The best ways to disable the enemy is either through the machine gun or lighting them on fire with the flame thrower. Once the enemy is disabled, you only have a limited amount of time to destroy them in a special manner. If you wear down your opponent to one dot of health, it’s possible to disable them. While the actual performance might not be super noticeable, every little bit does help in the end.Īlso making a return is the “TOTALED” status.
If you max out each salvage point stat at 100 points, the whole vehicle will be upgraded to a better model.
If you collect 50 salvage points for a particular stat, you’ll get a visible upgrade such as added bumpers or hood engines. These salvage points are found in both quest mode and arcade mode. In this game, it’s possible to collect salvage points in the form of round yellow icons upon destruction of an enemy. Previously, you get what you got throughout the entire game. Some vehicles have great acceleration while others have top notch high speed. Other vehicles have great tracking avoidance. Like the original vigilante 8, each vehicle in this game offers strengths and weaknesses. In total, you can unlock up to three characters – two of which can only be played in arcade or multiplayer mode.Īnother enhancement to this game is the salvage point system.
These storyline segments are found in a sort of slide show including a slideshow at the end if you completed everything.Ĭompleting every objective is important because if you complete the objectives of all three of one particular group, then you unlock an additional character. Torque wants to recapture the escaped convicts. The Trashman tries to salvage pieces of material. Meanwhile, the objectives for the Drifters could really be anything including the confusing objective of stopping traffic (you have to stop on a bridge and take multiple hits from a semi until it ultimately stops entirely).Įach character has their own storyline. If you are a Coyote, you might find yourself having to destroy something or steal supplies. If you are a Vigilante 8 character, you’ll likely have to protect something or steal back certain items. What these objectives are depends on which team the character is on. However, if you want to complete the quest line, you have to fulfill a set of objectives in addition to destroying all the enemies on the map. This allows you to access the next level. In each level, you have to, at minimum, destroy every enemy on the map.
In quest mode, you get a series of levels to complete. In all, you get 9 characters to begin with: 3 Coyote’s, 3 Drifters, and 3 Vigilante 8 members.Ī large bulk of the game is found in Quest mode – the big feature is the ability to unlock more characters. These are characters that don’t technically have an allegiance to either side of the struggle, but the characters sometimes have a tendency to ally with one or the other side. The most immediately obvious enhancement is the inclusion of the Drifter’s. This game features numerous enhancements over the previous game. Caught by surprise, Houston tries to get the Vigilante 8 team back together in an effort to stop the Coyote’s. Convoy dies, but Houston jumps out in time to save her own life. He gets the Coyote’s to ambush Convoy who is driving down a freeway with former Coyote Houston. After this, he goes back in time and re-forms the Coyote gang. Shortly after, he takes over the oil monopoly OMAR (Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime). Since then, Slick Clyde, a former Vigilante, had found a mysterious arm band that gave him new powers. The Coyote’s were decimated thanks to the efforts of the Vigilante 8 – a group of vigilante’s. The game follows the events after Sid Burn’s arrest. Since then, we’ve been really wanting to play the sequel to see if the game continued on such a great series start. It is a direct sequel to the game Vigilante 8 which received an excellent score here. We find out if this N64 game is still groovy to play. In this review, we play the vehicle combat game Vigilante 8 – 2nd Offense.