With the handful of people here that have the game, why don't you tell us about the upgrade system, possible suit upgrades, and other details that most people here are in the dark about. We don't need single digit opinion reviews, tell us about the things that are revealed by playing the full game. And..,..... go.... |
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I read on your post that upgrade is bare bone? Could you please elaborate us on how upgrades are done? (Like, with money or experience) Assuming you have a heavy machine gun/shotgun: you kill an enemy and randomly a green light will fall by the dead enemy and say "UPGRADE". the game says that you can upgrade the weapon if you keep collecting ammo for it as well. however this has some strange effects.over the course of my play through, i collected a lot of ammo for my red heavy machine gun. the first few times, it said ammo clip upgraded +40%, then after that it kept saying the same for soo many times. then at some point it stopped at 400bullets. and even if i was still collecting ammo and the messages said ammo clip upgraded, there was no change. it was still 400. the menu shows the guns you have. and there rank. i am not into military stuff but it seems like the weapon have ranks symbols like Sergent, private, commander etc. the menu also show the guns stats. but even after upgrading my heavy machine gun for sooo long, scatter was stuck at B, and power was stuck at C. weapon damage is power but however much you upgrade (or so you think you upgrade), the enemies dont seem to react to it or the upgrades are not visible. it takes the same amount of bullets and effort to kill enemies as it does with a non upgraded weapon. the only random upgrade that seems to work is the rate of fire. and this was effective with my shotgun. but i only got on. the game randomly gave it to me but that was after about 5 shotgun UPGRADE lights. this applies to all weapons. so the upgrade system is more down to LUCK that an enemy drops a green UPGRADE light or if the game actually auto upgrades the weapon or gives you the upgrade. this is where those who like grinding will have fun. but its RANDOM. What? no customization and accessory?! but I heard in this board that suit customization exist. Is it just a cruel rumor? I assume there isn't any shop whatsoever? NO CUSTOMIZATION at all. the suit remains the same from start to finish. its only at the SPOILERS final boss (or so you think) that it gives you a minimal boost in your suit cool down. have not seen a new game + button/feature. so yeah. you can kiss goodbye to playing through with the minimal cool down boost to the suit. i went back to the first stage and i had the same easily overheating suit. no accessories as well. NOTHING. no shop no accessories no suit colors nothing NOTHING. Are there any collectibles hidden item throughout the stages? (like max HP up pieces, etc)
no HP or damage upgrade etc. The gameplay overall is ok, and you have to be a planner coz you can not just run ,slide , cover and gun. cover = death, running = death, shooting = death, sliding = over heat, melee = over heat etc. you can not do all these things. even if you are in cover, you get pwnd. even if you are in the slow motion mode by the suit, you can die, even if you are shooting tons of bullets at enemies, you can die, melee is only advisable if you have only one enemy next to you. one melee attack renders your suit useless and over heated. the enemy A.I is programmed to go in for the kill. any time your suit over heats,m they will drop whatever they are doing and come and god pwn you. at this point one attack from them = death. the story is good, has elements of politics, friendship and acceptance. the ending however has a scene that i think was too over the top or graphic for the current political propaganda world we live in today. but i understand why it happened though i believe US of A fan boys/girls might feel offended. either ways, the game is unique ,good and looks good. graphics are awesome. lip syncing is AAAAA +++++. the ending either hints at Vanquish 2 but we all know that in the current gaming community , story DLC |
i played on normal and died 55 times during the story. most deaths are due to making the wrong decision i.e i thought i could kill an enemy if i just kept firing just a lil bit longer coz its life bar was almost empty but i got flanked by the small red foot soldier robots who if i might add have to be the best A.I dancers i have seen in my life. also most deaths are by an enemy known as "THE UNKNOWN". lol he is a very powerful guy but its what lies within that will make you angry. and he happens to show up at times when you are not in the mood for a 1 on 1 fight. another enemy who killed me a lot is "MR MANHATTAN" (not his actual name but you will see what i mean when you meet him) i didnt have the gun that can kill him easily so i figured it out later but omg if you dont have the gun needed to beat him, you are in big trouble. the enemy snipers in this game do a good Job of keeping you busy. if you suck at multi tasking and planning battles and decisions, this game might be too hard for you on higher difficulties. i am currently playing on hard then will move to god hard. i tried the challenges but uhmmm,,, .......... yeah they just don't do it for me. not creative or fun. just you killing enemies without conditions in the fastest time possible. there are some easter eggs that i found but i wont spoil them for those who have yet to play. |
Wow, good info. No upgrades completely sucks, this may change my mind on the day 1 purchase completely. Sucks to say. Definitely not happy about this. |
Anythin unlocked after you beat the game? Do you get anything if you beat the challenges? Do you keep the weapon upgrades when you start a harder difficulty? |
@ sirmourinho So you're saying that the game is a real challenge. Kind of like how the original Devil May Cry on normal made some people quit playing it. Or how God Hand on its regular difficulty was unrelentlessly challenging. After playing through some of the tougher scenarious, did you ever think "God damn that was hard... but wow it sure is sweet knowing that I beat it." I guess what I'm trying to say is that is this a next generation, third person Metal Slug or Contra? |
Sounds old-school, like it's designed to be played to perfection, and the ultimate goal is to play through the hardest difficulty without dying, in the fastest amount of time with the highest score. You know, like a video game, rather than a interactive movie? Sounds like something that would take dozens of hours to truly master. That's right up my alley. Day one for me. |
@ deathsmiles Exactly. If that is what Vanquish is, I'm gonna love every mind numbing, adrenaline rushing, down to the wire minute. |
Thanks for the review. I didnt read the spoiler, but the above info was helpful. I have a 24 hour, 7 day a week job. It's called being a real life bad ass. |
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