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PlatinumGames

2010•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 7 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionrobots/ai/spacefastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is fast-moving, stylish and dark. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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About This Game

You are Sam Gideon – an American soldier armed with state-of-the-art combat armor known as an Augmented Reaction Suit. Battle for the fate of your nation in a shooting action game like none ever seen! In addition to an arsenal of firearms and considerable hand-to-hand combat skills, Sam has a few tricks at his disposal thanks to the power of ARS: Tricks like AR mode, which shows him surrounding enemies in slow motion, and Boost, which lets him slide around the battlefield at breakneck speed. Mastering these abilities and more is critical to surviving the no-holds-barred action! Vanquish combines precise shooting and fast-paced combat action in dazzling new ways. From superpowered battle armor to space colonies; space battlecruisers to giant, autonomous transforming battle robots – Vanquish brings you a sci-fi future loaded with wonder, rooted in the geopolitical and technological...

Summary: IGDB

Story

Since the late 20th century, the precipitous pace of population rise on Earth pushed the total number of humans on the planet past 10 billion. The lack of consumable food and energy for this expanding population led to numerous wars over depleting natural resources. It was in this period of fear, uncertainty, and doubt that America placed her hopes in the skies with the SC-01 Providence space colony. The colony was not immune to social evils that had become prevalent on earth. The Order of the Russian Star, a faction of the Russian military who had taken power in their homeland via coup...

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Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSelf destruction/implosionSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Futuristic warfareGravityMechInvasionFast pacedDeathRobotsBullet hell

Details

Developer
PlatinumGames
Publisher
Sega
Released
19 October 2010
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Time to beat
5h rushed, 7h normally, 15h complete
Age rating
PEGI 18
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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