Gamer's Closet #5: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Reader Billy H opens the crypt to find his tale from the Gamer’s Closet…
“I may have one of the most looked-down upon reasons ever for even buying an Xbox. That reason is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am a huge fan of the show. So, when I noticed that a game had been released exclusively for Xbox, I had to have it! I wasn’t terribly familiar with gaming systems at this point despite practically growing up in the arcade. I had an original Nintendo (after begging my mother for months), the ill-fated Turbografix 16 (it was supposed to be the thing to have and I wanted to be the first to have it, for once. Turns out I was the only one to have it.) and I got a Playstation about 2 or 3 years after they were released.
Needless to say, I’ve never been a “hardcore gamer.” I didn’t play games much by the time Xbox and PS2 were released so I wasn’t terribly interested in having either one. The price tags were also a deterrent. However, the allure of being able to play as one of my favorite characters drew me in and I plopped down my 200 plus dollars just to play this one game.”
Reader Billy H opens the crypt to find his tale from the Gamer’s Closet…
“I may have one of the most looked-down upon reasons ever for even buying an Xbox. That reason is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am a huge fan of the show. So, when I noticed that a game had been released exclusively for Xbox, I had to have it! I wasn’t terribly familiar with gaming systems at this point despite practically growing up in the arcade. I had an original Nintendo (after begging my mother for months), the ill-fated Turbografix 16 (it was supposed to be the thing to have and I wanted to be the first to have it, for once. Turns out I was the only one to have it.) and I got a Playstation about 2 or 3 years after they were released.
Needless to say, I’ve never been a “hardcore gamer.” I didn’t play games much by the time Xbox and PS2 were released so I wasn’t terribly interested in having either one. The price tags were also a deterrent. However, the allure of being able to play as one of my favorite characters drew me in and I plopped down my 200 plus dollars just to play this one game. Once I got everything home and hooked up I think I played the game for about 4 hours. I was told by my partner that I had that typical glazed-over look. I was so impressed by the graphics and gameplay (which are low by today’s standard) that I didn’t want to stop! If I hadn’t had to work early the next morning I think I’d have stayed up all night.
To this day, when I tell people that this game is the reason I bought my Xbox, I get grumbles of disbelief. The game was, and is, great and I still play it from time to time just to beat someone up!
P.S. Just for the record, the second Buffy release, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds, was, and is, also great though not exclusive to the Xbox!”
Let us know what’s in your Gamer’s Closet. Inquiring minds want to know.
Fruit Brute
Posted to Gamers Closet, Video Games on 24 September 2006
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Thanks for including my submission. :)
The combo system was whacked though =/ Amazing number of combinations (for Buffy anyway, not so much for the rest), but the terrible combo system was poorly done up.
Oh, yeah, I totally agree.
It was a nice thought, but I couldn’t get most of them to work.
Buffy was one of my top reasons for getting an Xbox too, although that was several years after it came out. I had always wanted to play it, and Chaos Bleeds was just a pathetic disappointment.
I liked Chaos Bleeds, at least the story. The game play could’ve been better, but it was still fun. :)