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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":69,"author":70,"outlet":73,"summary":79,"review_url":80,"review_date":81,"original_score":82,"normalized_score":52},51401,{"id":71,"name":72},4330,"Damiano Gerli",{"id":74,"logo":75,"name":76,"website_url":77,"score_format":78},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":84,"author":85,"outlet":88,"summary":93,"review_url":94,"review_date":81,"original_score":95,"normalized_score":96},84884,{"id":86,"name":87},6812,"Jesse 'Doncabesa' Norris",{"id":89,"logo":90,"name":91,"website_url":92,"score_format":48},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":98,"author":99,"outlet":102,"summary":107,"review_url":108,"review_date":81,"original_score":51,"normalized_score":52},89147,{"id":100,"name":101},6599,"Leigh Price",{"id":103,"logo":104,"name":105,"website_url":106,"score_format":48},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":136,"author":137,"outlet":140,"summary":145,"review_url":146,"review_date":13,"original_score":147,"normalized_score":148},77005,{"id":138,"name":139},5862,"Aran Suddi",{"id":141,"logo":142,"name":143,"website_url":144,"score_format":48},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],[21],[]]