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[Yoshi]

I'm a big fan of collectathons, but since Nintendo and Rare abondoned the genre and no one else is there to pick it up, I was wondering if I should buy Vexx. Considering I've even been playing Jak II, 3 and Frontier lately, I'm probably desparate . Does anyone know this game and can tell me if it's worth it? Moreover, I could get the game on GameCube, Xbox (playing on 360) or PS2. I prefer the GameCube controller out of these, but is there any other difference between the versions I should keep in mind?

 

[Messofanego]

You just made me dig out my OXM demo disc for it haha

Loved the character design at the time, climbing stuff with claws, fun combat, but it's probably a bad game since no one talks about it positively. Never played the full game

 

[bigkrev]

If I remember correctly, this game got scores of 9.0, 7.5, and 4.0 in EGM back in the day. I thought that was really funny back then

 

[KJRS_1993]

I had it for the original Xbox- i remember actually being impressed with it for its time!
Hard as nails. Has a lot of interesting ideas.
It's fun. Not maybe as iconic as other platformers, but definitely fun.

 

[SirUltimos]

I had it for the original Xbox- i remember actually being impressed with it for its time!
Hard as nails. Has a lot of interesting ideas.
It's fun. Not maybe as iconic as other platformers, but definitely fun.

Pretty much this. It's not a bad game by any means, it's just not amazing. It's worth playing.

 

[Metallix87]

IIRC, Xbox > Gamecube >>>>> PS2 for this title.

 

[sixteen-bit]

If I remember correctly, this game got scores of 9.0, 7.5, and 4.0 in EGM back in the day. I thought that was really funny back then

maybe they third reviewer played it on PS2

 

[Yoshi]

IIRC, Xbox > Gamecube >>>>> PS2 for this title.

So this ">" implies a small difference ala slightly better textures or something? Because then I'll just settle for the GameCube version. Too bad no Digital Foundry was around at that time.

EDIT: Also thanks to all responses so far, it sounds like I'll give it a try - it isn't too expensive anyway. But I'm surprised the PS2 version is said to be so bad that a difference between 9 or 7 and 4 would be explained. That sounds nasty.

 

[RyType]

I remember vexx being pretty good fun back in the day. Nothing amazing though, Sunshine and Jak & Daxter were much better games in comparison. If you can get it cheap I'd reccomend it.

(Only played the GameCube version and it seemed fine- no idea about the differences between the three)

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

It was very interesting to say the least. Had some weird stuff going on for its time. You collect hearts... like... beating, tube pumping blood muscle hearts... so that was odd. It was a pretty damn big game too with a lot of obstacles that seemed more random then well thought out within huge interesting looking environments. Had a cool combat system too (for its time and genre). Buuuuut, problem was it was downright broken at times. Difficult, but in a cheap way. Like I said, the obstacles seemed more random and haphazard then delicately thought out, so it wasn't really a game where you could just get into the mode and swing through it like a ninja, you were constantly having to change pace or fall and lose 10 minutes of progress (oh yeah, bad checkpoints too). Also just extremely rough around the edges. Its not your polished Jak or Mario. But thats basically the same issue. The whole thing feels like it was slapped together without much planning.

I never beat it myself. Got to a point where I was raging so hard at cheap deaths and crap checkpoints I just got rid of it. I was young though. If you got a tolerance for rough old games, its certainly a unique one.

 

[soultron]

I faintly remember having a good time with it on XB. Go for it, OP.

 

[nicoga3000]

I had it for Xbox and loved it. Lots of fun...It was the Xbox version of Super Mario 64.

 

[March of the Crabs]

This game was rad but that might just be my nostalgia talking. Played the shit out of it when I was younger.

 

[Yawnier]

I haven't played it in probably 10 years but I remember Vexx being an alright platformer overall (not as good as something like Jak and Daxter but still decent), not sure how it holds up now.

 

[OnPoint]

I remember it starts as a great game but starts to drag toward the middle. I had the GC version and was fairly impressed with it mostly, though.

