Vanquish and Mega Man X join PlayStation Plus Instant Collection

PlayStation Plus members will be able to download Vanquish, a DUST 514 "Starter Pack," and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X this week.

Andrew Yoon

February 18, 2013 10:05 AM

Just in time for the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, PlayStation Plus members will be able to enjoy one of Platinum's best games. Vanquish is a shoot 'em up that has you sliding into and over cover, as you fight ridiculous robots with even-more-ridiculous moves.

Free-to-play FPS Dust 514 is offering a free bonus to Plus members as well. The "Starter Pack" will include consumables to use in CCP's online shooter, and is a $9.99 value.

Plus members with either a PSP or PS Vita will be able to nab Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, a remake of the original Mega Man X, with new character models, remixed music, and unlockable features. It's also pretty good.

As usual, PlayStation Plus updates go live on late Tuesday, along with the rest of the PlayStation Store update.

Andrew Yoon

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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February 18, 2013 10:05 AM

Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Vanquish and Mega Man X join PlayStation Plus Instant Collection.

PlayStation Plus members will be able to download Vanquish, a DUST 514 "Starter Pack," and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X this week.
- dpgagnon
  
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  February 18, 2013 10:09 AM
  
  Nice, Vanquish is a lot of fun!
  - the archvile
    
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    February 18, 2013 10:22 AM
    
    Agreed. I usually hate twin-stick third-person shooters, but I loved Vanquish for how awesome the slide and slowdown mechanics offset my least favorite parts of third-person cover-based shooter mechanics. You CAN play Vanquish in the usual "shoot from behind chest-high walls" fashion, but the game is basically begging you to rocket-knee-slide all over the place, trigger a time slowdown to get at a boss's weak point, or just skate up to an enemy and punch them in the face.
    
    Also, transforming weapons. It looks like something that would get old after the first few times, but it's awesome to watch your assault rifle transform itself into a sniper rifle, then to a rocket launcher.
    - EnhancedInterrogator
      
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      February 18, 2013 11:15 AM
      
      I'm playing on hard right now, and the action is usually too intense for me to watch the transforming, I need to remember to watch that between fights.
      
      And I agree with everything you said, this game strikes a fine balance with it's mechanics.
- shirif
  
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  February 18, 2013 10:15 AM
  
  Subscribing.
- threeup
  
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  February 18, 2013 11:30 AM
  
  Ooh, I like both games, being without PSP , its not easy to play some X , new gfx looks good. Vanquish is on my to-play list too.
- omnova
  
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  February 18, 2013 11:38 AM
  
  I cannot advocate playing Vanquish enough. The game is easily one of my favorite shooters EVER.
- Sideways Bob
  
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  February 18, 2013 1:55 PM
  
  I picked up a physical copy of Vanquish last week, and have been having a ball with it.
- vitek r
  
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  February 18, 2013 2:40 PM
  
  maverick hunter x was really great. i wish they would redo the other X games, at least up to the PS2 ones.
  - JeanLucAwesome
    
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    February 18, 2013 7:26 PM
    
    If only more people bought the first one when it came out.