Vanquish question on main character.

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#1 XCyberForceX
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I just bit the bullet and started playing Vanquish. So far its a great game. All the hype is true but I have one nagging question about the main character. The guy with the awesome suit that we control, I forgot his name.

Why the heck does he smoke a cigarette right before or after a major event. It's as though he's trying desperately to act cool but looks rather lame and shallow taking a puff between sentences. Oh, look I have time to smoke inbetween battles. This small element in the game could've been removed.

Is this part of Japanese culture, looking cool smoking a cigarette?

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#2 mark1982
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You can actually use the cigarette to distract enemies during a firefight. Take cover, light a smoke, flick it and the enemies follow the heat. He gives off the Snake vibe with the voice and smokes, well to me anyways... not sure if its cool though...
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#3 CUDGEdave
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His name is Sam Gideon. And yep the ciggies do look naff.
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#4 Gen007
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Id say its part of *** and american culture. there are plenty of heros who go around looking bad ass and smoking.

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#5 Sweet_Genocide
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He's a chain smoker who smokes before, during, and after stressful events. Not all that crazy.

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#6 Englando_IV
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He smokes, it's part of his character. What's weird about that? Why should it be removed?
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#7 Dave_442
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If thats something that bothers you, do not play Deadly Premonition.

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#8 k2theswiss
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idk the reason behind the cig

BUT

It took me while figure this out in the game but you can use cigs to use as like flares.

When behind cover press LB

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#9 XCyberForceX
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idk the reason behind the cig

BUT

It took me while figure this out in the game but you can use cigs to use as like flares.

When behind cover press LB

k2theswiss
I thought you guys were joking about the flare. Gonna give it a try, thanks for the info. As for the smoking thing. I have nothing against smoking but for this character it doesn't work.
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#10 x-2tha-z
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Vanquish is an amazing game. Even better than Gears, IMO. Stop worrying about such silly, insignificant things like the smoking and just enjoy the gameplay.
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#11 xxKai
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I was more surprised of his voice

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#12 El_Zo1212o
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I was more surprised of his voice

xxKai
I believeit was a reviewer from Game Informer magazine who said Sam sounds like 'a muppet doing a Solid Snake impression.'
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#13 Sweet_Genocide
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I was more surprised of his voice

xxKai

He doesn't do a very good American accent. You can refer to Balthier from Final Fantasy XII and Fenris from Dragon Age II if you want to hear his actual accent.

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#14 piranha_inc
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WTF!!, LOL, I didn't knew about this till right now, I'll do a second playthrough just to use this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuHSFCm5eLc
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#15 xxKai
Member since 2011 • 2689 Posts

Lol...

And yeah everything was flowin smoothly first time I played the game but when it came to Sam's voice I was like o_O wtf...