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The bugs and combat issues drag down an otherwise stellar debut title. Hopefully only the beginning for a studio that understands what makes video games fun.","https:\u002F\u002Fgameluster.com\u002Fblud-review-vamp-up-badly-needed\u002F","2024-07-05","7\u002F10",70,{"id":72,"author":73,"outlet":76,"summary":82,"review_url":83,"review_date":84,"original_score":85,"normalized_score":55},51401,{"id":74,"name":75},4330,"Damiano Gerli",{"id":77,"logo":78,"name":79,"website_url":80,"score_format":81},66,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTwinfinite.png","Twinfinite","https:\u002F\u002Ftwinfinite.net\u002F","5","While the small-town vampire apocalypse of #BLUD will fail to interest those looking for a serious dungeon crawler RPG, it will satisfy those longing for a simpler zany 90s cartoon experience.","https:\u002F\u002Ftwinfinite.net\u002Freviews\u002Fblud-review\u002F","2024-06-17","4.0",{"id":87,"author":88,"outlet":91,"summary":96,"review_url":97,"review_date":84,"original_score":98,"normalized_score":99},84884,{"id":89,"name":90},6812,"Jesse 'Doncabesa' Norris",{"id":92,"logo":93,"name":94,"website_url":95,"score_format":51},41,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FXbox%20Era%20Logo.jpg","XboxEra","https:\u002F\u002Fxboxera.com\u002F","I didn’t run into any major bugs though a few key gameplay systems were never explained and I had to stumble into the answer.  I thought my game had soft locked but it turned out there was a “find pink skull and put it on pedestal system” early on that showed up out of nowhere without any explanation.  Once I realized I could pick them up it was easy-peasy but I felt lost for about an hour before I did.","https:\u002F\u002Fxboxera.com\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F17\u002Fblud-review\u002F","7.3",73,{"id":101,"author":102,"outlet":105,"summary":110,"review_url":111,"review_date":84,"original_score":54,"normalized_score":55},89147,{"id":103,"name":104},6599,"Leigh Price",{"id":106,"logo":107,"name":108,"website_url":109,"score_format":51},71,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FSiliconera-Logo.jpg","Siliconera","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.siliconera.com\u002F","Save your friends, fight off the vampire apocalypse, and survive the horrors of freshman field hockey practice in #BLUD, a delightfully zany animated dungeon crawler that blurs the line between action RPGs and hyperkinetic 90s cartoons. 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It's a bloody good time.","https:\u002F\u002Frpgamer.com\u002Freview\u002Fblud-review\u002F","2024-08-07",{"id":139,"author":140,"outlet":143,"summary":148,"review_url":149,"review_date":13,"original_score":150,"normalized_score":151},77005,{"id":141,"name":142},5862,"Aran Suddi",{"id":144,"logo":145,"name":146,"website_url":147,"score_format":51},56,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F","Across its approximately 15 hours of playtime, #Blud offers a fun and straightforward dungeon crawler with a great aesthetic, but it is undone by some bugs that impact the flow of the game, along with some missions that just bring the fun factor right down.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F18\u002Fblud-review\u002F","6.0",60,8,0,[21,25,29],[21],[]]