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Gravity Rush |OT| Cest la Vita
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chickdigger802
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woo got around to start playing a bit during lunch break.
Is it just me or are these early challenge stages quite tough? I can't seem to do get more than silver on the first one (kill monsters until time runs out). And that bridge time attack race is hard stuff.
And god the loading between challenge/retry/etc. fuuuu
Is it just me or are these early challenge stages quite tough? I can't seem to do get more than silver on the first one (kill monsters until time runs out). And that bridge time attack race is hard stuff.
And god the loading between challenge/retry/etc. fuuuu
challenges are quite tough. The only gold I got was from gravity slide racing.
OneMoreQuestion
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I think the trials (especially for the gold award) are balanced for late- to end-game abilities, so don't expect to get that gold even in the first area without upgrading a lot of your skills.
i think you can retry challenges forever so im going back there with a super upgraded kat later.
chickdigger802
Banned
ahhh. it's weird you get access to these challenges so early when you barely get the controls :3
Will go do more single player stuff. Still not sure if the game looks really good or really bad. :/
So much jaggies, and framerate goes to the shitter when you slam into the ground.
Will go do more single player stuff. Still not sure if the game looks really good or really bad. :/
So much jaggies, and framerate goes to the shitter when you slam into the ground.
Yup, you can.
There are a lot of Kojima-isms throughout the game. Like the fourth wall-breaking touch screen grope if you tap Kat during gameplay, and zooming in and panning the camera really up close when Kat is lying in her bed. I feel they're somehow telling of the long development cycle of the game. Also the
Still haven't beaten it, intentionally taking it really slow and enjoying everything as much as I can.
part where you fly over the school with the guy looking for Echo and the gems are aligned into heart patterns DAWWWW
Still haven't beaten it, intentionally taking it really slow and enjoying everything as much as I can.
nckillthegrimace
Member
I just finished Gravity Rush today, and it really feels like the first act of a longer game. Plot threads that seem like they'll became the major focus of the game suddenly just end, and new, less interesting ones pop up to replace them. As a result, it seems like nothing gets resolved and the ending is completely unsatisfying. That pretty much applies to the entire game, though. You get these super cool gravity powers, but you use them to do the most mundane stuff; doubly so if you do all of the side missions. You're pretty much just a flying delivery person who gets into lots of fights. I had more fun collecting purple gems than actually doing the story missions, so that's probably not good because that wasn't exactly thrilling either. I really wanted to like the game because it's so unique and cool, but it feels so half-baked that I can't help but feel disappointed.
Yeah, it really does feel like they managed to climb some major tech hurdles, especially when looking at the awesome animation system and inverse kinematics they're using.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Mine has just arrived \o/
The Elite
BOSS
The game looks really damn good. I'm barely noticing the jaggies and the framerate hasn't bothered me in the least.
The Elite
BOSS
I thought that particular battle was a bit janky. It required precision controls and I don't think the game has them.
Still, loving the experience so far.
Yeah, the music here is really good.
When the first battle began it immediately made me consider how far off base Nintendo has been with some of their series. Not everything needs to sound "epic", of course, but if you're going to bring in a specific song to use for battle at least create something that really drives the battle.
I mean, with Gravity Daze, you enter a battle for the first time and you're met with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNkCb_B5Ls0
With any of the modern 3D Zelda games (since Ocarina) you end up with something like this instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_UfpEE2hWA or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46l1n7udj80
Those songs play whenever you approach any enemy and completely disrupt the atmosphere. As the songs spool up they sound a bit better, but you generally hear just the first 15-20 seconds every single battle and it's awful.
Selecting the right music for the right moment makes such a difference to me.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Just completed Episode 3
Good lawd this game is charming
The music is almost like a film OST with how well it blends in with what's happening
The overall presentation is stunning as well, even down to the menus. I love the comic style cutscenes and how you can rotate the Vita to give it that 3D effect
From the opening to where you tap the apple right through until where I am now it's consistently been amazing presentation, not to mention it's somewhat of a technical marvel
Kat <3
Good lawd this game is charming
The music is almost like a film OST with how well it blends in with what's happening
The overall presentation is stunning as well, even down to the menus. I love the comic style cutscenes and how you can rotate the Vita to give it that 3D effect
From the opening to where you tap the apple right through until where I am now it's consistently been amazing presentation, not to mention it's somewhat of a technical marvel
Kat <3
Schobeleth
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I completely forgot I made a point about that, this was lost in the mass of replies I guess. I whole-heartedly agree. A lot of the reviewers that I like to follow usually crack jokes at Japanese games, refusing to even give them the light of day. A lot of them are fans of older JRPGs and such, which is what confuses me even more. I guess as we grow, our tastes really do change.
A lot of my friends are the same way, all of them are just into gritty, bald dude protagonist machismo first person camera machines with guns and bullets.
Still, it doesn't mean you don't give a game a chance, especially when it gets a lot of praise. Gravity Rush is open world and it is all about a female protagonist, but it's also a ton of fun. One of the main gripes the reviewers I follow have is the camera and the lack of a lock on feature. Really?
Do you actually WANT the game to hold your hand that much? I think the combat and aiming works just fine, and personally, I hate lock ons, it usually destroys the combat for me. Prototype is a perfect example - loved the game, hated how goofy the lock on made the combat. Sorry for the long post, I just find it frustrating that people just want games to do the work for them these days.
Well, I'm finding it a bit aimless myself but the game is so charming and the presentation so nice that it's easy to get wrapped up in the world. It's definitely a sandbox game (a genre I've grown to dislike) yet I'm still enjoying it so that says something, I suppose.
