Vanquish's gameplay design

[ryan_cs]

Since Vanquish just got ported to PC, and I think that this channel's kinda interesting:

It talks about Platinum's gameplay design as a whole, but since the only Platinum game I've played was Metal Gear Rising before I wanted to know what other people think.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

I'm kind of torn on Vanquish. On the one hand, I want to play it - everything else from Platinum that I've tried I've enjoyed, even if they have been a bit janky at times. There's no real reason for me to think Vanquish will be any different and it's dirt cheap these days for PS3.

But, on the other hand, all the footage I've seen of it, it's looked terrible. I've seen some people who are new to it and don't quite get it and so obviously it's looked pretty tedious but even with the really good players of it I've seen the footage hasn't sold me on it. I dunno, maybe at some point I'll give it a go.

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

I love Mark Brown's Game Makers Toolkit; his commentary is usually really good and the presentation is top-notch. I love his ICO video. Vanquish is easily my favorite single player shooter and saying basically anymore would just be repeating much of what Mark Brown already says in the video. I guess the one thing I could add is that I saw Vanquish as sorta a deconstruction of the boring "Western shooter" way back after I played it when it released in this thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.240728-Vanquish-Japans-commentary-on-Western-gaming?page=1].

But, on the other hand, all the footage I've seen of it, it's looked terrible. I've seen some people who are new to it and don't quite get it and so obviously it's looked pretty tedious but even with the really good players of it I've seen the footage hasn't sold me on it. I dunno, maybe at some point I'll give it a go.

If you thought the video in the opening post looks like a fun game to you, then definitely give it a try. There were actually 2 Vanquish demos on the PS Store (I'm not sure if they're still there, one was only in the Japanese store though). Lastly, if you had PS+ back during the PS3 days, Vanquish was a PS+ game at one point and you just might have it in your library.

 

[Vanilla ISIS]

The sliding mechanic is neat although it's easier to just play the game like Gears of War.
I've pretty much only used sliding to get from one cover to another.
There should have been more emphasis on creating enemies that force you to use all of your abilities or have all the cover be destructible.
It reminded me a bit of Bayonetta where 90% of the moves you could unlock were useless and you would just switch between 3 attacks throughout the entire game.

Still, the worst thing about this game is the look.
From start to finish, you're looking at nothing but grey and silver.
During 1 mission, you enter a park with trees and you get to see some green but that ends after 5 minutes and you're back to more grey and silver.
The enemy design is very uninspired as well.
Also, the story (if you can call it that) tries way too hard to be self aware and the humor just isn't funny.