Vexx

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Most early-2000s mascot platformers starred a cheerful animal. Vexx starts with a funeral. When the Shadowraith lord Dark Yabu, voiced with real menace by Brian Cox, enslaves the village of Overwood and kills Vexx's grandfather Vargas, the boy flees, finds the ancient Astani War Talons and lets them bond to his arms. What follows is Acclaim Studios Austin's attempt to give the GameCube a darker, angrier kind of 3D platform hero.

The structure owes a clear debt to Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, which the designers cited as inspirations. Nine open, nonlinear worlds each hide a set of wraithhearts, the game's answer to Power Stars, earned by exploring, solving platforming puzzles, beating challenges and hunting down Soul Jars. Collect enough and the next world opens; gather sixty and the road to Yabu is clear. The Talons give combat more bite than most collect-a-thons, with chained melee combos and a charged attack that sends out bursts of flame, and the climbing and vertical platforming are quick and snappy.

The best idea is the day and night cycle. When the bells of the Landspire toll and darkness falls, enemies turn vicious and the worlds grow more hostile, so the same route you ran in daylight can feel like a different level after dark. The development story is fascinating too: the game began life as Clip and Mischief, was briefly called Jinx, shared its engine with Turok: Evolution and had half its planned levels cut before release.

Reviews were mixed, and critics were fair in calling it a traditional platformer that executes the genre's established rules well rather than reinventing them, while praising the variety of tasks and the combat. That is also exactly its appeal today. If you have already cleared the big-name 3D platformers of the era and want another sprawling, star-hunting adventure with a gothic edge, Vexx is a cult curiosity from Acclaim's final years that rewards a patient explorer.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2003
Publisher
Acclaim Entertainment
Developer
Acclaim Studios Austin
Players
Single player
About the game

Step into the role of Vexx as he seeks vengeance on those who murdered his grandfather and enslaved his people. Equipped with a set of razor-sharp war talons, you'll travel through volcanic islands, desert temples, frozen citadels, and giants' castles to confront the evil Dark Yabu, Shadowraith, and their minions. As darkness falls, enemies become more aggressive and the environments become more hostile. It will take all your combat skills and climbing moves to bring peace back to the villagers of Rockhaven.

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