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* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: During the Mobile Castle Infiltration Sequence, right before blowing it up, you find a small group of the robots dancing to a beatbox that is actually one of the Mobile Cover Robots. Before you have enough time to think about the robots you just killed, an Unknown shows up, and afterwards you go on to destroying the giant warhammer. Now this is a game that boarderlines science fiction and steampunk fantasy, but Russian Robots doing the Robot to American Music? COME ON.▼
** Heck, the UNKNOWN in general. I mean, what was up with those? A heap of scrap armed with machineguns, with a glowing red core that grows legs and runs away sometimes? That's just weird.▼
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Hold down LB (360) or L2 (PS3). Yeah. That just happened.
** Seriously, this game is basically MADE of [[Crazy Awesome]]. Where else can you [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BHiksK0IYA#t=3m10s punch robots and mechs] to pieces with [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs|rocket-powered hurricane fists?]]
* [[Demonic SpiderSpiders]]: The Romanovs. If you didn't hate these guys at first, [[Platinum Games|Platinum]] made damn sure you were gonna hate them sooner or later. There are [[Four Is Death|four]] different versions of these bastards.
** The [[The Mario|Romanov N]] is the standard version. This one enjoys [[Spam Attack|spamming missiles]] at you.
** The [[Playing Withwith Fire|Romanov F]] has a flamethrower that will overheat your AR gauge (Wherewhere your [[Crazy Awesome]] powers come from in the first place). After that, he proceeds to smash you with his club. I bet you're thinking: "Oh I'll just go in critical mode and gain my health back". It's too he [[Oh Crap|overheated your AR Gauge]]. Which pretty much makes his club a [[One-Hit Kill|One hit kill]] attack.
** The [[Macross Missile Massacre|Romanov G]] is probably the most dangerous one. He tends to stay far back and tosses missiles at you. Every once in a while he uses [[Let's Get Dangerous|the Big One]]. This missile is a [[One-Hit Kill]] and it ''[[Roboteching|tracks you]]''. Good thing there's a [[Sound-Coded for Your Convenience|siren]] to warn you that it's up close right? [[Averted Trope|Too bad you'll be distracted]] by other [[Goddamned Bats|enemies]] and by the time you hear it, your pretty much ''[[You Are Already Dead|fucked]]''. You can't even get up close to this Romanov. If you do, he turns you into Swiss cheese with his [[Gatling Good|Gatling guns]].
** The [[This Is a Drill|Romanov D's]] are the worst (Okayokay, so [[I Lied|I lied]]). These bastards are [[Lightning Bruiser|fast,strong]], and have ''way'' to much health and power to be [[Boss in Mook Clothing|considered a normal enemy]]. You see those drills on his arms? They'll ruin your life. Just one hit from those things put you in [[Last Chance Hit Point|critical mode]]. If you get hit by it again (assuming the other enemies don't kill you while you're in critical mode), you get a ''[[Sarcasm Mode|Lovely]]'' [[The Many Deaths of You|death animation]] of Sam getting [[Nightmare Fuel|drilled through his torso]]. Not only that, they can also drill through the entire area, getting rid all your cover areas, just to make sure you have [[Unwinnable|no where to hide in later challenges]]. They can also Drill ''[[You Will Not Evade Me|Underground]]'' to kill you. These drills will surely [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|pierce your heavens]].
** There is a certain [[Brutal Bonus Level|part in the game]] where you have to fight all of them ''[[Beyond the Impossible|At Once]]''.
** Oh and they all have a [[One-Hit Kill|One-Hit kill]] in the form of a [[Chest Blaster|Chest Laser]], and it can kill you when you're ''[[Hitbox Dissonance|behind them]]''.
** [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And they constantly make a sound when they attack you]]. And it's ''[[Most Annoying Sound|Annoying]]''.
* [[Genius Bonus]]: Those little "Pangloss" statues you can find and shoot hidden around the levels? A reference to an eighteenth century satire ''Candide'', by French philosopher ''Voltaire''.
