Vanquish - Shinji Mikami's action shooting game (plz b PN03 d 2.!)

[The_15th]

Cool! A game that looks like Halo for a change! The graphics look good though.

[aris13]

Another gameplay vid taken from the official site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLxVt6qxDFM&feature=player_embedded

[BBboy20]

Yeah, "Sting like a bee" on his robotic crouch!

[aris13]

Concept art

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[aris13]

Demo gameplay vids

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/vanquish/12653

[Guest]

too japanese for my likes, to much colorful explosions and... over the top... though I must say it seems to work really well, and graphics are "ok", the smoke efects are bad

[aris13]

Vanquish dated for October 21 in Japan, EU date coming “shortly”

[GuardhouseMusic]

This is definitely on my radar, for the camp indicated by the trailer and the fast paced gameplay (E3 reports have been intriguing). I never noticed that concept art, but lol @ the main character with a cigarette.

"AH GOT A PLASMA GUN!" *shriek*

[aris13]

New Trailer

[randomwab]

I want this game so bad. Look at that trailer! Did you all look? I mean, goddamn!

[aris13]

Lol at Sam punching the robot;s face. Classic Mikami.

[Jill's Boob]

New Trailer

Gunplay looks fierce. I'm optimistic for this title, as I want to fully support a game that is 100% dedicated to the single player campaign (just like games used to be!) without worrying about adding some MP component to appeal to the masses.

Still...Shinji "Mr. RE" Mikami certainly loves the flippin' cheese factor in his games. Ugh, I really don't understand his penchant for the overly ridiculous.

First off, you've got some ultra-corny dialogue between 2 jokers competing in the Solid Snake "grizzled veteran who ate brillo pads for breakfast followed by a carton of smokes" voice contest. Then you have the gargantuan 8-foot-tall Santa Claus leader guy (from here on out dubbed "Gigantor") who is obviously tough because he doesn't wear a helmet into combat and also carries around a way too big mini-gun. Then you've got the main character (from the "he smokes so he's cool!" Japanese stereotype) who looks like a smug prick (in the vein of RE4 Leon), followed by the obligatory what-appears-to-be knife fight between main character & Gigantor, asserting their machismo. Then the blonde cutie who is a hybrid of Ashley & Hunnigan... Finally, the end teases another stereotype in the badass Russian enemy equivalent of the main character (reminiscent of "been a long time comrade" Krauser -vs- Leon crap). Jesus Christ himself would faceplam at these over-the-top inclusions.

Still, the set pieces look great, the frenetic action looks terrific, and I fully support a game going against the grain to be completely about the SP experience. I guess I'll have to overlook my extreme distaste for everything RE4 and pray that Vanquish's story & characters are slightly above the cliched crap found in Mikami's previous effort. (I never played "God Hand" so I don't know if that game was a cheesefest as well.)

[aris13]

(I never played "God Hand" so I don't know if that game was a cheesefest as well.)

Cheesy and awesome at the same time.

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[REmaster]

Concept art

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Oh that Mikami, reminds me of when Chris fired up a smoke back in the day.

[Carnivol]

Cheesy and awesome at the same time.

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I don't even think all the youtube footage in the world can capture the complete greatness of God Hand. I wouldn't even know where to begin with describing how awesome that game is. (Spanking? The Music? Dialog? Enemies?)