Vanquish Review

A game too fast even for KZbin baby!
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Watch my shitty old Vanquish Review: • Video

[@sinshenlong]

the one platinum game that needed a sequel

[@VanquishSpeed]

Exactly

[@jeanjeanphilippe489]

What about mgr

[@Ze_N00B]

@@jeanjeanphilippe489 MGR did a good job tying up loose ends. Raiden's doing his thing having found his purpose, the Patriots and Fox Hound are gone. Vanquish's story was left unfinished, with Zaitsef and his peers still at large.

[@killingthedeadfull]

Imagine mgr2 was with Grey Fox

[@Specter053]

Now children, repeat after me: Anarchy Reigns on PC. Come on, Platinum. You know we wanted.

[@xMasterSparku]

Zam I just want madworld

[@wildesthog]

And Bayonetta 2 please...

[@paulakroy2635]

wildesthog never happening

[@v-trigger6137]

@@wildesthog Bayonetta 2 seems very unlikely, since it was literally published and funded by Nintendo

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

Anarchy Reins was beyond a let down. I was soooo disappointed with it.

[@NuclearCherries]

I'd kill for a sequel. I hope Platinum realized the sudden increase in hype around the game and makes one, releasing it on the PC from the get go.

[@spongebobfan78]

7:58-8:00 From one Sam in a Platinum Games game to another Sam in a Platinum Games game.

[@SuperBlahmaster]

Would love a sequel to Vanquish. Too bad Mikami left Platinum and is now a slave to Bethesda.

[@VashdaCrash]

What? That sounds bad.

[@bennybeck]

Friend wants a sequel, its only a matter of time now

[@v-trigger6137]

and now Microsoft has brought Bethesda lol

[@spartan7375]

todd howard strikes again

[@fearthepointman3134]

vanquish stands out in gameplay, binary domain in story/character. Yeah those games always seem back to back for me.

[@kanenas1727]

i see fear i press like except fear 3 it wasn't so good

[@EpsiIonEagle]

I need to play Binary Domain. I hear so many good things about it

[@v-trigger6137]

I just don't understand how people find Vanquish and Binary Domain to be similar. like aside from maybe their art style or both games being published Sega, I don't see any similarities between them at all.. Vanquish was like Metal Gear Rising but with guns and high speed rolar skates, while Binary Domain was more like a hybrid between Gears and Mass Effect

[@v-trigger6137]

@Zachary Hare I don't think that's a valid point. if we see through that angle then Titanfall and Front Mission Evolved might also be similar to Vanquish then lol. considering those game also have robot shooting action

[@fearthepointman3134]

@@v-trigger6137 Both are set in future, both have over the top action, both characters you play are fun and wild, both have great music, yes both have robo humanoid-like enemies, need i say more. It's not complicated.

[@mealwheels3562]

This game still holds up.

[@Largentina.]

Niall Tatton Platinum, baby!

[@night1952]

"Platinum's luster lasts forever"

[@lordblueballs7293]

It came out in 2009 so if it was good then it'll probably be good now, can you really say games have changed or improved since 2009?

[@Largentina.]

Lord Blue balls *2010. Besides that, you're right.

[@Largentina.]

night1952 * "Platinum maintains it's luster forever."

[@rodrickheffley4830]

I didn't knew Devil May Cry had a cover base shooter.

[@lordblueballs7293]

Yeah and it's called Devil May Cry 2

[@carlossanchez5311]

Lord Blue balls sad but pretty accurate

[@rodrickheffley4830]

_Lord Blue Balls_ You win

[@carlossanchez5311]

SkyOut yes i did,i dare You to kill the demon Chopper with a meele weapon

[@panic_diver]

Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil 4 and Vanquish are all games directed by Shinji Mikami

[@illusionarywallahead1184]

It's great. Review end.

[@TeslaChad]

This is definitely one of the best games of last generation. I reviewed it a little while ago but watching this makes me want to go back to it. So good.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Mmm, nah. I think Hard Corps: Uprising was better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHSqcoyllrmqY5Im21s

[@OwenKoenig]

I would not mind seeing a (non prime) 3D Metroid game take a few notes from this games fast pace action, and combine with the platforming action and beam combo's from Super Metroid. The claustrophobic environments could also be utilized for more logical combat and platforming sequences without the need of invisible walls and the like.

