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 - Addicting and Fun!First things first... this game is outstandingly better than MANY games i have played in my life. I bought an XBox just to play this game. Its sad that they no longer make this game, it is a masterpiece in my opinion. The game starts out like many other games, you are one person against many. That one person is Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The games begins with you speaking with Giles (her watcher) outside a Spanish Courtyard and its a 'training-like' scenraio preparing you for the actual game you are about to play. There are a few puzzles you have to figure out, but they are simple, there are a few vampires you have to stake and dust, and you learn certain moves and combination with punching and kicking. Then the real fun begins.... You start off visting Sunnydale High, from there you go to The Bronze and then to a few back alleys, Sunnydale Cemetary (You visit this place many times) Angels Mansion, the Sunnydale Shipping and Docking Harbor, the Local Foundry, back to the High School again. You even get transported by The Master to a 'dreamers realm' where you face some of the toughest challenges i think the game has. But the good thing about this game is that it is not one of those IMPOSSIBLE HARD TO BEAT games. It has its difficult moments and be a challenge, but it can be beat. I think that the graphics in this game are very life-like and the characters voices are the actual actors from the show (except buffys). When Buffy is fighting a Vampire and she stakes them, the stake comes out the other side of the vampire and as it turns to dust and the vampire screams, bones come crashing to the ground and then it fades away, exactly like in the show. Also there are many weapons that Buffy can pick up along the way and use against her enemies. You find crossbow bolts, rakes, shovels, baseball bats, holy water vials, sledgehamers, and bottles of hellfire. Also she has bottles of elixers that she can carry with her along the way that help replinses her energy. You can also combine some of you weapons together to make them stronger... for instance, if you have crossbow bolts and a holy water vial, you can combine them and have 3 blessed bolts to fire at enemies and watch them go up in smoke. WICKED COOL!! Sometimes, if you are low on weapons, you will come across areas where there is sunlight and you can grab vamps and toss them in the sun and they will go up in dust quick. You can also save students/teachers/cilivians wandering the school halls or out in the city and they will give you elixers or other things to help you along the way, however some of them you cant save, no matter how hard you try. But save the ones you can for a prize. Also be aware that certain weapons work better on enemies than other weapons do... for example, if you are fighting zombies dont try staking them, it doesnt phase them! Try using crossbow bolts that have been dipped in hellfire. That really lights them up! The story line in this game is AMAZING and would have made a GREAT movie. The story is set somewhere in the begining to middle of the 3rd season of Buffy, before Cordelia and Angel left the show. All in all this game is ACTION packed and full of funny one-liners from the characters and will leave you laughing sometimes so hard it will be hard to fight the vamps on the screen. If you arent even a Buffy fan, this is a great game if you like beat'em up, save the world type games! Great Family Fun! Rating: - Buffy is a Classic, Even For Non-Fans of the show!!I bought an Xbox just because of Buffy, I first got Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds from a very friend of mine :), anyway, I was playing Chaos Bleeds and I found it veryyyyy good, easy.. and some flaws as well... anyway, when I got my copy of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (I bought it here) I was thrilled, first of all, the graphics are a bit, just a bit! better than Chaos Bleeds, the Cut-Scenes are BETTER than the game in Chaos Bleeds,oh.. and the game isnt that cheap like Chaos Bleeds... Gameplay 9/10: For the most part of the game you spend kicking and punching vampires, zombies and other kind of undead in your quest to save the world and to know whats going on, im a fan of the show and I loved the gameplay! you can have alot of weapons, including Stakes, crossbows, mops, brooms, and a water gun filled with hellfire and holy water which is good to dust vampires and other kind of stuffs. The control here are sooooooooo simple, you use X to punch and A to Kick if you combine this button, you can release good combos against your enemies (While holding the last button the game will change in slow motion for like 5 seconds, buffy will glow purple, and she will unleash a combo with more damage to the enemy) the Y is the use button of the game, you can stake (If you have a weapon), open doors, take items, etc. if the B button you Jump, with the L shoulder button you can look in a first person mode! this is useful since if you are low in health, you would want to look into an area first! the R shoulder button is to target and enemy, (you can also enter a first person mode with the crossbow when you are equipped with it, this game is a must!) I found that in Chaos Bleeds the vampires are wayyyyy to easy to kill, well here... you have difficulty, Easy, normal and hard! you can decapitate vampires with shovels and the reaper blade too, burn with holy or hell fire, you can stake em (sighs) and there are manyyy ways to dispatch your enemy, dont have stakes?? throw your vampiric foe to daylight (In some levels, like Angel's Mansion) want to dispatch your enemy quickly?? if there is a table turned over with a sharp leg, you can