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Name: Vexx |
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The evil Yabu and his shadowraiths have invaded the land of Astara and enslaved its inhabitants. Vexx, a young slave in the mines, has had enough, and attacks the slavedrivers. Captured and brought to Yabu, he is almost killed, but his grandfather gets in the way, is killed, but saves Vexx's life. Vexx is brought back to the mines to work again. One night, he escapes. He goes straight to the source--Yabu's airship--to get his revenge. He sneaks on board and ends up in a treasure room... He finds a pair of clawed gauntlets on a skeleton... the skeleton of an ancient guardian of Astara. The claws fly off and attach themselves to Vexx's arms... painfully and permanently. With these claws, Vexx finds it easier to get his revenge and destroy Yabu and his shadowraiths... ~Linus |
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Linus - Rating: 5 |
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Want a generic, hack-and-slash action game? Play Vexx. Not to say that it's boring, there's just more there to be desired. The gameplay is pretty fun. I mean, it's an action game. The combos you can perform keep things from getting repetitive... It's always fun to jump up above this little alien guy's head and shoot a big fireball down at him. Basically, it's a ripoff of Super Mario 64 with
better graphics and more fighting skills. To collect hearts, (the
equivalent of Mario 64's stars) you have to do many things that are
almost exactly like the tasks you perform to get the eight stars from
each level in Mario 64. For example, collect 100 coins-- get a heart.
Defeat a boss-- get a heart. Collect 4 skulls-- get a heart. Gathering hearts unlocks new areas.... just like Mario 64. But what's unlike Mario 64 is the camera-- The camera brought the score from a could-be seven to a five. When the camera gets in a bad spot, you can't move it. It gets stuck and you can't move it. And there are many things for it to get stuck on. It gets really frustrating... But when it's not getting stuck, it's easy to move around wherever you want it. Speaking of control... The controls are super simple. You run with the stick, you jump with one button, you attack with one button, and there's one button to press for doing combos, you use the other stick to move the camera. That's it. Vexx is fun. It's just like Mario 64, except the camera can make it unplayable... It's just horrible. |
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Snoopy - Rating: N/A |
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N/A |
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Woodstock - Rating: N/A |
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N/A |
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Marcie - Rating: N/A |
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N/A |