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New From PlatinumGames: Vanquish

The Bayonetta people have dropped the first teaser video for their next big action title.

Done with Bayonetta yet? PlatinumGames hopes so, because they've already revealed their next big action game, Vanquish. This one comes from Shinji Mikami, whose pedigree boasts no less than "creator of Resident Evil." So you'll probably want to pay attention to this.
 
 

   
 
No real info about the game yet, including what platform(s) it will appear on, but then you may be too busy looking at the large-scale orbital destruction of San Francisco to care. I'm also kind of excited to see some live-action footage of real actors in this clip. Despite the great work with motion-captured CG characters in games like Uncharted 2 recently, I think there's still room for real footage in game cinematics if it's used tastefully.
 
Does this pique your interest in any way? And does it remind you of anything?
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These guys have nothing but a pedigree of amazing games under their belt.  Whether it's the former franchises that some of these guys helped create under Capcom (Devil May Cry, Resident Evil), the franchises they started under Clover (Okami, Viewtiful Joe), or their most recent endeavors as Platinum (MadWorld, Bayonetta), they show nothing but absolute promise and know how to make absolutely incredible experiences. 
 
I'm not excited about Vanquish - I'm waiting in anticipation beyond any other game that is coming, including Red Dead Redemption. 
 
Also, seeing Alexei Tylevich's name attached helps me understand just how...interesting...this project will be.  That dood has made some crazy shit.

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Actually it reminded me of Shadow Complex. That makes me happy.

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Very cool. I'm not fond of where the Resident Evil franchise went as a whole but I'm more than excited to see a new IP from Mikami. Also I finally ordered PN03 because I have always wanted to play it and could never find it.  I'm sure it's not very good, but it will satisfy something in me and I only paid like 5 bucks.
 
I'm with you brad, it definitely resembles that.
 
Also, keep in mind there has been a significant increase in live actors being used in advertising footage for games (think RE5), so this doesn't necessarily mean there will be any in this game. That being said, I'm all for what was shown here.

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Trailer seems solid.

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HALO STAR WARS TERRORISM SUPER AWESOME FUN GAME!!

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@I_smell said:
" Anyone else gettin a Shadow Complex vibe? "
Was thinking the same thing
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I'd like to get excited about this, but after seeing how Bayonetta turned out on the PS3, I think I'm gonna have to wait and see on this one.

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@CountRockula said:

" I'd like to get excited about this, but after seeing how Bayonetta turned out on the PS3, I think I'm gonna have to wait and see on this one. "

The most recent Bayonetta patch fixed much of the ridiculous load times that plagued the game on the PS3. Those really were the biggest problem. I'm not concerned whatsoever.
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I love P.N.03, not the first thing I thought about though.
 
I like what I see, I'll keep an eye on this.

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@Knives said:
The most recent Bayonetta patch fixed much of the ridiculous load times that plagued the game on the PS3. Those really were the biggest problem. I'm not concerned whatsoever. "
Sega: Better, later. 
I like it!  Means there's still hope for Sonic.
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 Huh that's cool, if you check out the credits you'll see this was a Logan production. They're the same studio that made the live-action commercials and TV shows that were in MGS4.

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Wow, looks so real. Almost like one of those FInal Fantasy movies. 
 
The main character remains me of Vanessa Z Schneider from P.N.0.3.

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@Brackynews said:
" @Knives said:
The most recent Bayonetta patch fixed much of the ridiculous load times that plagued the game on the PS3. Those really were the biggest problem. I'm not concerned whatsoever. "
Sega: Better, later.  I like it!  Means there's still hope for Sonic. "
Sony made the patch.
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Holy fuck that was a cool trailer. I kinda wish it was a cg anime tho.

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Nice trailer.

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I came. 'Nuff said.

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The trailer looks nice, but I'm not all that impressed yet.

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Japanese Halo? AWESOME!

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Looks like Halo and Shadow Complex had a baby.

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I'm confused, first it was Crysis, then it turned into the Starcraft 2 trailer, then it turned into Halo. 
 
 
 
Well I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this game.

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Halo Complex, sweet.    As long as it isn't P.N. 03.

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@nanikore said:
" @Ragdrazi said:
" @ryanwho said:
" @nanikore said:
" "On our peaceful nation" BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHA "
Its a fictional game, person from a country that didn't even send aid to Haiti. "
Right. And nanikore is analyzing that fiction for its portrayal of national identity. That's pretty damn normal. Though, I can't help but wonder though if he's missing an intentional note of irony on the developer's part. "
Nailed it.  Wait, what? "
America is never peaceful. America always, always, says it is peaceful. But America is never peaceful. Irony.
 
Also, ignore how I used "though" twice in that sentence.
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Really nice looking trailer, but I'm not initially impressed by the premise. Will wait to see more.

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they should have made this a sequel to pn03

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@Bones8677 said:
" I'm confused, first it was Crysis, then it turned into the Starcraft 2 trailer, then it turned into Halo.     Well I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this game. "
That would be an awesome game.
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I wasted my time thinking there would be gameplay shown in this.

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hmmm this is either a first person shooter, a third person shooter, or. . . . . a point-and-click adventure game. . . . . HMMMMMMMM.

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Eh. Space marines.

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Looks great, I wonder if it tastes as good.

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Nice art style.

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There seems to be something to be said about the relationship between good cinematics and good games.

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Mass Effect 2 pretty much killed other sci-fi games for me. Nothing will ever top that. Well maybe Mass Effect 3 :-)  
 
anyway did   Shinji Mikami work on RE5? in that case i'm even less interested. If not, well... not much anyway

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@onimonkii said:
" they should have made this a sequel to pn03 "
The universe's have to be connected.  It's just too similar.
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Promising trailer despite a lack of game play footage.

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Main character voiced by Nolan North?

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wtf... dude puts on his suit like iron man?!

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I'm going to hold off judgment until we see more, and by more I mean anything. I do love the word vanquish though...

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Whoa. that looks interesting.

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Considering the pedigree of the staff of Platinum, pretty sure this game could kick ass.

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@hyperslug: no Shinji Mikami had nothing to do with RE:5... no one who ever had anything to do with RE worked on RE:5.
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Sweet, a new Halo game!
 
But seriously, folks, it looks alright. It seems that the story won't be that good, so the gameplay better be top-notch.

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@CH3BURASHKA: seems like th story won't be that good?
 
 
you have no idea what the story even is. therefor, you can't pass judgement on it. just an announcement trailer.
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Live action can be used if it is used stylistically rather than just lazily.

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Okami, Viewtiful Joe from Hideki, MadWorld, Bayonetta from the same company. All extremely stylish and unique-looking games. And then we get a grizzled, armorclad space marine... How disappointing.

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I thought I saw this guy on the front page!
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Halo clone?

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Anyone have problems with IE8 not playing the video just says loading
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Looked neat, the live action sort of made me wish it was just a movie I could see. You've interested me, now show me what the game actually looks like.

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Definitely looks EPIC.  
 
/subtle