toss it there and it dusts! an interesting thing about this game is that, if your bar is depleted you dont die actually, your enemy needs to perform a killing attack (Such as biting your neck, or stomp it, fire.. and stuffs like that) and buffy dies, same apply to the enemies, you need to stake (You can also throw your stake, and if you catch your enemy off-guard it will dust him/her instantly without you having to deplete his/her energy bar) or burn, decapitate them! wayyyy too funny. The reason that I gave it a 9 was because sometimes the camera angles will get you in trouble, but is not a big deal and the fact that buffy cannot swim, rofl. Sound (Music) 9/10: The sound in this game is veryyy detailed, you can hear buffy breathing, which is hilarious, when she is walking down a hallway (sighs) when some of the vampires growl (Ripped straight from the show) and many many other things, the voice acting is the better than i thought, Everybody plays their RL counterpart except for Buffy, but the girl in replacement sounds a lot like SMG! which is good, thats why I gave this a 9.. Also the music, when you are walking, you can hear a spooking music playing on the background, and when you are fighting with some vamps, you can hear some excelent tunes, is like tecno or something like that but is different than the music in chaos bleeds, is not that kind of music with the theme (u are going to die!! no time to escape) like in chaos bleeds, so is a good adiction to this game (the themes in chaos bleeds sounded better but...)... Also.. Buffy has some witty comments to says to the enemies (Like in the show) but after a little while it gets veryyyyy repetitive, funny, but repetitive.. it doesnt bother me really, but couldnt they just added more?? Story 10/10: This is a Beat em up action game for the xbox see?? but it has an incredible story! the actual writers from the show wrote this one, involving the master coming back, and some of other unfamiliar foes, (The game is placed somewhere in season 3) they are trying to resurect The Master, which it occurs, but in a phantom form, so he searchs for a body, Angel.. then Angel is posessed by the master, and you need to fight him to weaken the master while willow and the others perfoms a ritual to get the master out of angel's body so buffy wouldnt have to kill him... and then the rest you will find it yourself, this is a good story, you feel like you are inside an episode of the show :), there are bad moments (Such as angel posessed) and good moments with witty and funny comments and stuffs :). Graphics 8.5/10: This game is a master piece, it success in not being repetitive! even you get to go to the library between some level and have an actual conversation with the scooby gang!! is more like an scooby reunion, nothing like Chaos Bleeds, you need to talk to them the way you want and stuff, they give you tips, and it futhers the story of the game, xander sometimes will give you weapons, willow will increase your power and health bar if you give her the crystals.. and giles will give you new combos and a cool weapon later on the game with the name "Reaper Blade"! cordelia will just.. speaks.. lol, but anyway she is funny. another interesting thing about this game is that, buffy will change her emotions, and a big huge difference from chaos bleeds, is that the charater model will actually move the lips when buffy makes a witty comment! wayyy too detailed! All in all... Buffy The Vampire Slayer is one (or was) cause the game was made in 2002, one of the best action beat em up game for the xbox, its a classic, and non-fan of the show can get into the story going to the extra menu and choosing buffy history 101, it explain everything about buffy and the concept of the game, there are some codes that you can unlock an arena mode, and you can even play multiplayer inside it!! the first control being buffy and the other ones controls the enemies (even bosses) :), you can also do that in the story mode, cause the arena mode has a bug and it lets you to do the same in the game (Nope, it will not affect your game disc or gameplay), fans of the show they need to have this game! is a classic, and again.. most of the non-fans should pick this up, dont ignore this game cause it has Buffy's name.. this is a good action game, and a classic, way better than Spiderman. Rating: - buffy is so coolbuffy the vampire slayer game is the best game ever made i am a fan of the show just wanted to say this game rocks keep makeing more buffy games Rating: - such a sweet game!If your a Buffy fan or not, this game is a major must! It is so much fun with awesome graphics and missions! You go everywhere from The Bronze to Angel's Mansion. You've got Spike as the ultimate villan along with Drusilla and the whole Scooby Gang: Willow, Xander, Cordeila, and Giles along with the brooding Angel. There is never a dull moment! The missions are super fun and you will find yourself never wanting to put the controller down. YOur out to rid the world of Vamps and evil feins Buffy style. There are so many great weapons to choose from. You've got your typical stake, shovels, hell-fire, cross-bow, holy water, an awesome hell-fire gun and much much more. There are your average vampires (girls and guys), then you have the vamps on steroids, spiders, dead zombies, skeletons, bats, . . . you name, Buffy's got it! I play this game ALL THE TIME! You can even set the games to easy-normal-hard. This game is a must . . if you just play it once . . you'll be hooked . .trust me!!! I highly highly highly reccomend it! Rating: - buffy the vampire slayer x-boxHI i have this game for x-box it rocks and it's so cool and i also have the second one and so great thanks.
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