Vanquish
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Vanquish is an adventure developed by PlatinumGames, released 19 October 2010 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 6.7 hrs to finish.
What Vanquish is
Vanquish is an adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2010. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Platinum Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Since the late 20th century, the precipitous pace of population rise on Earth pushed the total number of humans on the planet past 10 billion. The lack of consumable food and energy for this expanding population led to numerous wars over depleting natural resources. It was in this period of fear, uncertainty, and doubt that America placed her hopes in the skies with the SC-01 Providence space colony. The colony was not immune to social evils that had become prevalent on earth. The Order of the Russian Star, a faction of the Russian military who had taken power in their homeland via coup d’état, immediately launched a surprise invasion of the colony. They began work converting the microwave…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Vanquish holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 248 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 (2.9 GHz) or AMD equivalent, 4 GB RAM and Dx9 compliant video card with 1 GB VRAM (Nvidia GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 5670). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Vanquish launched on 19 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Super Meat Boy and Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Super Meat Boy, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Vanquish yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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