Vanquish, the modern 3d shooter any shmup fan should own

[kemical]

seriously, I have a lot of forum members on my friends list on Xbox Live, yet only a couple of you have been playing Vanquish. I highly recommend trying the demo for this game if you're a fan of shmups and have a 360 or PS3 of any region. The US version of Vanquish works fine in a Japanese region X360. Some places have had it on sale for 35 bucks or so..

This game truly summons up the attitude of oldschool gaming that I love, particularly found in shmups. Giant mechs to destroy, armies of robots. Swarms of projectiles to be dodged. Intense boss fights at a manic tempo. It is fast paced skill based action that feels highly rewarding and awesome to master, rolling and flowing across the battlefield avoiding all bullets and sending geysers of energy bursting from enemy robot's necks. The leaderboards are score-based, the game is divided into 5 acts containing smaller replayable segments with individual scores... The power up system for weapons builds on the basis a shmup would have, gradually powering up your weapon to it's max level and dropping level(s) when killed...
There's even an achievement for beating the game without dying...

Go check it out... give it a chance, it is incredibly fun.

[BulletMagnet]

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