This article is also making me want to dive back into Vanquish and play it with the “rockstar” intent in mind. I enjoyed the game in general like I do most cover based shooters (my preference over straight ahead first person shooters), but I felt the bullet time gimmick was self defeating and nullified the hyper kinetic sensation that sliding around in a rocket suit was meant to evoke; I felt like i was literally killing my momentum. Looking at some high-score youtube playthroughs though, I think I was playing with a more trudging ground and pound football run game mentality, when perhaps a more well timed long bomb “pass game” play style is in order.