Vanquish

Bit of a hidden gem. Not overly long, plays great and looks great even now. Has some absolutely crazy cool QTE's and action sequences. Deffinitely worth grabbing! Its cheap at retail price but if its on sale do grab it 8/10

It's not a game with a lot of substance. Very stylish, sure, but the designs are also incredibly...busy. From the stylish spinning main menu that gave me a headache, to the completely unnecessary stylish suit that looks like futuristic samurai armor, the game oozes style, the kind of style that Japanese designers love when making games about America in the mid-2000s. It's all it has though. The enemies are the same from the beginning to the end, the mini-bosses get reused. The pen-ultimate boss is just a dude, he's big, but he's just a dude. The final boss is just 2 dudes. And then it sequel baited, and since there is obviously no sequel, I would say that the decision for not making a sequel from the publisher was the correct decision.

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Люблю игры от Platinum Games, в них практически всегда есть какая-то изюминка, которая зацепит, чтобы держался интерес до конца. В данном случае было ещё интересно, как выглядит от них проект в жанре шутер. Геймплей выстроен достаточно динамично за счёт необычной механики перемещения и использования слоумо. И только из-за геймплея я игру и прошёл, потому что в остальном получилось слишком слабо даже для Платинумов. Музыка - просто какая-то бессмысленная долбёжка, которая глушит даже голоса героев. История - максимально клишированная, с закосом под серию MGS, но тут поведение героев просто невозможно понять. Персонажи - их наигранное поведение вызывает только смех. Если в Bayonetta пафос был выкручен на максимум, то в Vanquish это какая-то жалкая попытка игры выглядеть крутой. Главный герой - такую однобокую копирку собирательного образа крутого парня ещё постараться было сделать. Но геймплей действительно перекрывает эти минусы, так что фанатам Платинумов точно стоит ознакомиться, а также фанатам шутеров конца 2000-х годов.

[b] Style over cover ALWAYS. [/b] [h3] Pros: [/h3] Sam is a very cool character, the game has aged okay, the gameplay mechanics can be VERY high ceiling if you do not know what you are doing, I recommend watching Ziko on YT to see crazy gameplay you can do because the shooting and sliding can be very fun if you are not the average player, this game would be a very interesting action movie where nowadays it could shine.. [h3] Cons: [/h3] This game was constantly recommended to me and for it's reputation I expected more but it felt short, the game holds itself back because why does my suit go on cooldown when I melee? There's so many cool cutscenes where the suit does a lot that you just cannot replicate during game. The game is not hard, I beat the last boss after they only killed me once, and the challenges are not either, There's no abilities and the upgrades do not feel like upgrades, story is VERY short, I finished the game in 5 hours. [b] 6.5/10: [/b] It goes on sale VERY cheap in a bundle with Bayonetta and that game is a 10/10

recommend this to people who DONT like shooters argagagaga

Yo this game is rad as hell. Its an amalgamation of every cheesy 2000's video game and action movie trope, but in the best way possible. The boosting mechanic thing is fun and the guns aren't anything to write home about but they get the job done. The environments and set pieces are very impressive. It's just fun to play and puts a smile on my 15 year old self's face,