Vanquish already runs at a speed that feels much faster than other shooters, and enemies incorporate elements from bullet hell games as they pepper you with fire. You can take cover and blind fire ...

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 ...

While these screenshots make Vanquish look like another cover shooter, there is a melee component to the game. Players can dash up to robotic enemies using the suit’s built in thrusters.

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 ...

Vanquish is all game and no filler ... Vanquish is fun, it’s exciting and it’s a fresh take on the cover based shooter that breathes a bit of originality into the genre.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...