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Synopsis

The third game in the Darkstalkers series.

On the side of the new ones, we discover B.B. Hood (Bulleta in Japan), a little red chaperone that hides rocket launchers under his skirts; Q. Bee, the queen of bees able to hover for a moment, a bit like Huitzil previously; Lilith, the damned soul of Morrigan; and Jedah, the lord of demons with spectacular length. In addition to these four, we also discover three hidden characters: a Lord Raptor in chainsaw mode / even not bad (you will understand by seeing it); a Bishamon curé version, and a John Talbain flashing even more painful than the original.

In total there are eighteen characters, and you will have to, after making your choice, decide to play in Normal or Turbo mode, the latter increasing the speed of the game, as you would expect. The goal of the game is as always to empty the opposing life gauge, but that said it may last a little longer than usual. Indeed, almost all your moves cause the opponent to lose a portion of life permanently, and another one: if he is not touched for a while, this portion recharges itself. The other nice thing is that in the second round, the loser of the first round regains his whole life while the winner stays where he was.

The game is played with six buttons: three for kicks (weak, medium and strong) and three for punches (itou). As usual, you can perform a variety of normal attacks, projections, sequences and special moves by properly manipulating the buttons and joystick.

And then, because that’s how it is in post-Super Street Fighter II Turbo fighting games, you have a special gauge that can be filled on nine levels. To do this, it is enough to hit the opponent. Once this gauge is filled on at least one notch, you can trigger ES attacks, or enhanced special moves, by pressing more than one button while handling. An example, eh, it's going to be good. Let's say that you take out a fireball by a quarter of a turn forward plus fist (the power of the fist determines that of the ball), well by making instead quarter of a turn forward plus two punch buttons, you take out the same fireball in ES version, so more nasty. You can also choose to perform EX attacks. These are unique special moves, usually more complicated to achieve than a basic special, and with remarkable effects (both visual and on the opposing life gauge).

Finally, Vampire Savior introduces a little novelty not necessarily essential, but not disguised either: the Dark Force. Like in Star Wars, but in a bad boy version. If you press the foot and fist buttons of the same power, you will switch to Dark Force mode. Your character then takes the pose for a moment (you are vulnerable during this period, and if you get hit the Dark Force is canceled), then the setting goes into psychedelic mode. A clepsydra appears under your life bar, telling you how much time you have left to enjoy this mode. Each character gains his own advantage: for example, Morrigan splits and attacks his opponent in a sandwich (and if it didn't hurt as much, I'm sure the opponent wouldn't complain!).

Release titles by region

Region	Official title	Released
USA	Vampire Savior : World of Darkness
🌍World	Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire	1997

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