Vampire Hunter D

by Jaleco

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• ASIN: B00004U4SR
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 1, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,902 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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This Resident Evil-like action-adventure game takes place in the distant future--A.D. 12,090, to be exact--some 10,000 years after vampires have won control of the planet from humans. Vampire Hunter D is based on the original Hideyuki Kikuchi novel and the cult-classic anime that followed. Your character is the aptly named Vampire Hunter D, a half-human, half-vampire who is hired to rescue a kidnapped child. The linear plot has three endings, each of which is triggered by meeting certain criteria.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great game with some drastic flaws, August 26, 2002

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H. Thompson (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vampire Hunter D (Video Game)

INTRO: Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE Vampire Hunter D the series, its just I am doing an unbiased review that won't spare any of the flaws with this particular title. To say this game is the best game in history is just foolish, and to say its the worse game in history is also just as foolish. It may be really fun to someone, but the truth of the matter is its got some issues.

FLAWS: Well, the major flaws aren't to be ignored. Jaleco (the company responsible for this game) needs to realize that the pre-rendered backgrounds so famous in the Resident Evil games, just doesn't belong in any other game that can't pull it off just as well. Resident Evil tended to switch camera views when it was most convinient (well, most of the time), but this game will switch camera views well...a lot. And a lot of them aren't very helpful and will get you killed a lot. Also, the fact that drawing your sword takes a minute and you have to do it every time you enter a screen is just annoying. Drawing a gun is much quicker than a sword I know, but when you are being ambushed right when you walk through a door and your only real weapon is sheathed, this can be a big problem. Another thing is the controls...ugh! They aren't horrible, but then again...they aren't anywhere close to perfect. You'll find yourself being stuck on the walls, facing the wrong way to attack enemies, and so on. Its just frustrating and will take a lot of getting use to. As a nitpick, a lot of D's moves could be a little bit faster to keep up with the computer's foes.

GRAPHICS: The graphics are about as good as the Playstation 1 can really manage for this type of game. There isn't a lot of distortion in the character models, and compared to the Japanese version of this game, they actually improved a lot of the monster models. The cutscenes are good use CGI, and you'll find yourself being familiar with a lot of the characters.

AUDIO: The audio is pretty well done. I was skeptical at first because the Bloodlust movie offered some great voice actors, but this game managed to boast some not-so-annoying voices. From as much as I can tell, Meier Link's voice actor in this game is actually the same from the movie...and Leila's voice actor is a dead-ringer as the movie's in some parts.

PLOT/GAME STORY: This game is based (as few people know) on the Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust movie that was released recently as a sequel to the classic movie. This game captures the movie pretty well, but changes a lot of the stuff to get the pace moving faster. If you want full character development though, check the movie out first.

PUZZLES: The puzzles aren't IMPOSSIBLE but a little difficult. The only thing I can say about the puzzles is that they aren't very ...."encouraging". They are about as boring as puzzles come sadly enough. I usually am not inspired to pick up the controller just so I can look through the sewer for a wrench (an actual puzzle).

ABILITIES: The abilities are pretty cool. Your hand (as most fans know already) can absorb enemies after they have been weakened, and their power is added to a small meter at the bottom of the screen. This meter (once increased by a slot - 3 slots total) will allow you to use one of your hands 2 special abilities: "Heal" (full energy plus cure of poison) and "Attack" (a devastating attack that inflicts major damage on bosses and kills basic enemies). This is a cool and unique feature, and also the fact that you can gain an instant resurrection (life) if you fill the meter up to "full" once (you can gain further resurrections if you use the current one and fill the meter up again). Besides this much, you can use a variety of weapons (grenades, throwing darts, flash bombs, etc.) and power-ups (blood pills, potions, cures) which is common for any video game.

OVERALL: Overall, this game is pretty fun once you get used to the annoying flaws and can manage to beat them (you can save anytime in your items menu so there shouldn't be any problems). Other than these annoying problems, this game is a major "have" for any collector of anime games, survival horror games, and rip-offs of the Resident Evil series, since it boasts a lot of each of those categories, and since this game is better than the import version, its both "easier to find" and "better by far".

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Best Had for the Memories, January 2, 2005

By 

Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vampire Hunter D (Video Game)

Vampire Hunter D is very much a creation of Yoshitaka Amano, a visionary designer who, among other things has had a significant influence on the visual effects of game and anime design. He is most famous for his work in the Final Fantasy series, but this game as a derivative of his anime work. As such, it arrived with a built in following, but failed to live up to expectations.

It is a fairly representative plot, based on the 2001 Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust DVD. Rescue a young damsel from the claws of vampire Meier Link, a story with several unexpected twists, which are used here as well. It is a puzzle-solving, watch your vitality sort of game.

The puzzles can be difficult, fighting is simplistic and clumsy, and the interface is awkward. For someone who has adjusted to games on the newer consoles, playing Vampire Hunter D may be an unsatisfying experience. IT is even a bit primitive by PSOne standards. Still it's not a bad game, just one that is very dated.

Its real value today is as a collectors item for D fans, who probably all believe that there isn't enough of the dunpeal vampire killer to go around. The graphics are murky, but it's still the world where half-breed vampires get even with their sires and damsels are there for the rescuing.

Collector, diehard fan, or curious game player, this is worth picking up. Just don't expect Final Fantasy level play and you will avoid disappointment.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vampire Hunter D on the U.S. PSX, October 10, 2000

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Veronica H. Barnhart (Carlsbad, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vampire Hunter D (Video Game)

Alright anime fans!! Listen up!! If you love anime or just Vampire Hunter D, then you need to check this game out. Awesome voice acting and storyline. The music is alright. Good in some places and boring in other places. The graphics are decent. Basically, this game is great except for the controls. The controls make the game much harder than it should be, but if you can get used to them and overlook their constant mess ups, then you can like this game and get pretty far in it. The camera angles mess up a lot too. But it is a helluva lot of fun chopping of bad guys and stealing their life energy with D's left hand. You get a few items such as blood potions, wooden stakes, and even grenades to aid you in your quest. A pretty expansive and neat array of monsters. check it out. nice game.