If you wanna see someone who really cares about Godzilla play the game, watch the Super Best Friends Play video on it. Matt LOVES Godzilla, and their video is the only one I chose to watch before purchasing.
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Godzilla |OT| Oh No, There Goes Tokyo!
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If you wanna see someone who really cares about Godzilla play the game, watch the Super Best Friends Play video on it. Matt LOVES Godzilla, and their video is the only one I chose to watch before purchasing.
Raptomex
Member
I really enjoy King of Kaiju mode the most but this game really needs some form of difficulty setting other than the branching paths in God of Destruction mode. Overall, I like the game but I feel it needs more substance. Something else to it. It's great for huge fans of Godzilla and feel it has some amazing potential. Destroying the cities are cool but I feel forced to decimate the city 100% which becomes tedious. Fighting the other Kaiju is cool but I can get through King of the Kaiju with ease. Unless it pits you against monsters you've already unlocked (which seems to be true), I haven't unlocked every monster so maybe the others are harder? I'm not really a multiplayer guy so being able to just fight the CPU like in Destroy all Monsters Melee or Save the Earth would have been cool.
I hope this gets a sequel with hopefully more gameplay added to it.
I hope this gets a sequel with hopefully more gameplay added to it.
Is there a secret to getting him to appear? I've gotten him on the first mission, but that's about it
Get your destruction into the 50 or 60 percent area and just run like hell to destroy the generators and he'll appear. Areas 1, 7, and 16 are the places he'll appear if I remember right.
Thank you.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Here is my review for the game. Looks to be the highest score at a 7 out of 10 when it gets added to metacritic (which I'm both surprised yet not)
http://www.ztgd.com/godzilla/review/
http://www.ztgd.com/godzilla/review/
maniac-kun
Member
The game is so repetetive.
TheSpoiler
Member
Don't destroy the whole city. The difficulty is directly tied to how big you are, for better or for worse. If you start grinding, you'll have a way easier time down the road save for a few random fights.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
ill try that as well.
what about kiryu 3. im having a bitch of a time trying to find him
Where can I find Mecha-King Ghidorah and Destoroyah? I want to try and unlock them today, have had no luck so far.
Thanks. And to answer why do people like Kiryu so much, it's just a slick modern design. Always thought it was a very cool looking mech. My favorite MechaGodzilla is Super MechaGodzilla because I had toys of that design growing up, and I like the bulk.
Thanks. And to answer why do people like Kiryu so much, it's just a slick modern design. Always thought it was a very cool looking mech. My favorite MechaGodzilla is Super MechaGodzilla because I had toys of that design growing up, and I like the bulk.
Raptomex
Member
So the difficulty is based on growth? Good to know. Destroying the areas to 100% unlocks the bases. Even though I rarely use diorama mode I still want to unlock them. I guess I can just go back later and do that. I've done it for most of the easy and normal areas anyway.
I'm fairly certain Kiryu is the second to last stage on the hard path? I know the second to last stage on the easy path is Super MechaGodzilla (and sometimes w/ Rodan as well), I've only done the complete hard path once and I fought Kiryu there.
On that note - why do people love Kiryu so much? I like the monster but he's my least favorite MechaGodzilla.
I see Mecha-King Ghidorah usually near the end of the easy path. Destroyah I think shows up midway through, but he's always a 100m monster I believe.
TheSpoiler
Member
Basically. The bigger you are, the more damage you'll do. Sure, they send out more army related things, but that just increases your score and extends your Rage meter more. After three levels, if you focus on getting big, you'll likely be bigger than most monsters, even on Hard.
On the flipside, if you just go after generators and leave it at that, you'll likely be smaller and have to watch what you do. Bio, for example, is absolutely broken, and when she gets huge she has insane reach.
If she's not big, though, her attacks do nothing, and she has to rely on pushing people out with the underground tentacles and and triangle attacks. Acid shower also becomes a better option once you realize hitting R2 and flailing around won't do much damage and instead put you in a horrible position.
It's still an easy game, but at least the balance is better if you don't destroy it all. I'd suggest getting the dioramas last if you are getting burnt out.
Raptomex
Member
Lol so the military can't really harm you? That's what I thought.
They can. I had one game where Mecha-King Ghidorah died because a tank shot him out of the air. The military just doesn't do that much damage to you and you'll never really notice it unless a Kaiju or Super-X puts you at low health.
TheSpoiler
Member
They can still do damage, but you have to be at death's door for it to matter. Thank god, because there's no way you could hit all those tiny ass tanks with freeze rays.
zeopower6
Member
Not really, just finishing stages ASAP while also getting at least 50% destruction. I had a Stage 7 run go on for barely over 3 minutes and it didn't give me the Jet Jaguar spawn, so perhaps I was just over? We'll probably have to test and see.
You are also able to get at least one Jet Jaguar in Invade mode in the later stages. I had a 100m one pop up while doing a Biollante run.
zeopower6
Member
Considering that it is Godzilla and it likely had a pretty limited print run, I think the price is fine.
