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I have to say, WOW, this game is freaking awesome! It's like MGS, Uncharted and Sonic combined or something like that

Not a bad game at all, pretty fluid control, love the weapons and setting. The chick is cute too

I'll have to rent the game before buying it..
The demo was nice, but didn't convinced me.

I didn't bother with the demo... The K-mart deal is too good to pass. And it turned out that this game is better than I expected.

Cool, I'm working on Castlevania, almost done. Finally figured out how to do the block and counter move LOL

Vanquish is next!

I think I might start this tonight. Got it sitting here from Kmart. I would have never considered it without that deal (unitl it got dirt cheap that is).

Don't play on NORMAL if you're gunning for trophies.... Not worth it... Either CASUAL or HARD (CASUAL AUTO? I think that's easier than CASUAL, right?).

I haven't try HARD, but NORMAL is okay. Well, knowing that there's no reward for NORMAL, I'm switching to CASUAL AUTO

After get the hand of the maps and control, I probably going to try HARD (I have a feeling it's not going to be smooth).

What do you mean? There's no trophy for normal, but only CASUAL AUTO and HARD?

Well, you can unlock those "kill this, do that" trophies with any modes... But there are no chapter completion trophies for NORMAL.

If you beat on HARD, the trophies might stack (not all games stack, like Bayonetta). But playing NORMAL will only lock the same trophies as you play on CASUAL or CASUAL AUTO. There are no NORMAL chapter trophies (unlike most other games where rewards are given out on EASY, NORMAL and HARD).

There are trophies for completing each act and completing each act on HARD. And thats it. Not a plug, but I like this site to check out trophies and such. This site is based in the UK, but there is another that is .com, but I dont like it as much.
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/vanquish/trophies/

Yeah, I know... but those sites are blocked from work, so I can only check them at home.

Originally Posted by Serpentor Don't play on NORMAL if you're gunning for trophies.... Not worth it... Either CASUAL or HARD (CASUAL AUTO? I think that's easier than CASUAL, right?). I haven't try HARD, but NORMAL is okay. Well, knowing that there's no reward for NORMAL, I'm switching to CASUAL AUTO After get the hand of the maps and control, I probably going to try HARD (I have a feeling it's not going to be smooth).

Yeah, I found this out last night only after playing for 3 1/2 hours on Normal... Oh well... There's also a trophy for not dying. I assume you can restart the mission if you die and this will still unlock? In Normal, though, I've died several times before figuring out the right strategy so I won't get that this playthough. I guess it means I'll have to play 3 times if I want all the trophies (Casual for not dying, Hard for the hard-only ones).

On the other hand, I definitely don't agree with the reviews that say it is only a 3-4 hour game. Like I said I played 3 1/2 hours last night. I am only halfway through Act 2 (of 4).

Maybe because they think there are only four acts or something... but yeah, it's not that short. Regardless you're renting, borrowing or buying, this game rocks, you got to play it.

As for MP mode, i think it would be pretty darn good if it was included.

Ok, this game is freaking awesome! The graphics are kick-butt, the action and everything is super great. I am so happy I got this day 1

I started the game on Hard mode, and holy crap it is HARD. That Argus Core robot took me freaking forever. To play this game in 4 hours, you either have to have played it on Casual Easy, or you are a 12 year old who only plays shooters. I finally got lucky and didn't die long enough to use the turret twice to kill it. I also got that huge laser gun with unlimited ammo, that thing freaking rocks. It's almost like that electricity gun in Killzone 3.

This game definitely lived up to the hype in my book. SEGA is definitely on a roll.

Originally Posted by jh6269 I also got that huge laser gun with unlimited ammo, that thing freaking rocks. It's almost like that electricity gun in Killzone 3..

Wait, what? I got the trophy for scanning all the guns and never saw this. I'm done with Act 3 now, too.

Originally Posted by wrencrest There are trophies for completing each act and completing each act on HARD. And thats it. Not a plug, but I like this site to check out trophies and such. This site is based in the UK, but there is another that is .com, but I dont like it as much. http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/vanquish/trophies/

It's a really great site for Trophy information, tracking and advice.

Originally Posted by io Wait, what? I got the trophy for scanning all the guns and never saw this. I'm done with Act 3 now, too.

It looks like it's from that GameStop tri-weapon's pack that I got for preordering. It was in a weapons crate in the scene just before I got to the Argus Core.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/va...n-new-trailer/

It's pretty freaking good.

What do you mean by scanning every weapon? Do you mean by picking up every weapon or is there some special thing I need to do?

Originally Posted by jh6269 It looks like it's from that GameStop tri-weapon's pack that I got for preordering. It was in a weapons crate in the scene just before I got to the Argus Core. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/va...n-new-trailer/ It's pretty freaking good. What do you mean by scanning every weapon? Do you mean by picking up every weapon or is there some special thing I need to do?

Well, crap, for once a preorder bonus is actually useful, eh? There have been plenty of times when I've been out of ammo or not with the right kind of weapon and could have used that.

And no, nothing special - I got the trophy like half way through Act 2 (and it turns out there are 5). The trophy just says something about "scanning". I think you have an "omni-weapon" that adapts to anything it finds and copies it or something - thus when you pick one up I guess you are "scanning".

Originally Posted by io Well, crap, for once a preorder bonus is actually useful, eh? There have been plenty of times when I've been out of ammo or not with the right kind of weapon and could have used that. And no, nothing special - I got the trophy like half way through Act 2 (and it turns out there are 5). The trophy just says something about "scanning". I think you have an "omni-weapon" that adapts to anything it finds and copies it or something - thus when you pick one up I guess you are "scanning".

Yeah, and that's pretty crappy that it's not in the regular game at all, only a download from a GameStop code. It is pretty damned good though, I can take out the Argus Core Phase 1 robot in 3 hits on hard mode (it helped a lot because I died like 40 times fighting the phase 2 form).

It's a huge laser beam that sends out a huge burst for like 10-20 seconds, then needs to cool down. Pretty sweet.

Ok, I'm just now at Act 3, did 1 or 2 missions already. I'm still playing my 1st play-through on HARD and I'm clocking 7:45:30 so far (mainly because I suck at shooters). But I am really loving this game, but some of these enemies are really tough (especially those Romanov's and the 2 legged form of the Argus Core robot). They both have this huge laser that just devastates you, and I haven' t really found the trick to taking them out fast. If anyone is on the fence, you should definitely play this game (buy or rent).

Anyone else taking forever as well?

I havent been able to play this yet, but are the graphics as good as they look? It seems like they have some cool enemy boss designs and the graphics and effects are pretty cool.