The physics in this game are problematic. Alternatively, you can enter button combinations to perform the additional attacks just like in the previous games. You can fire the weapons like normal or perform charge attacks by charging the weapons up before firing.
You can only hold three weapons and, as expected, each weapon has multiple attacks. All the pickups and power-ups from Vigilante 8 are present but the Brimstone Burner weapon and Propulsion Mechanisms from 2nd Offense are absent. You can acquire weapon pickups and power-ups in the levels. Most of the characters and their vehicles from Vigilante 8 are present.Įach vehicle is equipped with a machine gun, has a unique special weapon, and different stats in strength, acceleration, top speed, and radar evasion. The plot is the same as the first game but without the unique endings for the characters. Vigilante 8 Arcade is a vehicular combat game where you drive around open environments and must destroy all your opponents to win. However, it does feel more like the first game than the second. I don’t like calling it a remake because in my opinion it doesn’t really feel like one. The internet tells me Vigilante 8 Arcade is a remake of the first game with elements of 2nd Offense thrown in.
It’s a blending of the first two games meaning it contains elements from Vigilante 8 and Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense and the High Octane Pack DLC includes additional vehicles and levels. Developed by Isopod Labs and published by Activision, Vigilante 8 Arcade was released for Xbox Live Arcade in November, 2008. Apparently, some of the individuals who were part of the development of the first game formed Isopod Labs and decided to develop a new Vigilante 8 title. The vehicular combat genre was big in the nineties and I would say the Vigilante 8 games are genre classics.