Vanquish Reviews

Amazing game , lots of fun , i played vanquish on my xbox 360 back in the day so returning to it on pc was very nostalgek and i was happly suprized how well the game runs and playes on pc (still best with controler) give it a try if you see it on sale, "thay dont make them like this anymore"

Boy oh boy do I miss 360 era 3rd person shooters. For those looking for a FAST 3rd person shooter. Vanquish is your game. Speed is the game, it's not all just run circles and shoot it till it drops. You gotta pace it, and be mindful of your surroundings. If you stay in the open and run your meter dry in the middle of the battlefield, you are gonna have a rough time. Why should you play Vanquish? (last day it is on sale for $5.99 compared to $20) Scratches that late 2000's early 2010 3rd person shooter itch. Fast, fun, and satisfying. It's not super complex, but it has a good amount of depth and nothing feels "bad". Gun-play is fast and engaging. Bigger dude's more bullets, but maneuver around to hit the weak points and most 1 on 1 fights (very rarely happens) only take a couple of seconds to eliminate. How's the story? EHHHHHH It is pre MGR Revengence, but it laid the groundwork for that style of narrative and does it rather well. It's campy fun and does have some twists and turns. Overall. I do recomend it. is it worth $20? took me just under 6 hours to finish the campaign on Normal. Did get it on sale. if your on the fence. if you want Gears of War style combat on crack. Grab it.

yes. update on graphics is cool. still kinda cheezey but still worth the nastalgia.

Finished it on extreme difficulty and I must say. It's hell of a lot of fun! A very fast pased game. So if you are into that stuff, go for it. Pro tip: use a lot of cover, make headshots and take time ;)

21/7/2025 I put "thumb up" since I feel this one is nice. Got it in 2020 or 2021, for free. Sliding, shoot turrets.. lots of chaos if going with team. It is apparent that they reduce the chaos where Sam goes solo, which is weird if thought. Like, "why would the enemies just do not gang up on this one dude?" Issues here: - Enemies are "bullet sponges". I played on normal. I noticed some enemies have apparent weak point which is great. But, the others do not. Does not appear to have headshot mechanic, this game. Odd. - Movement is stiff. Move smoothly if going front/back/left/right relative to camera. No smooth diagonal movement, which is annoying, for me. Vaulting over cover is odd, really odd. Why do I need to hide first to be able to vault? Also, there is no jumping. Even dropping off a platform needs to be done at specific point plus a button press. Looking at how badass the movements are in cutscenes, what are available in-game are not much. Still, the game can be played. ("Mouse and keyboard" ok? I used controller. I might be missing some movement tricks here.) - The graphics is mid. I like PSP/PS3 games' look. Vanquish's is not so ok. Enemies' color may not make much contrast to the environment. But, given it is about "war", camouflage is a thing, so I am still fine with it. Rather a poor choice to have a graphic like this. But, hey, who am I to know much about graphics anyway? - Camera. And aiming. What is going on? Sam is over there, clearly unobstructed, I put the crosshair well on target, and the shots just go not where I wanted it to be. Not hiding behind cover helps with this but... covers are supposedly nice, right? Though the shooting sometimes is fine when taking cover, some other times is not. Also when in AR mode with rolling, camera goes too low that grasses a knee tall will obstruct the view.

Lots of fun and fast-paced. I regret not playing this back when it came out.

Frankly, it's got a neat premise. But the Upgrade system has a major issue: No matter how you die, you'll lose ranks, which is really bad if you fail a certain garbage QTE several times because apparently you need V-Sync active to make it. The game enjoys insta-kill moves a bit too much.

This game is genuinely really fun. In combat you can go from sliding around really fast while blasting enemies, to being grounded behind cover peeking out constantly to fire at enemies before hopping out and repositioning to either cover next to your current cover, or to the other side of the battlefield. you also have AR (Augmented Reaction) mode which works like a time slow, but you can't activate it at any time you want you can only do it after certain actions, now normally this would feel really oppressive, but luckily the devs put plenty of way to activate it in the game, so it does not feel oppressive. You can use AR mode to line up a clean shot, clear out a small group of enemies quickly, style points because let's be honest that one is really important, and at least 1 more that I'm forgetting. the downside is that it takes up suit energy, sliding and melee attacks also take up suit energy. There's a bunch of features that make themselves known but also a bunch of nuances that are never told to you for example, the melee attack you do while sliding is a dropkick, nice and simple right? WRONG if you hit an enemy with the dropkick you jump up off of them and into the air. alright cool that's where ends right? NO wrong again it also triggers when hitting a wall or an ally, but it also does not use energy when triggered like this, the jump is also a way to enter AR mode which means that you can use it to jump into the air and give yourself a clean shot at enemies behind cover and then activate AR mode and tear apart said enemies. but also when the jump is triggered by hitting an enemy, it only uses up your suit energy after landing, which means if there is a group of enemies you can slide in, kill the first one with the dropkick, activate AR mode midair, and kill the rest of the enemies. just like that, a group of enemies gone. and that's one example, there are even more things like that. even though I'm ending my review soon, I want you to know that I still have not even talked about a whole bunch of shit. also this game was developed by platinum games, so you know this shit is gonna be good.

Decent shooter overall with the main game play point of having a extended slide. Overall though the game is forgettable with nothing really standing out and suffers from QTE's. The devs also think they are making cinematic gold with their sub par story since you can't skip and of it and you'll get story after clearing EVERY area and boss. 5/10

Absolute banger of a game, definitely a hidden gem. Story was alright and that twist was kinda expected.