Vanquish

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Vanquish
System(s): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Network
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Platinum Games
Genre: Action
Release Date RRP Code JP 2010-10-21 ¥(7,980)(7,980) JES1-00080 JP ▼ 2011-05-10 US 2010-10-19 $39.9939.99 68045 US ▼ 2011-05-10 EU 2010-10-22 EU ▼ 2011-05-10 AU 2010-10-21 KR 2010-10-22 AS 2010-10-21
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Vanquish (ヴァンキッシュ) is an action game developed by Platinum Games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is Shinji Mikami's first game under the Platinum Games brand. The game has been in development since 2007; in January 2010, a full motion video trailer was released. Atsushi Inaba is producing the game. Mikami has stated that the game was developed with the PlayStation 3 as its lead platform, commenting that it was a "great success." It was later rereleased as a downloadable game on the PlayStation Network in Japan (though Sega of Japan's site doesn't say anything about it yet).

In the course of developing Vanquish, Shinji Mikami said that Vanquish's graphics were inspired by the Casshern anime series.

Vanquish was well received and was a financial success. Shooting mechanics and high-speed gameplay was praised.

It was however, criticised for its short lenght (4 or 5 hours in normal difficulties), lack of multiplayer, weak story and especially the poor dialogues, which often come as hilarious.

Plot

The story is set in the near future. Russia and the United States are vying for ownership of the world’s fast-depleting energy resources and the US has constructed a space station in order to harness energy from the sun. Russian forces capture this space station and divert its harvested solar energy into a blast wave that destroys San Francisco, aiming to force the US into a total and unconditional surrender. In response, the US tasks its armed forces with recapturing the space station before the Russians can annihilate their next target – New York. The player will take control of Sam, a government agent kitted out with a futuristic battle suit.

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Xbox 360 version

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Artwork

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External links

• Official website (English)
• Official website (Japanese)
• Sony Computer Entertainment japan page on the PSN version