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Oct 16, 2025
Its a funny game, too much of everything , too fast, too much shooting, too big robots lol
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Oct 10, 2025
Extremely dark, blurry, and grainy graphics. No story, inaudible dialogue, and repetitive combat all add up to a forgetable experience that only die hard nostalgic 360 fans will appreciate. The xbox one version has the same mucky visuals at a higher frame rate, but it's not a remaster.
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Jul 22, 2025
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Mar 27, 2025
I would say its an above average campaign but nothing more. As a big fan of Platinum Games I did find the unique combat fun. However the story was lacking and the final boss was not memorable. The combat lets you play a third person shooter at a very rapid pace. So it's a better experience than most games of the genre however I personally didn't find it memorable.
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Feb 18, 2025
Good and unique action shooter. However, other than fun gameplay it lacks everything else. Boring story, poor graphics and design, no variety in gameplay. I couldnt finish it because it just got extremely boring. But gameplay is cool and unique for a shooter.
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Jan 21, 2025
Прошел vanquish. По факту это абсолютно бездумный японский (во всех смыслах этого слова) шутан от третьего лица, чисто вот чтобы напрочь отрубить мозг и бездумно стрелять по роботам. Сюжет здесь - типичный японский кринж, единственный смысл его не пропускать это поржать и кринжануть если вы такое любите, но лично я его скипал. Оружия здесь лишь 4-5 видов, улучшений по сути никаких нет, только урон и вместимость, оружие все как-будто пластмассовое, импакта и реализма от него 0. Однако игра не совсем плоха, если хотите бездумно пострелять по мобам то эта игра подойдет, + она относительно короткая и не душная 5/10. p.s. игра от создателя the evil within, можно проследить его рост как геймдизайнера.
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Nov 27, 2024
Pros:
• Super fun gameplay and combat
• Fast paced weapon upgrading system, gives a lot of opportunity to try out gear loadouts.
• Great progression rhythm, a lot of meat not much fat.
• Great sense of humor. Cons:
• Story is OK but twists and developments feel rushed.
• Not much enemy variety.
• Environment feels and looks almost the same during entire run.
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Jul 10, 2024
Epic plot and interesting mechanics
You must play this game It piece of very taste cake
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Oct 22, 2023
Unos de mis juegos favoritos de todos los tiempos adictivo y frenético lastima que no tiene secuela
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Jul 25, 2023
First and foremost, the graphics are laughable. I could swear I was playing a relic from the early 2000s. The textures are blurry, the character models lack any semblance of detail, and the environments are drab and uninspired. I've seen mobile games with better visuals than this mess. The controls are a nightmare, leaving you feeling like a clumsy oaf stumbling around the battlefield. It's almost as if the developers purposefully wanted to sabotage any chance of players enjoying the experience. Moving the character is a Herculean task in itself, and the aiming mechanics are so imprecise that hitting a stationary target feels like trying to thread a needle with boxing gloves. But wait, it gets worse! The AI is dumb as a rock. Enemies stand out in the open, waiting to be shot down with ease. There's absolutely no challenge or strategy involved. It's like the enemies are there to act as target practice for your inadequate aiming controls. The level design is repetitive and monotonous. You'll find yourself traversing through uninspired corridors and bland landscapes ad nauseam. The lack of variety in the environments only adds to the overall **** boredom of the game. Don't even get me started on the story. It's an incoherent mess, with poorly developed characters and a plot that feels like it was slapped together in a matter of minutes. I couldn't care less about the protagonist or his mission, and the voice acting is so wooden that I'd rather listen to a robot read Shakespeare. The cherry on top of this disaster is the abysmal frame rate. It's like playing a PowerPoint presentation. The constant lag and stuttering ruin any hope of immersion, making it impossible to enjoy any aspect of the gameplay.
