Blood: Refreshed Supply

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Blood: Refreshed Supply

Nightdive Studios; Monolith Productions

PC; PS4; PS5; Xbox One; Xbox Series X|S; Nintendo SwitchPaid (one-time purchase)

Health Score

DECENT

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About This Game

Super Review

Blood: Refreshed Supply is a violent, gore-heavy remaster of a classic 90s first-person shooter. While it offers engaging, tactical combat and co-op play, its explicit mature content, including graphic violence, dismemberment, strong language, and occasional nudity, makes it strictly unsuitable for younger players. Best with clear parental limits for older teens.

Super Review

Parent verdict

Blood: Refreshed Supply is a qualified fit, best with clear limits for mature teens (17+). Its health score of 45 reflects the robust, strategic shooter gameplay and cooperative options, balanced against intense and explicit content. Parents must weigh the game's retro appeal and challenging combat against pervasive gore, violence, and mature themes.

What players actually do

Players navigate dark, intricate levels, finding keys and switches to progress while battling hordes of monstrous enemies like cultists and zombies using a diverse arsenal of weapons.
Players strategically use a unique array of weapons, including a flare gun, napalm launcher, and voodoo doll, often utilizing secondary fire modes for tactical advantage in intense combat encounters.
Players can engage in local split-screen or online co-op with up to eight players, working together to complete the campaign or competing in modes like 'Bloodbath' and 'Capture The Flag'.

Where it shines

The game provides a faithful and enhanced remaster of a cult classic, offering a tactical and challenging first-person shooter experience that rewards smart play over blind aggression.
It boasts a substantial amount of content, including the original campaign, two classic expansions, and new community-created scenarios, ensuring many hours of gameplay.

Parent watch-outs

The game features pervasive and graphic depictions of blood, gore, and intense violence, with frequent dismemberment, decapitation, and mutilated corpses, including a scene of heart removal and consumption.
Strong language is present, and there are instances of occasional nudity, contributing to its mature ESRB M (17+) rating.
Online multiplayer modes may expose players to unmoderated interactions, including chat and voice communication, which could involve inappropriate language or behavior from other players.

Family rules worth setting

Given the extreme mature content, this game should be restricted to players 17+ only, and ideally, played in a common family area to allow for parental awareness of the content.
If online play is permitted, voice and text chat should be disabled to prevent exposure to unmoderated interactions.

Talk about this

Discuss the difference between fictional violence in games and real-world consequences, emphasizing that the extreme gore in this game is purely for stylistic effect.
Talk about online safety and the importance of reporting or blocking players who engage in inappropriate behavior, especially in unmoderated online environments.

Play style

Blood: Refreshed Supply delivers fast-paced, intense action with a high difficulty curve, even on lower settings, requiring tactical thinking and quick reflexes. Players will navigate complex, secret-filled levels, which can sometimes lead to feeling lost. Sessions can be flexible, as the game's level design works well in shorter bursts of one or two levels, each demanding full attention. Players can enjoy the campaign solo or cooperatively with up to eight players online or via local split-screen, and competitive modes are also available.

Score Breakdown

Positive Aspects

Educational Value

0/5

Creativity

3/5

Pro-Social

2/5

Risk Factors

Addictive Monetization

1/5

Time Pressure / FOMO

1/5

Social Risk

2/5

Content Intensity

5/5

Why this rating

Educational Value

0/5

Blood: Refreshed Supply offers no discernible educational value. Its core gameplay loop is focused purely on combat and progression through violent encounters.

Addictive Monetization

1/5

As a one-time purchase game, Blood: Refreshed Supply has minimal addictive monetization risks. There are no in-game purchases, loot boxes, or recurring costs designed to encourage compulsive spending. The score of 1 accounts for typical game engagement without predatory financial practices.

Creativity

3/5

The game scores a 3 for creativity, primarily reflected in its unique arsenal of weapons, many with secondary fire modes that encourage diverse combat approaches. The level design also showcases creativity for its era, featuring intricate, atmospheric environments.

Content Intensity

5/5

Content Intensity receives a maximum score of 5 due to the pervasive and extreme graphic violence, dismemberment, and gore, including depictions of mutilated bodies and heart removal. Additionally, strong language and occasional nudity contribute significantly to its ESRB M (17+) rating, making the content highly explicit and disturbing for younger audiences.