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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds for PlayStation 2
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds for PlayStation 2 tells a new adventure framed as a lost episode from the fifth television season. The First causes different realities to bleed into Sunnydale and brings old enemies back. You play not only as Buffy, but also as Willow, Xander, Faith, Spike and the wooden dummy Sid. The story determines which character you control during each mission.
Combat combines punches, kicks, blocking and the use of found weapons. Vampires must be finished with a stake after taking enough damage, while other creatures have their own weaknesses. Every playable character has a different emphasis: Willow uses magic, Buffy and Faith are strong fighters, and Sid can pass through small openings. Between fights you find keys, combine items and solve environmental puzzles in places including a cemetery, a hospital and a blood factory.
The campaign is strictly for one player. The PS2 version also includes four competitive modes for up to four local participants: Slayer Challenge, Domination, Survival and Bunny Catcher. Three or four players require a PlayStation 2 Multitap and enough DualShock 2 controllers. These are local arenas, not a cooperative story campaign. All story and multiplayer content is on the disc and requires no internet connection.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
The campaign in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds is for one player. The four competitive arena modes support up to four local participants. Three or four players require a PlayStation 2 Multitap and enough DualShock 2 controllers; these accessories are included only when the product explicitly says so.
Manual
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
Eurocom developed Chaos Bleeds and Vivendi Universal Games released it in 2003 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. Writers Christopher Golden and Tom Sniegoski worked on a story that could fit within the television series without literally recreating a broadcast episode. The events were therefore presented as an alternative or lost story from season five, with The First as the overarching enemy.
The game followed the earlier Buffy title released only for Xbox, but gave this instalment a broader cast. The campaign changes character between chapters and uses their talents to vary routes and puzzles. Original actors returned for many roles, while the combat uses familiar objects from the series. Extra material, including interviews and a Chaos Bleeds comic, could be unlocked while playing.
The four local arena modes were separate from the campaign. Players could unlock heroes and enemies for them and then score points, survive waves, control an area or catch rabbits. Later Buffy games chose different platforms and designs, leaving Chaos Bleeds as the only major console entry with these six campaign characters and extensive local arenas. This page describes the original PS2 disc, not a fan project or digital adaptation.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
BloodRayne for PlayStation 2 sends a half-vampire with blades and firearms through linear combat areas. Chaos Bleeds likewise uses supernatural enemies and fast attacks, but switches between six heroes and interrupts the action more often with puzzles and items. BloodRayne stays with one protagonist; Buffy connects several talents to a television story and local arenas.
Van Helsing uses crossbows, blades and acrobatic moves against monsters from classic horror films. Chaos Bleeds takes place in modern Sunnydale and often requires a finishing stake against vampires. Both combine fighting with searching and switches, but Buffy changes character between chapters and includes four local multiplayer modes that Van Helsing does not offer.
Resist or Serve is also based on a television series and tells a new story with the original lead characters. There, Mulder and Scully investigate separate routes using firearms and evidence. Chaos Bleeds chooses more direct hand-to-hand combat, six playable heroes and supernatural arenas. Both try to make a missing television episode playable, but their pacing differs greatly.
A Fistful of Boomstick sends Ash through a city full of Deadites with a chainsaw and firearms. Chaos Bleeds likewise uses humour, undead enemies and familiar characters from a horror series, but divides the campaign among several heroes and includes more puzzles. Evil Dead stresses large groups of enemies; Buffy focuses on individual fighting styles, stakes and story-driven character changes.
Constantine combines modern locations with demons, spells and investigation from a third-person perspective. Chaos Bleeds shares the supernatural action and environmental puzzles, but has a lighter group dynamic and lets you control six familiar characters. Constantine remains a solo game about one antihero; Buffy adds separate local arenas for up to four participants.
