El jugador también debe ser hábil con el volante para poder realizar disparos certeros, teniendo en cuenta que en ocasiones debemos cambiar de arma para aprovechar al máximo todo nuestro sistema armamentístico en el auto. Se juega en un escenario abierto no limitándose a una carretera o pista de carrera, conducir en medio de un pueblo o en algunos acantilados le daba al videojuego una mejor emoción en las batallas, además, había objetos o edificios que se podían destruir los cuales ocultaban objetos especiales y armas que suponían una mayor ventaja.

Otra característica importante era que cada vehículo tenia características propias, no era el simple videojuego de conducción donde todos los autos son distintos en diseño pero presentan la misma característica en velocidad y conducción, esto hace que el jugador pueda aprovechar las ventajas del vehículo seleccionado o saber cuáles son sus debilidades.

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Modo Historia

Recuerdo que el modo historia era individual en con cada personaje del videojuego, al principio elegimos el personaje según el vehículo que posee. Normalmente debíamos hacer misiones además de eliminar a uno que otro enemigo que quería impedir que tuviéramos éxito, las misiones podían ser destruir edificios como bancos, refinerías, estaciones de servicio y de gas, por supuesto con antagonistas que debemos destruir antes de que ellos nos eliminen a nosotros.

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Lo curioso del modo historia es que al completarla con un personaje la cinemática era un complemento de la historia final reunida por todos los personajes elegibles del videojuego, es decir que con cada historia individual se lograba acceder a un fragmento de una cinemática o película final de Vigilante 8.

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Para la época era los videojuegos con este tipo de cinemáticas motivaban a completar el videojuego, la principal razón era descubrir a través de esa pequeña película lo que ocurría o como terminaba todo, en ese sentido Vigilante 8 era un videojuego que todos queríamos completar e ir armando el rompecabezas de todas las cinemáticas que nos otorgaba cada personaje. Recuerdo que muchas de las misiones que hacemos en el modo historia al final se realizan debido a que tenemos un chip que controla la mente por lo cual en un principio somos los terroristas que destruimos los edición para crear caos en Estados Unidos.

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Modo Vs

Me encantaba jugar en modo vs con mis amigos, creo que es uno de los videojuegos que siempre jugábamos cuando nos reuníamos, con la típica regla de “el que pierda pasa el control”, me parecía genial realizar los combates y agregar a la computadora a la batalla, cuidarse de los disparos, esquivar minas y buscar las mejores armas se volvían muy emocionantes en un todos contra todos, algo muy alejado a la conducción clásica de otros videojuegos.

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Era muy emocionante mostrar nuestras habilidades de conducción para esquivar balas y poder apuntar correctamente, recuerdo que en el local de alquiler jugamos mucho a este videojuego y luego cuando tuve mi propia consola era de los juegos que recurrentemente jugábamos, fue el primero de este género árcade o alocado de combate de vehículos que tuve.

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Gráficos

En lo particular pienso que los gráficos eran buenos teniendo en cuenta que el juego es lanzado a finales de los 90´s, sin embargo, no era de una calidad que representara una evolución significativa en los videojuegos se mezclaba la tecnología poligonal con la del pixel haciendo una mezcla de aspecto 3D y 2D, sabemos por videojuegos cuyo desarrollo había logrado tener un aspecto totalmente 3D, sin embargo, Vigilante 8 es basado en un entorno un poco más realista que otros videojuegos como Mario 64 o Legend of Zelda por lo cual era insuficiente el número de polígonos adaptables para una visualización en 3D en un entorno más realista, sin embargo, en líneas generales se produce un juego atractivo para los jugadores de la época cumpliendo con las expectativas de visualización limitadas por la tecnología de la época.

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Opinión

Este videojuego en general era muy bueno para la época, en lo particular disfruté mucho la mecánica de este videojuego, creo que es un videojuego con una temática estupenda que nos hace vivir una historia que vamos completando por fragmentos con cada personaje.

Existe un remake de esta versión lanzada en el 2008 para la plataforma de Xbox 360 que espero pronto presentar mi opinión sobre dicha actualización en la comunidad. A pesar de haber tenido esta consola no pude tener este videojuego en su año de lanzamiento, lamentablemente las luces de la muerte me impidieron jugar muchos videojuegos en la Xbox 360, sin embargo, posteriormente pude jugarlos.

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Para la época de lanzamiento de la primera versión, Vigilante 8 era un excelente videojuego, apuesto a que si tuviera en mis manos la posibilidad de jugar este videojuego con esos viejos amigos no dudarían en aceptar para jugar y disfrutar de un momento lleno de nostalgia y de muchos recuerdos tanto en los locales de alquiler como en nuestras propias consolas. Vigilante 8 es definitivamente un videojuego para recordar.

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Vigilante 8 (1998) 💣 🏎

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Hello gamers, a pleasure to write for you again. Many of us will remember playing classic driving video games, however, we also appreciated at the time the video games with another style in driving, specifically the combat between cars. That is what Vigilante 8 video game gives us, a lot of action in gun battles in cars, simply a video game that many of us will remember in the late 90's and early 2000's.