* [[It's Short, So It Sucks]]: An average player can possibly get 3-4 hours out the campaign on the normal difficulty, so this came up a bit for some people.▼
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: There are no civilians seen anywhere aboard the Providence colony. Even if there were survivors following the Russian assault, there likely aren't many left after the breach in the colony's hull. Finally, if anyone somehow survived an atmospheric breach, the nuclear destruction of the entire colony made sure no one made it out.
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]: When the microwave weapon is fired on San Fransisco, we get a graphic view of its effects, complete with full-body burns, boiling water, and exploding bodies.
** {{spoiler|Given President Winters was behind the takeover of the colony, one could imagine she prepared a quick evacuation beforehand to reduce casualties}}.
** Some of Sam's death animations, especially when killed by the Romanovs, are quite [[Squick]]-worthy. There's the drill-equipped one, which grabs Sam, ''crushes'' him, and then slams his body into the ground and drills down through his chest and stomach....
** Not to mention Providence was also providing the world with almost limitless energy: now that it's destroyed, how will the rest of the world fare?
▲* [[It's Short, So It Sucks]]: An average player can possibly get 3-43–4 hours out the campaign on the normal difficulty, so this came up a bit for some people.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: The Russians go screaming across it in the game's opening scene when they fire the microwave weapon on San Fransisco.
* [[Most Annoying Sound]]:
** [[MostPlayers Annoying Sound]]: You'llwill get realincredibly tired of the ARSAugmented Reality Suit's cooldown cycle damnreally fast, especially when youthere haveare hundreds of bullets and rockets flying by you.
** [[Artificial Stupidity|"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!!!]]
** The default Romanov N model has a teeth-grinding '"bloooork'" sound every time it fires its ranged weapon. It fires its ranged weapons a lot.
▲* [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]]: During the Mobile Castle Infiltration Sequence, right before blowing it up, you find a small group of the robots dancing to a beatbox that is actually one of the Mobile Cover Robots. Before you have enough time to think about the robots you just killed, an Unknown shows up, and afterwards you go on to destroying the giant warhammer. Now this is a game that boarderlines science fiction and steampunk fantasy, but Russian Robots doing the Robot to American Music? COME ON.
* [[Spiritual Licensee]]: According to [[wikipedia:Vanquish chr(28)video gamechr(29)#Development|Mikami]] he wanted to do a ''[[Neo Human Casshern (Anime)|Neo Human Casshern]]'' game, but since he already did [[God Hand|a brawler game]], he decided to put more emphasis on shooting. Hence, [[Vanquish]] is the closest we will ever get to a Casshern video game adaptation.▼
▲** Heck, the UNKNOWN in general. I mean, what was up with those? A heap of scrap armed with machineguns, with a glowing red core that grows legs and runs away sometimes? That's just weird.
* [[That One Boss]]: On God Hard difficulty, Bogeys Alpha and Beta are nightmarishly difficult, and liable to induce a [[Rage Quit]] in all but the most insanely determined of gamers. According to the Xbox 360 leaderboards, less than 100 players in the world have actually beaten them on that difficulty setting.▼
* [[Rated "M" for Money]]: Considering every [[Mook]] in the game are Russian-manufactured robots, it's safe to assume the cursing and bloody [[Non-Player Character]] deaths (including [[The Many Deaths of You]]) were thrown in to increase the ESRB rating to "mature".
▲* [[Spiritual Licensee]]: According to [[wikipedia:Vanquish chr(28)video gamechr(29)#Development|Mikami]], he wanted to do a ''[[Neo Human Casshern (Anime)|Neo -Human Casshern]]'' game, but since he already did [[God Hand|a brawler game]], he decided to put more emphasis on shooting. Hence, ''[[Vanquish]]'' is the closest we will ever get to a ''Casshern''-based video game adaptation.
▲* [[That One Boss]]: On God Hard difficulty, Bogeys Alpha and Beta are nightmarishly difficult thanks to their frequency of dodging attacks, high damage and liableflanking manuveurs to catch players off guard. Expect plenty of players to induce a [[Rage Quit]] in all, but the most insanely determined of gamers. According to the Xbox 360 leaderboards, less than 100 players in the world have actually beaten them on that difficulty setting.
* [[Vindicated by History]]: While the game was considered a commercial failure at release with poor sales, and mixed to average reviews, it would become quite popular on the Playstation Network and Steam years later.
 
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