Liam Croft
Push SquareVanquish - One of PlatinumGames' Best Titles Knee Slides to PS4
Published 2/17/2020
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PC - 5/25/2017
Vanquish
This is Vanquish! A top-down pixel art shooter where you play as either an Orc Warrior or a Gnome Magician which have both crashed onto a cursed island.
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Critic avg
80
12 scored reviews
Total coverage
12
All coverage currently scored
Score range
70–90
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Signal shape
Mostly aligned
Score range is 11–20 points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 80 across 12 scored reviews, with a 20-point spread. Critics mostly agree, but there is some useful variation in the individual reviews.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
Score distribution
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12 included scored reviews
90–1001 review · 8%
80–899 reviews · 75%
70–792 reviews · 17%
Below 700 reviews · 0%
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Jeffrey L. Wilson
PCMagVanquish (for PC) Review & Rating
Published 7/19/2019
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90
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Read originalCody Medellin
Worth PlayingPC Review - 'Vanquish'
Published 7/21/2017
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80
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Read originalSean Anthony
GamingTrendButt-Sliding Your Way To Victory, Vanquish Review
Published 6/7/2017
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Read originalHimpe Kenny
TechRaptorVanquish Review – Goes Fast, Ends Fast
Published 6/2/2017
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75
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Read originalAdam Beck
Hardcore GamerReview: Vanquish (PC)
Published 5/31/2017
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Read originalDave Irwin
TheSixthAxisVanquish PC Review
Published 5/29/2017
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80
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Read originalOfisil
Cubed3Vanquish (PC) Review
Published 5/29/2017
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70
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Metro GameCentralVanquish on PC review – Platinum port
Published 5/25/2017
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80
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Read originalPhil Savage
PC GamerVanquish review
Published 5/25/2017
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