[@SetnaroX]

I remember when I first played Vanquish during its original 360 release debut. This was before I started having an appreciation for action games the way I do with W101 and Bayonetta today, so when I finished Vanquish a long time ago, I was left underwhelmed because it was a short game and I played it all the way through behind covers the whole time. Now that I understand the mentality of action arcade games, I gave Vanquish a 2nd try on the PC, and now I seriously can't enough of the game. I've been playing through the game countless times, and I've even managed to push my way through on God Hard. Does the game hold up? Of course it does. It may have a few issues here and there, but just like with Bayonetta, it only gets better the more you play it. It's so stylish and chaotic, it's great. I seriously need to make a stylish video just to showcase how much fun the game is.

[@mekudu-man3804]

SetnaroX done?

[@SetnaroX]

Sorry for the late response, but yes. It's done :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYaon3t5hct0gsU

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

Gaming Brit + Vanquish is something I didn't know I needed until I saw it appear in my notifications mmmmm must prepare body

[@MrMustardAndCheese]

I don't often claim someone with 71,000 followers deserves more attention. But these are some of the best opinions on games with clear and unpretentious explanations on youtube. He deserves more

[@M134FANATIC]

kezsheraz I agree with you completely, I've been a fan of him since the days of hfc, he's only gotten better with age! 😄

[@haveanotherpinacolada]

Most people are pretty stupid though so won't really appreciate this channel.

[@SefniAsheforr]

100% agree. It's refreshing to see a higher quality channel that cares more about great gameplay than begging for critics to take gaming seriously as a medium. We need more DMCs and less God of War 4 and Last of Us shit

[@somedudeonearth4978]

MelanicDisaster - What if people prefer The Last of Us style gameplay? Don't see anything wrong with that.

[@FireStarJutsu]

@@haveanotherpinacolada I wouldn't say "stupid". "Ignorant" maybe. Most people judge games and don't have a lot of video game history knowledge. Like a lot of people don't know how revolutionary Vanquish is (or even its existance), therefore might think Gears of War is the best 3rd person shooter in terms of gameplay coming from Uncharted.

[@wolfgod6443]

A big reason why the human grunts exists is to distract enemies. The catch with fighting enemies who use bullets is that you can't always dodge them. So a lot of shooters solve this by having other people around to soak up some of the damage. I bet the game would've been near impossible without them always around. Plus they serve to make the battles look larger. They probably wanted you to feel like your skating through a battlefield, not just going solo like Bayonetta.

[@zyonhunter]

played it for the first time not so long ago. the entire game is a huge adrenalin rush. the game never really slows down and you just have to keep up going fast. the perfect game for speedrunners.

[@iwuvu5940]

I have hope guys. We will get another vanquish game someday. People still love it, Platinum rereleased it along with the first bayonetta game, and fans still want another game. I have no doubt we will get a sequal one day.

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

Finally got to play Vanquish with the ps4 port. Everything you've said here is exactly how I felt the whole time. It's a solid base with so much potential to expand, surprisingly doesn't feel very dated despite being 10 years old. A sequel with the tech we have now could be amazing.

[@ridho_act]

Please review ultrakill

[@rememberamnesia1995]

I was looking through your videos today thinking "why did he never try Vanquish"...and then this appeared o.O

[@DonnieDisasters]

They manage to finish the dog, but only incorporate it in MGR revengeance

[@MarsofAritia]

I played it again (ps3) after thinking it was ok first time round and holy shit i never realised how amazing it was. same thing happened with god hand. they became two of my favourites

[@VonTaylan]

This game is lightyears ahead of the CRAP called Gears of War. And i mean lightyears

[@zayaannashrid1374]

GamingBrit reviewing a highly action packed Platinum game? This was great. Nay, amazing

[@reyvenpl3525]

this game is another prove, that japanese games are the best

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

I’m convinced Vanquish walked so doom eternal and Ultrakill could run

[@dillindbz]

Now that it's on PC, maybe it'll get popular enough for people to mod it.

[@killer11843]

Great video, wish you uploaded more

[@TrayzVidz]

You are so right about there should have been more freedom to jump off things whenever u want.

