Y get’s a mix of destruction and protection objectives throughout his quest. That simply means defeating every enemy on the map before that building or object is destroyed. If you select a Vigilante, you’ll be assigned to protect a particular object or building. Before you defeat every enemy on the map, you have to destroy that object or building or else you’ll fail to fully complete the level. If you are a Coyote, you’ll be assigned an objective to destroy a certain building. If you collect a fourth weapon and you happen to get rid of your special weapon, unlike other weapons, you lose that weapon entirely and you have to start over stocking ammo for it again. These weapons can be picked up via the green spinning US navy boxes or, if you’re lucky, via the brown random weapon boxes that can contain anything. Loki has the giant missile that flies through the air and drops cluster bombs onto the enemy wherever that enemy is. Sheila has the giant minigun that punches an enemy back. John Torque has a large stereo system weapon that can send enemies into the air with the waves it generates in the ground. Beezwax, for instance, has the radioactive bees that briefly incapacitates an enemy while reducing the enemies health at the same time. These weapons are unique to the character in question. The only time you lose it is if you die (at that point, you have more things to worry about anyway).Īll characters also have a special weapon. This carries unlimited ammo and stays with you regardless of what you pick up. All characters have a permanent fourth weapon which is the machine gun. You can carry a maximum of three of these weapons, so you have to choose carefully which weapons you’re going to want to use or else you’ll lose a weapon. If you pick up a weapon that you already have, you’ll simply get a boost in ammo. These weapons have a limited supply of ammo and, once you run out of ammo for that weapon, the weapon will simply pop off your car, leaving you with one less weapon. On the first level, you’ll start with a nice array of weapons which can be a guided missile, land mine, or mortar. If you pick a Vigilante, you’ll have one particular rout across the US, but if you pick a Coyote, you’ll follow a different rout throughout the US. The game’s general mechanics is fairly straight forward.
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There is a 13th unlockable character named “Y” the alien who isn’t really a member of either side. Each side has each character fighting a character on the other side. This game was released in 1999 and is one of a few ports that was released over a few years. We look at whether this game is still worth playing today. It is based around multiple characters and how they interact (or fight) with each other.
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By Drew Wilson Vigilante 8 is an 80’s themed vehicular combat game.