Absolutely. It's a really meaty game well worth the asking price.
dark10x, thanks for the comment. But I struck you off my list of neoGAF posters I can take advice from after your horrible Enslaved recommendation misleadingly comparing it to Beyond Good & Evil. nothing against you, dark10x, I just have to maintain a standard here!
That said, I think I am going to get this. I'm reading through comments of people I have listened to in the past with success, and it seems really positive.
Alright. I'll pick it up tonight. I read more of the topic and I'm convinced there's something here.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Up the motion sensor sensitivity if it doesn t feel responsive enough for you.
Arrived earlier, guess Asda are pretty good with delivery, was some courier instead of Royal Mail, lol.
If I wasn't up to my knees on drugs after getting my 4 wisdom teeth ripped out and sleeping through most of this week I would be playing this already. I'll get mygf slave to bring it up to me with dinner.
If I wasn't up to my knees on drugs after getting my 4 wisdom teeth ripped out and sleeping through most of this week I would be playing this already. I'll get my
dark10x, thanks for the comment. But I struck you off my list of neoGAF posters I can take advice from after your horrible Enslaved recommendation misleadingly comparing it to Beyond Good & Evil. nothing against you, dark10x, I just have to maintain a standard here!
That said, I think I am going to get this. I'm reading through comments of people I have listened to in the past with success, and it seems really positive.
Alright. I'll pick it up tonight. I read more of the topic and I'm convinced there's something here.
Don't go in expecting a mechanically flawless game though. The game builds fantastically on the gravity shifting, and after a while of playing, you start to look at the whole gameworld in a completely different way, but there are some secondary skills besides the gravity shifting, which can be pretty frustrating. The gravity slide is a fine idea, but feels like a bit of an afterthought. I wish they would've pulled the camera back a few meters when you started sliding around. It's really hard to react quick enough using the gyro as it is now.
What you can look forward to though is a charming story with wonderful characters, BEAUTIFUL 2D art, breathtaking music and a truly unique world. They're really not afraid to use colour, the game is almost an antithesis to all the grey military shooters. I'd post a bunch of screenshots but they'd spoil all the beautiful locations.
For gravity shift stuff (flying), I'm using the analog and it works fine.
You do have to do stuff like swipe the screen to dodge during battles, and apparently this gravity slide thing I just learned about requires motion controls.
I don't think it's very bad, but it isn't optimal (particularly swiping the screen to dodge).
I'm nearing completion, but I would say that you'd be able to beat the game just fine without ever using the slide during story missions. It makes a few levels quicker to finish but that's about it.
It's also used in some of the optional side missions, but I'd call that reasonably nonintrusive.
StarCreator
Member
None of the motion/touch controls seem all that gimmicky to me; they feel like they actually put some thought into integrating them and it all just comes together.
Though, I'll have to get back to you on the Gravity Slide.
Well, I certainly wouldn't retract my statement about Enslaved. I absolutely loved the experience, though I can easily recognize its flaws.dark10x, thanks for the comment. But I struck you off my list of neoGAF posters I can take advice from after your horrible Enslaved recommendation misleadingly comparing it to Beyond Good & Evil. nothing against you, dark10x, I just have to maintain a standard here!
That said, I think I am going to get this. I'm reading through comments of people I have listened to in the past with success, and it seems really positive.
I hope you know I'm just tweaking you. Yeah, I have to be a little more careful when analyzing your recommendations, but I still read your comments and consider them in my purchase decisions. You're still on my neoGAF list. I just really think you misled with the BG&E comparisons, they couldn't be further apart in terms of quality or gameplay philosophy if they tried
Thanks for the opinions, guys. It sounds like at the very least it's neutral in terms of whether it detracts from the game or not, so I can take it on the chin. I beat Dogma and Max Payne 3, so I need something to play. Thanks guys.
Yeah, my comment had nothing to do with that fight, it was just a point of reference for how much of the game I've played.
I just finished that too, and had no problems.
I am finding Gravity Slide slightly annoying.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
To those taking issue with swipe to dodge. You don't have to wipe the middle of the screen. You simply just have to make a small swipe anywhere on the screen. It feels very natural to me actually as I just take my thumb off the right stick and make a small swipe on the bottom right corner of the screen. The swipe is not affected by direction wither so I just make a down swipe when I do it.
Yeah, I had no problems with it either. Maybe that's one of my issues. Everything is so easy.
I think the motion controls are ok, only the actions they control (sliding and dodging) are pretty poorly executed. Either way, they suck pretty much as you'd expect.
That's the bad news.
The good news is that I'm many hours deep into the game and I simply don't slide or dodge 99.9% of the time. So no motion controls for me! There's rarely a need (other than some bonus challenges, but I'll tackle those later...maybe), so I just use the multiple other abilities, and everything is fine.
For those that were asking about combat lock-on, while there isn't a Zelda style Z-targeting, there is absolutely a soft lock for gravity kicks, which is where you want it. As you move your reticle towards an enemy, as you get closer to being on target, a larger transparent red reticle will appear and light up. if you attack with the enmy anywhere in that generously sized circle, your kick attack will auto track even a moving target for a bit. It woks well. Plus, the powered up gravity kick special attack might as well be a locked on auto attack, it tracks and hits every time.
You do actually evade in the direction the swipe is made, so if you swipe down, you roll back. It may not seem like it matters, but swiping in the right direction helps in some cases (like when the enemy throws a barrage of energy blasts at you, you want more or less want to swipe in the direction away from where most of the blasts are clustering)
Other than that, you're more or less right, you only need to do a quick small swipe. What I usually do is move my right thumb off the buttons onto the right edge of the touch screen, and swipe accordingly.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Ah, you're right I do also make small left and right swipes as well, but they are always very small swipes done on the bottom right of the screen.
So for me I don't find it intrusive and I feel in good control of which direction I am dodging.