10 Underappreciated Video Games That Deserve A Sequel

In the distant future the newly installed Russian government uses a giant microwave to destroy San Fransisco. Instead of sending them a 'thank you' card, the USA sends our protagonist Sam, fitted with an experimental battlesuit, to infiltrate the giant microwave take the fight to those damned communists.

Vanquish is a video game about speed and guns, and shooting those guns at high speed, preferably while on your knees and smoking a cigarette while heavy metal blares all around you. Sam vaults over cover to lay down fire, gently feeds enemy rockets back into the orifices they were fired from and drop-kicks crowds of bad guys to death in slow motion.

It's the kind of intentionally over-the-top ridiculousness we really don't see enough of anymore. It's got no illusions about being anything more than a fun, carefully crafted experience about shooting people real good and it nails every aspect of the formula.

Critics said it was a blast but a little bit short, and sadly a lot of people take a sort of ‘pounds per hour’ approach to buying games as opposed to just enjoying FUN.

You could easily see it as an open world title taking full advantage of the battlesuit for fast traversal, or even just a larger scale linear experience where Sam can spearhead a counter invasion against the Russians, complete with hilarious Russian side characters looking to restore the pre-coup government.