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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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

Vexx Fails for the casual gamer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If all you do is play video games 10+ hours a day (read no life) then maybe you will like it and probably give it 4 stars. But if you are a casual gamer, you will hate it.
Despite another reviewer here that tells you to 'get over it' when referring to the lame camera this game has, the camera compared to other platform games is terrible!
The game play is exceptionally difficult and uneccesarily so at times. This game will alienate the casual gamer. There are no milestones. If you lose a life, you get to start over. If you get clear to the end of the level and lose a battle, you get to start over (no matter how many lives you have left). If you trimphantly gather a wraithheart while you have accumulated say 70 chards, you jump for joy until you find out it re-sets the chard count to zero and guess what...you get to start over!
The story line is non-existent, the swimming functionality is awful and clumsy. The graphics are fine, but it doesn't matter much how pretty it is if the game is not fun and is instead too frustrating.
Ratchet and Clank is definately the new standard and Vexx just flat out is overkill and a poor imitation.
Don't waste your money on this game. Do yourself a favor and get Ratchet and Clank or Rayman if you want to have fun instead of constant frustration.

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.

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

He's short, slightly furry and shifts fluidly from kinda cute to downright gnarly. No, not Danny Devito. That's Vexx, the titular character in Acclaim's new platform adventure game. The opening narration tells the story of Vexx's people being enslaved by the Shadow Wraiths. When forced to work in the mines, Vexx lashes out at his captor. His grandfather dies in the ensuing fight, so Vexx escapes and stumbles upon the legendary Astani War Talons which fuse themselves to his arms. Armed to the armpits in gauntlets that owe at least some design elements to those seen in Battlechaser's (a comic, for those not so inclined), Vexx sets out to destroy the Shadow Wraiths that have enslaved his people. Whatever Vexx is, inviting he is not. He's sort of a cross between a hobbit and a rat. From some angles and in some light he's almost cuddly, but not quite. He's got a disturbing, adolescent monster quality to him that keeps him from being cute even in his best moods. His pointy ears, odd facial hair and usually crossed eyes don't come together well. From the cut scenes it's clear not everyone of his race has this problem, so it's all the more bothersome that the lead character isn't more loveable. The opening scene offers most of the needed exposition before sending you off on your quest. All that remains is a brief introduction to a character that will be helping you on your journey and some welcome, if laborious tutorials on the basic mechanics of the game. Most of your time will be spent searching out wraith hearts, which hold the power to open up more parts of the world. Substitute "wraith hearts" for some of the more ubiquitous platform game collectibles, like stars and coins, and you've got a good idea of how you'll be spending most of your time. Vexx's world is a 3-D one full of platforms, strange, mostly harmless enemies, floating meteors and many, many levels of uninspired visuals. The levels are, for the most part, diverse. But they aren't always challenging and very rarely are they a sight to behold. While other platformers choose to be bright and shiny, post-modern, or even industrial, Vexx seems to be treading a line between all imaginable styles without accomplishing anything original or attention grabbing. The colors and styles switch a bit from level to level, but none create a lasting impression. The mechanics offer a little more variety than other 3-D platformers, and for that Vexx is to be commended. Combat in this type of game has, historically, been limited to the throwing of giant vegetables hitting one's opponents with one's ass. While these methods no doubt have their place and can be quite charming, there's something to be said for Vexx's ability to slice down foes with claws or juggle them in the air with repeated uppercuts and kicks. It's not a deep combat system by any stretch, and the villains don't usually pose much of a challenge, but it's still combat and that has to count for something. The mechanics of playing the game are a bit rough. There's a slight pause before any movement and navigating the landscape is sometimes clunky. The usual jumping from place to place flows well enough, and the game keeps moving at a constant speed. There's also the issue of the camera, but to be fair it's no worse than any other 3-D adventure game. None of these issues make playing Vexx unpleasant, but they are noticeable. One area where Vexx excels is sound. There isn't too much of it, which means there's no constant, annoying musical presence throughout the game. The score chimes in with a moody string on occasion and an uplifting melody when you reach a goal. Vexx hardly makes a peep outside the occasional grunt of effort, and the same could be said of the bad guys. One could call it minimalist or just minimal. The bottom line is that it adds enough to the experience without trying to create an experience of its own, an accomplishment many games should envy. Had Vexx come out a year or two ago, it would have been at the top of many a gamer's wish list. As it stands, there are several other platform games available that go above and beyond what's offered here. While Vexx builds adequately on the 3-D trail blazed by Super Mario 64, there are others who have taken the next few steps. If you've played all the others and still have a jones for jumping and gathering, Vexx will take the edge off. Otherwise, wait for the next Mario, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, etc.

Vexx fails

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Basically, you can say that this game is about 30% fun and 70% Frustrating. The gameplay is uneccesarily difficult at times and ceases to be 'fun' after about 4 levels in. The camera is terrible. Some have said here dismiss it as 'oh well, all platform games have camera problems'. However, this game definately has the lamest camera of them all.
Another dissapointment is the fact that there are no milestones. If you [expire], you get to start over. Period. No matter how many lives you have left, how many items you have collected no matter how far into the level you have gotten, they all get erased to zero and you get the distinct pleasure of having wasted your time. Isn't that Fun?
Acclaim has definately failed in their foray into platform gaming. Get Ratchet and Clank or Rayman, you will actually enjoy those games. This one looked like it had potential but is just too frustrating. Don't waste your money on this game. It just ain't worth it.

A Sleeper Hit That Will Never See A Sequel

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

VEXX is a great a game. It rivals any of the action/adventure platform mascots to Jak/Sly/ & Mario. Unfortunately this 4 year old game that came out back in 2002 didn't seem to receive the attention it deserved. No game is ever perfect and this game has its minor flaws. It's also beautifully constructed & there are other games that came out the same year & their visuals never looked as beautiful as this game. Give it a try. At this point it's most likely under 20 bucks and a few retailers still carry this title. It's such a shame and most likely Akklaim Studios won't be making a sequel to this game. Give it a try & you will love it as much as I do.

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