Vanquish

[water dog]

i stopped caring about high scores in video games when ... oh wait i never cared
i stopped caring about killing waves and waves of enemies in "challenge" maps when .... oh wait i never cared

gonna rent it, beat it, forget it

[Alpha Six]

i stopped caring about high scores in video games when ... oh wait i never cared
i stopped caring about killing waves and waves of enemies in "challenge" maps when .... oh wait i never cared

gonna rent it, beat it, forget it

well that's because you're an RPG buff my nigga-- you don't have to care about those kinds of things

[triptych]

just picked up the game WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY THREE PREORDER WEAPONS GOD DAMNIT

[Skink]

you must barely ever play any video games ever if you only like to play ones with good stories

I don't always play for great story, I just aim for that. I can pick up super mario and play it all day because the game focuses on running from point A to point B. It's fun, but I don't play it AGAIN on luigi mode cause it's just gonna be the same shit with different difficulty. (And even is the story is shitty, the only thing that would keep me playing it is M-U-L-T-I-P-L-A-Y-E-R.)

But when Vanquish force feeds you a story of SPACE MARINES and RUSSIANS, I don't see past the shit story.

I would rather have a story with
GOOD gameplay and GREAT story
than a game with
GOOD gameplay and MEDIOCRE story.
it would make the game last longer in my mind


lol

[triptych]

>implying the gameplay is only good


HEH
HEH
HEH

anyways im done w/ this for now, got to 1-3 and then my brother started being The Biggest Babby and demanded I let him play his madden game for the night so
yeah
off to write that report that i should have had finished yesterday


p.s. tried out the preorder weapons before that happened OMG THESE OWN

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Vanquish force feeds you a story

intro cutscene involves backstory
every other cutscene in act 1 is purely character interaction

what the fuck are you talking about i'm not being force fed anything here

[Alpha Six]

JUST ROUNDHOUSE KICKED A REALLY BIG ROBOT IN THE STOMACH

BEFORE THAT I PERFORMED THE SHINING FINGER AGAINST THE FLYING RED ASSHOLE OF THE GAME

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also yeah i don't know where you're getting this "force-fed" garbage from-- i've been playing the game for the past hour or two and so far it's just been interaction between the characters on field. there is nothing "force-fed" in this game at ALL. :l

[triptych]

final boss fight of act one owns SO FUCKING HARD

[Alpha Six]

Just beat the game.

Is it short?

Yes. You can easily beat the game in under 6 hours.

Is it fun?

FUCK YEAH, IT'S RETARDED FUN FROM START TO FINISH.

Is it hard?

OH MY FUCKING GOD YES THIS GAME GETS SO HARD AFTER THE FIRST ACT AND SOME OF THE BOSSES ARE JUST PUNSHING AND THIS IS ON NORMAL DIFFICULTY

Is it worth $60?

In my opinion?
Fuck yeah.
This game will send you on a hardcore adrenaline rush from the second you pick up the controller. The action in this game is frantic, fast, and non-stop.
Upon beating an Act, you unlock a Challenge stage that usually depends on killing waves of enemies. And these challenge stages are hard as balls. You compete to beat your old time, as well as beating the times of many other players around the world (which is generally where a lot of replay value is in this game).
Even in the campaign, there are little secrets hidden about, and it's a lot of fun to strategically collect weapons (In this game, you scan weapons to pick them up. You can hold up to 3 weapons at once. These weapons are upgradable with little weapon cubes that pop up out of enemies occasionally. Another method of upgrading, however, is to collect weapon duplicates. You see-- when you have a weapon, if you pick up the same weapon, it'll refill your ammo 100%. If your ammo is ALREADY filled up all the way, a little icon will show up above your weapon. When you do this three times, the weapon automatically upgrades. Upgrades carry over, too-- so if you decide you want to use a different weapon for the time being, you can pick one up and not worry about having to re-upgrade your weapon all over again.)
The story? It's not really "great" but it's definitely pretty solid. The basic plot is told to you in the intro cutscene-- from there, it's almost purely character interaction between Sam, Lt. Col. Burns, and your assistant Elena. With a little tidbit thrown in every now and then for story development. The story is never forced to you through loads of cutscenes, so you can enjoy the gameplay almost the entire time.
Bosses in this game will fuck your shit up. You're almost guaranteed to die at least once since you're still trying to figure out the enemy paths.
You start the game with four difficulty modes: Casual Auto (automatic targeting system), Casual (Easy), Normal, and Hard. Upon completing the game on Normal difficulty, you unlock GOD HARD. Now, I haven't played Hard yet, but I can only imagine it being painful-- and God Hard taking it a step further.
Special kills in this game are hilariously over-the-top. If you played the demo, you probably remember shoving the missile down the giant Argus robot's arm. If you thought that was sick, you haven't seen anything yet. The special kills in this game are the kind that are so awesome and over-the-top that you can't help but giggle the whole way through, and you'll probably find yourself pausing the game after doing that to go "HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST GO OMG".

Unfortunately, this game has no multiplayer element in it (for now). The lack of multiplayer does not hamper on the overall experience that this excellently programmed game will deliver to you. And yeah, you'll probably wish you had multiplayer while playing this game, but when you think about it, a game like Vanquish is built almost entirely for single player.


Overall I'd give this game a 9/10-- it's a solid game experience that is only hampered by a short campaign, but the overall experience and post-game Challenge modes make it worth the $60. I have a feeling I will be occupied by this game for a long while.

[triptych]

was that a fucking double argus robot boss battle

fuck yeah it was

[Sol]

I don't think I'll be picking this one up until the price lowers... I've played the demo, and it's fun, and I'm sure the rest of the game is pretty great, (it's Platinum Games, what have they made that isn't) but I don't see myself shelling out 60 bucks for 6 hours of campaign and high score modes. It's the same reason I waited to buy MadWorld. (which I loved) Then again, I'm not sure I'd buy many home console games at full price nowadays anyway. I eagerly await a sale or a price drop.

[Vipershark]

I don't think I'll be picking this one up until the price lowers... I've played the demo, and it's fun, and I'm sure the rest of the game is pretty great, (it's Platinum Games, what have they made that isn't) but I don't see myself shelling out 60 bucks for 6 hours of campaign and high score modes. It's the same reason I waited to buy MadWorld. (which I loved) Then again, I'm not sure I'd buy many home console games at full price nowadays anyway. I eagerly await a sale or a price drop.

My thoughts exactly.

[triptych]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAOCJkoD7EA this was literally the best thing

but then i killed them all with a rocket launcher

[Alpha Six]

fucking

challenge mode stage 4 is ridiculously hard omg

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also i beat the game again today

probably gonna do it again tomorrow, i'm in love with this game

[triptych]

just beat the game
ending is kind of like "oh fuck you why would you do that"

big spoilers beep beep

Spoiler

although it makes sense, anyone in a position like victor's probably wouldn't risk their life unnecessarily just to kill the one guy who could stop you. seriously, why do that when you can just send two robots filled with nukes after him

still
i expected something else after that fight


ps elena crying made me giggle

[Alpha Six]

just beat the game
ending is kind of like "oh fuck you why would you do that"

big spoilers beep beep

Spoiler

although it makes sense, anyone in a position like victor's probably wouldn't risk their life unnecessarily just to kill the one guy who could stop you. seriously, why do that when you can just send two robots filled with nukes after him

still
i expected something else after that fight


ps elena crying made me giggle

THAT BOSS'S QUICKTIME EVENT

THAT BOSS'S QUICKTIME EVENT