Vigilante 8 Arcade Video Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Gaming Pastime reviews Vigilante 8 Arcade for Xbox 360.
Developed by Isopod Labs and published by Activision, Vigilante 8 Arcade was released for Xbox Live Arcade in November, 2008. Vigilante 8 Arcade combines elements from the classic games but feels half-baked and is not a good representation of the series.
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Great review, pretty much how I felt too with Arcade at the time. I miss these vehicular combat games being prominent, particularly these arcade-like ones with weapons like Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8. Vigilante 8 in particular is one of my all time favorites alongside Interstate '76 thanks to its 70s style and music mixed with sci-fi and post-apoc elements.
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Looks like they just half assed it
Yep
I always assumed this would be lame, and, unfortunately, it seems I was correct. I pumped some serious time into the first V8 as a kid and I played 2nd Offense quite a bit too. I actually think V8 might be tied with Twisted Metal: Black as my favorite vehicular combat game(s)!
:3 im shocked that you went through the trouble to review this one, thats dedication :3 All thats left is its spiritual successor Starwars Demolition, and you'll have completed the Luxoflux car combat games.....and probably get an achievement for it XD
Star Wars Demolition doesn't count as a spirital sucessor to Vigilanti 8 games, rather it's a clone of Twisted Metal
Vigilante 8 and Second Offense deserve a remake just as Tony Hawks 1 + 2.
Oh man
Agreed.
One could only dream...
It's like a demo of what could've been. Disappointing, but i still fire it up every once in a while.
I’ve been trying to play this game for the longest but can’t seem to find it!
@@Jmac2496 It was only ever released on Xbox 360's XBLA. You can emulate it pretty easily with Xenia though, if you don't have a 360 laying around.
Even then, if you want a Vehicle Combat game for the 360, you can play Blood drive, Roadkill, Full Auto, or most on the OG Xbox, but none of them have that 1970s aesthetic
I love this game! It took me awhile to get used to the physics and redesigned combo moves (some of them suck now), but for me the main problem with V8: Arcade was how slow-paced it is. I had the same problem with V8: Second Offense, too. Nothing's better than the original V8. The PlayStation version of V8 is the 91 octane, V8:2nd is the 88 octane, and this game is the 85 octane. If they did a V8 remake, keep it 100% true to the original and add online multiplayer. That would be jet fuel octane! Speaking of remakes, I never understood why some people think this game is a remake. The levels are obviously quite different from V8, the cars are different and some of the combos V8:2nd are in the game. AND, the biggest mistake of them all is the lack of a rear view button. Instead of the original rear view button, you need to use the analog stick and instead of instantly showing what's behind you and instantly going back, it makes the camera rotate around the car. WHY?!!? This is very disorienting and it screws up my gameplay because it's too slow. I guess they were trying to copy other modern car games which have been using this annoying approach for rear view. But the again, V8: Arcade is such a slow paced game compared to the original that you don't need to keep checking your 6 for any mortars or cannon shells to dodge out of the way from.
I'll always prefer 2nd Offense for the levels like Meteor Crater and Winter Games, and I loved Y the Alien's garbage truck!
Plus, if you used a cheat code (or the V8 disc) you could play all of the original V8 levels! I wish we had gotten a third game...
Despite being a PS1 game V8-2 featured terrain deformation with things like special button combination attacks. This one does not as far as I can tell. Even that just goes to show you how little care and love was put into it. This game is the Back 4 Blood of Vigilante series.
@@YourChannel-r4v Yeah you're probably on the money.
Someone make a spiritual successor to V8 with Wreckfest physics and damage model. Literally just take Wreckfest and add weapons and retro-futuristic flair.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
I'd play that!
Eventually someone will bring back vehicular combat genre. Don't worry.
I wish they made this backwards compatible. I no longer have my 360 and can't play it on my xbox one. It wasn't the greatest but I still enjoyed it
So many great titles missing in the bc list its annoying, this game, full auto, f.e.a.r. and many many more smh
Just play the originals via emulators on your XBone (unless those only run properly on the new Xbox)
@@BDozer666 how do I get emulators and rooms on my xbox one?
