Vanquish is no clone of Gears. It’s the cover-shooting cousin of R-Type and Bayonetta, and it changes everything. It’s that power suit that does it. Far more than Platinum Games’ aesthetic ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Pure entertainment: that's Vanquish in a nutshell. This speedy and thrilling third-person cover-based shooter is all madness, overwhelming you ...

Sega released a free downloadable demo of its new sci-fi game Vanquish yesterday on Xbox Live ... rifles and a handful of grenades, and can take cover from enemy fire behind blocks and pillars ...

Rocket sliding from one cover point to the next makes Vanquish a faster-paced game compared to other third-person shooters. You can even get close enough to enemies to pummel them with a flurry of ...

leaping from cover to cover while tackling some of the most gigantic bosses ever committed to a video game, Vanquish is one of the most essential action titles ever and it’s a tragedy that it ...

For a game with so many layers to consider, it's a huge achievement just how fast, exciting and accessible Vanquish manages to be from the outset. By the time the huge arachnoid boss appeared ...

It’s a mere seven hours long, but Vanquish is that rare title that benefits from its brevity. Were it any longer it’d risk being diluted, dulled, nullified. The game that stands is ...

This cover system works really well and is vital to staying alive, because Vanquish is a very hard game. In fact, it's shockingly difficult fairly early on, especially if you're playing on Normal ...

Head. Exploding. Vanquish makes you more mobile and more versatile than any cover-shooter has ever dreamed to before. It feels as much like a third-person fighting game as a shooter, and as much ...

A great port of an entertainingly subversive cover shooter ... Find out more about how we evaluate games and hardware. Vanquish was originally released in 2010 for Xbox 360 and Playstation ...