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Too short and simplistic, but fun for Buffy fans.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: July 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I finished this game in about two hours playing time total. With 16 relatively short levels, this game is not strong in breadth at all. Level designs are fairly limited, and the sound is quite unimpressive. This game also has a very dumb system with lives and continues -- every time you fall off the edge or your life runs out in battle, you get blasted right to the beginning of the level. Perhaps this was the programmers' way to try to make the game and the too-short levels more difficult, but I figured out a way to get around this almost immediately (to simply quit and reload the saved game is exactly the same as using up a life or a continue), so the lives system didn't increase the challenge much, only the level annoyance.

Good points: The controls are not nearly as stiff as, say, Super Ghouls N' Ghosts, and Buffy fans will enjoy watching the characters in the show interact -- even if their backgrounds are always the same and the "cut scenes" are all in stills. A Gameboy Advance cartridge probably doesn't have the storage for captured scenes, so I think the effort to try to get the stars of the show into the cut scenes (which would have cost much more money) is admirable. Sarah Michelle Gellar is of course a given (who would buy a Buffy game without her face?), but having Anthony Stewart Head, Alyson Hannigan, Nicolas Brendon and Emma Caulfield reprise their characters at least adds an element of authenticity, underwhelming as that presence is.

To be fair, I've played franchise games (such as Evil Dead: Hail to the King) that have shirked design and mechanics far more than this game, and the quirky Buffy environments are fun to navigate through. You pretty much have to be a fan of the show already to play this game, but if you are, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Only for collectors

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: July 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

1st off this is a review from someone that actually has played and owns this game. Unless you are a huge fan of the show and just want the game to add to your Buffy collectables I say do not buy this game! It has some of the worse controls and it get frustrating very quickly when you hit the jump button and do not jump. If you played the Buffy game for the Game Boy Color this is pretty much the same thing demon and vampire killing, cut scene lather rinse repeat. The levels are too short (or maybe too long in some cases), the A.I. is not very bright and the bosses are too easy to kill. The game can be beaten in an hour or so depending on the difficulty level and your frustration level. They don't even use the theme song from the show, just generic low quality stuff. This game is probably one they just change the characters around in and market as different games. Save you money on this one, I wish I had. I am looking forward to the new Buffy game coming out for the Game Cube, this looks much more promising from the previews I've seen at gaming sites. I'm a Buffy fan but this is the 2nd Game Boy game based on Buffy that is not worthy of the Buffy name.

Must Be Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 23
Date: May 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has got to be great Because,
. It's Buffy
. You see your favorite characters from the show including Willow,Xander,Giles, and more
.Slaughter The Undead at The Bronze, Cemetaries, And other locations
. Customizable Weapons
. Create Your own stakes by breaking wooden objects
. If you are out of stakes in a warehouse in the daytime, just break a whole in the ceiling so sunlight comes pouring in
. Interactive Enviroments that you can use to your advantage
YOU MUST GET THIS GAME

The Show May Be Over, But The Merchandise Live On

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: July 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been a big fan of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series ever since it has been on TV. The show has everything you need in a show: Horror, comedy, romance, suspense, and action all rolled into one action-packed hour. And on November 6, 2001, Buffy the Vampire Slayer made television history by making the best musical episode ever for a television series. "Once More, Feeling" is the episode title that sweeped the nation. I was hooked, and now video games are being released on GameCube, XBox, and now Game Boy Advance. I'm glad that they have finally decided to release a Buffy game for Game Boy Advance, now I can have just as much fun playing my favorite characters in my hands, as well as watching them kick [butt] on the tube. If you are a slayer fan, there won't be a doubt that you should buy the Game Boy Advance game, "Buffy the Vamprie Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King," a great new game to your collection.

Lots of hours of fun here

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Briefly put, Buffy explores various environs in sixteen levels of the game, fighting vamps and building up to a big standoff with some Darkhull king guy. In the process she picks up various weapons--the most common, of course, the good old wooden stake--some of which are more effective than others at fighting the bad guys.

I am not a big-time game player, so maybe I have lower standards than some of the people who panned this Buffy game, but my daughter and I have both gotten *many* of hours of enjoyment out of this one. It's fun roaming around the various levels, which were difficult enough to engage us for quite some time. (We've finished both the easy and normal levels,but I have yet to defeat the game on the hard level.) And I appreciate, as with other GameBoy games that we've played, that it takes some ingenuity to figure out what needs to be done. In other words I think that, counter-intuitively perhaps, GameBoy games can be educational for kids because they require thought.

There were a few annoying things about the game: being returned to the start of a level when you die becomes maddening, as does the (thankfully brief) introductory stage when the action of the game pauses to provide information to the user about button functions. It would be nice if that feature could be turned off. Otherwise, I recommend it.

Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece

Worth a look for action or Buffy fans

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King is essentially another licensed side scrolling beat 'em up that occasionally has something to do with the series it's based on through still cut scenes from the series and weapons that fans of the series will be familiar with. Taking place within the fourth season of the show, Buffy encounters hordes of vampires and demons, as well as the voice stealing Gentlemen and the cybernetic giant Adam among other baddies. The ability to combine weapons adds some variety to the game, but there are plenty of cons here. Jumping moves are very annoying to get ahold of, the puzzles are tedious, and if you can get through all that, you'll find that the game is actually a breeze to get through. The graphics are colorful, but nothing that pushes the GBA to it's limits. It's too bad that THQ didn't put more thought into designing this game, I for one would have enjoyed it if you could play as other characters than just Buffy; adding Xander, Willow, Riley, or even Giles would have been fun given each has different abilities, but oh well. All in all, this game is worth a look for fans of the series that own a GBA, but all others should leave this on the shelf.

Got to be Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 35
Date: April 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of since since March 10, 1997 (The first episode of the sereis) all through its Seven year Run (Which end May 20th, 2003) I have followed the show religously. I have purchased 95% of all the merchandise, including the video games. There have been three previous games (One for Game Boy Color, one for XBox, and a computer pinball game) all the games have been fun, and have had a certain degree of epicness. I doubt that this game will stray far from the formula. Purchase this game if you a Buffy for, or if you just like Action / Adventure games.... AND DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE BUFFY FINALE ON MAY 20th!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You might as well light a ... bill on fire

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

You might as well light a ... bill on fire than spend it on this game, because you're more likely to derive entertainment from watching your money go up in smoke. The controls on this game are stiff and frustrating, level design is unimaginative and you are constantly forced to restart, and the music is so tinny and annoying that it borders on self-parody. It would be really cool to play Buffy and her friends as they stake vamps -- but this isn't the game to do it with.

This game blows

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love Buffy but I hate this game. It is a little hard to control at times and is generally uninteresting. Oh well.

Buffy is the bomb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for five years. Now, before the games and sound tracks, Sarah Michelle Gellas was playing a girl who fought vampires. Well she came a long way. This game is awesome with all the action and adventure. I would highly recommend this to everyone because around each corner comes a spine shivering scene.

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