Worst Game of the Year
Low quality. Poor controls. Stupid game world.
I've listened, watched and read all the reviews about this game, I thought "no game could be that bad." I thought the same thing when I bought Dead Rising and after I played it, leveled up, I've gotten use to it, Dead Rising kinda grew on me, I like it. The longer I played Dead Rising, the better it got.
So I bought Vampire Rain and played it (most of it) and well... yes the reviews are correct, this game ultimately sucks, plain and simple. I kept thinking "its gotta improve eventually, it cant be this bad" and actually, it really doesnt get better, its remains as itself from the beginning, the same crappy game world.
It doesn't really suck because survival is tough (well actually it does suck, its called "bad design creates a bad game imbalance against the player") true in the world of game crappiness, it is the gameworld and level design that sucks. Survival is key (sneaking around and almost no fighting) and its helped because the vampires have stupid game A.I.
Ammo consists of tissue paper and cotton balls, why give all these various weapons when none of them work except for 3 rare ones. The only thing that can be successfully "killed" are the gate padlocks. Why are the bosses easier to kill than the indestructable minions? Seriously, some low level street prostitute vamp can kill me instantly but a high level "elite-prime-walker vamp ruler of his/her domain" can only dole out slaps and pokes.
Thankfully all the vamps are so stupid its easy to get past them or easy to find glitches. I had three vamps running around in a circle trying to get me (they couldnt jump, fly or use their super vamp 2 hit kill) that was the only entertaining glitch I found. Actually thats the only entertainment I got from this game.
About gameplay, its like going through an underground single path maze with swinging axes in the ceilings, just time everything and one can finish this game in no time. Its predictable. I enjoy both the spy game genre and Tom Clancy. I also like zombie and monster games. This one isnt any of them.
I didnt heed the warning to stay away from it. God this game sucks, save yourself and stay away from it.
Better games are available to play: The Darkness (360), Resident Evil 4 (Wii, GC, PS2), Buffy Vampire Slayer (XBOX), Blood Rayne 2 (PS2), the basic Resident Evil (The Original PSOne version) is good, heck even Dino Crisis (PS One) plays much better and so many countless other games that are way better than this crappy title.
Game scenerio: A small padlock on a chain link gate is stopping you from finishing that level. Your out of ammo but you have your knife. Damn, even in Vampire Rain, your handheld knife needs ammo too ...darn its out of ammo too.Read full review