[@Frandelicious1337]

I wish platinum actually made sequels to games like Vanquish and God Hand... And just in case my wish doesn`t turn out distorted by some monkey paw shit, let me be specific...a sequel that is not exclusive to Nintendo Switch.

[@HiddenSpaces23154]

Bayonetta 2 was great, however bayonetta 1 did a better job at setting up the main villain. If it ever gets ported which won't be for a very long time because of nintendo it will likely be on PC

[@Frandelicious1337]

Last case scenario we can hope for decent emulation on cemu one day. If only bayo 2 received the same treatment as zelda by the devs...

[@andrewt9128]

More people would have to buy them to have a sequel make sense. But yeah, I would kill for a Vanquish 2.

[@RagnaRok852]

I just picked it up during the steam summer sale for $5. The PC Version blows alot of modern games out of the water. So much fun

[@willbelasco]

Thank you for bringing this game to my attention

[@wasdwazd]

This needs a sequel.

[@supercyc10]

Thank you for putting your cartoon self on the clip art, that helps a ton :)

[@Turboviikinki]

Platinum should release MadWorld on PC

[@Zeboki]

When your favourite KZbinr, who doesn't has a definitive schedule, uploads a new video.

[@anascoolcat]

You should talk about PN 03, the very precursor of this game, they're very similar in some parts

[@Larry]

Whats that other game that Sega released on the 360, that's a bit like Vanquished, but no one ever talks about it?

[@TheGamingBritShow]

Binary Domain?

[@ES21007]

That was actually the first thing that came to mind when I saw this due to aesthetics...

[@JcGross93]

And both of them are dogshit.

[@SuperKratosgamer]

both of them are great

[@v-trigger6137]

the fact that Binary Domain was made by the same team who makes the Yakuza games

[@TurboButton]

Wow, first you hate on the Ratchet and Clank remake then you just do a """faithful""" remaster of one of your own videos. What a hypocrite.

[@HiddenSpaces23154]

It's a review of a port not a fucking game. He recaps what his thoughts were and where the port improves over the console version. I really don't see the comparison

[@TurboButton]

Considering the number of "troll"s in your username you'd think you'd be better at detecting sarcasm.

[@marcoterranova9844]

i agree, brit's hate for the remake and r&c3 kinda contradicts that beautiful video where he explains why resident evil 6 was amazing.

[@apocacristian]

Hell yeah! Great video, man! About Shinji Mikami... What about those Resident Evil videos?

[@FlagshipFighter]

Does anyone know the track that was used in the Vanquish PC Announcement Trailer? It's so good!

[@StefanIson123]

This is a great game, and I've played through it a number of times. One thing I didn't like was the weapon upgrade system, where if you loot a gun you are already carrying and have full ammo in you will rank the weapon up. This incentivized me to not use my favorite weapons cause I wanted to level them up. Also did a lot of stupid gun juggling and backtracking to for this purpose.

[@broski3442]

thank god you updated your channel art

[@matheusoliveira2325]

Wow great video :> i remember playing this when psplus gave it out, i would never played otherwise, just like so many psplus games that became favourites of mine like remember me, dragons dodma, puppeteer, spec ops the line, sleeping dogs and Binary domain, talking about BD, did you played? i feel like its a game that would appear in this channel sometime...

[@gareckthetailor9918]

this inspiration from cashern makes me really want a cashern sins game. it would at least be the most beautiful thing ever.

[@nabeelbox7397]

Cashern sins was gay

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

I remember your *old* review of this game....

[@Waveburd]

We need a metroid game that plays like vanquish but you know with a Lil more exploration. Maybe the mobility options can be locked till later

[@archivedaccount5990]

Vanquish is the best third-person shooter to come out in a long time. I like it even more than Resident Evil 4. Yeah, I said it. Get at me.

[@SeanVito]

It kills me that so little people know about this game. It was (and still is) so damn cool.

[@Mars_over_seer]

8:49 Kari Wahlgran? I swear she's in every cartoon and anime.

