Blood Will Tell
Developer(s): Sega
Genre: Fantasy action-adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: Metacritic: 67
Game description: Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo, released as Dororo (どろろ) in Japan, is a PlayStation 2 game released by Sega. It is based on the Japanese manga series Dororo, which was created by Tezuka Osamu.
It concerns a hero named Hyakkimaru ("Little Monster"), who has had much of his body stolen by forty-eight fiends, and has prosthetic replacements. Along with his ally, the thief Dororo (comes from dorobou (どろぼう lit. thief), Hyakkimaru must defeat all forty-eight fiends.
Both Hyakkimaru and Dororo ar playable characters in the game.
Test configuration on Windows:
PCSX2 version: | 1.1.0. r5594 |
Graphics by GSDX: | AVX-r5580 |
Sound by SPU2-X: | r5559 |
Pad plugin is pokopom: | r107 |
Comments:
Post-processing failure at the beginning of the game, shadows don't show up.
Hack comments:
The default ones and MTVU.
PCSX2 version: | untested |
Graphics by ZZogl: | untested |
Sound by SPU2-X: | untested |
PC specs used to test the game:
CPU: | Intel i5 2500K @3400MHz |
GPU: | GeForce GTX 460 SE 768MB |
Comments: Fluid gameplay during hardware mode, with 3x upscale. 55-60 FPS. Software mode is also ok.
Widescreen support
Widescreen support with .pnatch file from the PCSX2 forums.
Known Issues
The very beginning of the game (post-processing error)
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: When you start a new game, instead of the black and white effect on the screen (Hyakkimaru's eyes), it has black and grey blocks/bars. Unable to see the game characters and the whole level. Very similar problem to the Valkyria Profile 2 Lost Forest part. The reminiscence scenes with sepia effect also suffer from this glitch.
- Workaround: Use software mode during this section of the game.
Character shadows display error
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: The characters in the game have a blob like shadow, but only a rectangle border show up a little around the characters (which should be invisible at normal conditions).
- Workaround: Use software mode if it bothers you.
Grey subtitle fonts
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: The subtitle fonts are grey colored, instead of white with a black outline. Minor glitch. Subs are readable.
- Workaround: Use software mode if it bothers you.