XBox Vanquish

[LadyHermes]

I've been playing this game for a while and noticed that there wasn't a thread on it so I'm going to make one.

Personal opinion is I think the game is fantastic, I think it has great cinamatics and the gameplay is great with amazing colour variation and great battle sequences.

Opinions plz!

 

[Linnaete]

I bought this game for cheap, thinking that this would just be a generic kind of shooter made by the team behind Bayonetta. Sitting down and actually playing it, I was pleasantly surprised to see how greatly mistaken I was. It's turned out to be one of the most (shock!) fun games I've stuck to for a while now. Generally what turns me off in many shooters particularly from western developers is the absence of fun for me. Many shooters, be they first or third person are usually dragged into the realm of realism and this game completely takes an opposite direction. I love the fact that it's pretty much unrealistic - the emphasis is just constant, almost non-stop shooting and coupled with the sheer speed at which the gameplay flows, I undoubtedly had so much fun from this. I was literally shocked to discover how good this game really is.

Of course, it doesn't come without its downsides though. I was particularly critical of the game's relatively short length. It's really not a long game at all and completing it in only about 4-5 hours did feel like a bit of a letdown for me. I do suppose though, with a videogame genre like this you would expect it to be short - I've probably played far too many RPGs. As for the storyline, there wasn't really much in it either. It's nothing original and at the most, character development seems very nonexistent. But you can contest that by saying that you don't put on games like Vanquish for the story, but for the crazy gameplay, so I was willing to overlook the lacklustre story. The visuals are amazing though. A lot of levels really look spectacular (though I rarely stopped long to admire them) and the space Providence thing itself gave me a sense of vertigo as it's a cylinder-like thing. xD

 

[LadyHermes]

Of course, it doesn't come without its downsides though. I was particularly critical of the game's relatively short length. It's really not a long game at all and completing it in only about 4-5 hours did feel like a bit of a letdown for me.

I agree with you entirely here.
The game is a short length, but it does pack a lot of action!

I like the look of the game, and yeah it does have a generic storyline, but I don't see the story relevant in this sense.

 

[Rey]

First off Vanquish is not an Xbox 360 exclusive so this should be in Multi platforms xD. Do we have a thread on this already? As for Vanquish. I only really played the demo and it was a hell of a lot of fun. I might actually get the game since it seems pretty short and should be fun to beat. The whole slow motion ting is amazing and all the missiles flying at you etc. I do not know anything relevant to the story though and I imagine a story in games like this are unimportant/non existent xD. I might be able to pick this up some time.. and I hope I do.