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Nov 12, 2022
This fast and fluid slam-bang shooter from Platinum Games is great fun. It's a relentless action title that combines "Gears of War " with "Metal Gear Rising". The thin story plays second fiddle to the high-adrenaline, arcade-style gameplay. This game can be difficult at times, but it's always a joy to play due to the smooth mechanics. With high production values and an incredible sense of speed, "Vanquish" comes at you like no other shooter. It's an innovative must play for action freaks. I would rate it with a 9 out of 10.
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Sep 24, 2020
Wow what can be said about this game. If you’re looking for something with a story then this is not the game for you. The game just throws you into it with no backstory and no indication of what’s going on or why with this supposed ‘war’ you’re fighting. All I know is that you’re on some sort of space station. And for some reason the enemy uses all robots while your side uses all humans. It is all about the flashy gameplay. And the gameplay is a run and gun, third-person shooter. Or put more accurately a run and slide because once you learn how to slide in your fancy suit there’s no going back. But make sure not to overheat!! Also, your suit can slow down time for more accurate shots. Now let’s talk about the boss fights, they typically had about 2-3 stages you had to get through. Oh you successfully got through the first stage and halfway through the second before some bs boss supermove takes you out cuz it’s almost impossible to dodge? Well you better get ready to play that whole fight over from the beginning, because there are no fight checkpoints between stages. The game is near impossible to play on anything but easy because of these awful boss fights, I tried getting through the very first boss fight several times before saying screw it, I’ll put it down to easy, but oh wait you have to start the whole game over again and it can only handle one save file. The final ‘story’ moments has some of the biggest what the heck just happened moments, one moment everything is good and chummy and the next it’s all gone to hell and there’s no real reason why. That accurately describes the whole story. Not to mention the annoying woman who’s always talking in your ear, she’s not really involved in the war and says she can hack anything but at all the important moments she just ‘can’t get into the system’! Overall, avoid this game. If you must try it then rent it or borrow it from a friend because you won’t want to pick it up ever again, there is no replay value. I felt like I had played this game for a total of around 14 hours, then I checked the stats, turned out it had been about 5 hours. Phew! Oh by the way, the best gameplay rolls during the credits.
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Jun 6, 2020
This game is fast paced and incredibly fun. But the art direction is so bland and lifeless. It never changes from the boring grey color palette. The main character and cast is extremely generic. None of the bosses were very memorable either. Except the last. The gunplay and movement are enough to make this a good way to spend 5-7 hours though. I highly recommend.
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May 1, 2020
Game of excellent quality like almost all that comes out of platinum games. Control, visual and artistic section, in general everything about this game is outstanding.
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Aug 18, 2019
Players control Sam Gideon, a DARPA agent armed with the Augmented Reaction Suit. If the player takes too much damage, the suit will automatically enter Augmented Reaction (AR) mode. AR mode increases Sam's reflexes tenfold, essentially slowing down time for Sam to evade attacks. The player can also manually enter AR mode by holding down the aim button while evading, sliding, or vaulting over cover, allowing the player to target enemies (and their weak spots) easily.
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Nov 3, 2018
The fourth title from the talented Platinum Games, creators of the excellent Bayonetta, Vanquish is a fast paced sci-fi shooter/action title that sees Sam Gideon tasked with reclaiming an orbital space station from Russian terrorists. The stereotypical sci-fi plot is actually the games weakest element and is easily ignored for the most part in favour of the games fantastic action and unique twist on third-person shooting. Throughout the game Sam will find a number of weapons ranging from the standard machine guns and shotguns to more unusual weapons such as a lock-on laser. Although only three weapons can be carried at once the frequently found weapon crates allow the player to change their set often in order to adapt their tactics depending on the situation. A responsive cover system is also present and its use is vital to survival because Vanquish is a difficult game right from the outset. I died 49 times on my first play through despite the fact that Sam's AR suit slows down time when the player is close to death in order to give them a chance to find shelter. One frustrating element to the combat is the one hit kill mechanic employed by some of the bosses. A visual and audio warning is usually given before they unleash these attacks but it is still irritating to get close to beating a difficult enemy only to make one mistake and be killed. What really helps to differentiate Vanquish however is the boosting mechanic. Sam's suit is equipped with a set of boosters that allow him to slide around the battlefield and incredible speed. Boosting allows the player to keep themselves out of harms way but must be used sparingly as it quickly causes the suit to overheat. A number of set pieces help to break up the combat and the player will find themselves battling on high speed trains or trying to escape a collapsing freeway during the games thirty or so missions. Vanquish may not be a particularly long game, seven or eight hours is a standard sort of time, but thanks to its stat tracking and extra challenge modes there is plenty of replayablity making Vanquish a truly underrated action title that deserves a bigger audience that it has thus far received.
