There's no easy way to say this that doesn't sound like hyperbole, but #BLUD (pronounced as "hashtag blood," for reference) from developer Exit 73 Studios and publisher Humble Games is like someone took the general premise of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and mixed it in a blender with the cartoon aesthetics of The Powerpuff Girls and Cuphead with Zelda-like dungeon crawling. In a very real way, it feels like someone put up a mood board when creating this game that was explicitly designed to cater to my sensibilities. And, well, it's worked; I've been absolutely sucked (Get it? Because vampires?) in.
#BLUD puts players in the shoes of one Becky Brewster, a plucky protagonist that attends high school in lovely Carpentersville. But not all is as it seems, however, as some sort of demonic force has arrayed here and Becky finds herself shunted to the forefront of the vampire apocalypse with a trusty field hockey stick in tow.
