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* [[Demonic Spider]]: 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.
* [[Demonic Spider]]: 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 [[The Mario|Romanov N]] is the standard version. This one enjoys [[Spam Attack|spamming missiles]] at you.
** The [[Playing With Fire|Romanov F]] has a flamethrower that will overheat your AR gauge (Where 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 [[Playing With Fire|Romanov F]] has a flamethrower that will overheat your AR gauge (Where 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 [[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 (Okay, 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]].
** The [[This Is a Drill|Romanov D's]] are the worst (Okay, 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]]''.
** 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]]''.
** 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]]''.
** [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And they constantly make a sound when they attack you]]. And it's ''[[Most Annoying Sound|Annoying]]''.
* [[Its 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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
** 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....
** 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....
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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.
  • Demonic Spider: The Romanovs. If you didn't hate these guys at first, Platinum made damn sure you were gonna hate them sooner or later. There are four different versions of these bastards.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 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....
  • 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: You'll get real tired of the ARS's cooldown cycle damn fast, especially when you have hundreds of bullets and rockets flying by you.
  • Spiritual Licensee: According to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanquish_
  • 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.
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