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Sep 2, 2018
Although I feel that this game doesn't have very much replay value due to its "Point A to Point B" story based platform, I still feel a unique spot of love for this game. Vanquish feels much more fast-paced and interesting compared to most shooters I've came across. The boss fighting also brings a series of tests and contrast between the forging ahead mindset to the focusing on defeating one target. I wouldn't mind playing through this game again, because I feel a sense of adrenaline that other shooters otherwise seem to lack.
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May 27, 2017
Vanquish don’t believe the hype Vanquish is a 7 hour long 3rd person shooter where you play as agent Sam with a sick augmented reaction suit. Russia destroys San Francisco with a solar beam and demands the United States surrenders before they do the same to New York and you set out to stop this. Before you do play this game, I need to bring you back down to reality, because this is not some hidden gem classic that everyone on the internet makes it out to be… Don’t get me wrong… Vanquish is a really fun game... The shooting feels great, you can slide around on the ground for slow motion shots or just move around maps faster… And when you take too much damage the game will go into slow motion allowing you to find cover or have a better shot at taking out the enemy before you die Which makes for some pretty epic feeling gun play… And the best part of this game is the guns and their upgrades… There’s a huge variety of weapons here to find what you like best... You can carry up to 3 weapons at a time plus grenades, and enemies will randomly drop upgrades that you can assigned to your favorite weapon to increase its stats instantly.. The game doesn’t slow you down my making you go into some skill tree, no... You pick up an upgrade with your equipped gun and you’ve got an upgraded gun right then and there... And even better if you pick a duplicate while your ammo on a certain gun is still full... you also instantly get an upgrade for that weapon… This system had my actively switching guns and holding out on more rare weapons just incase I could upgrade it on the fly… upgrading all of the guns in the game while still making sure you have the ammo to get the job done is a meta game itself… But the greatness ends there.. Because the rest of the game is bland and repetitive… The story is hard to follow, the characters are uninteresting There are no epic moments here... There are annoying one hit instakill bosses that will have you replaying the same fight over and over… every level looks and feels pretty identical... a lot of grey… no colors here which bores me… just a bunch of repeat killing the same enemies bosses and mini bosses over and over until the credits roll… I had a bit of fun with vanquish... But the expectations of the internet sorta ruined this experience for me I don’t know what everyone sees in this game... It’s a good game… but not beyond just good I give Vanquish a 7/10
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Aug 6, 2016
Vanquish is a unique and incredible third-person shooter by **** when you see that name you know an insanely over the top game is coming. Vanquish has you play as a guy with a suit allowing him to slow down time and boost **** gunplay is great and some of the bosses are **** suit makes the game's great cover system **** whole game is just polished as all f*** The framerate and graphics are great too. Sound design and Soundtrack are OK. My only real complaints are the poor story and the fact you can complete the game in 4 or 5 hours.
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Jun 25, 2015
Simply THE best action game I have ever played. The graphics are amazing, the gameplay is fast and fluid, with a steep enough learning curve that by the end of the game, you feel like a 100% badass. The story is your usual throwaway Japanese style yarn, but it really is not detrimental to the game. Platinum have created a masterpiece here and it only fills me with sadness that we will probably never see a sequel due to mediocre sales.
