Vigilante 8: Second Offense
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| Developer(s) | Luxoflux |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation |
| Release date | 1999 |
| Genre(s) | Action, Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) |
Vigilante 8: Second Offense is a vehicular combat video game released for the PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and the Nintendo 64 in 1999. It is a follow-up to Vigilante 8.
[edit] Synopsis
The story of Vigilante 8: Second Offense centers on the international meddlings of an oil conglomerate from the future known as OMAR. After the events of the first game, the character known as 'Slick Clyde' has resigned his vigilante ways and has risen to become the head of OMAR.
He leads the conglomerate to great success, becoming the only multinational supplier of oil to all countries but the United States. This lack of control bothers Clyde greatly. Clyde's research team cracks the secret of time travel and he decides to take a small team back to when the United States was vulnerable in terms of oil, the 1970s. He leaves from 2017, with his bodyguard Obake and a cybernetic assassin called Dallas 13.
The player begins the game with the choice of a small selection of characters who are part of three sides of the battle.
OMAR operatives, also known as Coyotes, the villains of the game, plus some of their hired mercernaries. The default characters accessible are Dallas 13, Latina mercernary Nina Loco and a young delinquent called Molo.
The heroes of the game, called 'Vigilantes', are trying to stop OMAR's plans. The default heroes are college party girl Sheila, bounty hunter John Torque and the daredevil motorcycle stunt team called the Flying All-Star Trio.
'Drifters' are characters who are not fully on either side of the conflict. The default ones are the mysterious Garbage Man, the clinically insane Astronaut Bob O and the time-traveling ChronoPol agent R. Chase.
[edit] Follow-Up
There are currently no known plans for a true sequel to the Vigilante 8 franchise. However, there is a V8 game coming to Xbox Live Arcade titled Vigilante 8 Arcade, which is a next-gen remake of the original Vigilante 8 with online play.
