Sorry for bumping a pretty old thread but I recently bought Vanquish after hearing quite a few people saying it’s an underrated and unique third person shooter.
I overall really like the feel of the combat and I can tell that it’s definitely the type of game that has a pretty high skill ceiling once you start to know the in and outs of controlling the main character.
The only issue I have is that it feels like I barely do any damage at all and I’m squishy AF.
Does anyone have any general tips on how to approach combat/movement?
I started playing on Normal, might it be better to start at a lower difficulty? I don’t really have anything against dying a lot but my first time with the game had me stuck in a tunnel where you’re supposed to protect a vehicle and no matter what I do I just can’t seem to damage the big enemies attacking the vehicle, resulting in mission failure?
Also, I’m playing the PS4 version via PS5 and I just can’t find a good camera/aim sensitivity setting. It’s almost feels like there’s something wierd with how the acceleration works because it constantly feels like the camera is panning way too slow or feels way too sensitive in different situations with the exact same settings. Would be great if someone had figured out a setting that feels better than the default settings.
Edit: Ok, found the boost-kick now, absurdly powerful. I like how there seems to be some seemingly essential moves that are not explained or described anywhere. Been a while since I experienced a game doing that.
It’s pretty frustrating that teammates have collision detection, strange choice for a game that emphasizes mobility and fast paced movement. I get stuck in the NPC team mates constantly and I die.
