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VANQUISH |OT| Bullet Ballet performed by the London Awesome orchestra
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OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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Still counts deaths. Just went for that trophy and died once. Restarted and went on to beat the game. No trophy.Chopperman said:
EDIT: Never mind. Selecting Restart is fine. Just didn't get the trophy till after the credits.
adversesolutions
Member
iconoclast said:
So what eventually made the difference in the final boss battle? Give us a blow by blow if you've got time.
â Narayan
Member
Just tried out God Hard.
FUCK YEAH!!!!
Can't wait to destroy this shit after my Hard mode run.
FUCK YEAH!!!!
Can't wait to destroy this shit after my Hard mode run.
iconoclast
Member
adversesolutions said:
I'll spoiler tag this to be on the safe side:
EMP grenades are clutch. As soon as the fight starts, I run up to cover and wait for the blue bogey to attack. If he throws his grenades, I aim slightly above his head so I can still damage him and destroy the nades as they're thrown. If I miss one, roll out, ARS, and shoot it down. If he shoots his lasers, I peak out from the cover just enough so I can shoot him, but remain safe at the same time. That's when I unload a full clip of AR, reload, full clip of HMG, reload. That'll stun him and knock him to the ground for a moment, so you can unload another clip into him. All of that together is about 15-20% damage, I'd say.
From there, the cover is going to be dropping in the next 5-10 seconds, so I'm getting ready to hope over it and run to the 2 blocks and wall right in front of the spawn. Now the blue bogey will fly under the map, and emerge from the hole in the center 7-10 seconds later. He'll be open again, but at this point the cover will be shifting again and most of the time the red bogey will be rushing you down - which is a HUGE pain in the ass. But anyway, from there I run over to one of the areas on the side of the spawn (near the rocket), with the three walls. Now, what's clutch here, is waiting for the blue bogey to rush you. If he gets nears you, EMP nade the wall and you can shotgun him twice in the dome. He'll pop up and try to melee, but you can roll back and throw another EMP nade at the floor, and repeat.
Now once you run out of nades, you need to safely move to one of the other EMP spawns on the map. There's one on the north side of the map, and one to the west, right next to the rocket launcher. So if you can stun them with all 9 grenades, the shotgun blasts should be enough to kill him as long as you've done decent damage at the start with your machine guns. Of course, sometimes they WON'T be chasing you, so you need to be behind cover, safe from all of their attacks.
I think using that strategy you could have a decent success rate, but of course the problem is execution since their AI has them moving all over the god damn place at all times.
Once one bogey is down, you're all set. The last one will be a joke since 1) you get a checkpoint, and 2) every weapon on the stage respawns. And 3) NO FUCKEN LIMITERS
From there, the cover is going to be dropping in the next 5-10 seconds, so I'm getting ready to hope over it and run to the 2 blocks and wall right in front of the spawn. Now the blue bogey will fly under the map, and emerge from the hole in the center 7-10 seconds later. He'll be open again, but at this point the cover will be shifting again and most of the time the red bogey will be rushing you down - which is a HUGE pain in the ass. But anyway, from there I run over to one of the areas on the side of the spawn (near the rocket), with the three walls. Now, what's clutch here, is waiting for the blue bogey to rush you. If he gets nears you, EMP nade the wall and you can shotgun him twice in the dome. He'll pop up and try to melee, but you can roll back and throw another EMP nade at the floor, and repeat.
Now once you run out of nades, you need to safely move to one of the other EMP spawns on the map. There's one on the north side of the map, and one to the west, right next to the rocket launcher. So if you can stun them with all 9 grenades, the shotgun blasts should be enough to kill him as long as you've done decent damage at the start with your machine guns. Of course, sometimes they WON'T be chasing you, so you need to be behind cover, safe from all of their attacks.
I think using that strategy you could have a decent success rate, but of course the problem is execution since their AI has them moving all over the god damn place at all times.
Once one bogey is down, you're all set. The last one will be a joke since 1) you get a checkpoint, and 2) every weapon on the stage respawns. And 3) NO FUCKEN LIMITERS
I hope that makes sense. :lol
Fimbulvetr
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Animator said:
You want him to restart the entire game every time he dies? :lol
Baloonatic
Member
I'm on 4-5 now but 4-4 is RIDICULOUS. 3 of those drill Romanovs with 5 snipers firing at you followed by one of those drill tanks with the same snipers and 3 of the blue flying melee bastards. Took forever. Death penalty was something like 120,000 :lol
I am terrible at this.
I am terrible at this.
Baloonatic
Member
So if you go back to the title screen and then choose continue then it doesn't count your deaths?
You might as well select continue on the death screen, there's no point in having a 0 deaths stat if you actually died.
You might as well select continue on the death screen, there's no point in having a 0 deaths stat if you actually died.
digita1alchemy
Member
Baloonatic said:
Points.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Animator said:
I don't think he's trying to fool anyone
Baloonatic
Member
digita1alchemy said:
Sure, but now the only way anyone can beat that score is by doing the same thing :lol If they don't know the trick then it seems a bit unfair.
