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You want a farce? You've got nothing but farce in Blue Stinger.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have played few games that were as funny as this one. Why? Take a bunch of game developers who hated the average controls of survival horror games, get a bunch of inept writers to scribble down a derivative plot with a nice hook and horrible dialogue, music composers who aspire to be better than John Williams, game designers who played WAY too many Super Mario games and anyone in marketing or professional game reviewing to pass the game off as a Survival Horror game and you've got a painfully hilarious game on your hands. This game doesn't do Sega any justice and don't believe the lie that this was their first Survival Horror game, they made their first two years before this on the Saturn and that game, Deep Fear, was art compared to this. I felt absolutely lied to when I played this game thinking I was in for the scare of my life when I found myself rolling on the ground after witnessing some of the silliest character models, inconsistent soundtrack, awkward dialogue, non-existent atmosphere, incomprehensible plot and obnoxious controls I've ever played on a DreamCast game. Your characters run so slow you'd think they had weights tied to their ankles, but their steps look so played out it's almost like they're waddling away from danger! You'll kill monsters who, despite being four legged monstrosities, will literally sprinkle you with gold coins! The overly dramatic music will play on and loop over and over again when nothing is happening! You want a farce? You've got nothing but farce in Blue Stinger.

More action than horror

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you were expecting a horror game when you saw this you were mistaken. This game has a horror theme but nothing about it is scary. Most of this game is just traveling around the island, fighting monsters, and trying to solve puzzles. There are quite a few cool weapons and some of the boss battles are just plain awesome. The game also has some bloody moments but overall nothing really bad. The graphics are pretty good but the joints of the people don't quite fit together right. When the people speak their words don't match up with their mouths moving. Some of the weapons are pretty much useless and some of the camera angles are bad.

With all that being said it is still a good game and very enjoyable. It isn't too horribly long, if you are a good gamer you should be able to beat it in 10 hours or less, but it is quite a ride.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I decided to pick up this game for the dreamcast and it has been very fun to play. It reminds me of Resident Evil, only better. Here's how I rate it:
Graphics: 5 The graphics are just what you would expect out of the dreamcast-perfect
Control: 3 It is hard to control in this game, especially when swimming.
Music/Sound: 4 Sometimes the music will get repeatitive and old, but it is enjoyable.
I recommend you to buy this game.

Survival horror with a more "sci-fi" twist.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Overview: It's a good thing Blue Stinger is a launch title, because had it been released later, closer to Capcom's Resident Evil: Code Veronica, it would have been drowned in the torrent of comparison. Developed by Climax Graphics (of Shining Force, Landstalker and Dark Savior fame), and published stateside by Activision, Blue Stinger, with its cliched portrayals and B-movie voice acting, is an adequate, if underwhelming entry into the ever-expanding genre of survival horror.

Graphics: 8.5 Clean. Very clean. That's the most appropriate way to describe the visuals in Blue Stinger. The high-resolution texture maps and relatively high-polygon models are what you'd expect from a next-generation console, and the developers made sure to add liberal amounts of lighting, particle and translucency effects. Boss encounters are another notable, as they really show off the abilities of Sega's machine. The only area in which Blue Stinger does not stack up is a big one: animation. No motion-capture here. The characters animate quite stiffly, creating a rather slow and goofy-looking gait, and while this is not totally damning, it takes a while to get used to.

Sound: 7.5 Well, this is a CD-based machine, so the music is high quality. Some of it seems a bit out of place for a survival horror game, but it's not bad. This actually works in some places, such as the town/market area, where the Christmas atmosphere and music creates an atmosphere eerily reminiscent of the original Gremlins film. Voice acting is another thing entirely. While I don't think it is quite as bad as most of the professional magazines have made it out to be, it's definitely of the B-movie variety, perhaps a bit better than the original Resident Evil's. Maybe.

Control: 5.5 This is Blue Stinger's weakest point. Analog control is too loose for precision movement, while digital simply isn't responsive enough. The result is a game that's difficult to play at times when precision movement is critical (such as swimming). Luckily, this isn't a platformer, so these are few and far between. What really makes the control so lacking is the camera, which while far improved over the "cinematic" one found in the Japanese version (thanks to some noticeable tweaking by Activision), still manages to get itself in, shall we say, less than advantageous positions (usually they're experienced while in water or in tight corridors). While these are minimal, there are more than enough of them to annoy all but the most hardcore gamers.

