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It'll be something of a relief for the majority of people to find out that Vampire Night is not a simulation of a night out at a goth club. You can pretend it's exactly that if you like, as you blow away hordes of the style-challenged undead, but that's not really what the game's about. It's a gun game in the vein (pardon the pun) of Virtua Cop and Time Crisis. This means you shoot bad guys. And that's pretty much it.
Considering this game is a rare joint venture between Namco and Sega, it's shocking how little imagination has gone into Vampire Night. The only new idea here is health bars for all the baddies, and, really, that's not much of an innovation. There's a cryptful of extra game modes and secrets, but that's unlikely to offer much comfort when you complete the main game within just a few hours of opening the box.
Vampire Night isn't awful by any means, but it is terribly derivative. Time Crisis 2 is a much better bet if you fancy a bit of gun game action. However, if you already own that game, this is a good second choice. --David Jenkins |
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