Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King

 Game Boy Advance
  • Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: Jun 24, 2003
Metascore
44

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
  3. Negative: 9 out of 16
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  1. GameSpy
    45
    There isn't a single original or inspired moment in any of the game's 16 levels...The level design is so pathetic that the game first recycles a background tile set from Level 1 in Level 3!
  2. Game Informer
    43
    In a game, you need a control scheme that makes sense and works. Buffy's doesn't. At all... Try as I might, there's nothing that I can compliment or even remotely endorse in this game. [Sept 2003, p.126]
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  3. Village Voice
    40
    Teenhood merely as drab and awkward survival.
  5. IGN
    40
    The collision detection in the combat engine is a bit wonky since some punches connect but others don't...and it's not exactly fun to miss stabbing someone in the chest by only a pixel or two when they're down on the ground.
  6. G4 TV
    40
    With its anemic presentation, difficult jumps, and random and completely obscure puzzles, it's tough to enjoy everything else Buffy has to offer.
  7. Cheat Code Central
    40
    Un-challenging, un-fun, easy to beat and way too short. It’s such a boring game that the only saving grace is that it’s mercifully short.
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  8. GameSpot
    38
    A generic and frustrating side scroller that could have been much better had it spent a few more weeks in development. Likewise, more work should have gone into tying the game into the television show.
  9. Pocket Games
    35
    Add in the poorly executed control scheme, muddy graphics, tinny sound and less than five hours of gameplay, and you're looking at a game that simply doesn't justify the price of admission. [Fall 2003, p.43]
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  10. Gaming Age
    0
    I can't think of a single positive thing to say about Buffy. It's boring, unoriginal, ugly, takes only an hour or so to finish, and falls far short of the mark. Even if you're a hardcore Buffy fan, I wouldn't recommend this sorry excuse for a game to you.

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#96 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2003
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#77 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2003

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User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. RurikJ.
    May 6, 2004
    10
    Hey its really fun to be the slayer and kick ass, killing demons, vampires and following some cool unique story ! I loved this game ! Its one Hey its really fun to be the slayer and kick ass, killing demons, vampires and following some cool unique story ! I loved this game ! Its one of my favorates ! And with some pics from the characters it makes even better ! I say its an A+ ! 1000000 all the way ! … Full Review »
  2. GilbertMulroneycakesInConversation
    Jul 17, 2003
    3
    Watch the show instead. This is almost, but not quite, entirely not worthy of association. It feels like a Streets-Of-Rage-but-platformy rip Watch the show instead. This is almost, but not quite, entirely not worthy of association. It feels like a Streets-Of-Rage-but-platformy rip off from about 7 or so years ago. Buffy fans: take the identity of the game's Big Bad as a warning. It's not Angelus, the Mayor, Glory, or even Warren. It's Adam. Skip it.… Full Review »
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