[@rupitbhandari-studio.death8100]

5 years too late, I finally finished Vanquish. Nothing fancy, just on normal mode. And it kicked my ass. (Guess I'm not good at video games..😅) I agree with a lot of your critique, although I think there's a few things I'd like to add. 1. The melee is, for the most part, well balanced. It's an insta-kill with a bonus amount of slo-mo for clearing more enemies. In large firefights, it can be satisfying to pull off a melee, and instantly use slow mo to take down a few more enemies before jumping to cover and keeping up the fire. The melee, in my opinion works well in all except the boss fights, where melee is almost always a bad option. (The exception to this is the boss fight against the "Unknown" amalgamation robots.) Since the melee itself does low damage and drains all your energy, you're a sitting duck waiting to be deep fried. So yeah, it could be modded or balanced more for boss fights. 2. The weapon upgrade system... Is weird? I'm not sure I like it? Like, I guess it's supposed to encourage the use of specific weapons per playthrough, but it also seems counter-intuitive since the only way to upgrade weapons.... Is to not use them? Just equip them at max ammo and let other weapons (and the limited melee) carry the weapons till they are sufficiently upgraded? 3. The story has potential, but just as you said - it's generic and boring. The whole rivalry with Burns and Sam is actually good - they're both skilled, poweful soldiers on the battlefield who essentially use the troops as cannon fodder to manipulate and use for their gain. Burns does it in cutscenes, and Sam in gameplay (by using Soldiers as a Distraction, healing them to get guns and grenades as and when necessary, and then killing them without remorse when they turn on you.) Both of them are one-man armies, but they still use armies to suit their needs. It's just the everything else is handled so badly... It's just drowned out in the sea of generic monotony. 4. The credits sequence is just.... Amazing. Funniest sequence ever. Overall, even now Vanquish stands as a fun, rewarding and unique Third person shooter, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing.

[@JayfroC]

Vanquish has been in my top 10 favorites since I played it for the first time. Amazing game ^^

[@jub8891]

this game looks so frigging badass. it sucks that such an awesome game like this could go largely unforgotten until this PC port

[@brapmaster]

It's good to see that intro again.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

I believe *Titanfall 2* took the idea of an "fast man army", added fantastic levels and the bet buddy, and ran with the concept. I'm spoiled by this game so much, that I can't play any SciFi shooter that isn't on the same level as Tintanfall 2's SP. And that includes Vanquish.

[@Toma4449]

Any idea when episode 2 of your ''Road to the rocket launcher'' series will be up?

[@agcruller]

That new thumbnail image is clean as a whistle.

[@doclouis4236]

Are you going to review any more Metroid games?

[@anonymous-rd4qs]

what are your thoughts on metroid prime 4 and samus returns?

[@roadsidepeekneek7259]

I feel like vanquish is the least overall complex platinum game, but thats still more complex than most other games

[@genegideon6705]

It’s less complex but it has the most interesting enemies and weapons out of any of their games, and by FAR the best bosses.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

@@genegideon6705 I dunno about bosses but definitely some of the better ones

[@jamesmarley687]

My favorite channel on KZbin, from one Brit to another... How about doing an analysis of Super Metroid. Pretty please.

[@Alex-mb2cy]

James Marley Super Metroid is great, just the music hasnt aged thaat gracefull imo

[@chachawho435]

yea you right but everything else is amazing

[@turanx0]

James Marley // I felt like your comment was building up to say "an analysis of Arsenal." But you said Super Metroid, caught me off guard lol.

[@anonymous-rd4qs]

no do metroid prime trilogy

[@user-fy3oy4vo9m]

I would be much more interested to see him do a vid on Other M. Seems more his style honestly.

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

Of all the Platinum games desperately calling for a sequel... Well, I and quite a few others would probably seriously maim for Bayonetta 3. Half jokes aside, yeah. A Vanquish 2 with a bit more meat to its cheese-fest of a plot and more polish to the combat system would seriously kick ass.

[@BlueRainbow101]

I like that Gurren Lagann thumbnail :>

[@BlueRainbow101]

...What? I just like that it's in a "Gurren Lagann style" with the shadows in all.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

God Hard makes Ninja Gaiden master ninja mode look easy

[@Vik1919]

That smirk says it all

[@jd7439]

The World needs a new vanquish

[@renepolak_film]

When i first saw the art work cover of Vanquish back in 2011. All i can say is damn.

