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VEXX TAKE ME AWAY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: August 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

To your world of fantasy, a world that is filled with darkness and enemies lurk at every corner. Allow me to guide you towards your main goal.......REVENGE!!!!!!!!!!!

This game is going to be awesome. From the previews at E3 and all I've read, the trailers etc, this game will rule. In my book, it will put Acclaim, makers of Turok & the Original Mortal Combat, back on the map.

Vexx is Mario with an attitude, and a serious mission. His weapons are awesome, his look is Fierce, he has no fear or problems of dispensing with the evil that surrounds him. Vexx should be a movie or series, the story will captivate you and keep you glued to your screen.

Pre Order this baby, wait on line, look for it, sense it, dream about it, for soon, Vexx will be playing on your TV, and you'll be hooked.

kick ... Vexx

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

From what I have seen and heard this game is going to rule the PS2. The whole point of this game is to crack the skull of an a whole who killed your grandfather and went on his way feeling so good about himself that he killed him, well he killed the wrong grandfather, at the wrong time. i think this game is to going to kick .... When I first saw this game I thought it would be a spyro kind of game, but boy I was wrong. I cant find anything wrong with this game, I give it 5 stars.

VEXX

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a very cool, very fun game - much in the vein of Ratchet & Clank and Jak and Daxter. The only problems were the maddening camera angles (tough to control) and the feshman swimming controls. And don't bother with the Prima Strategy Guide. It's very basic, dosen't cover the controls, and just skims over the walk throughs. It seems as if it was just slapped together to meet a deadline.

Don't Be Fooled

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: February 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I made the mistake of buying this game without renting it first. The screen shots made this game look awesome, but truley, the game fails in every aspect. First, the controls are very un-smooth and crude and handle inconsistently. The graphics are not stunning at all...there is a lack of detail to the environment and there is a lack of continuity when interacting with the environment when playing as Vexx especially when rock climbing. The game is also very annoying on several levels: Collecting stuff is usually fun - not in Vexx - in every level your goal is to collect these hearts by performing tasks or reaching certain places, or by collecting 100 orb things, anyways, I had about 97 orb things and then I saw a hidden heart piece - so I went to get that - the problem is that as soon as you get a new heart you start over at the beginning of the level with ZERO orb things! Brutally "un-fun"!...Plus the game is completely un-enchanting and unmagical like the great Zelda games. The enemies are so bland and the environments are as random and meaningless as the pointless storyline and tasks. I can't decide what is worse: Acclaim's Vexx or Turok Evolution...

Beautiful environment, I give this one a B

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We rented this game from the local video store. The environement you get to play in is beautiful. The colors are vivid but at times the it can get quite dark and hard to see. A cool aspect of the game is you are able to change the time of day while you are playing in an environment- that is unique! There are many different options for game play, climbing, jumping, blasting, sliding, shimmying, etc. Lots of ways to move and attack.
Drawbacks:

I have noticed some bugs with the camera view getting stuck behind the environment or in front of, so you cannot see where you are going. The character is hard to control, especially while swimming underwater. That is very tiresome. Also, a REAL drawback(to me at least) is when you have captured a "wraithheart", you are sent back to the portal hub to channel the power of the "wraithheart" into the portal. Now, if you are like me, you'd rather accrue the hearts, then head back to the hub to unload what you've collected, when YOU want to..you have to start from the portal hub EVERY TIME you get a heart. You have to begin at the start of the level each time afer you've unloaded the power. ??!! =0( I like to scour levels and really enjoy the hunt, but if you are like me, trying to keep track of where you've been already gets a little hard if you have to start over again and again. Maybe this changes later in the game? Lets hope. The load times are bit long too. Overall, I give this one a B.

I think that it is a good game for those like myself who like the "Spyro" series..but for now I wouldn't purchase it, I can wait untill it gets discounted. Same thing happened to me on Jak and Daxter, LOVED the game, VERY fun, but the bugs were bad so I waited till it was discounted so that I knew I wasn't paying full price for a game I knew had issues.

My advice is always: RENT, THEN BUY.

