Picked up Vanquish (used) yesterday and just popped it in, and am really enjoying it.  It's a bit like an MGS game without the pseudo intellectualism.  Loving the cheeseball dialogue and over the top action.  The line between making the main character a badass/giving the player a sense of the heroic and making him/her totally overpowered it a thin one...and I think Vanquish dances around it quite well.  Anyway...bit of a ramble, but so far I recommend this game. Just pure cartoonish fun.

" It's a bit like an MGS game without the pseudo intellectualism. "

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Yeah, it's pretty good.

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@Enigma777 said:

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OK, Hilter bunny. 

" @Enigma777 said:

" Support the devs. Don't buy used games!  "

OK, Hilter bunny.  "

" @Enigma777 said:

" Support the devs. Don't buy used games!  "

OK, Hilter bunny.  "

I don't think Vanquish dances around the idea of making the character ridiculously overpowered at all (not in terms of the narrative anyway) and that's one of the fantastic things about it. The game is trying to be ridiculous with it's city-sized robots, and amazingly gruff-voiced male leads.

" I don't think Vanquish dances around the idea of making the character ridiculously overpowered at all (not in terms of the narrative anyway) and that's one of the fantastic things about it. The game is trying to be ridiculous with it's city-sized robots, and amazingly gruff-voiced male leads. "

" @Gamer_152 said:

" I don't think Vanquish dances around the idea of making the character ridiculously overpowered at all (not in terms of the narrative anyway) and that's one of the fantastic things about it. The game is trying to be ridiculous with it's city-sized robots, and amazingly gruff-voiced male leads. "

I think that there is a feeling of power that is given to the character without breaking the game / gameplay, that's all.  "

I still want to pick this one up, I really like everything platinum does.

OK, so finished! I haven't had this much fun since Uncharted 2. Pick it up!

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I enjoyed the game as well. It's proof that shooters don't need multiplayer to be good.

Vanquish was my 2010 GOTY. Glad you're enjoying it! It's really short, but for me this is the kind of game I can just play over and over again, especially with the challenge mode stuff and the ridiculous difficulty of God Hard.

So, there were a few things left unexplained. What the hell was 'The Unknown'?  Who were those tall silvery guys?

Russian robots, presumably, like everything else in the game.