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Calmador on 23 October 2010
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A203D said:
Calmador said:
A203D said:

darth when you said Jim Sterling gave it a 5,  i thought you meant 5 out of 5. it seems that he didnt like the game at all as its 5/10 not 5/5 as i thought. either way, its obvious that the western reviews that are about 8.5 or lower are focusing on things like story, character development and length. comparatively something like MW2 has a 4 hour campagian, or can anybody really say that western shooters like Gears or Halo have rich characters built over a tapestry of Shakesphearian storytelling.

either way, its obvious that a lot of reviews are discrediting things that are probabily weaker in western shooters, gonna trust the Jp reviews for this one!!

This a single player shooter that is 6 hours long.......................................... single player shooters should have a great stor/substance and a nice long campaign...

Bioshock is a great example of a single player shooter.... Vanguish is just flashy and like Jim sterling said... it has the Japanese mentality of hey lets throw a bunch of things at the player and pretend we made a hard game(EPIC FACE PALM!) Its true... it feels like Samurai Warrior, Nighty Nine NIghts.... kinda but on a smaller scale... terrible A.I. but lots of enemies... what does that give you? A bunch of retards to fight. Don't worry tho... it's 6 hours long so the bad ends quickly...

^^^^^^

My impressions... be careful with your purchase.

Fair enough it a little short, but this is the same company that gave us Bayonetta and thats about 40/50 hours long on subsequent playthroughs, i'm sure Vanquish supports that design. Bioshock is a good game, but i the problem i felt was even though its a good length for a shooter a lot of the game is recycled.

i mean you have to go through the same areas several times, and the enemies continuously respawn, the areas take too long to traverse and get to tedious when going back and forth, like making the bomb, or collecting stuff for the lab thing.

it seems like Vanquish is more innovative in terms of gameplay than other shooters, ie Bioshock, which follows the same patterns of engagement similar to other FPS, where as Vanquish introduces new mechanics to improve the action, i suppose it is flashly, but it that necessarily a bad thing when a game has high production values. ie Uncharted 2. i would say Dead Space is actully better than Bioshock, because it keeps the game fresh, instead of repeat backtracking, enemy respawns etc, but Vanquish is different from those because its a more high octane, speed based shooter, those are more atmospheric driven games.

Edit: and that hacking minigame in Bioshock was a waste of time and imho shite.

Vanguish is innovating.... and that's the main reason it got my attention... "EVERYONE" that saw the trailors was impressed. My problem is what we didn't see in the trailers... like you said yourself it's like Bayoneta when you can play it multiple times.... in other words its a SHUMP and that great but does the A.I. have to seem to... well A.I.? And the dailogue is kinda lame and cheesy. It doesn't have "soul".

Believe me I wanted to love this game pretty bad... especially when I went through the tutorial...by the time I was done with the tutorial... I was hyped and looking forward to the game. Then I was let down by the lack of "soul".

Bioshock is amazing... don't talk shite about Bioshock >_>

Anyways, I don't think we have anything else to say to each other, I hope Im wrong about the game.

 

hikaruchan said:
Calmador said:
hikaruchan said:

For the people hating on Vanquish for being a 7 hour Game is it not better to have a 7 hour Game that is pure awesomeness then a Game that is 20pus hours but makes boring that it puts you to sleep. 

if I thought that short Games were bad I would not have got Z.O.E 2nd Runner which only had a 7 hour campaign. 

It's not just the length... but the game itself too.

I think you should rent this one first before buying it... I was excited for this game... but after playing the demo 3 times... it looks ike it might be a horrible game.

I loved the game the first 10 minutes but after that she looked somewhat pretty still but also found out she was a dirty hooker. That's kinda how I felt about Vanguish. Reply the demo more, rent it... your purchase is like a vote for what we all get in gaming.

I already own Vanquish it is pure awesomeness.

There is way to much hate for some awesome games theses days for stupid resins. 

My reasons weren't stupid at all.

I was criticizing the game's substance and length. A "SHUMP" notice I used the quotation marks, thats key) that isn't worth playing over and over again and that's 6 hours long is a big deal. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 



All gaming systems, consoles/PC, have thier perks... why fight over preferences? I like Coke and you like Pepsi, that's it, let's not fight over which toy we like best cause that's what they are. Is someone's preference in a toy important or is the relationship between you and your neighbor more important? Answer is obvious, but THE most important thing is your relationship with God almighty. God Bless you in Jesus's name.

I can communicate without talking... I can send a loved one money without actually sending money... and I can commit theft without the product disappearing, the point of theft is the point of theft not one of it's possible symptoms which is the product dissappearing. The thief wants to gain something without paying for it, that's the point of theft, the thief doesn't have to care or anybody else has to care if the product dissappears. The product dissappearing is just a possible symptom of theft. Gifts are sacrfices, in order to give a gift, it has to be a genuine sacrfice/gift, meaning a copy of the game isn't still in your PC. Piracy is theft and/or being a culprit of theft.