LEVEL 1: The Magic Box
SECRETS: 3
CHARACTERS: Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Spike
EXTRAS: Anthony Stewart Head interview
Multiplayer Character Male Vampire
The game starts out with a little cut scene that sets up the first level. It seems that some vampires are running wild in the Magic Box. We see Buffy and Spike dust a couple of vamps. Willow mentions that Tara and Anya haven't come back from the basement. Buffy sends her comrades off into action - Xander to the training room, pike to the basement, and Willow goes off to find a spell book.
Now you take control of Buffy. A handful of vamps will come and attack you one at a time. You'll hear Giles' voice in the background reminding you of the controls -Square to punch, X to kick. Run behind you and break the chairs for a couple of stakes or check the box under the balcony that Willow is on. All the characters you'll be controlling have 3 stakes already, but pick some up just in case.
Now just rough up our dead friends and stake 'em when their health is low or when they're on the ground. Pick up some items on the shelves (items that are glowing blue can be picked up). After you dust 4 or 5 vamps, a cut scene of Buffy kicking butt comes on, then you take control of Willow.
With Willow, check the right side of the loft for a medi-pak. If you take a while, you'll hear Tara's voice tell you to check the lower level of the shop. Press Triangle to use the ladder or Circle to jump off. Check Willow's spell book for spells that she knows. Right now, there's only 2 -Shockwave (Square, basically a punch) and Fireball (X X). Search the shops for any items you can pick up and make sure to get some stakes. Head behind
the counter and you should see a back door. There's a key hanging on the rack which you can pick up. Now head toward the front of the store. There's a cabinet next to the desk;you'll hear Tara tell you which one if you miss it. Press the Triangle to open it. Here you'll find the book Willow was looking for; you'll learn the Sun Spell (X X Square). It'll dust all vamps within range.
***SECRET***
In the opposite side of the room is a lamp next to the bookshelf. Have Willow punch it or throw a fireball at it. A holy water should drop out from it.
A couple of vamps will appear. Use your spells or stake 'em the old fashioned way. A small cut scene between Buffy and Willow, then you take control of Xander in the training room.
Pick up the cross bow and holy water on the counter. There's a medi-pak behind the counter too. If you hate hand-to-hand combat, pick a battle axe behind the blue dummy. Dust a few vamps, then you take control of Spike in the basement. You don't have to use the cross bow or axe to defeat the vamps, but you do have to pick them up to complete the objective.
There's a sword on the desk to the left of Spike. Dust some vamps with stakes though. You'll encounter some zombies for the first time, no need to stake them. Just beat them to a non-bloody pulp. Pick up some stakes in the little nook to the right of the stairs and a medi-pack on the left. Then head through the door in the back of the room. Kill some vamps and zombies in the next room. Pick up the hellfire then head into the next room.
Vamps and zombies again.
***SECRET***
In one of the bookcases is a relic. Pick it up and place it in the statue in the left corner; it has glowing red eyes. A secret passage will open where you can pick up a baseball bat and a medi-pak.
There's a table blocking the door which you have to break down. Just kick and punch it and it'll go down. Head through the little hallway, nothing to see here. In this room you'll find Anya and Tara locked behind a cage. Dust a few vamps; one that dress like a cop will drop a key. Use it to open the door. Objective completed.
Cut back to Xander and Willow in the main store room. Xander decides to check on Spike to make sure Anya and Tara are okay. With Buffy, kill some vamps. Willow is there to help and you don't need to look out for her; there is no "friendly-fire" so watch out for Willow's fireballs. Pick up the battle axe and cross bow Xander left on the counterfor some extra help.After you dusted all the vamps, a cut scene with another vamp reveals
that Kakistos is behind this. After the scene, save your game and continue to the next level.
