The multiple endings was a great touch too.

Ah damn,hoped for the Lucy ending just for the sheer wtfness of it. Oh well,didnt know they finally put the thing on GoG,time to go collect some bottles.

I was hoping we'd get more adventure games out of you after starship titanic. When's Pro Grim Fandango?

"Obviously" "Obviously" "Obviously" Obviously.

Honestly I wouldn’t mind a 6 hour play through from you. It would be fun to watch.

New Civvie 11 video? Good man, kind man, absolute lad.

Really nice to see you do non-FPS games from way back. Keep up the variety!

19:51 Just click at the end point, and Ray McCoy runs through the maze at lightspeed.

Descent would be a great idea, civvie. The “old, but gold” type of game.

PRO FALLOUT 1 WHEN CIVVIE Also good vid

Hey Civvie. If you want to get into some good stuff, try Sanity: Aiken's Artifact. Ice T voices the main character. Quality content for ya.

Also this game has like a dozen endings and I always found it weird one of them was driving away from the city with a 14 year old girl, like you're playing cyberpunk Outrun.

THIS!...THIS IS WHAT A GREAT GAME GRAPHICS SHOULD LIKE! Man this game looks gourgeous, I have to play it now! :D

This futuristic cyberpunk world that came out in ´97 is still 100X times better than Cyberpunk 2077.

So, yeah. I saw this review and bought it. The 1990s were my video game drought thanks to parenthood and career, so I totally missed this until the other day. In case you're curious, the drought ended when my sons were old enough to play Sven Co-op and some other multiplayer maps that I forget how we found them -- you know, 8 and 10. I set up an ethernet for three low-level Pentium machines and we killed each other over and over and over... They are both productive members of society, something they got from their mom.

This was the first ever game i actually finished as a kid and i remember bursting into tears because it was ending. There was no more to play. Then i kinda forgot about it for the next 20 years, always in the back of my mind, "what was that game with the detective and the dog in the apartment and the strip club". I tried to find it based on what little i remembered only to finally find it again 1 year ago. Instantly bought it on GoG. The feels when i got play it again after 20 ish years. Still as amazing as i remembered it, definitely the best game of my childhood. (besides Doom, of course). Fuck it, im booting it up right now.

PRO ARCANE DIMENSIONS WHEN CIVVIE?

24:05 a "Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy" reference? Nice.

that's a blast for the past, I still have the CD case with the disks never a better time to replay i guess!

I remember playing this on my 486 PC...back when I wasn't going bald and didn't need reading glasses lol. Great review Civvie!

Saw this in December and bought it a week ago myself and i am still pissed at myself i sold my big box on Ebay like 15 years ago with so many other gems like Indiana Jones talkie and the whole X-Wing TIE Fighter Series and so forth. Actually this was the reason to create an GOG account after so many years and now it already holds 80 games, thx to Lunar Sale. :-)

A big misconception with this game is that theres rng involved when it comes to whos a replicant and the different story endings. But it all depends on how you approach each character and how well you look for clues.

You and Lucy become a couple in one of the endings. Enjoy that knowledge.

I remember my dad got a new PC to play this game. I got the old one, and his let us play all the newest games. He was a big blade runner fan, and this was the best game for a book/movie ever.

I love you for loving this game. I was absolutely enraptured by it when I was like 13 years old. It's one of those rare few games that showed me what the medium was capable of achieving.

My favourite point and click. Pro tip - when you try to Voigt Kampff the sushi chef, and he pushes the cauldron at you (8:52), you'll notice the mouse cursor becomes active for about a second (8:54). In that time, click the floor to the right of you (the area between the cardboard box on the floor, and the chefs bench) and see what happens.

The brochure at 11:02 tells you who is a replicant on that play through.

RIP Westwood, from a different time when pride in quality output mattered more.

Civviee u totally rule man thanks for the rott video it was part of my 486 childhood Cheers from Germany

1:28 Wow, a creator working within a known IP who doesn't consider it a virtue to try and piss off the long time fans.

I had no idea Lucy could end up human in this game.