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VANQUISH |OT| Bullet Ballet performed by the London Awesome orchestra
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Fimbulvetr
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thetrin said:
Also melee without using up your boost meter.
ToyMachine228
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Come to think of it...What IS Platinum doing next?
Sir Ilpalazzo
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They're working on a multiplayer project, and Kamiya is working on something right now.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Picked up a PS3 today as well as Vanquish.
This game is fucking incredible. I love how its like a big 'fuck you' to all the third person stop-and-pop cover based shooters that spawned from what was established in Resident Evil 4.
This game is fucking incredible. I love how its like a big 'fuck you' to all the third person stop-and-pop cover based shooters that spawned from what was established in Resident Evil 4.
AgentOtaku
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EatChildren said:
Been playing Gears2. It's legitamtely really good.
But yeah, NOTHING out there compares to Vanquish's core gameplay
Period
derFeef said:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vanquish-face-off
The gist is that the PS3 version slightly edges out the 360 due to vsync.
I'm starting on playthrough 2 on Hard, with the new weapons, I have one complaint: no ammo for the new weapons! I'm not sure what the drop rate for them is, but I haven't had much luck finding pistol or boost rifle ammo. It's a bummer since I'd like to have them in place of the heavy rifle and shotty to keep it fresh.
oh well, game is still awesome
oh well, game is still awesome
I rate Vanquish as one of the best games I've played this year. I finished it on Hard on my first playthrough and the game seemed just the right length. I think it took me about 9hrs from memory of the stat screen but that excluded deaths/continues obviously, think realistically it was around just under 20hrs.
Superblatt
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can someone explain to me how I'm supposed to be using AR mode? I'm on the first major boss, which is the spider tank that transforms, and it keeps kicking my ass once it turns into the giant robot. I've got a good handle on the controls, but keep running out of heavy ammo. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, as I'm barely using AR. Anyone?
FlashbladeGAF
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Superblatt said:
Look at your radar. Everything, except the glowing red dots are weapons/ammo. The green triangles are ammo crates and the gray triangles are weapons on the field.
I was stuck on that one for way too long cause I was running out of ammo too...because I couldn't figure out where the path to the lower level was. So get down there if you haven't already (when facing the robot, the path is on the right side of the level).Superblatt said:
Otherwise just make sure your shots count. The heavy assault rifle is too inaccurate to be used from a distance so only use that ammo when close up, stick with the machine gun until you can get close enough to use the assault rifle. edit-might have the gun names screwed up...just figure out which one is accurate and which one isn't and go from there.
I sucked with AR so I didn't use it much outside of getting shots in while boosting around to avoid his big shots. Zooming in with the aim button while while boosting helps too. Another thing I learned later is the dodge roll into aim for AR that onken mentioned above, much easier to get more accurate shots this way, just remember that you are completely stationary while doing this.
The other main thing is to keep an eye on the meters around your reticule when shooting and using AR. The bar on top is the enemy/part life, circular one on the right is AR, and bottom bar is your current weapon clip capacity. Basic thing with the top bar is that if it isn't doing anything, you're not hitting the target. Also once you destroy a part it should stop the robot from its attack, so if you're close to destroying a part you can take a chance and stay on it. AR is pretty simple, try not to run out, it'll recharge quicker if you don't overheat it. Instead of boosting you can often just spam dodge roll to get out of a bad situation. And make sure your weapon is loaded up before using AR, you don't want to waste part of the AR time just to reload*.
*Along with hitting the reload button constantly, you can also cancel the animation by switching to another gun and back to make it go quicker.
â Narayan
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No one cares about Game|Life.
Prophet Steve
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Why the hell was he expecting a good story and characters? I mean, didn't he look at the trailers?Kintaro said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Who the fuck cares about characters and story in video games?Kintaro said:
Read a book or watch a movie if you want that, even the worst of either trumps the supposed "best" in video game land.
Same here, when the gameplay is this great, for me the rest is irrelevant and only needs to fill in the gaps of what to do next.Princess Skittles said:
I played through Vanquish 3 times in a row after picking it up on its release and did half of the challenges. Recently just bought the weapon pack dlc but haven't played again to try out the new weapons. I take it they are just scattered through out the levels like the regular weapons?
bigdaddygamebot
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Princess Skittles said:
+1 for you.
BotoxAgent
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I feverishly try to skip every cut scene in Vanquish....I was just too anxious to keep playing, and didn't want any interupption whatsoever. The action is that GOOD!!
rvy said:
Yes, they're definitely worth it, the Anti-Armor Pistol in particular. The overall power and lack of a need for ammo for the Laser Cannon (which runs off of the AR/boost gauge) makes for an interesting weapon as well (the Boost Machine Gun essentially being a stronger Heavy Machine Gun with a smaller magazine).