Gameplay/Theme: 8.0 Yes, Blue Stinger has it's problems, but it is fun. As with any game of this nature, part of the fun comes with blasting enemies with high-powered weapons. In this area, BS delivers. Ranging from the usual shotguns and rocket launchers, to more exotic weapons such as ray swords (a lightsaber rip-off) and railguns. Each character has their own unique arsenal of weapons, which are either found or bought from numerous vending machines located throughout Dinosaur Island. Needless exploration and a few vague puzzles can dampen the fun for you (remember the passcode 1224, you'll need it), if you stick with it, the experience can be rewarding.

Overall: 7.5 Like many launch titles, Blue Stinger is a flawed first effort, perhaps moreso than many of the others. That said, it does have its good points, which are far more numerous than the gaming press is willing to let on, and while not for every gamer, if you like blasting baddies, adventuring and a decent story, and are willing to work past the flaws, Blue Stinger might just be worth a few of your hard-earned dollars.

Awsome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I own a ps2 and recently bought a dreamcast. So I am trying to get all the good games brand new while I can. Boy I am glad I found this one. This game is action packed with good graphics. Much better better than resident evil , they dont even compare.

One of the best action adventure games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is cool! It is one of the best action adventure games out there! This game is almost like a shenmue, except not as detaled. There are also tons of items you can pick up. So stop reading and BUY! BUY! BUY!

Blue Stinger wow

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Blue Stinger I think is a must own for anyone with a Dreamcast this game is an action game and a survival horror game the first time you complete this game is the best you can complete it many times but you already know whats going to happen Some bad things about this game are their is some annoying music you have to put up with and you end up killing the same mosters over and over again Their is so much more to say about this game but I'll let you figure them out buy this game

Blue Stinger For Dreamcast

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Blue Stinger is at first kinda stupid and boring becuase you don't have any weapons except your bare hands. But once you get farther into the game and have a weapon (a gun) it is pretty fun. For example some of the weapons you can have are: naplam guns, bow guns, bazookas, etc., So if at first you are getting bored and feel that this game is stupid, just keep on playing and it will get better and better!

Almost as bad as The Ring: Terror's Realm

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Not to start any great angry debate, but sometimes I really wonder how some people who like a completely horrible movie, cd, or, in this case, video game, can not only love it but extol what they see as its virtues to the world, as those who apparently loved this game did here in their reviews.
I long thought about buying this game, since it first was released, actually. Finally, I saw it recently for only ten dollars, but bought Virtua Tennis instead, thinking I'd purchase it at a later date.

In the meantime, I got around to renting it. And all I can say is, thank God I spent that ten dollars on Virtua Tennis instead.
I am baffled by the customer reviews, and one or two professional reviews from video game web sites, which praise the graphics of this game very highly. Simply put, the graphics [stink]. The characters, in game and during the FMV sequences, are poorly and crudely drawn. The environments they run through are boring as can be, looking only slightly more developed than an early 3-d architecture software cd. You can run for miles through these landscapes and never see a hallway, ship deck, or lab that looks even remotely different than the hundreds you've gone through already.
The story is an abysmal joke. Confusing when it isn't dull.
The game play is even worse. The one reviewer was absolutely correct. Come to a door. You need a key you're informed. Look to your left, two feet away from the door. A dead body with a glittering object beside it. Approach it and hit the "action" button. You found the key for this door, you're told. That was difficult and challenging.
At a certain point in the game you meet up with a sailor. A ship's captain. Funny thing is, he's right beside you from then on in every FMV sequence, but, the moment they're over and you're into the actual game play, he has vanished into thin air. Then after awhile another FMV sequence and "poof", there he is again, as if he'd never left. That's realistic...
After playing as much as I could stand I promptly returned it to where I'd rented it from, once again thanking my lucky stars I decided to rent before buying.
But in truth, not even worth a rental. Rent any of the Resident Evil series, or Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare instead. Those games have their flaws too, but they don't, well, you know... [stink].

Blue Stinger

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ok this game when i saw the pro's and con's on Amazon.com i thought i would be bad but when i got it, it was sorta odd. The people look like have have a plug up their [butt] when they run. And when u got into town the music was [stupid] as [heck] for the love of god, they could have played some decent music, the weapons were bad but it was stupid because there was a naked fairy which followed you around and it was also stupid becuase they like copied Resident Evil and Dino Crisis but they could have dont a little bit better, i mean damn this game was [stupid] i mean it wasn't even close to Resident Evil or anything and the monsters looked like a Zombie and a Dinosaur mixed. So buy this at your own risk...

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