I'm not the sort of person who tries to be at the top of leaderboards so I guess it doesn't affect me. Just completing God Hard is good enough.
adversesolutions
Member
Animator said:
Dude are you being serious?
I just no-deathed it on Casual mode, which is extremely easy, and got the achievement. That's a lot easier than doing God Hard and switching out to the main menu every time you die (hundreds of times).
Point is conditions for the achievement were set that way.
iconoclast
Member
Fuck, I thought I had fooled the world with my devious plan to have 0 deaths on God Hard. Now I have been exposed.
But seriously, that trick has been around since Bayonetta was released. The only way Platinum couldn't know about it is if they were completely oblivious to their fanbase. And that would also mean they should hire better testers.
But seriously, that trick has been around since Bayonetta was released. The only way Platinum couldn't know about it is if they were completely oblivious to their fanbase. And that would also mean they should hire better testers.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Animator said:
This makes your anger sound alot more reasonable :lol
practice02
Banned
It does warn you that this will happen.iconoclast said:
â Narayan
Member
I've just been going through each mission individually to play for score. I'll go through the campaign without jumping when I nail each stage down.
slaughterking
Member
That sucks. It would be much more motivating if you could improve your scores on a per mission basis.iconoclast said:
Baloonatic
Member
For the love of all that is holy, someone tell me how to do the
fight on God Hard. On the rare occasion when I'm lucky enough to kill all seven guards he has (some of which can just instantly headshot you) and get him down to quarter health, he goes completely mental and starts dashing around and doing melee moves constantly.
I think I've just spent the last 4 hours trying to do it.
Burns
I think I've just spent the last 4 hours trying to do it.
Relaxed Muscle
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Koralsky said:
"The challenge is that it's a new franchise and that it's releasing head-to-head with a lot of established franchises in the busiest time of the year."
At least they recognized they fucked up the release date.Next step is recognize they didn't put enough dollars in marketing...
PuppetMaster
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Koralsky said:
Hell yes. A sequel would be day 1 for me.
â Narayan
Member
MY HYPE WOULD REACH CRITICAL LEVELS!!!!PuppetMaster said:
TheGoldenGunman
Member
Actually even though Vanquish is a truly exceptional game, I actually hope that we don't see a sequel to it. Why? Because Platinum Games are IMO the best in the business at creating *new* gameplay mechanics and original content, and I'd be more hyped to see what they come up with next, as opposed to creating a sequel for an existing title.
This generation is pretty much the generation of sequels. Publishers play it safe and stick to existing IP that they know will sell as opposed to backing innovative games that offer something new. PG I feel are an exception to this rule, and although their games may sometimes borrow elements from other genres, the innovation they put into their titles makes them stand out all the more.
That said, if Vanquish were to offer DLC, such as new challenges / missions / weapons / badguys, I'd be all over that.
This generation is pretty much the generation of sequels. Publishers play it safe and stick to existing IP that they know will sell as opposed to backing innovative games that offer something new. PG I feel are an exception to this rule, and although their games may sometimes borrow elements from other genres, the innovation they put into their titles makes them stand out all the more.
That said, if Vanquish were to offer DLC, such as new challenges / missions / weapons / badguys, I'd be all over that.
Very true. The concept lends itself better to 'upgrades' such as the DLC options you listed rather than a fully-fledged sequel with a new story, new Sam, new suit, etc.TheGoldenGunman said:
Even if PG could make a fantastic sequel, can you imagine the facepalms on top of those we already have? This time, North Korea invades America... Heeeere we go again!
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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I'm not even sure if Sega has a marketing department.Relaxed Muscle said:
V
Vilix
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Koralsky said:
Awesome Possum! Hopefully we'll get a sequel. ^.^
badcrumble
Member
That's good to hear, though I wonder what the heck sort of sales they expected if they're pleased by what they got.Koralsky said:
NonexistentK
Member
It looks like Amazon slashed the price of the game by $10 after its members started posting links to that $20 Kmart deal on customer discussion pages. It's $48 for PS3 & $46 for the 360 version now, go go go!
slaughterking
Member
SEGA says that pretty much all the time, though. It's like no matter how badly a game appears to sell SEGA wont be discouraged. :lolKoralsky said:
sixteen-bit
Member
I doubt they said this for Golden Axe Beast Hunterslaughterking said:
slaughterking
Member
That's because literally nobody gave a shit about Beast Hunter, not even SEGA.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I just ordered the PS3 version from Amazon. Got it for $8.30 after $40 in credit.
Now, I have a slight problem. I have Bayonetta coming in the mail as well (X360). What do I play first? A nice problem to have methinks.
Now, I have a slight problem. I have Bayonetta coming in the mail as well (X360). What do I play first? A nice problem to have methinks.