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Vigilante 8: Arcade
Released On: Nov 5, 2008
58
8.1
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
73% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
20% Negative
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3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
58
7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
73% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
20% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Vigilante 8: Arcade is a glorious throwback to a simpler age in gaming, one that older gamers can appreciate and younger gamers can discover. It will only be as fun for as long as the Live community is there to support it but it's damn fun, so jump on while it lasts.
Although Vigilante 8 Arcade for XBLA maintains the spirit of chaos and destruction of it's 1998 namesake, it lacks the polish one would expect from a game released for a 7th generation platform. However, if you and your friends have an insatiable urge to blow each other up in glorious vehicular combat but you don't want to throw down $60 each for GTA IV, this is certainly a viable alternative that could easily fill a few hours.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
8.1
71% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
8.1
71% Positive
5 Ratings
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29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Although it's undeniably fun, the gameplay hasn't aged that well and after 30 minutes or so your eyelids will start to get heavy and fatigue sets in. [Issue#40, p.114]
Vigilante 8 may have been good for its time, but sadly not for 2008. There are much better racing games available on the Xbox LIVE Arcade though if you liked the original or enjoyed the trial, it may be worth the 800 Microsoft Points price tag.
It's never going to be a game I'd recommend though, purely because fundamental elements like control and camera are so frustratingly unpolished.
One of the best car combat games of the 1990s has been reduced to an arcade game with awful control and terrible glitches.
Summary [Xbox Live Arcade] Take the wheel as fully-loaded auto combat revs into high gear with Vigilante 8: Arcade. It's a down and dirty war on wheels where everyone's riding shotgun. This brand new remake of the classic Vigilante 8 game lets you choose from among eight tricked-out retro-fine 70s vehicles with some serious firepower. Multiple ...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- Xbox 360
Initial Release Date: Nov 5, 2008
Developer:
- Isopod Labs
Publisher: Activision
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