Be Excellent To Each Other

You people make me very sad. What shiny shiny are you all playing these days that's so good.

I'm waiting until it's £10.

It's my new rule.

Nothing. I just can't be arsed playing it. I don't know why.

I finished this on Normal yesterday and it would be an S for me if it wasn't so fucking Japanese in its willingness to one shot insta-death you at times. With it penalising you in points every time you die it has caused much more swearing (or Melon Farmers swearing when little ears are in the house) than any other game has for quite some time.

And yet it's brilliant at the same time.

Can someone explain though why in the penultimate mission

Have you done any of the challenge modes? They're really hard I think!

£18 seems to be my new rule of thumb. It's good as it means I won't add to the 15 or so unplayed games I still have on my shelf (unless it's something relatively new for sub-£10).

Hmm. Playing this on Hard and just got to the final boss of Act 1. Fucking thing regenerates to full health after you kill his first form. FUCK OFF. THIS IS SHIT.

PC version.

https://youtu.be/kLtZXu8eGZ4

Edit: The PC port is being made in Leeds.

funny, the gaming backlog thread meant I was actually thinking about going back to this game today.

Found it very difficult at the time, but I think completing Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising since then might help me return to it more successfully.

And last night, a mere quarter year since thinking about it, I decided to dive back in on the 360.

It's bloody brilliant.

I realised you can't take everyone head-on, you need a bit of a Gears of War-approach to build your attacks on. You need to evade, find cover, flank enemies with your jet-arse and then slip into slow-mo to deal out some gloriously over-the-top destruction.

It still looks startlingly good today, and the pyrotechnics are relentless and delightful.

If you haven't played it, play it.

Unless you hate games like Metal Gear Rising and Gears of War. In which case don't.

Vanquish was absolutely brilliant. If I remember correctly, once you complete it, you unlock special challenge stages.

The last one of this is an absolute nightmare and I would have been lucky if I lasted more than 6 seconds.

Brilliant game though. Hopefully it appear on the backwards compatible list as I'd love to have a good reason to play it again.

Yeah, love Vanquish.

Be nice to see a sequel for the PS4.

Surely you've already vanquished everybody, leaving no room for a sequel?

OK then, make it a reimagining.

In the reimagining, you play a blind pacifist teddy bear.

It's a bit harder.