I really wasn't thrilled with multiplayer at all and it gave me a headache how if you are playing and another character is there that you can injur them by accident, cause I killed Tara like 5 times when trying to save her from Ethan.

Although it's nice to play as everyone else, I don't see how Xander has the power he has, he should get his ass pounded on much more. And Faith I thought, was much better than everyone else. Her moves were smoother and damn sexy I might add.

Buffy was okay, but she didn't look as much like SMG as the first one, Willow was closer this time, Giles liked like crap, I thought Xander was better last time around, and Spike was pretty consistent.

It's an okay game, but a bit of a step down from the last one, I wish the Collective had stuck around for this one.

Eta stupid spelling errors...it's late over here on the Eastern side of things.

Huh. I didn't have any problems in the protect Tara fight. I think I may have accidently singed her with one Fireball, but that's it. On the other hand, I generally stuck to using the Sun spell when she'd get swarmed.

I personally didn't think there was much difference, if any, between the way Buffy and Faith handled. I was actually kind of disappointed they didn't make them more unique. Though I think Spike wins in the ability to unleash a brutal beatdown category. He makes really stupid noises when he jumps, though.

Willow would defintely be the "most improved" for character visuals. Giles was defintely off, though he's even worse-looking in the "comic book" you can read in the Extras.

But I agree with you. The Collective did a much better job than Eurocom did. Did they pass on making the second game, or did whoever owns the video game rights to Buffy just decided to take them somewhere else? If it was a case of EC being the lowest bidder, it certainly shows in their final product. I absolutely loved the first game and still play through a level now and then to pass the time. I don't know that I'll ever replay Chaos Bleeds now that I've finished it.

Random fandom announcement: 1602 #2 goes on sale today.

Excellent. t /Monty Burns

As a side note to that announcement - be sure to get your copies early, since there were many reports of issue #1 selling out quickly, and #2 issues are traditionally (although probably not in this case) ordered in lower quantities.

(Side note to the side note - reports are in that 1602 #1 was the top selling comic last month).

My 1602 #1 is now living with SA, so I hope I remember everything from it.

Sadly, I'm going to have to wait 'til Monday due to extreme lack of funds.

I was just coming in here to ask.

I still haven't reread 1602.1 with the commentary. I need to do that.

Kalshane...I agree, I haven't finished it yet, not because it's hard but due to lack of time. I still play the first one, but this one will hit the shelf and stay there once it's complete I think. You're right, Faith handled fairly similarly to Buffy, but she was more entertaining at least.

I'm not sure what happened with The Collective, but I sure wish they stuck around. Everything was just of a higher quality. I have stupid nitpicks, but one of the things that bothers me to no end is how the characters can "walk" over things that are above them, there's no kind of climbing effort and it seems very fake. The other one was so close to reality I felt like I was actually playing an episode.

Also the return of Sid was kind of pointless and I got my butt kicked playing him until I figured out how to do his one and only move (where he claws at the enemy with both hands). I still do like it, but I had an endless list of frustrations between the two. The game itself was not at all bad, but it felt like going backwards in quality.

1602 and Supreme Power (JMS's new title) were released today.