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Vanquish
Directed by Shinji Mikami, the creator of the Resident Evil series, comes Vanquish a sci-fi shooter of epic proportions. The story of Vanquish takes place on a vast space station in a near future world where nations war over the planet's remaining energy resources. Against this backdrop, players take the role of Sam Gideon, a government agent kitted out with a futuristic battle suit. A versatile fighter with a huge arsenal of weaponry at his disposal, Sam also has an array of martial arts skills that he can use to take down his robot enemies.
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20 out of 20100%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Vanquish
Review 1 for Vanquish
A sleeper hit!
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Gameplay:
9
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10
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Sound:
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Posted on:7/9/12
PS3gamer72
Location: PA
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
A lot of people may have never even heard of Vanquish. it wasn't exactly marketed well and that's unfortunate because SEGA has a potential franchise at hand with this gem. Vanquish offers up some of the most explosive, high-octane shooting achievable in a video game dispite clocking in at a mere four hours. Sound design and music is top-notch and voice acting is above average, but not great. Outside of the main story the only other content consists of six "tactical challenges", none of which are very long at all. Nonetheless, the game is well-paced and bursting at the seams with style. It feels very satisfying to mow down mechanical abominations with a stream of bullets and the story is passable enough to usher players from one epic set piece moment to the next. Bosses are, for the most part, epic and well-designed. That's the reoccurring theme with Vanquish-sky-high production values. Platinum games really poured their heart and soul into crafting one of most enjoyable third-person shooters in recent memory and it's a shame that Vanquish's sales don't reflect all of their hard work. A short length is the only flaw holding Vanquish back from true greatness. At such a low price point now, gamers WILL be getting their money's worth for their investment. FINAL SCORE: 89/100.
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10
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Sound:
8
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4
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Review 2 for Vanquish
Your heart won't resist this much action
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Gameplay:
10
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8
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Sound:
9
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7
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Posted on:2/9/12
Molla
Location: Puerto Rico
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
It's really hard to find a shooter now-a-days that I can say is close to flawless within it's genre, but Vanquish is such game. Vanquish's quick, heart pumping action elevate it's game-play ahead of the pack, while delivering a short, but thrilling experience. You won't care much about the forgettable story and cheesy writing, because the game never attempts to take itself seriously. What you will enjoy is it's game-play. Vanquish boasts a small, but effective arsenal. From a shotgun to a rocket launcher. The game allows you to upgrade the weapons all throughout it's 7 hour length... 7 hours? Yes, it's short, but if you're a gamer that values quality over quantity than you'll spend many more hours with the highest difficulty setting and challenge mode. The visuals will keep you hooked. It's art direction while bland, gives the game a rather futuristic and distinct look. But the animations and overall scale of the game, make up for it. It's a great looking game. The audio is up to par. The electronic music matches perfectly, while the audio design is top notch. Overall: If you like shooters and love action games, you must play Vanquish. What it delivers in 7 hours, very few action games can match.
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10
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9
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Lasting Appeal:
7
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Review 3 for Vanquish
best sci-fi shooter in a while
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Gameplay:
10
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9
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9
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10
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Posted on:2/3/12
SciFiShooterGuy
Location: Grand Rapids, Mi
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
This game is awesome - it is definetely one of the best 3rd person action shooters in a while. The one problem i had was that the game was kinda short.
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10
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9
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9
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10
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Review 4 for Vanquish
Prince of Persia with guns
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Gameplay:
7
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10
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10
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9
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Posted on:1/20/12
AJCk19
Location: Buckeye State
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
Pros: difficulty setting, slide and slow motion, humor, fast packed tps
Cons: melee weak, no online, very short, customize non existent
Worth buying if you are going to play every difficulty setting, rather than that you should just rent it.
Cons: melee weak, no online, very short, customize non existent
Worth buying if you are going to play every difficulty setting, rather than that you should just rent it.
Things that I'm not going to knock it hard on is the weak melee and no online. Mostly because it is a third person shooter (tps) and the slow motion mechanic would be hard to pull off on a multiplayer/online environment. In this game if you decide to melee just once then you overheat and have to recharge. Which means no sliding or slow motion mechanics until it is charged.