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Nov 8, 2014
Vanquish is one of my favorite games of the past generation, the reason? The gameplay is really awesome, cool, funny, and intense; the graphics are fantastic, the level design is brilliant, but the only problem that I found on Vanquish is the replay value, and the game time; Vanquish is really short, but don't care, because the big part of the game is fantastic.
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Jun 6, 2014
Vanquish's rocket sliding is one of the greatest gameplay mechanics in any third person shooter. It makes the thrilling, fast paced gameplay even more thrilling and fast paced. The boss fights are excellent and some of the weapons are creative and feel great to use. If you like action games you'll love Vanquish.
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Apr 28, 2014
After the slightly disappointing ( in my opinion) Bayonetta, i wasn't expecting much from PlatinumGames' new game Vanquish. when i got it, though, i was blown away!! everything i want in video games is here: slow motion shooting, big bosses, giant explosions and great graphics. also, one more thing, get out of your seat and go buy it!!! i got this for £4 as well.
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Jun 24, 2013
If you're looking for a badass, fast paced game with awesome gameplay and set-pieces, then this is the game for you. Vanquish has, without a doubt, the best mechanics and gameplay of any 3rd person shooter I've ever played. In no time, you find yourself sliding across the floor, shooting in slow motion at giant killer robots in space. The graphics and framerate of this game are excellent, which is shocking. In games like this, usually you'd expect the framerate to suffer. However, in Vanquish, it never once dips. People complain that the story of the game is weak. However, the issue with this argument is that the story isn't important. The story is just enough so that you have an objective and context. That's all it has to be. The other common complaint with this game is that it's too short. This is partially true. The game takes about 5 hours to beat. With that there are bonus missions to tackle, which adds some more length to the game. The game is short and sweet, which is far better than a longer and padded out game. All in all, this game is definitely a must play. I'd recommend it to any action fan/3rd person shooter fan.
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May 30, 2013
This has got to be one of the most underrated games of all time. This is a gem, a short gem, but none the less amazing. Unique thruster combat, and add in splosions and bullets flying everywhere, Vanquish doesn't fall short and is worth playing.
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Jan 16, 2013
I love the system, high risk, high reward, great slick stylish action, zooming around on your knees with flames shooting out the back like Iron Man. But - it's just too short! And there are not enough weapons. Plus the melee system makes no sense to me. You hit one enemy, and your own armour gets depleted? Melee attacks in this game are not THAT powerful to warrant such a disadvantage. It's a shame because this really is the greated 3rd person shooter I have played. So much fun, and it's such a challenge. It really punishes you! Jumping out of cover to get that slow motion reward is brilliant. If you sit around in cover all day, blind-firing or just popping up like you do in most games - you will die and you will be punished and made a fool of. It's refreshing to play a shooting game where you are actually supposed to be on your toes. And actually it has amazing boss battles - something most games get completely wrong. But these get your blood pumping and really are enjoyable!
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Nov 14, 2012
Well I suppose I deserved it. This was one of those games people buy because they wanna look hardcore on a game forum. The Japanese niche title like Godhand. And like Godhand this game **** too. It is an obvious Gears of War rip off. The pluses are a great frame rate, fluid and fast combat, a slide that is useless, and a pretty environment. The bad is that environment is the only one on the game, the combat is boring, the bosses are all "shoot the orange spot on the _____" and the story is barely passable. Another thing is these lame Japanese games with these characters that are over the top. Its cheesy and awful and not in a good way. Also characters that smoke are not cool. Snake could not be cool so this pansy isn't gonna be cool either. There is a reason this was a $20 bargain bin game a month after it released. Mikami has really lost his touch as of late. This game just had no reason to exist. Sega wants to know why they are broke. Games like this Sega. Games like this. After the great Bayonetta, I expected more from Platinum Games.
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