Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"Eat Vampire Dust"

Okay when you usually think of Tv ports to games you think, of rushed to go be realised at the same time, poor graphics thats not like the show boring gameplay, storyline unrealistic and unlike the show. Well Im glad to say buffy has broken the trend with an all mighty crash, bang, wallop. She has produced a fanastic game thats suits the Tv show perfectly and just screams at you im a classic game, pick me up and enjoy.

Graphics 9/10:
These graphics are just superb. Firstly all the characters from the show look like really realstic Willow, Giles and Spike to name just a few and look like the characters do. Also the environments are superb with all the backgrounds being really good. And all your favourite Sunnydale locations are in the game, High-School, bronze the night club, Sunken church. but my favourite bit of the graphics is the Fire and Flames it looks like it could set you a light through the control. Although mostly good sometimes the backgrounds begin to blur. And you cannot tell if some points are important or not because of the blurring, but thats the only grumle with the graphics

Sound 10/10:
the sound in this game is not matched by any other action game out there. Hit a barrel you hear a *Ching* wave a shovel around and hear it *whooosh* around while your thuding the Vampire with it, and also when you hit parts off the undeads bodies you hear that bone snpping noise that make your spine tingle. Another thing is when your fighting Buffy will come up with one of her famous back chatty comments. But these can get a bit repetitive and grateing on some. Also the voices in the game are brillant all the same ones that are out of the TV show. and enemies that are not have had suitable voices added to them

Gameplay 10/10
Honestly i would give it more than 10 but that would be cheating. The game play is where Buffy will win most of its support because of its shear brillance, you are walking down a corridor then bang then wall spurts out and 4 zombies are attacking you. But to bet the pestky zombies use the Shovel you found in the graveyard to whack him around the head with. Or a garden rake, or a pool cue, or a you get the idea they are loadz you different weapons you can use to defeat vampires depending on the setting in the Nightclub a pool cue, i the garden a rake and so on or you could smash a chair and use part of that for a stake. The you have the puzzle part of the game push certain buttons to open doors lift candles or just simply kill everyone in the room to progress to the next room where you do the same but the challenges are easy enough to solve without crying or breaking the controller. Altogether the best most flawless part of the game.

Lifespan 8/10
the lifespan of the game is pretty short if when you complete it on easy you dont try it on Noraml then on Hard you just let it gather dust. With 13 levels not many checkpoints and progressingly harder enemies it will last you.

Buy or rent. I recommend buy this game you will love it and it rocks. But if you rent it i think you could complete the whole thing with a faq in 5-7 hours on easy of course

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 04/20/03, Updated 04/20/03