If it were a digital-only release, I think it'd probably have been lower and reviewed a bit less harshly.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
yup. the 1984 OST is great and has some of my favorite tracks from the series. Some of it has even got Joe Hisaishi vibes going. Maybe they didn't have the rights to use it given Return of Godzilla's messy US distribution situation?
The Super X theme is really awesome but at the same time it almost feels out of place within Return of Godzilla's soundtrack. It's almost too upbeat and cheery for a soundtrack that is mostly dark/haunting. On that note, goddamn I want more Godzilla movies that have Return's tone.
This game has the same problem I found with Xenoverse, and that is tying drops to random events that aren't 100% guaranteed to happen even if you check the required boxes. I love the gameplay but I hate having to fight an RNG for progress. Its just too much like Destiny in that respect
Yeah, I'm thinking it a licensing issue. Probably the same thing preventing the movie from being released on DVD and Blu-Ray :/
Amen.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Probably because he got the most modern design of all the Mechagodzillas. Kiryu is pretty cool in my book, but I didn't like that they tried to make him more realistic with requirements for power sources and him constantly shutting down. I still like the Showa one the best, especially the 75 design even though he didn't do as much in that movie.
The Heisei one is the worst one for me since it's pretty boring to watch, and it's face looks derpy.
I also always liked Mechagodzilla better when he's a villain.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
70s MechaGodzilla is best MechaGodzilla. 74 MG was a badass. He turned godzilla into a blood geyser for fucks sake and it took 2 monsters to take him down. Kiryu always felt like a knock off, but I'm not a big fan of the millennium series anyway.
I'm finally putting some time into 74 MG and his moveset is true to the movie, I love it.
I'm finally putting some time into 74 MG and his moveset is true to the movie, I love it.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I just need to get all of the base (I think the bottom two final hards are all I need), get Jet Jaguar 3 times, unlock all figures, and max out all monsters.
I can't leave a game sitting at 85% when the other trophies aren't hard to get.
I can't leave a game sitting at 85% when the other trophies aren't hard to get.
I just had a 100m Hedorah with nothing left on it's health bar but he killed me
Stupid garbage kaiju
Hedorah was a mistake. It's nothing but trash.
How different do Mecha Godzilla and Mecha Godzilla 2 play from one another? Seems kind of redundant to have both of them since the designs are almost identical. When Super and Kiryu are also in.
This may be the funniest one of these I've seen.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
No difference that I can find except apparently MG2's head can come off. I think it was a cost saving thing. I'd rather have (in this order) Megalon, Orga, King Caesar, Titanosaurus, or Monster X instead of MG2. Oh well, I hope this game sold well enough to justify DLC or a sequel.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
I haven't spent a ton of time with 2
Edit: was wrong about the speed.
The lack of Orga in this game made me watch Godzilla 2000. Man, that movie does not hold up well 15 years later in the effects department. The saving grace of the movie is the music though, the final battle basically has Shadow of the Colossus styled music with it and it works pretty well.
Despite having the derpy face I think Heisei MechaGodzilla is probably my favorite one. I like the mix up of him now being a Japan defender instead of an invader like his Showa counterpart was. I also like his origin in this one - being reverse engineered future tech from Mecha King Ghidorah. Showa MechaGodzilla is a very very close second though, that one is boss as fuck. I really wish his swag swing jazz theme would play when he shows up.
It's those intro/outro cutscenes, man. Those make it feel like it's dragging on.
10/10 post
Despite having the derpy face I think Heisei MechaGodzilla is probably my favorite one. I like the mix up of him now being a Japan defender instead of an invader like his Showa counterpart was. I also like his origin in this one - being reverse engineered future tech from Mecha King Ghidorah. Showa MechaGodzilla is a very very close second though, that one is boss as fuck. I really wish his swag swing jazz theme would play when he shows up.
It's those intro/outro cutscenes, man. Those make it feel like it's dragging on.
10/10 post
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
On that note, goddamn I just want an actual release of Return/1985!
Raptomex
Member
I played some more tongight and I think this game is growing on me. I've unlocked several more monsters. I still wish it had more content but I still feel it's underrated. I do think it was overpriced but I'm glad I got it and the poster. I thought you needed to find all the data to fight the final boss? I didn't find all of it in every area yet but I managed to fight
as the final boss.
Godzilla 2014
HalfBakedProphet
Member
the rotating finger missiles are a great stagger ability, you can cheese the AI to death if you get them stuck in a corner. 2 would be better overall if not for the reduced shield. As it stands, they're about equal IMO. 1 is better short range, 2 for long
Megalon is the only one I really feel is missing from the roster, although those others would be good to see as well. Overall I do have to say that this is probably the most complete and accurate cast in an "All Star" style game.
You need 50% intel to unlock the 4 lead up missions to the final sequence and be over 100m to play the final mission.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Yeah, having Megalon in a relatively small cast of Destroy All Monsters Melee really set him up as an "essential" monster to me, despite not being in anything after GvMegalon.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I so should buy this as I just want to smash shit and kick giant monsters. lol
That's exactly what you'll get with this game.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Man the last Godzilla game I played was the NES one and it was glorious. This is what that reminds me of after watching bunch of vids including the ones recorded by members here.
