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Why Vanquish is One of the Best Shooters I’ve Ever Played

Leviathyn's Cassidee Moser was suffering from major third-person shooter fatigue...until she played Vanquish. Read on to find out what changed her mind.

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LOGICWINS4282d ago

Bought it used for 14 bux and returned it the day after. Action was good. It's like a next-gen version of Einhander. But the story was garbage, which ruined my motivation to continue playing. I understand why people like it though.

GTRrocker6664282d ago

The gameplY in this was awesome. Although I highly recommend playing it in Japanese with English subtitles. The English voice over acting does not transition well. This is a Japanese game. Play it like you would watch a Japanese film.

IQUITN4G4282d ago

The game plays very well once you understand it's mechanics. Story is fine really i think and the main characters at least are believable enough. Some slightly odd moments of conversation that you can put down to the crossover from Japanese not working so well

Sometimes this game play so incredibly well that i think it's the perfect example of the genre - certainly Vanquish's version of Firefight is - and other times it's an 8/10. It depends on how much you learn to embrace it's differences rather than play it just like a shooter

Glance over it or play this just the once however is to miss the point much like a percentage of people would have done for Bayonetta

LOGICWINS4282d ago

I don't know why Platinum Games does this. There games have SOOOO much potential for good stories. In Vanquish, I would have liked to see how Sam went from star football player to a one man wrecking crew. I like characters that have DEPTH. The more connected I am with them, the more meaning the action will have.

cmurdurr4282d ago

Couldn't agree more. Although with Vanquish, I felt like it made up for its mediocre story with awesome gameplay. A good story would have made it fantastic.

LOGICWINS4282d ago

^^Yeah, its a good game, but it had potential to be fantastic.

rob854282d ago

this game is another reason why Gears series is overrated

samson-14282d ago

Overrated by whom? Gears is a fantastic shooter with tons of replay value.

rob854281d ago

I don't know why a game with a much better of TPS feel get overshadowed by games which only targeted for bro gamers who only buy yearly release of COD,Gears,previously Halo or any kind generic shooters.I had just realised that a large marketing campaign could win over casual gamers anyway.people don't care if the games have anything new over previous series as long as they are popular and provide good online experience.

Seventh_Blood_Reborn4282d ago

Great game, surely one of the best this gen, but I preferred Binary Domain ;)

Anyway I strongly recommend both if you still have to play them!

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Best Sci-Fi Games on the PS3

From the cosmos to crash-landing back on good old planet Earth, come read through the best sci-fi-nastically games on the PS3

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zaanan7d ago

Not a single Reistance? Fuck this article.

mastershredder7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Starhawk over Warhawk?...... Dude, NO ONE should listen to you.

Odd choices for "best" more like you settled as these being the "best" that available to you at the time, cause a lot of these blow or were average to poor performers that ended up in bargain bin.

Missing too many great sci-fi titles here. The Void, The Resistance Series, Killzone 2 and 3, Enslaved, man.. there were so many, this is redicu-list.

FreeckyCake7d ago

Nobody should listen to you either with that attitude.

OtterX6d ago

I agree that Starhawk shouldn't be above Warhawk, however I must say that Starhawk multiplayer was incredible for its time! Many people wrote it off bc the single player was quite terrible, bc it was basically 1 huge tutorial for the multiplayer. But I can tell you never spent any significant amount of time in MP. It was doing incredibly tense base building w air, foot and land vehicle (and mech!) combat long before Fortnite was ever a thing.

I bet it would have been much better received if it had just ditched the story mode all together. So many people like yourself completely wrote it off based on reviews by reviewers that let the criticism of single player weigh heavily on their scores. I bet you didn't even play it.

Friendlygamer7d ago

The riddick games are some of the best stealth titles ever, highly underrated

YourMommySpoils7d ago

What games? All recall plating was Escape from Butcher Bay.

Friendlygamer7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

There's also the less acclaimed 'assault on dark Athena'

( also, not saying this to you specifically but there's both resistance and killzone games on the list, it's amazing how even something so simple and innocent as a game list can be turned into misinformed vitriol here lol )

jznrpg7d ago

Glad to see Resonance of Fate. Enslaved was pretty good too. I’m sure there are others nobody has listed but I’m too tired to try and think of anything

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25 Best PlayStation 4 Sci-Fi Games

Embark on a thrilling sci-fi adventure with our carefully curated list of the best PlayStation 4 sci-fi games

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Leeroyw320d ago

Titan fall 2 was chefs kiss. For those of you who haven't played it go ahead. Brilliant. With each level being creatively different.

Yui_Suzumiya320d ago

Island, Steins;Gate Elite and Soma.

MadLad320d ago

Soma is an epic experience.

jznrpg320d ago (Edited 320d ago )

Does ISLAND have English subs ? I can’t find a copy that says it has English subs for PS only the Switch version which I rather not buy .

Love Steins Gate and Soma

shinoff2183320d ago (Edited 320d ago )

FRom what i could find. Nothing with English subs.

Yui_Suzumiya319d ago

I own a physical copy on Switch and it does have English subtitles so it's all good on Switch and Playstation.

Yui_Suzumiya319d ago (Edited 319d ago )

My bad. Steam and Switch have English but PS4 and Vita only have Japanese. Sony doesn't mess with many visual novels which is why I only own a Switch OLED and laptop for all my games.

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10 Most Underrated Third-Person Shooters

GF365: "Here are our picks for the ten most underrated third-person shooters that you might not have played before or even known about."

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neutralgamer1992355d ago (Edited 355d ago )

Actually great list TBH I agree with all 10

I hope one day we get some remakes for the following

The saboteur(with a proper remake and quality of life features this game could be great)
Scarface world is yours
Binary domain ( such a great game with great story)
GUN(this needs a remake)
Space marine 40k(such fun time)

Would also like to suggest adding the mercenary series even the 2nd game which is disliked by many is a fun time

cthulhucultist355d ago

I recently finished Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and found it to be very enjoyable.

The game respected the lore and the gameplay was quite decent.

The color palette was a bit underwhelming (backdrops and setting) and recycled but I think that it deserved better.

Here's hoping for an amazing sequel

Vengeance1138355d ago

Space Marine II !! My most anticipated game of 2023! Woot