Vampire Night

aka: Xixuegui zhi Ye
Moby ID: 5349

PlayStation 2 version

Vampire killer

The Good
It's a classic game, in all of its concepts. You're a half-vampire trying to destroy the evil empire on Earth, killing vampires, zombies, men-wolves and many other monsters. The plot is simple, but you'll not require a deep story behind the game, it's just a light gun shooter and nothing more. The game is funny and (like always) better to play it with somebody You can get extra life by saving people or breaking boxes, vases and furniture. Monsters has their weak points (even small monsters) and you'll need to discover them to make a good game. The game will remind you the House of the Dead Saga, but it's not better than it, it's just more of the same disguised. Funny, but nothing special. Game difficulty is reasonable, you'll finish the game with a few credits spent or just with one credit if you're a really good player and you shoot really fast.

The Bad
Get prepared to hate the girl, she's really stupid and you'll have to save her a lot of times (which is not bad at all). Voice acting is bad and the music is really simple, some action tracks which will go unnoticed through all the game, so, the sound art is not the best thing of the game. There are no extra weapons, nothing, just your gun through all the game, you can only get extra points but nothing more. Also, it's hard to save the people infected, sometimes you'll think that you've saved a girl because you've made a good shoot and you'll see how she'll become a monster (say good-bye to extra life then). You have to be very precise. It's essential to play the game with the G-Con (1 or 2). You can play the game with the gamepad but, of course, it's not the same.

The Bottom Line
A light gun game, good enough to be played with some friends but not as good like to be your favourite game ever. It'll remind you other light guns games, which are really better than this one. Play the others first, and then, if you want some more action with your light gun, try it.

by NeoJ (398) on March 13, 2009

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