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Playstation 2 is getting it's second GCon2/Gcon light gun game courtesy of Namco, Vampire night. Anyone with the Official PLaystation 2 Magazine issue #19 has the demo and, it is better than Time Crisis 2 for sheer action alone.
Gone is the ability to duck, instead you are going to have to be very fast on that trigger, reloading is done by pressing a button or shooting off screen. The enemies no longer all die with one hit, the promised "vulnerable points" idea- where certain creatures need certain areas shooting to kill them - is amazing and makes for a much better game, and far more frantic as well ! There are these facehugger type things which cling to civlians faces and then transform them into weird monster/vampire things, and to stop them you have to hit the face hugger creature, not easy when you're already under attack and it's victim is running around wildly. When you do hit a creature enough they go out in style, disappearing into dust, like in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, in many cases, others being catapulted back by your volley of shots. The enemies aren't random but each new play of the demo still seems to cause a few surprises because it is just so fast. In a later part you have to protect this child who follows you and she gets taken by the creatures which then have to be taken down with pin point accuracy - and with the Gcon2 missing is entirely the players fault !
In short, its way better than the magazine review suggests, so play it, go buy a Gcon2, and get ready for what is going to be the best light gun game on Playstation 2 ! It really is far better than I'd hoped... :)
Gone is the ability to duck, instead you are going to have to be very fast on that trigger, reloading is done by pressing a button or shooting off screen. The enemies no longer all die with one hit, the promised "vulnerable points" idea- where certain creatures need certain areas shooting to kill them - is amazing and makes for a much better game, and far more frantic as well ! There are these facehugger type things which cling to civlians faces and then transform them into weird monster/vampire things, and to stop them you have to hit the face hugger creature, not easy when you're already under attack and it's victim is running around wildly. When you do hit a creature enough they go out in style, disappearing into dust, like in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, in many cases, others being catapulted back by your volley of shots. The enemies aren't random but each new play of the demo still seems to cause a few surprises because it is just so fast. In a later part you have to protect this child who follows you and she gets taken by the creatures which then have to be taken down with pin point accuracy - and with the Gcon2 missing is entirely the players fault !
In short, its way better than the magazine review suggests, so play it, go buy a Gcon2, and get ready for what is going to be the best light gun game on Playstation 2 ! It really is far better than I'd hoped... :)
Vampire night is a rethink of house of the dead.
simple as that.
whens it out?
simple as that.
whens it out?
I bought it yesterday and it was still 4.99 ?
the only problem is the mag has gone up to £5.49 which is a rip off
The game sounds very good, i think ill get the magazine see whta it's like
I've found that there is two routesw through the demo, but both end at the square with the vampire. At one point in the demo a montser grabs the girl following you, whether you shoot this monster before he jumps dictates your route through the demo. Not shoointg him means a trek through those passages, whilst nailing him (without blasting the girl to death) means you get to go around the castle battlements, where you see these weird clown monsters...always thought clowns were evil !
Yeah - I liked Time Crisis 2 and that got some pretty poor reviews!!
Ive been a bit put off with the reviews Ive read but Im willing to give it a try!! From what Ive seen it looks good enough!!
Well I'm looking forward to trying the demo when I get home tonight _ I hope it is worth playing cos I do like light gun games and there just are not enough of them about. I see that there is another one coming out soon - Endgame, the screen shots look good - lets hope that plays well as well.
Playstation 2 is getting it's second GCon2/Gcon light gun game courtesy of Namco, Vampire night. Anyone with the Official PLaystation 2 Magazine issue #19 has the demo and, it is better than Time Crisis 2 for sheer action alone.
Gone is the ability to duck, instead you are going to have to be very fast on that trigger, reloading is done by pressing a button or shooting off screen. The enemies no longer all die with one hit, the promised "vulnerable points" idea- where certain creatures need certain areas shooting to kill them - is amazing and makes for a much better game, and far more frantic as well ! There are these facehugger type things which cling to civlians faces and then transform them into weird monster/vampire things, and to stop them you have to hit the face hugger creature, not easy when you're already under attack and it's victim is running around wildly. When you do hit a creature enough they go out in style, disappearing into dust, like in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, in many cases, others being catapulted back by your volley of shots. The enemies aren't random but each new play of the demo still seems to cause a few surprises because it is just so fast. In a later part you have to protect this child who follows you and she gets taken by the creatures which then have to be taken down with pin point accuracy - and with the Gcon2 missing is entirely the players fault !
In short, its way better than the magazine review suggests, so play it, go buy a Gcon2, and get ready for what is going to be the best light gun game on Playstation 2 ! It really is far better than I'd hoped... :)
Gone is the ability to duck, instead you are going to have to be very fast on that trigger, reloading is done by pressing a button or shooting off screen. The enemies no longer all die with one hit, the promised "vulnerable points" idea- where certain creatures need certain areas shooting to kill them - is amazing and makes for a much better game, and far more frantic as well ! There are these facehugger type things which cling to civlians faces and then transform them into weird monster/vampire things, and to stop them you have to hit the face hugger creature, not easy when you're already under attack and it's victim is running around wildly. When you do hit a creature enough they go out in style, disappearing into dust, like in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, in many cases, others being catapulted back by your volley of shots. The enemies aren't random but each new play of the demo still seems to cause a few surprises because it is just so fast. In a later part you have to protect this child who follows you and she gets taken by the creatures which then have to be taken down with pin point accuracy - and with the Gcon2 missing is entirely the players fault !
In short, its way better than the magazine review suggests, so play it, go buy a Gcon2, and get ready for what is going to be the best light gun game on Playstation 2 ! It really is far better than I'd hoped... :)