[@joeybull9073]

This character has never left my top three game characters list

[@teneesh3376]

Biggest problem is that it still keeps the staples of shooters that slow down the pace of the game. Reloading and regenerative health. Regenerative health is self talk to death about. Reloading being a slow mechanic is a reletively new topic. If a game has reloading, time is spent relading rather than shooting, and in this case boosting.

[@Sophie_the_Sapphic]

If you change weapon while reloading it cancels the animasion but gives you the fresh mag.

[@neonrelmsproductions4224]

I love this game so much.

[@TSouL22]

No mention of the fps bug where you take more damage at a higher frame rate?

[@sligordaoust573]

Thanks gaming brit, because of you I got this game and had so much fun. I hope platinum game do well with bayo 3. It could give them the budget needed for vanquished 2. It would make me excited .

[@ozm0zesjoe466]

i live for these

[@maltsutty]

Great video and channel gaming brit!

[@lancearmada]

This looks like everything I've ever wanted

[@ParrotMan01276]

Not a single mention of your last review. Interesting. Though I think you explained your grievances with this game in this redux review a lot better. And no, I'm not denying that the PC port is superior. It is without a single doubt. Even with the lackluster soundtrack, level design(most of the time), and story it's a great game as you said. I've been waiting for a sequel for ages. I'm surprised that Sega passed on the opportunity. The framework is there. They simply need to go the distance.

[@adamshalashaska5698]

Still the best Third Person shooter of all time

[@neonrelmsproductions4224]

This game is a riot. Maybe a bit bland in setting visuals, but the combat and dumb story gives me a character action boner.

[@LORDKALIBURTHE7TH]

Finally! got the THEE PLATINUM! for VANQUISH🔥after 9 nine years!! it feels good to be in the PlayStation profiles list of players who have come before me to conquer and their names forever immortalized forever! TRUE! VIDEOGAMERS!! TEST YOUR MIGHT!!!🤘

[@troyhayder6986]

And he smokes... Badass levels of total badassery... Smoking sick style...

[@PlinaZ]

I was worried about what you might say about this game or how you might do this video. then I heard you opened the video with the Argus Battle theme and knew it was gonna be a good one.

[@adamshalashaska5698]

Goddam Brit you got some great ideas t make this dam game even better. Heres hoping for a sequel

[@BOTC201]

now hopefully platinum brings God hand on PC

[@mortvia]

Nice new character art!

[@DM-hq9gs]

This what 3rd person shooting games should be 9/10 easily

[@grimreaper5864]

I agree with u on the score base

[@Surgicaldamage]

The score should have had 70s and 80s synth.

[@TheCynicalGhost]

Blessed upload.

[@samuelchadwick7509]

Great video man

[@arkanjoteixeira]

Fucking badass game right here

[@markusploeckl]

Great Video as always, a bit dissapointed that there is no comparison to "Wet" in there ;)

[@italex9093]

Please do a Silent Hill series analysis

[@EternalReplicant]

ItAlex twin perfect already have a series of videos that are like days long, I kid you not on silent hill.

[@ProxyDoug]

Cyborcat and RagnarRox also have very in-depth analysis videos on it.

[@FerdinandLudens]

Playing this game only made me want to play MGR even more. If that makes any sense....

[@warpath375__]

Vanquish 2 please.

[@madmaxim3965]

I think platinum games really wanted to prove they could make a full shooter and aren't just one trick ponys because the melee is really surface level at least from a close combat perspective (u can do stuff with the melee that improves your shooting ) and one hit burns the suit like said in the video which I think in a sequel would be the one thing I would want to approve they proved their shooting game skills now mix in that awesome combat there known for (to an extent of course)

[@cyborgchimpy]

you missed the chance to call his suit "ARSE"

[@phantombishop9075]

That's a sick new profile pic.

[@ParabolaTool]

I finally got around to playing this game last year after buying it back in like 2012 and never playing it back then. Overall it was fun but left me a bit underwhelmed after hearing the hype on it from places like this channel. I'd give it a solid 6.

[@LuisAngelGamer]

That Anime thumbnail tho

[@WeightedFedora]

Did Mikami watch this review just before making Hi-Fi Rush?

[@fey2450]

That was unexpected.