 

[shaowebb]

It was fun. Collecting had its highs and lows but a very good platformer that would have benefitted from a bit less angst and a bit more heart. Wonderful game in the genre. Worth owning and at least one play through IMO. Has its moments. I particularly enjoyed suddenly being in the painting and giant land.

 

[Polioliolio]

At the time, really thought Vexx looked awful... Don't think I eve played it, but that character design was some pretty lousy stuff.. Human looking child thing with sort of a cat nose, too cool for school wolverine claws, anime eyes and hair, and face paint/tattoo..

The culmination of generic videogame protagonists.

 

[Castef]

I'm a big fan of collectathons, but since Nintendo and Rare abondoned the genre and no one else is there to pick it up, I was wondering if I should buy Vexx. Considering I've even been playing Jak II, 3 and Frontier lately, I'm probably desparate . Does anyone know this game and can tell me if it's worth it? Moreover, I could get the game on GameCube, Xbox (playing on 360) or PS2. I prefer the GameCube controller out of these, but is there any other difference between the versions I should keep in mind?

Underrated nice platform game.

Neat control set and battle system, open-world, night-day cycle which actually affects what you have to do (and other things), different transformations...

Also, quite lenghty.

Get it on Xbox, best version all around, expecially due to the better frame-rate.

 

[Grief.exe]

Grab either the PS2 or GC version for emulation

 

[Wensih]

It's one of the jankiest platformers I've played; the camera and accuracy of the platforming just wasn't very good. It was pretty bad, and the final boss is probably one of the toughest I've faced. I remember playing it when I was around 10 years old; I got to the final boss and gave up. I beat it last year (10 years later) after about 3 hours of restarts after restarts.

That said the game had some pretty cool environment designs.

 

[Ashtar]

You just made me dig out my OXM demo disc for it haha

Loved the character design at the time, climbing stuff with claws, fun combat, but it's probably a bad game since no one talks about it positively. Never played the full game

I really liked that demo never actually bought the game though

 

[Tizoc]

IIRC, Xbox > Gamecube >>>>> PS2 for this title.

Was gonna post this ranking too.

 

[DD]

Worst tutorial ever.

 

[Skidd]

This game was very weird iirc, based on the few hours I spent on it. Tons of weird designs a much darker tone than what you'd expect when looking at the main character.

Instead of stars, you collect hearts in this game. Literal. Beating. Hearts.

 

[bigkrev]

Googled around, and saw that to double jump, you press X, then SQUARE.

Holy fuck the PS2 version sounds like dogshit

 

[Lijik]

IIRC, Xbox > Gamecube >>>>> PS2 for this title.

Sounds about right.

The game has such a goofily over the top grimdark aesthetic but the story keeps itself away for the most part, and while the godawful tutorial put off the game big time I came back to it a year ago and really dug it.
The level designs are phenomenal, cool layouts and challenging and unique traversal moments. The controls arent as tight as they need to be and I feel like most of the challenge comes from that.

EDIT- If youve been playing the Jak games and like those, and are really desperate for more the Treasure Planet game on PS2 is a sort-of Jak 1 clone that was pretty okay

 

[Yoshi]

If youve been playing the Jak games and like those, and are really desperate for more the Treasure Planet game on PS2 is a sort-of Jak 1 clone that was pretty okay

I#ve played Jak 1-3 to completion and am halfway through Jak Lost Frontier and I really like Jak 1, I hate Jak II and I totally dispise Jak 3. Jak 1 clone sounds fine though ^^.

 

[Lijik]

I#ve played Jak 1-3 to completion and am halfway through Jak Lost Frontier and I really like Jak 1, I hate Jak II and I totally dispise Jak 3. Jak 1 clone sounds fine though ^^.

Its unfortunately not as open. You choose levels from a level select, and the levels themselves loop around themselves like Jak 1's more linear stages, but the stages get fairly lengthy. The basic objective types and a lot of the core design are the same (or as similar as they could get it), it even apes Jak 1's super weird health system!