It isn't?? What a bummer. I hoped it will run on my X console...
Xenia emulator for PC plays this nicely 👌
I loved this game. Thing you have to realize is that this is a scaled down modern iteration paying homage to the series for $20 and not a full-fledged installment at $60. This was an Xbox Live Arcade title and is meant to be a smaller game; sadly as such it's old now and with that XBLA games will not retain players online to have an online game with especially when they're nearing or past being a decade old.
I for one played the online around the time this game was released as well as the time after when it was really only the good players that played religiously played. It certainly surprisingly very stable and is a lot of fun until you play against those better, religious players that actually learned how to master/ exploit the game then you have to learn by example how to beat them. I learned quickly that Piranha and Jefferson were basically godlike since their specials stun their opponent and rockets and cannon can be spammed to just decimate your health because of how quick they were. Those games were sometimes good 50/50s you just had to outplay the other player.
The physics were always the thing that off put me about the Vigilante 8 series and Arcade didn't have too different of physics but if anything made them a lot quicker to work with and responsive.
Everything else mentioned again is just missing the point that this was a mini, arcade title and not a full installment. Soundtrack just ripped the tracks that fit the theme of the series better from the first 2 games. The lack of ending cinematics again was just the simple fact this wasn't meant to be some major story game just a game to pop in and out with.
That's really about all I'd have to correct with this review.
they had planned to have Slick Clyde and Casino City as a second DLC, but, sadly, it got cancelled.
By the way, if you like car combat games and play on 360, why not check out Full Auto? It was a launch title Xbox-exclusive and it was THE reason I bought a 360. I even bought a Full Auto faceplate for my 360, remember when that was a thing? Whatever happened to consoles having replaceable faceplates, I really enjoyed that feature. Anyways Full Auto is kind of like burnout meets Twisted Metal with some time control mechanics. There's so much destruction and detail that it still impresses me to this day. Definitely my favorite 360 game. Interestingly, Full Auto 2 was only released on PS3 and PSP.
You know, I remember seeing trailers for this game back then and saw very little gameplay footage of it. I nearly forgot this game even existed 'til this review.
The MAIN problem with this game is that it's nowhere NEAR as fast-paced and exciting as the first two games. I'll play those instead.
Do you like playing on the N64?
@@shaun8062 Yes.
@@ColdHardTruthNews which one do you enjoy more? The first V8 or do you prefer V8 2nd offense? I can only get one and I like classic stuff so I'm thinking original. What do you think?
@@shaun8062 TBH, I like both games, but if you want the original, the PS1 and N64 versions are the ones to get. The N64 version has an exclusive Super Dreamland 64 level and allows you to play in High Resolution with the Expansion Pack. The PS1 version is also good; you can swap out the disk and play your own music during the game!!
So you're saying you couldn't decide on one vs the other? You like them exactly equally?
I actually just bought and completely finished this game last week, it's definitely the worst one in the series. Interesting to play through just to see how it is, the 5 repeating tracks do get quite annoying though pretty quick as well as the low map count.
You guys are my favorite gaming review channel
It was a lot fun back in the day.
Back to the days this "remake" made me rethink my criticism about original V8 and 2nd. Excitement was ruined so hard after all those expectations, so after Arcade remake release I remember and love original games even more despite their flaws.
Those gui elements and font look like what a programmer picked to view outputs during early testing and they just never revisited it.
Didn't know this was a thing. And visually it doesn't look very well made.
If you are a V8 fan the this xbox version emulated on xenia canary is very fun. Quick battle on hard difficulty is a good challenge :) And the DLC works.
This makes me sad! Vigilante 8 deserved much better.
I didn't expected you will do video about vigilante 8 arcade thanks you for good content
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Love your videos, keep up the great work.👍
*video starts
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Love the review on this series. You should look at running wild for ps1
I thought this game is already DEAD, but Still a great looking fantastic game
man I miss these games
It's decent to a degree and you cover all the topics that needed to be covered on why its half cooked.
