Departing director reveals original concept.
Shinji Mikami walks away from PlatinumGames with a revelation – originally, Vanquish was a very different game.
In the beginning, hero Sam’s suit was empty. He was a robot. And he was controlled remotely by a trio of uniquely skilled operators.
“In our original vision for Vanquish, no one was actually inside Sam’s suit. Instead, it was a remotely operated robot with three different pilots who would take turns controlling the unit from afar,” Vanquish director Mikami revealed on the PlatinumGames blog.