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Ripten Review: Vanquish (Xbox 360)

Vanquish. What is it? Well, for starters it’s a brand new IP by Sega, Platinum Games, and Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil franchise. It’s a fast paced futuristic third person shooter comprised of 29 missions spread across 5 unique chapters. If Vanquish was an adult beverage, it would be made from three parts Metal Gear, two parts Gears of War, a dash of Terminator, and a smidgen of RoboCop. Oh, and it would run you sixty bucks a glass.

CrzyFooL4988d ago (Edited 4988d ago )

Shinji Mikami needs to make more games like this!! Forget Resident Evil, that got old years ago.

Dodge roll and slide boosting ftw!! Not sure if this is a buy, but its a must rent. I beat it in 7 hours. But I'm not Japanese :-p

If it had some co-op or multi it would be worth $60 easy.

T9X694988d ago

I played the demo and thought the game was really cool, but a short campaign offering no sort of co-op or multiplayer is a little disappointing. To many good games coming out real soon to drop $60 on a game that will last a few days to a week at most.

tigresa4988d ago

Dislik! This is alright but it wears out quickly. More (good) Resident Evil plox. :D

Kingdom Come4988d ago

I don't agree that a game lasting under 8 Hours with no multiplayer or Co-Op has the same lasting appeal as those that do.

ZarX4988d ago

AMAZING FREAKING games..... If it had couch coop it would be a total buy... it is def a rental though.... i loved the game.

greeneggsnsam4988d ago

It's a shame splitscreen co-op is getting rarer these days.

Kingdom Come4988d ago

In many circumstances helps Identify the determined and dedicated developers this generation, with mainly the large devs supplying both Singleplayer Campaign, Splitscreen Co-Op, Online Co-Op, Multiplayer (Co-op and competitive).

vicious69834988d ago

Needs some co-op. I'm getting bored of running through these types of games by myself. I need more stuff to play with my friends.

kevco334988d ago

It would be difficult to make co-op work in any real fashion in Vanquish I would imagine - that is, beyond a Fable II-esque manner.

Stunt4988d ago

Nice review. I'll probably pick this up.

Kreyg4988d ago

Well, that swayed me towards at least renting it. I'd like to buy it, I'm just broke this week.

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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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zaanan64d ago

Not a single Reistance? Fuck this article.

mastershredder64d ago (Edited 64d 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.

FreeckyCake64d ago

Nobody should listen to you either with that attitude.

OtterX64d 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.

Friendlygamer64d ago

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

YourMommySpoils64d ago

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

Friendlygamer64d ago (Edited 64d 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 )

jznrpg64d 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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Leeroyw378d 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_Suzumiya377d ago

Island, Steins;Gate Elite and Soma.

MadLad377d ago

Soma is an epic experience.

jznrpg377d ago (Edited 377d 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

shinoff2183377d ago (Edited 377d ago )

FRom what i could find. Nothing with English subs.

Yui_Suzumiya376d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya376d ago (Edited 376d 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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neutralgamer1992412d ago (Edited 412d 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

cthulhucultist412d 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

Vengeance1138412d ago

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