No backwards compatibility for series x. Sad!!
Don’t work on Xbox series x ?
@@luizmadara3 No
Why have I never known about this I Played the nintendo 64 version of this
I played this so much on PS1
This game was one of my first XBLA purchases. Such a let down. Dumbed down, stripped out, gutted shell of a remake with Horrible BROKEN physics.
have you talked twisted metal?? if not... please do.. twisted metal 2 is one of the best ps1 games for sooo many reasons and people do praise it but its far more brilliant than they have noticed balance wise.. its sooo well done. does have issues as any game but it is prime gaming fun
The game looks really nice
I wish they make this on xbox store for one and series xs
I thought it was a good game and enjoyed it but no where near as much as the older 1s. I still plug my ps1 in and play the 1st 2 all the time
This was my first digitally downloaded Xbox game, I was so hyped remembering what V8 was on PSX, and I was so disappointed! This game is barren, sluggish, strangely silent, it looks empty yet the frame rate is all over the place. I wanted to enjoy it so much, but I felt scammed.
Much prefer the older versions, they got it wrong with this.
What in particular do you like more of the older versions? I too like the older versions but this game seems really fun nonetheless, I downloaded it.
i agree with you , 1+2 are real V8 this game not even 200mb 😁😁😁😁
This is certainly the weakest game in the series, the physics feel like they're trying to recreate the odd but fun bounciness of the originals but didn't translate well at all in gameplay. The original games made it work and was very satisfying to drive around at times. This however just feels unfinished and the lack of damage to the car models is disappointing. In the originals the car would warp when damaged, windows would shatter and show cracks where the glass shattered and the lights would get smashed immediately when shot out. Sadly I never got to beat the originals as I no longer have my PS1 copies and because I grew up on Xbox during PS2 era learning a different controller was not easy for me as a kid wanting to get into retro gaming.
I was gonna pick this up, however it's not available on the backwards compatibility list and I'm definitely not digging my 360 out for this! lol
great review though!
I installed this about a month ago!
From your its free or not
I LOVED Vigilante 8 when I was a kid, but going back and playing it now the graphics make my eyes hurt lmao. I wish this game had more content like levels and destruction missions but I'm still gonna play it :) I mean it looks FANTASTIC
they improved on looks, kind of, because it looks too "cartoonized" but butchered just about everything else. the textures are obviously nicer, the shaders, etc and not having ps1 prone issues such as the vehicle moving across the terrain even when not putting any input in and such.
sadly what microsoft dont ported this remake to PC
Even the interface elements and abrupt endings feel like a shovelware Steam early access game. Ugh...
i like 1+2
Is it possible with emulator?
yes just installed it works fine
Sucks ita not on Xbox marketplace. I wanted to try it
If you have a decent pc it runs great on the Xenia emulator
💎☑💣🎨💸🎃 : men i wish see vigilante 8 _ 3. New characters , new team , new endins. I hop one day someone to make vigilante 8 - 3 for ps5 or ps6. I very love this game and i have ps1 and i always play vigilate 8_ 2 all i want to sey is , see this game in the future.
VIGILANTE 8 _ 3 new car combat.
Thank you for this video.
Releasing it only for the Xbox was the most stupid thought of all time
*Half baked* I'm getting call backs to call of duty for some reason.
This remake was one of the biggest disappointment ever.
Invasion!
This psx version was the best the levels were much bigger than this shiny s##t
YiSSSSS!!!!!
Is there no way to run this on xbox one or sx?
It ain't good, it ain't bad ether, but it's boring
I played this and it was horrible not the same at all
It’s pretty pathetic, all this new tech and they still have far less cars than 2nd offense. This game seemed super lazy and doesn’t really hold up to today game standards at all.
Such a shame this game was just a Budget Xbox live game.
play crossout
its worst than V8 arcade
v8 v8 v8