And some new Vanquish scans shows Sam's face.

[Pao]

Same-y locations, hopefully Sam won't be voiced by Nolan North, I got bored of the guy.

[Barry the Nomad]

I will always refer to Sam as "Uncle Sam". Bruce Campbell for Sam's voice actor!

[George]

Posted on the front page.

[Sega Stylista]

The face has that tired western ambiguous look, now if only the suit and mech designs were more generic and the game featured more brown, punctuated by dumbed-down casual gameplay, my mass audience gaming brothers and I could embrace it.

I'm going to ask my 12 year-old cousins if this wins their stamp of approval.  The games they like seem to sell millions.

[George]

The face has that tired western ambiguous look, now if only the suit and mech designs were more generic and the game featured more brown, punctuated by dumbed-down casual gameplay, my mass audience gaming brothers and I could embrace it.

I'm going to ask my 12 year-old cousins if this wins their stamp of approval.  The games they like seem to sell millions.

[Sega Uranus]

I am getting a major Metal Gear-ish vibe from Sam's face. I am not sure if this is a very good or very bad thing.

[Sega Stylista]

/truth

[Sega Uranus]

Not sure what you are trying to get at, try to remember that Sam is actually not supposed to be or look like an Asian man. I think he looks way closer to Metal Gear's Vamp than Nathan Drake.

[Pao]

/truth

What exactly do you want more from a face?

Anyway, translation from magazine:

*They played the demo.
*You cant use the Bullet time while you're covering.
*The real difference from other shoothers(apart from the suit), is the speed.
*You cant use the bullet time at any moment, only during a boost.
*Slide and bullet time are limited and need to be recharged after using them.
*Only While you're on the air and pointing, the time becomes slow(similar to the slow motion in VJ).
*They were impressed by that^^
*After a few enemies, they used a turret to fight against the boss of the level.
*That boss was a giant robot with 4 legs.
*With a long campaign, they wont miss the online.
*so far, looks fantastic
*they called Platinum Games one of the most important japanese developers.
*They didnt like Infinite space
*They called Madworld one of the most important wii games
*They called Bayonetta the second best hack n slash(Behind GOWIII).
*They said that the intention of PG with that level, is keep the player moving all the time.

[MadeManG74]

The face has that tired western ambiguous look, now if only the suit and mech designs were more generic and the game featured more brown, punctuated by dumbed-down casual gameplay, my mass audience gaming brothers and I could embrace it.

I'm going to ask my 12 year-old cousins if this wins their stamp of approval.  The games they like seem to sell millions.

Don't start your bullshit here, you aren't even making sense. How can a face be generic? Take some time out and think about your arguments, because either you're a very good troll or you're just embarasing yourself now.


Anyway, I have to admit the locations are getting a bit old, they don't seem to have much variety in the screens. At the same time, Bayonetta showed off the same levels over and over in screens and we didn't really see the HighWay, plane and Paradiso levels until release pretty much.

[Sharky]

This game could easily be my most anticipated.

[Sega Uranus]

This game could easily be my most anticipated.

Really? ...Really?

We know next to nothing about the game, half of the stuff revealed has made you question the quality (to be fair, it was basic stuff, but still), we do not know of everyone who will be working on it, many of the titles the director has worked on turned out to be crap like P.N.03 and you STILL want this more than Alpha Protocol, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, Virtual-On Force, Phantasy Star Portable 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines and Yakuza 4 just to name a few? And these are just some of SEGA's releases, there are tons of other great games coming out from other companies just this year!

You are insane!

[Sharky]

Well, There is no official word on if we will see VF5:FS, PS:P2... Not to mention im not a fan of handhelds. I was never a massive fan of Virtual On and I know that I loved Bayonetta... Plus the latest scans looks fantastic.

So yes its up there.

[Pao]

many of the titles the director has worked on turned out to be crap like P.N.03

Aside from P.N 03 (which garnered a big cult following) I loved every game he made, Resident Evil is a legendary series, especially with RE4 (which inspired the most popular TPS's today) Godhand was pure awesome, the art direction might not be that good, but the gameplay is so satisfying, I don't think a beat em up game will top it for me anytime soon. Dino Crisis is also fantastic (So is Aladdin on the SNES).
The games he produced like DMC and Viewtiful Joe were received well with the critics.

Saying many of his titles turned out to be crap is pushing it, Shinji Mikami is an industry legend, and that is enough reason to make Vanquish on my most wanted list.

None of SEGA's to-be released games looks better than Vanquish right now IMO, so why not get excited?

[Sega Uranus]

many of the titles the director has worked on turned out to be crap like P.N.03

Aside from P.N 03 (which garnered a big cult following) I loved every game he made, Resident Evil is a legendary series, especially with RE4 (which inspired the most popular TPS's today) Godhand was pure awesome, the art direction might not be that good, but the gameplay is so satisfying, I don't think a beat em up game will top it for me anytime soon. Dino Crisis is also fantastic (So is Aladdin on the SNES).
The games he produced like DMC and Viewtiful Joe were received well with the critics.

Saying many of his titles turned out to be crap is pushing it, Shinji Mikami is an industry legend, and that is enough reason to make Vanquish on my most wanted list.

None of SEGA's to-be released games looks better than Vanquish right now IMO, so why not get excited?

I do not think mentioning any game having cult-status has any merit as that can be said about any game, really.

He has worked on a lot of good games, but I do not think many of his games are great. Not to mention I think P.N 03, Dino Crisis 3 and killer7 are some of the worst-playing games I have ever encountered in recent years. I do not agree with him being considered a legend at all, and I do not see how anyone could.

I do not think Vanquish looks bad or anything though, I am actually way more excited for it now than I ever have been. I am just shocked to think some people could want this more than something like Yakuza 4 when we seriously barely know anything about Vanquish. If anything it makes the rest of SEGA's lineup seem so poor when you can say any other game you know barely anything about is significantly better.