Vanquish Demo Is Waiting For You

News from Luke - Thursday, 02 September 2010 @ 4:26pm

Vanquish is an upcoming game from the creator of the Resident Evil series, Shinji Mikami. You'll be able to get a taste of what he has in store for you as the demo has now hit the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network.

The developers behind Vanquish, Platinum Games, might be familiar to you - see MadWorld and Bayonetta. They have definitely been putting out some unique games the last few years, and this one also looks to be on the same track.

The basic premise for this 3rd person sci-fi shooter is that some Russian forces have taken over a space station controlled by the United States. The station was built to gather energy emitted from the sun, the crazy Russians however divert this energy towards a major US city which ensures total destruction. In response a task force is assigned to combat the opposing forces, this is where you take control of Sam, who has been equipped with a super fancy battlesuit.

Jae and I have been lucky enough to have had some time with the game already and it does make use of some interesting game mechanics. I especially like the fast paced action where you use a jetpack like device to quickly manoeuvre around the ground. Because of the battlesuit you are basically the front line of attack. Forget what you know about cover based shooters; you’ll need to get up close and personal with your enemies to allow for your squad mates to move in and back you up. Also like in Bayonetta expect to go up against some huge boss battles that are sure to give you a bit of a challenge.

Vanquish is set for release in Australia on the 21st of October for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, grab the demo now for a look at what all the fuss is about.