Ruff Trigger The Vanocore Conspiracy

by Sony

Product Features

• Compelling storyline involving dozens of missions and submission
• 3 large worlds to explore for an average of 20 arcade-style levels of frenetic action
• 2 playable characters to alternate during the game with different playability features
• Experience points to gain access to nine devastating weapons payable using the Tykels released from each creature killed during the mission
• Advanced hand to hand combat system with different attack combinations and damage typologies thanks to power-ups you'll be able to pick up during the adventure

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000EHT3MK
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 27, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,311 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Halo with fur., August 5, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Ruff Trigger The Vanocore Conspiracy (Video Game)

This game rocks!You play as Ruff Trigger, the galaxy's top bounty hunter.Some abilities are to turn into a were-wolf, shoot guns, and ride a motor-bike. There are huge worlds and tons of breakables. Also there are huge bosses.Two of the ten weapons are the Transfixer and Giga Cannon. You need rescue Piglots to advance. The targeting with the guns are a litte crazy but thats no problem. Overall, this is one sweet game!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Really Sweet Game!, August 4, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Ruff Trigger The Vanocore Conspiracy (Video Game)

Ruff Trigger The Vancore Conspiracy is like Halo, Ratchet And Clank, Scaler, and Jak And Daxter all rolled into one. You play as a wolf named Ruff Trigger that is trying to rescue and return Piglots. Your "friend" Cecily and her father, Kerubino also help you. As you move along in the game, you will collect tykels and tokens, which you can buy upgrades like weapons and armor. The reason it is like Halo is because of all the really cool weapons you get, such as the Tranfixer, E.R.A.S.E.R., Megagun, Devastator, Giga canon...And more. The reason it is like Ratchet And Clank is from all of the huge worlds that you explore. It is similar to Scaler because you can turn into a giant werewolf. Also it is like Jak And Daxter because you collect Piglots. The only bad thing is because the character is to slow and the targeting on the weapons stink. Overall a great game.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst game I have ever played, November 26, 2007

By 

Kevin FitzPatrick "eeble" (Avon, NJ) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Ruff Trigger The Vanocore Conspiracy (Video Game)

For a game released in 2006 this is far beyond bad. This is beyond abysmal. Also since I only checked this game out because of amazon's 5 star rating, (only reviewed by a kid, who has apparently identically reviewed the game twice with 5 stars each) I thought people should be warned away.
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME
The game is essentially a third-person shooter-platformer version of bomberman. Really the best way to describe the game would be that they combined the worst parts of every game genre and didn't bother to remove the bugs.
Ruff is an extreme gun toting wolf that has to save adorable little dog like pigs called "piglots." When you find one they need to be brought to a teleporter. You can carry them, but they will also automatically follow you. In rare cases you are in a locked area and need to rescue a few to open a door, but other than that rescuing them is purely optional.
Ruff also gets the ability to transform into a werewolf like creature. In that form he can run faster, jump higher, and is stronger, but has no guns. Since this game is first a shooter you don't need a brawler. In fact if you try to use the werewolf form you will almost immediately die.
After the shooting much of the game is moving around with platformer style jumping puzzles. Since it is a 3rd-person shooting/platforming bomberman game you may be wondering where the bombing comes in. In addition to the normal piglots are exploding ones. They have a spawn point and need to be carried to some lightly blocked areas to clear it out. Way too much of the game is running back and forth trying to bomb areas. It is pure busy work.
One of the major reasons this game was so bad was the broken camera. It often would get stuck pointing towards my front while something is attacking me from off-screen. Other times it flat out refused to be rotated behind me.
Also the horrible, unnecessary, and low quality cut-scenes. Cut-scenes are rarely used well in games, but this is a new low. The story cut scenes waste your time, but you can skip them. The in-game cut scenes are much worse and cannot be skipped.
Finally and most curiously is the Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga level of currency. For those of you who haven't played that series, almost everything was breakable and contained tons and tons of their currency. Also in this game they throw so much currency at you that you will have nothing to spend it on.

Basically they took a platformer and added guns, which completely broke the platforming aspect of the game. Then they added unnecessary time wasters like rubble blocked everything, superfluous piglot collecting, and currency dumps. Finally the addition of terrible cut-scenes is like the ugly bow on a poorly wrapped present. There is literally nothing good about this game.
Avoid at all costs.