Why is Vexx (for O.G. Xbox) a better game than Rayman 3?
Well let's investigate shall we; about a year ago I bought both of these games at the same time on Ebay and Vexx happened to arrive a few days before Rayman. Having liked the original and Rayman 2 I was looking foward to Rayman 3 more. My expectations for these two games were based on their reviews from my favorite magazine: Play(US) formerly Gamer's Republic. (well favorite until I discovered Retro Gamer anyway) The Review for Vexx was done by Dave Halverson known to long time readers as far to generous to crap games. He raved about it and awarded it a 4.5/5. While the review for Rayman 3 was done by Brady Feitcher, known to long time readers as a lover of FPS's, gave R3 a B+ but it was clear from his review that he was disappointed by it and thought it was nowhere near as good as Rayman 2. I immediately started playing Vexx a lot and compulsively, which is not something that happens to me very often. I don't often become infatuated with a game and play for hours on end. I have ADHD and tend to play lots of games throughout the week, while only focus on 2-3 at a time. So when something grabs me and keeps me coming back again and again it's something special and that game is Vexx. Vexx: B+, Rayman 3: B-.
P.S. Stay away from Vexx on the Ps2, get the Xbox or GameCube versions. A few months ago I accidentally deleted my Vexx save with 40/80 hearts aquired. What truly sucks about this is Vexx doesn't bother to tell you which missions you've completed so you don't find out you've done a level until you complete it again and see that the heart you collect is see through meaning you've already done this level. This totally blows, along with the weak character design and tiresome collect-a-thon grinding are the only things I don't like about little ol' Vexxie.
Well let's investigate shall we; about a year ago I bought both of these games at the same time on Ebay and Vexx happened to arrive a few days before Rayman. Having liked the original and Rayman 2 I was looking foward to Rayman 3 more. My expectations for these two games were based on their reviews from my favorite magazine: Play(US) formerly Gamer's Republic. (well favorite until I discovered Retro Gamer anyway) The Review for Vexx was done by Dave Halverson known to long time readers as far to generous to crap games. He raved about it and awarded it a 4.5/5. While the review for Rayman 3 was done by Brady Feitcher, known to long time readers as a lover of FPS's, gave R3 a B+ but it was clear from his review that he was disappointed by it and thought it was nowhere near as good as Rayman 2. I immediately started playing Vexx a lot and compulsively, which is not something that happens to me very often. I don't often become infatuated with a game and play for hours on end. I have ADHD and tend to play lots of games throughout the week, while only focus on 2-3 at a time. So when something grabs me and keeps me coming back again and again it's something special and that game is Vexx. Vexx: B+, Rayman 3: B-.
P.S. Stay away from Vexx on the Ps2, get the Xbox or GameCube versions. A few months ago I accidentally deleted my Vexx save with 40/80 hearts aquired. What truly sucks about this is Vexx doesn't bother to tell you which missions you've completed so you don't find out you've done a level until you complete it again and see that the heart you collect is see through meaning you've already done this level. This totally blows, along with the weak character design and tiresome collect-a-thon grinding are the only things I don't like about little ol' Vexxie.
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