Great stuff...let the eye-candy reign supreme!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. The gameplay is slick, the visuals are over the top and the user-interface is effortless. You can pick this game up and pop it in the console...no reading of the instruction book required. Plug-and-play at its finest. I will not delve into plot details here, you can glean those from the editoral reviews and synopsis placed on the site , but I will say that this game is awesome!
I like platform games, and I am particularly taken by those games that give me my money's worth. I want something that wont take me 8 hours to finish. I want something that gives me 100 dollars worth of effort...based upon the 50 dollars that I shelled out for it on release day.
This game does all that and more. As mentioned earlier, this game is easy to play and requires no learning curve to be mastered. As far as presentation is concerned, we are given a deep and immersive enviornment fulled with lush visuals and some great effects. The lighting and changing of daylight vs nighttime cycles are great. The enemies become more challenging and agressive as the day wanes and night takes hold, so keep looking for those handy sundials to help tame the nasty beasts!
The camera can be frustrating at times, by using the right analog stick however, you can alleviate this problem and most often place it in an optimal position. Filled with hidden secrets and riddles to decipher, this game will keep you occupied for quite some time. I know that it will be in my PS2 for the next few months and I strive for 100% comletion and the unlocking of all its secrets. Fans of platforming...get this game!

GREAT PLATFORM GAME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am so tired of people talking about bad camera angles. There isn't a game that doesn't have them so get over it. This game is one of the best platform games I have seen. I played all the way through JAK & DAXTER and SLY COOPER without hardly thinking. Both are great games but way to easy. Vexx not only is a great game but it is actually somewhat challenging. Not to say it doesn't have it's easy parts too. I hope to see a sequal. If you like PLATFORMERS you gotta play this.

Killer graphics + Addictive gameplay = Hours of fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game the first week it came out and I was hooked. I spent more hours playing this game than I expected because I just couldn't get enough of it!

THE GOOD:
1. Graphics

2. Challenging and addictive game play

3. Mammoth worlds with seemingly endless places to explore

4. Great character maneuverability and attack moves (with the exception of swimming!)

THE NOT SO GOOD:
1. Story line - They could have done a bit more to develop the story and getting me connected with my mission and my progress of my mission. Perhaps after collecting certain wraithearts, the game would take a new twist. There could have been more cinematic moments throughout the game.

2. Character development - They could have done a bit more to develop Vexx, the character. Such as, upgrading weapons, learning new moves, and perhaps seeing his personality (besides his vowed revenge for his loved one's death.)

3. Camera angles - At first, the camera angles were good, but as I progressed, the angles could have been better. I found it frustrating when the game would unexpectedly move my center axis slightly and would make complex jumping a bit too challenging.

4. More variety with bad guys - I think the artists could have designed more minions that roam each world. It seemed like I was fighting the same old bad guys each level.

FINAL THOUGHT:
A great first swing at a new franchise for Acclaim! They have gotten past the initial development costs and I'm sure they'll be able to better develop the characters and story line in future sequels.

For those looking for a new platform game, this one holds it's own!

Has some down falls, but still is great fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Vexx, very similar to Spyro, is actually a pretty good game. I was entised to buy it because of the graphics and it has held up to the $$$ worth. Here is the game broken down from a 1-10 scale, 10 being the best, 1 being really, really bad:

Graphics:9 Like I stated earlier, this game has no problems with the graphics that a re stunning and are basically eye-candy.

Story:7 This is where Vexx started to struggle in my opinion. The stroyline was simply just not there and the character developments were actually pretty close to awful, but it still did keep me envolved, so I gotta give it some credit.

Characters:7 This like I said above, along with the storyline, is where Vexx falls by the wayside. This has completely no character development, and Vexx never learns new moves or gets new abilities.

Gameplay:9 This one was the major one that everyone analyzes completely. I did to, and I like what I saw. The graphics and emense scenery helped greatly as this game kept me playing for hours with the moderatley difficult play that while does not frusterate you too much keeps the right balance of difficulty.

Overall:8 Game has downfalls, but lives up to $$$, maybe more.

oh well

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well yea sure its supposed to be this wonderfull, amazing, groundbreaking platform game. Well its not, all thats changed are the graphics, besides the general opening there is almost no development storywise, and tecnically speaking all that revolutionary platform actoin can be had in games the like of the Rayman titles, or Ratchet and Clank. All in all it probably would be pretty fun and thus you should add one or two stars if your new to this kind of thing, or add a few stars if you really really really like large environments or just platforming in general.

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