#Blade runner game movie#

However, rather than play as the movieвЂ™s main protagonist Rick Deckard, the Blade Runner video game has players take the role of rookie blade runner Ray McCoy, tasked with tracking down a group of renegade replicants.

Sean Young reprises her role as Rachael, James Hong appears as Hannibal Chew, and William Sanderson is once again genetic designer J.F.

This approach enabled developer Westwood Studios to bring in familiar characters, utilizing the talent of the original actors to enhance its gameвЂ™s authenticity. Rather than presenting players with a straightforward adaptation, Blade Runner is a 'sidequel,' depicting events that run in parallel and occasionally intersect with the movieвЂ™s plot.

#Blade runner game movie#

Less known is the tie-in video game released in 1997 by Virgin Interactive, which bucked the gaming trend of mediocre video game movie tie-ins by creating a commercially successful and award-winning reimagining of the film.

Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction movie directed by Ridley Scott, based upon Philip K DickвЂ™s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? It is regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made, and one of the foundational texts of the cyberpunk genre thus a massive influence on games like CD Projekt RedвЂ™s Cyberpunk 2077.