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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Chaos Bleeds" Video Game - Ign.com Review

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Tuesday 21 June 2005, by Webmaster

This game with Slay your boredom

This Review’s Trust Rating: Unrated

June 17, 2005 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds is an action packed game. You take the role as the two slayers-Buffy and Faith, play as Xander, play as the witch-Willow. Play with the vampire-Spike. The game is quiet entertaining. The fighting is very cool. Not only can you fight, but you sove puzzles. Battle Vampires, Zombies, Demons, and even spiders.

The game is very fluid. The movement is exactly like the show. Buffy kicks ass. In the game you are put into on a contest. You must find the missing body part of Cassandra Rayne, and put them back together. I will not reveil what for. For those who haven’t picked up a copy, now’s the time to do so. You can pick up many diffrenent weapons, from asword, to a watergun, that shoots fire!

The down fall is that fighting groups of Vamps, and demons can be hard. They attack from many different places. You will take in a lot of damage. But that’s only if you don’t block. The game is about maybe five to thirty hours long. Depending on how well you proceed. Reader’s Ratings for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (PS2)

Rating Description
9.0 Presentation
Excellent
8.7 Graphics
Very good
10 Sound
Featuring the soundtrack from the show
9.3 Gameplay
Long lasting!
9.0 Lasting Appeal
Overall, this game is one of the best I’ve seen. And I’ve seen God of War, and this is just as good as it (In my opinion)
8.9 OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average)


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  • > Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Chaos Bleeds - Ign.com Review

    22 June 2005 20:52, by sicklittlemonky
    Firstly, let me say, I’m a huge Buffy fan!!! Huge!!! So it gives me no pleasure to criticize a Buffy vehicle, but I must disagree with this review. Putting aside the fact that it looks like it was written by a 10 year old, this reviewer can’t have played many good video games because "Chaos Bleeds" is severly flawed in several ways. Firstly, you can very rarely save, which is what makes the game play so bloody long! Secondly, the rendering is terrible in several aspects, especially jumping. Thirdly, I have found that the buttons frequently don’t respond when you push them (although this could be a problem with my game or controller, to be fair). Fourth, the actual controls are not well planned and I find that getting items or using health is extremely inconvenient, especially during a fight. And fifth, the game itself feels a little sloppy in its layout. I have gotten stuck at least 3 times already and I’m only on the fifth level! It doesn’t have a clear path to follow, and there are frequently several different routes to try that lead to nowhere!! Plus, the puzzles you have to solve are rarely "puzzles" because they just require you find an item, which usually isn’t very hard. Overall, I’d say the game is amusing, if you’re a fan and want to play it because its Buffy, plus the locations look really good! But if you’re just looking for a good game to play, I’d suggest "Resident Evil 4" or "Eternal Darkness" before "Chaos Bleeds" any day!!