â Narayan
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The Laser Cannon has great range, too. Just don't use it in AR mode, as it utilizes the reactor instead of using up ammo.
FlashbladeGAF
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Reviewers who expect a serious story when the game's dialogue quotes Starship Troopers (among other sci fi movies) should just give up now and find something in there depressing lives to laugh about. Seriously lighten the Fck up.
Finished it this morning. Definitely the best mechanics I've ever experienced in a third person shooter and once everything "clicks" the game becomes an absolute blast to play. I also rate the game very highly for graphics as the lighting, effects, blur, fire, explosions, etc. all looked extremely awesome and didn't noticeably effect the framerate.
I appreciated the different melee attacks depending on the weapon you had selected and the upgrade system was likewise smartly designed.
My only negatives would be the relatively short length (I clocked in at under 5 hours for my first run through) and some minor pacing quibbles with the frequency of the cutscenes. Still, I had an absolute blast playing through the game and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to any fan of the genre.
I appreciated the different melee attacks depending on the weapon you had selected and the upgrade system was likewise smartly designed.
My only negatives would be the relatively short length (I clocked in at under 5 hours for my first run through) and some minor pacing quibbles with the frequency of the cutscenes. Still, I had an absolute blast playing through the game and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to any fan of the genre.
I love Mikami for embracing over the topness, most shit tries to be serious or realistic and fails horribly or is just boring. Vanquish is up there with RE4 for me. If there's anything that can top "No thanks, bro!" I'll give it the crown.Kintaro said:
Tricky I Shadow
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After constantly trying to beat challenge 4 a few weeks ago, I picked up the game again yesterday and done it on my first try!
The last wave was the only part that gave me a lot of trouble.......now onto challenge 6 I go for my very last achievement!
The last wave was the only part that gave me a lot of trouble.......now onto challenge 6 I go for my very last achievement!
FlashbladeGAF
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Tricky I Shadow said:After constantly trying to beat challenge 4 a few weeks ago, I picked up the game again yesterday and done it on my first try!
The last wave was the only part that gave me a lot of trouble.......now onto challenge 6 I go for my very last achievement!
LOL The same thing happened to me.
Challenge 4 was the only one I had a major problem with.
It wasn't all that hard, it was just cheap lol.
R
Retro_
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rvy said:
the legs
â Narayan
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Aim just below the knee joint. Sometimes it depends on what a Romanov is doing. For instance, I have better luck when a Romanov is walking as opposed to being stationary and shooting. You'll know when you've fully dismembered one because it will explode immediately. Refrain from using the Disk Launcher's melee, as the angle of incidence for dismemberment is pretty wide. When shooting the disks, however, it's much easier.rvy said:
Also, it helps in knowing that you only have to dismember the following in order to get one to explode:
*Head
*Left Arm
*Right Arm
*One Leg
Remember that once you take the head off, you have approximately one minute to take the other limbs out or get a valid kill on a Romanov. If you fail to do this, the Romanov will self destruct and you will neither get a valid kill or any points for its destruction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylS0k6PSU5k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KCAWPHWilE&t=1m50s
I'm not doing anything differently. Apart from the fact that there's no Romanov in that place during Act 3. Tried both places, the exact same strategy. They got it, I didn't. And even the description is dogdy. I mean, some people claim it's 1 leg and 1 arm, others claim it's 2 arms and 2 legs.
It looks like the Trophy is triggered randomly.
I'll try the knee joints tomorrow, I'm tired of this bullshit for the day.
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Retro_
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This thread goes in circles
Finally started the challenges the other day. My last barrier to a platinum
and what a fucking barrier goddamn
Finally started the challenges the other day. My last barrier to a platinum
and what a fucking barrier goddamn
Superblatt
Member
Best Buy has Vanquish on sale right now for $40...worth it if u haven't snagged it yet
Kilgore Trout
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So I started playing this last night, and I'm somewhere in the middle of act 3. Now I'm really enjoying it. At first I thought it was cool because of the novelty, then I went through a stage of feeling that the game was oversimplified and not too much fun, but then it began to click. Once that happened everything changed.I think it's really important to get to a point where you understand how and when to use AR mode. I mean, it's easy to just pop it out any time an enemy appears, but honestly you don't really need to.
I also tried the challenge mode, and my god it's hard. I got to the last level of the first challenge and lasted about 5 seconds because I had absolutely no ammo left.
Overall I think I got what I expected: a fast pace tactical third person shooter.
I also tried the challenge mode, and my god it's hard. I got to the last level of the first challenge and lasted about 5 seconds because I had absolutely no ammo left.
Overall I think I got what I expected: a fast pace tactical third person shooter.