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Vigilante 8 is released in 1998 for the Sony console, the Playstation was one with the N64 console fashion, video games enjoyed a lot of publicity at that time and Vigilante 8 was no exception, in all stores and rental establishments always offered Vigilante 8, was one of the mandatory video games especially for the Ps1, although there was a version for the N64 I only remember seeing for Playstation.

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Vigilante 8

Synopsis:

This video game of the vehicular combat genre is based on an alternative history setting us in the 70's and a global economic crisis where oil is the main asset and a super powerful company Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime (OMAR) wants to monopolize the world oil, to achieve that goal must end with the United States. A group of terrorists will try to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy and on the other hand a group called the vigilantes will try to restore order in the nation.

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The first thing we can notice about this game is its gameplay of fighting between vehicles, this was undoubtedly the first game of this genre, the truth is I have not had many of this type because I prefer a more classic driving, however, I like the crazy arcade games where everything can happen, for the time I remember very few games with this type of mechanics where you do not have to reach a goal or cross a checkpoint, you must survive.

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The most interesting thing is the variety of weapons that are adapted to our vehicle, we start with a simple machine gun, however, we will get more weapons on the game map or destroying our enemies. The variety of these weapons is a point in favor of this video game, these weapons have different modes in which we can find missile launches, place mines, we can also shoot laser, even powerful bombs that open a big hole in the ground. I think this type of gameplay focused on the variety and different functions of the weapons makes players can choose well which are the most convenient for the missions or simply to disappear an enemy, definitely have in the inventory varied weapons with different functions was something that required strategy on the part of the player.

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The player must also be skillful with the steering wheel to be able to make accurate shots, taking into account that sometimes we must change weapons to take full advantage of all our weapons system in the car. It is played in an open scenario not limited to a road or race track, driving in the middle of a village or on some cliffs gave the video game a better excitement in the battles, in addition, there were objects or buildings that could be destroyed which hid special objects and weapons that meant a greater advantage.

Another important feature was that each vehicle had its own characteristics, it was not the simple driving game where all cars are different in design but have the same characteristic in speed and driving, this makes the player can take advantage of the advantages of the selected vehicle or know what their weaknesses are.

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Story Mode

I remember that the story mode was individual with each character in the video game, at the beginning we chose the character according to the vehicle he owns. Normally we had to do missions in addition to eliminating one or another enemy who wanted to prevent us from succeeding, the missions could be to destroy buildings such as banks, refineries, gas and service stations, of course with antagonists that we must destroy before they eliminate us.

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The curious thing about the story mode is that by completing it with a character the cinematic was a complement of the final story gathered by all the eligible characters of the video game, that is to say that with each individual story you could access a fragment of a cinematic or final movie of Vigilante 8.

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For the time it was the video games with this type of cinematic motivated to complete the video game, the main reason was to discover through that little movie what happened or how everything ended, in that sense Vigilante 8 was a video game that we all wanted to complete and go putting together the puzzle of all the cinematics that gave us each character. I remember that many of the missions we do in the story mode at the end are done because we have a chip that controls the mind so in the beginning we are the terrorists who destroy the edition to create chaos in the United States.

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Vs Mode

I loved playing vs mode with my friends, I think it is one of the video games that we always played when we got together, with the typical rule of "the one who loses passes control", I thought it was great to make the fights and add the computer to the battle, taking care of the shots, dodging mines and looking for the best weapons became very exciting in an all against all, something far away from the classic driving of other video games.

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It was very exciting to show our driving skills to dodge bullets and to be able to aim correctly, I remember that in the rental store we played this game a lot and then when I had my own console it was one of the games that we played recurrently, it was the first of this arcade or crazy vehicle combat genre that I had.

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Graphics

In particular I think the graphics were good considering that the game is released in the late 90's, however, was not of a quality that represented a significant evolution in video games was mixed polygonal technology with pixel making a mixture of 3D and 2D aspect, we know for video games whose development had managed to have a fully 3D aspect, however, Vigilante 8 is based on an environment a little more realistic than other video games like Mario 64 or Legend of Zelda so it was insufficient the number of polygons adaptable for a 3D display in a more realistic environment, however, in general terms it produces an attractive game for the players of the time meeting the expectations of visualization limited by the technology of the time.

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Opinion

This video game in general was very good for the time, in particular I really enjoyed the mechanics of this video game, I think it is a video game with a great theme that makes us live a story that we complete by fragments with each character.

There is a remake of this version released in 2008 for the Xbox 360 platform that I hope soon to present my opinion about this update in the community. Despite having had this console I could not have this game in its year of release, unfortunately the death lights prevented me from playing many games on the Xbox 360, however, later I was able to play them.

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For the time of release of the first version, Vigilante 8 was an excellent video game, I bet that if I had in my hands the possibility of playing this video game with those old friends would not hesitate to accept to play and enjoy a moment full of nostalgia and many memories both in rental stores and in our own consoles. Vigilante 8 is definitely a video game to remember.

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