This game is definitely fast paced with fun features like the sliding boost and having the ability to slow everything down. Even the amount of time to beat this game is fast which would be about 5 to 10 hours. So basically one sitting or at max a day unless you want to play every single difficulty setting. Oddly enough it does have this replay value feel to it. Even though playing through several difficulty settings isn't really consider replay value in my books.
Some might see the humor in the game as a negative, but at least it has some sort of humor instead of being dry and stale. I would have gladly traded it in though to have the option of customizing Sam's suit (main character on the front cover box). You can upgrade the weapons, 3 of which were available for preorder or you can download it for cheap. These 3 weapons are the boost machine gun, laser canon, and anti-armor pistol. You can't take along with you or upgrade the enemy's weaponry/machinery, but you can use them. There are only 2 in the game; stationary machine gun and 2-legged giant robot.
List of weapons: assault rifle, heavy machine gun, shotgun, sniper rifle, disk launcher, rocket launcher, lock on laser, lfe gun, hand grenade, emp emitter.
P.S. Best ending credits ever and I hope they make a sequel. I highly enjoyed it.
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Review 5 for Vanquish
Great game but suffer a major problem
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10
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10
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Review 6 for Vanquish
awsome game
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10
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Posted on:9/1/11
NINJAWARRIOR22
Location: Grandville, Michigan
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
this game is a really good game, and its pretty cheap
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10
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10
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9
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9
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Review 7 for Vanquish
tons of action, alot of fun, great gameplay
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10
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7
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Posted on:8/5/11
jburnum
Location: michigan city, in
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
Addictive game play, sliding around taking out the enemies is just awesome. Plus it has achievable trophies, they're not impossibly hard, if you're a trophy hunter.You will enjoy, if you care about the way a game plays, and this one plays excellent. Lasting appeal may be lacking, but that is arguable. I have replayed for the trophies, and still enjoy going through the game more than once.
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Review 8 for Vanquish
they should make vanquish 2
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10
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10
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3 of 3 found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for Vanquish
Epic Game
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10
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7
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10
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Lasting Appeal:
7
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1 of 1 found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for Vanquish
Mass effect without the RPG theme
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Gameplay:
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10
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9
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9
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Lasting Appeal:
7
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Review 11 for Vanquish
Awesome game.
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10
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8
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8
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Review 12 for Vanquish
The most fun I've had with a 3rd-person Shooter.
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Gameplay:
10
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9
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10
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Posted on:1/24/11
SolidusV2
Location: Racoon City
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
I just finished this game today and I have to say this: I. Am. Amazed. It reminded me of Gears of War with a nice touch or Devil May Cry. I felt so satisfied when hoards of robots exploded as I mowed them down in slow-mo. I never ran into any graphical glitches and the frame-rate never dropped. The animations suited the character's perfectly (I especially love the ability to light a cigarette to distract enemies). The gameplay is fast and heart-pounding. At times Vanquish can be frustrating on the harder difficulty settings, but, that is easily looked over. I love how the game switches missions from simple "Take out enemy" missions to boss fights, to rescue missions, and quick time events. I'm not too fond of the story, but it's not bad in any sense. I'm pretty sure it was meant to be more of a Devil May Cry over-the-top styled game anyways. So, the story was probably a bit cheesy on purpose. I would recommend this game to fans of fast-paced shooters. :)
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9
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10
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Lasting Appeal:
8
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Review 13 for Vanquish
Awesome game
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10
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Lasting Appeal:
9
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Review 14 for Vanquish
Short, but underrated
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Gameplay:
10
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9
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5
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9
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Lasting Appeal:
5
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Review 15 for Vanquish
this game is wicked awesome!!
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Gameplay:
9
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9
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8
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Posted on:12/7/10
hunster
Location: west grove, pa
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
I would so recommend to anyone who's into gunning some machines down to the ground. If someone would actually want to play this they would have a blast and would stay on for hours.
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Gameplay:
9
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9
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Sound:
8
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8
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Review 16 for Vanquish
this game is awesome
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10
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9
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9
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Review 17 for Vanquish
VANGUISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10
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8
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Review 18 for Vanquish
Was an awesome game.
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Gameplay:
8
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10
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9
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Lasting Appeal:
8
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Review 19 for Vanquish
GOW eat your heart out!!!
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8
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7
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7
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9
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Review 20 for Vanquish
Over the top and very cool!
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Lasting Appeal:
7
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