ScraftyDevil
Banned
Okay seriously; screw Mastiffs. They're way too powerful and can get you in an 80%+ combo on Hard. I wish you didn't have to fight so many of them 
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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let'rrrrrr ripOkay seriously; screw Mastiffs. They're way too powerful and can get you in an 80%+ combo on Hard. I wish you didn't have to fight so many of them
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Okay seriously; screw Mastiffs. They're way too powerful and can get you in an 80%+ combo on Hard. I wish you didn't have to fight so many of them
CUT AND TAKE
Frogfucious
Member
What's quick slicing? Teach me!
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I'm pretty sure the fight against the three mastiffs and two fenrirs in File 4 (on very hard) is literally impossible unless you just cheese them with ripper mode.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Yeah, the camera seems like one huge hindrance to me. It auto-corrects for no reason sometimes.
Dooon't. I've just started the game and I need to experience it for myself first. (Truly, everyone talking about the final boss made me start it and shove Ni no Kuni and DmC aside.)
Is that the one in the
Japanese garden
GenoZStriker
Neo Member
Seriously. I don't know how you can get more American than that.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Basically, Zandatsu slice an enemy open, drop out of Blade Mode and quickly grab their spine once it falls. Rinse and repeat as quickly as possible, and don't do the spine rip animation, it takes far too long.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I might have gotten the stage number wrong, I meant the one on the stairway where the Fenrirs appear for the first time. I had to do stealth kills on the Mastiffs to make it through.
Playing through on very hard is giving me mixed feelings. I'm not sure how it's supposed to be possible to fight groups of enemies made up of enemies other than standard cyborgs. The camera is broken and I don't think most enemies have audio cues so they can just kill you from off-screen. This does make stealth a pretty big part of the game, though, which surprises me a little.
Supermanisdead
Member
Lol, you can parry that? I was just running around like a madman.
Metal Gear Rising is basically Parrying: The Game.
when he was throwing 8 of them in a row at you is when you shouldve gotten the hinT
GenoZStriker
Neo Member
One thing I learned as the game progressed. When it doubt, parry. Else dodge or ninja run. Most of the time, I'd just run hehehehehehehehe
Thanks for the tips guys.
Finally beat Monsoon. Took me 2 hours probably. And I enjoyed every fucking minute of redoing it. I can't remember the last game where being stuck on a boss fight felt so fun and I had no issue redoing it. Jesus fuck this game is incredible.
Finally beat Monsoon. Took me 2 hours probably. And I enjoyed every fucking minute of redoing it. I can't remember the last game where being stuck on a boss fight felt so fun and I had no issue redoing it. Jesus fuck this game is incredible.
The Xtortionist
Member
You can parry anything that doesn't have a yellow glow.
Related pro tip for R-00
You can parry headbutts from RAY during the first fight. The first three times, you can blade mode parts off of him to take chunks of his health. These parts are separate from the parts that you can destroy by attacking his legs. You can also parry his tail and cut it off, giving him a total of 8 parts to destroy (3 head, 2 right leg, 2 left leg, 1 tail). This is especially handy in higher difficulties since he takes less damage per destroyed part.
Professor Beef
Banned
I tried parrying those damn things and I got an explosion and my health taken as a reward.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
Not really understanding what I'm doing wrong with the Sundowner fight. I'm lining up my cut in blade mode like it indicates but I get blasted out of it anyway. Help?
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
If you've finished Rising, you know that it shits all over Metal Wolf Chaos' idea of patriotism. And I am a big fan of Metal Wolf Chaos' brand of insane America shit.
Professor Beef
Banned
Are you sure you aimed correctly so that there's X's in each line of boxes? I thought I had it lined up properly too until I noticed I was actually slight off.
I just ran to the sides, I didn't have time for parries.
Professor Beef
Banned
Fuck, I wanna play some more but I already beat the final boss 30 minutes ago. I also want to at least try Sengoku Basara.
I WANT MORE TIME.
I WANT MORE TIME.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
So, this game on very hard is indeed very hard. I actually died vs RAY and now the fucking final boss will literally not let me do anything. Jesus he got hyper aggressive or something suddenly.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Whoever designed the final boss or approved of his inclusion in the game is an absolute fucking cunt. One of the shittiest, jankiest fights I've ever had the displeasure of playing. Motherfucker didn't fit in the Metal Gear universe at large, or even when considering Rising itself!
Really baffling design decisions by PG, they really let me down I guess Kamiya and Mikami were the sole reasons for Bayonetta's and Vanquish's awesomeness. *sigh*
I mean the game is by no means bad or anything, it's quite good in fact. But it could've been so much more..
Really baffling design decisions by PG, they really let me down
I guess Kamiya and Mikami were the sole reasons for Bayonetta's and Vanquish's awesomeness. *sigh*I mean the game is by no means bad or anything, it's quite good in fact. But it could've been so much more..
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
That's just one of the lines he can say at the start of the fight or after you make it through one of the debris-cutting sequences.
