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Ten Minutes Of Vanquish!

Get get a quick shot of knee sliding and general insanity in this Platinum preview.

Sep. 1 2010

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Vanquish

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@Milkman said:
" Why would Sega put a 10 minute limit on the footage if there is already a demo out?  Doesn't really seem to make much sense. "
I was thinking the same thing, played the demo and I'm not sure what to think of it yet.
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Looks boring, as other third person shooters.

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Played the demo...a rental but a damn fun one to be sure.

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Demo caught me off guard. I had low expectations from the videos but it seems pretty good.
 
Also, this is a QUICK LOOK!!!!!! You named it wrong, Vinny :(

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The description did not really communicate that this is a Quick Look-esque thing. I thought this was just a bunch of plain footage.

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@Milkman said:
" Why would Sega put a 10 minute limit on the footage if there is already a demo out?  Doesn't really seem to make much sense. "
Because the content they're showing isn't in the demo?
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This looks like more fun than I thought it would be.
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This looks like what Lost Planet 2 wanted to be...

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 "waop waop waop waop"    

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Also, Vanquish will kick ass. Demo was great.

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Edited By Chummy8

One minute in and it looks like a generic third person shooter sped up.  I don't really see the draw that's going to compel people to buy the game.

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Edited By NuDimon

DEMOED!

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@TekZero: Really, you don't see how fast-paced kinetic robot action might appeal to young male consumers? :P
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Edited By metalsnakezero

That wasn't just ten awesome minutes of Vanquish, it was also ten awesome minutes of Ryan and Brad talking about Vanquish.

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Day one get for me.

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This looks.. crazy.
 
Must get the demo.

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@TekZero said:
" One minute in and it looks like a generic third person shooter sped up.  I don't really see the draw that's going to compel people to buy the game. "
The same thing that compels people to buy WipEout (which, really, is just a generic kart-racer sped up). You know, that's it's awesome, hectic, adrenaline-filled fun.
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This looks fucking amazing.  No words.

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Is this going to have the PS3 Bayonetta issues? 

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@S0ndor said:
" @TekZero: Really, you don't see how fast-paced kinetic robot action might appeal to young male consumers? :P "
Yeah.  Young male consumers will eat this up.  But in my opinion, it doesn't really stand out from the pack of third person shooters with cover mechanics.   Kind of a see one, see them all kind of deal. 
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In the demo there is a line that references Jaws.

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@JesseCherry said:
" Is this going to have the PS3 Bayonetta issues?  "
The PS3 was the main console the game was built on so hopefully not.
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pew pew pew pew pew, pankcake MUTHAFUCKA!

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Edited By Afroman269

I completely forgot this game is coming out this year. Damn may have to shift priorities around to pick this game up.

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Everyone seems to be down on this game just for its genre.

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"I'm getting a dubbed anime vibe from those guys".
 
Well, that is Steve Blum after all...


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@TekZero said:
" @S0ndor said:
" @TekZero: Really, you don't see how fast-paced kinetic robot action might appeal to young male consumers? :P "
Yeah.  Young male consumers will eat this up.  But in my opinion, it doesn't really stand out from the pack of third person shooters with cover mechanics.   Kind of a see one, see them all kind of deal.  "
It really isn't, though. In Gears of War and Uncharted and, well, most shooters with cover, you basically hang behind cover constantly, exposing yourself only when shooting or moving to another piece of cover. If the demo is any indication, this game isn't like that at all. I used cover only for safety when I was low on health, had overheated, or was making up little mini-strategies. When my health and juice was up and I'd gotten a grasp of the situation, I was boosting, dodging, punching, shooting in slow-motion and just doing crazy stuff in general -- I never stayed behind cover for more than a couple of seconds at a time.
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@TekZero: Yeah I'm a little disappointed to be honest, I appreciate people trying to do new things with third person shooters because I think the genre has got pretty stale ... but this is still a standard cover-based future shooter. Only, you know, sometimes you go fast. 
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I might just buy a PS3 for this plus a Blu-ray player would be nice. Only if I could get one of those old versions with PS2 compatibility option :s

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Truly, this is the age of rocket knee-slide kicks

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Russian robots are the worst.

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This game is so awesome.  If you own a 360 or PS3 you should get the demo now.  One cool move they didn't show is that when your behind cover you can remove your visor and take a smoke break.

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Awesome!

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For the most part I enjoyed it, though that boss in the demo was a bit tedious. But what I dont get is that essentially you have 3 different moves that all do the same thing.  press X and you dive or slide to cover, Press A and you do a forward backflip dodge, Press the left shoulder button, and you knee slide out of danger.  Am I the only one that felt that all 3 of these moves did the same thing?  On top of that, you expose yourself when you blindfire.. whats the point?  blindfire and target fire are exactly the same animation with the camera slightly zoomed in. 
 
I like the game, I just think they are blinding copying  (as well as blinding omitting) moves from  gears and not fully understanding the purpose of those moves..

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Edited By Tordah

Damn, this is intensively awesome...or is it awesomely intensive?

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Game looks amazing! Can't wait!

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Looks fantastic can't wait to play this. Wonder if demo is still not up in the UK

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Man that looks AWESOME.

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Didn't live up to my expectations. It gets boring pretty quickly although it is very fluid.

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Looks awesome.
 
Finally a Japanese Dev that gets Western shooty design!
 
Not to mention injecting a bit of Japanese crazy into the mix.

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I can't wait to stop things from happening.

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@xMrSunshine: The backwards compatible models are the ones most prone to failure.  Buying one now would be a bad idea. 
 
Realistically, you'll get a better deal buying a slim PS3 and PS2 new.  
 
Already played the Vanquish demo about 8 times.  Even found a bug in it.  When you die, your ammo is topped back up.  Go collect all the weapon crates on the map to get upgrades.  Then die and you'll keep the upgrades and the crates respawn.  This does kill your score, but it makes for easy upgrades.  Found out the max ranks are 10 and you can get more than just ammunition upgrades.  You'll get faster fire rates on the shotgun and damage boosts on the assault rifles.  Grenades just increase in amount and dunno about the sniper rifle, rocket launcher, or disk gun. 
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@SiN13 said:
" In the demo there is a line that references Jaws. "
Nooo, don't say stuff like that! Must..resist..purchase.
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...Whoa.  

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Steve Blum might take over from Nolan North at this rate.
 
Wonder who will appear in the most games this year.

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Looks crazy

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Probably the first Japanese developed game I've seen that doesn't immediately seem terrible since Dead Rising. I'm sure they'll find a way to force in archaic mechanics and dull grind gameplay somehow.

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It's like Gears of War, but you have rockets on your knees and you can powerslide into the danger zone while punching the shit out of robots.

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10 minutes are actuallt 9:30! Intereseting.  
 
Game looks akward, yet cool.