$19.99Vanquish Slide, boost, slow time, shred robots
Race through a hijacked space colony in an armored suit, dodging bullets in slow motion and tearing through robot armies at full speed.
Is Vanquish worth it?
Vanquish is worth it if…
- you want a shooter that rewards speed and aggression over careful cover play
- you enjoy learning a game's hidden techniques and chasing a high score on the leaderboards
- you like short, intense campaigns you can replay on harder difficulties
- you can enjoy a ridiculous action-movie plot without taking it seriously
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Combat built on constant motion
Most shooters want you behind cover. Vanquish wants you out of it. The Augmented Reaction Suit lets Sam Gideon boost-slide across the battlefield at speed, and the arenas reward it: you flank robot squads, kick off walls and keep moving while gunfire fills the air. Augmented Reaction mode slows time for precision shots, but it burns the suit's energy, so pushing too hard leaves you briefly exposed. Melee moves change with the weapon you carry, and cover itself can be shot apart, so nowhere stays safe for long. The rhythm is slide, shoot, reposition, repeat, and once it clicks, firefights feel closer to choreography than shooting.
Robots, bosses and a colony at war
The setting is SC-01 Providence, a space colony seized by Russian forces who turn its solar energy weapon on San Francisco and threaten New York next. Sam drops in with a vast high-tech arsenal, all DLC weapons included, against a huge variety of enemies: robot grunts, armoured walkers and giant mechs that make boss fights a genuine test of nerve. Enemies flank, flush you out of cover and punish standing still. The story itself is thin and played with a straight face through some absurd turns, and the campaign is short, but the action never lets up from the first drop to the last boss.
What about replay value?
Is the campaign really that short?
Yes, a first run takes roughly ten hours across five chapters. That is by design rather than accident: the game is built around scoring, multiple difficulty modes and tactical missions unlocked after the credits, so the point is to replay stages and get faster and cleaner each time. If you only want one long story, this will feel brief; if you like shaving seconds off a run, it suits you well.
Can you play it solo?
Yes, it is a singleplayer game from start to finish. The only online element is competition: leaderboards where your stage scores are ranked against other players, so the challenge comes from beating your own runs rather than from teaming up with anyone.