Whoever designed the final boss or approved of his inclusion in the game is an absolute fucking cunt. One of the shittiest, jankiest fights I've ever had the displeasure of playing. Motherfucker didn't fit in the Metal Gear universe at large, or even when considering Rising itself!
Really baffling design decisions by PG, they really let me down
I mean the game is by no means bad or anything, it's quite good in fact. But it could've been so much more..
I don't get where this sentiment comes from. The only bad thing about the fight is how annoying it is to pull off those diagonal cuts. Everything else about the fight is incredible.
Riposte
Member
Whoever designed the final boss or approved of his inclusion in the game is an absolute fucking cunt. One of the shittiest, jankiest fights I've ever had the displeasure of playing. Motherfucker didn't fit in the Metal Gear universe at large, or even when considering Rising itself!
Really baffling design decisions by PG, they really let me down
I mean the game is by no means bad or anything, it's quite good in fact. But it could've been so much more..
Looks like the weak got purged.
The last boss is one of the most charismatic villains I've ever fought.
It seemed to happen randomly. Sometimes I'd get it after cutting the metal gear parts, sometimes I think I got it at the beginning of his final form.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
He says it for me after pulling off the blade mode segments perfectly as you can see here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wKa38ylplQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=1840s
brandonh83
Banned
WOW people are back and forth about this. I'm anxious to see this myself. After that cutscene before the Monsoon fight though, I think I'm pretty much desensitized to anything.
Whoever designed the final boss or approved of his inclusion in the game is an absolute fucking cunt. One of the shittiest, jankiest fights I've ever had the displeasure of playing. Motherfucker didn't fit in the Metal Gear universe at large, or even when considering Rising itself!
Really baffling design decisions by PG, they really let me down
I mean the game is by no means bad or anything, it's quite good in fact. But it could've been so much more..
Yeah, it could've been a cancelled Kojima project, what an awesome alternative.
Riposte
Member
haha, I sucked at that. Both times I got the first two swipes I didn't activate blade mode fast enough to finish it off. I'm going to play it again tomorrow and do it right.
I should have practiced "manual" blade mode more.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Also after beating it, I think Mistral's theme was definitely the best track in the game. Last boss' was pretty hype too, but I loved hers the most.
I had a lot of trouble with that and only succeeded once. I figured the rest of the fight out on my own and did pretty well, but that bit, holy shit. Don't think I would've got past it without eating items lol.
I had a lot of trouble with that and only succeeded once. I figured the rest of the fight out on my own and did pretty well, but that bit, holy shit. Don't think I would've got past it without eating items lol.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
I beat him on hard, go fuck yourself.
I still thoroughly enjoyed the game and I love Platinum, I never said it should've been cancelled smartass.
The Xtortionist
Member
If you're unsure about the timing, you can mash the parry out by continuously pressing the left stick toward the attack and light attack at the same time. Can be a bit tiring, but it should work.
devastatorprime
Member
Never realized how much I missed good codec messages. Loved everyone's conversations after Mistral blows that kiss at you. Freakin love Courtney and her obession with food too.
Speaking of Courtney anyone happen to have a decent pic of her concept art that you can unlock?
Speaking of Courtney anyone happen to have a decent pic of her concept art that you can unlock?
You said "it could've been so much more", I find that statement odd due to Platinum having one and a half or two years to redevelop the entire game. What we got was phenomenal for how short the developmental cycle was.
The only things I'd tweak about the final boss:
Everything else was perfect.
Make his flame pillars not last as ridiculously long. A lot of my losses were directly from having really small movement area cause of the pillars and the boss' punches pushing me right into them. We'd often just stare at each other while the pillars went on forever and he sat inside one. :/
Make the boulder toss segments not fail automatically for not slashing correctly only once or make the period allowed to slash them slightly longer.
Maaaaaybe increase the delay for his AoE explosion by a second or two.
Maaaaaybe increase the delay for his AoE explosion by a second or two.
Everything else was perfect.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
I'm not complaining about length or amount of content. There are some really bad/weird design decisions that any competent director would've fixed or not included outright, it has nothing to do with a short dev cycle.
"Kamiya and Mikami were the sole reasons for Bayonetta's and Vanquish's awesomeness."
A one two punch of disparaging not only this game, but also the awesome Anarchy Reigns.
You don't get off easily for that shit.
The Xtortionist
Member
I wasn't talking about that, I can overlook the oddities and few faults in the game due to how fast Platinum had to get this game made and shipped out.
I'm aware, but I could never pull it off consistently because he doesn't give you much time to react to it. Just a second extra would help for both it and running away. That's just me though!
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Goddamn it, on Very Hard when you get boxed in a corner by 4 mastiffs all that having 5 nano toothpastes up does is just makes the rape last even longer.
Seriously though, sais are a god send on very hard what unique weapons have you guys found useful?
Seriously though, sais are a god send on very hard what unique weapons have you guys found useful?