BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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I guess the flaws weren't detrimental to your experience as they were to mine, that's fine.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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I guess the flaws weren't detrimental to your experience as they were to mine, that's fine.
I only had problems with the camera massively autocorrecting on the Ray fight. Where it targets the head (unreachable most of the time) when you're clearly aiming for the foot.
Agreed, finding yourself in a cramp position and bounced around eating a couple of repairpastes with it. Mostly I ninja ran it when time allows to find the largest pie.
Could be changed to grant you 1, 2, or 4 health items when you get all three. But maybe for balance purposes, since he does the toss move three times(?) in the battle - 1 rapairpaste is already an advantage.
[]+X twice would get you out of range quick and react back for a couple of slashes.
Agreed, finding yourself in a cramp position and bounced around eating a couple of repairpastes with it. Mostly I ninja ran it when time allows to find the largest pie.
Could be changed to grant you 1, 2, or 4 health items when you get all three. But maybe for balance purposes, since he does the toss move three times(?) in the battle - 1 rapairpaste is already an advantage.
[]+X twice would get you out of range quick and react back for a couple of slashes.
Yeah, with the last boss
Don't be greedy, really.
dodge back twice was incredibly useful and negated a lot of his power up -> unleash stuff. Just realize you can only get in a couple hits before needing to pull back and you're good.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I have a question about Monsoon now that I'm playing through on very hard.
I think the only issue here is the blade mode controls. I got killed so many times because I would move the stick from the bottom-right position to the top-left or whatever and the sword just would not swing. The hitboxes on the debris are pretty lenient when you actually get to swing your sword.
What is the secret to knocking him out of his magnetic mode once he's stunned? In hard, you could just use blade mode and hit him in the head, but I've stunned him six times so far and every time I slash right through that red box in blade mode, nothing happens.
I think the only issue here is the blade mode controls. I got killed so many times because I would move the stick from the bottom-right position to the top-left or whatever and the sword just would not swing. The hitboxes on the debris are pretty lenient when you actually get to swing your sword.
The Xtortionist
Member
For Monsoon, just make sure there's a little crosshair in the red box.
For free cutting in Blade Mode, angle your cut, then simply release the stick and let it snap back to neutral. Don't jam it in the opposite direction.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I'll try both of those. If that really is how you're supposed to cut, then I'm pretty shocked; I went the whole game without realizing that.
Sevket-Erhat
Member
I was so pissed at the final cutting as well as I was left with 25% energy only. I would have preferred another boss but you cannot get everything in life
Fimbulvetr
Member
Beat the game(Hard Mode). That Final Boss! At first, I was really frustrated and probably would have agreed with all the people complaining, but then everything clicked and I experienced a euphoria I haven't felt since my first playthrough of Vanquish.
It is, though I have the opposite issue where I would cut too much instead of not at all. A good test is to try slicing enemies one time right down the middle. Going up to down I would always do a second cut when I went for the spine pull.
Hitting down left then letting go makes raiden slash starting at down left to up right, if you go from down left to up right in one finger motion he will do the first slash like normal and then another slash from up right to down left. This was screwing me up a lot on
Sundowner's shield since I needed a single slice to chop bits of it off without hitting the panels.
Yeah, I've been trying this but got nothing so far. Guessing it's just considered a grab without the yellow glow.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Yeah, it went real quick from "This is bullshit" to "I've got it!"
Nemesis_
Member
Quick question for people regarding the lamp.
I went and bought a converter (as it's a US plug, while I live in Australia) however the lamp itself just turned off as soon as I put it on.
The converter and the power pack for the Lamp smell like burning. >_> I assume they are broken now.
Is the lamp itself damaged? I am assuming I can grab another power pack as it uses generic ports and the like and get it working.
I asked the fucking idiot at the electronics store if I needed to convert voltage and she said no, so I TRUSTED HER. I just hope my lamp isn't broken ;________;
There was no burning smell from the lamp.
I went and bought a converter (as it's a US plug, while I live in Australia) however the lamp itself just turned off as soon as I put it on.
The converter and the power pack for the Lamp smell like burning. >_> I assume they are broken now.
Is the lamp itself damaged? I am assuming I can grab another power pack as it uses generic ports and the like and get it working.
I asked the fucking idiot at the electronics store if I needed to convert voltage and she said no, so I TRUSTED HER. I just hope my lamp isn't broken ;________;
There was no burning smell from the lamp.
evil_ash_xero
Banned
I just beat the game. I started on hard mode, since I heard normal was too easy.
That last boss. Wow...that was some funny shit. I was entertained. That being said, that boss was hard as a fucking brick.
Really good game! Kind of upsets me their next two games are on the Wii U.
That last boss. Wow...that was some funny shit. I was entertained. That being said, that boss was hard as a fucking brick.
Really good game! Kind of upsets me their next two games are on the Wii U.
Professor Beef
Banned
Fuuuuck, I just realized that I could've used the Square/X dodge move against the final boss. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh, I feel stupid.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Trust me the last thing you would want to see is actual scenes of battles where child soldiers are used.
If you want a small inside look at what its like in the real world, highly recommend this book.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - By Ishmael Beah (a former child soldier)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374531269/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K4yhPSQEzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuYi0apoIJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kEL_LRBSqk
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I am so screwed with the last boss fight on hard. 0 repair gels... was bad enough doing the fight with Samuel starting off with no repair gel. Thankfully they left at least 4-5? boxes in the area, but was a bitch getting to them with all of the charge attacks that could reach you if you tried to make a run for them.
Yeah, you definitely needed a proper voltage converter/adapter for use with a foreign appliance (iirc, US uses 110V whereas we're on 240V). You could ask at a travel shop as they likely have more experience with international appliances. No idea on the lamp, but hopefully the adapter burning out first prevented any damage.
Any other Aussies out there get a call/txt from EB Games saying that their pre-order is available? I thought it had been delayed till the 26th, but I got a message and called the shop back - they said that they already had them in and were given the go ahead to release today.
Dude pretty sure you would have needed to use a step down converter and not just an adapter since AUS power is 240V and US power is 110V. You would have fried it instantly when you turned it on.
edit: ooops beaten.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
It seriously makes the fight 10x easier.
I struggled like crazy on Normal while trying to parry everything he was throwing at me; played on Hard, used the Dodge Offset and took him down in mere minutes while not even losing 60% of my health.
That Dude John
Member
Man, fuck this last boss. I'm probably not gonna finish this game.
First playthrough on hard was a challenge, second one is not so much. But hell yeah, beat Sundowner on Hard without getting hit. He was fucking easy as hell.
Spent a good hour and a half trying to do the same with Sam but the fucking fuck lowest I fucking got him was fucking 14%.... FOURTEEN PERCENT MAN!!!! SHIT!!! I shut it off....I'm done for the night....
Spent a good hour and a half trying to do the same with Sam but the fucking fuck lowest I fucking got him was fucking 14%.... FOURTEEN PERCENT MAN!!!! SHIT!!! I shut it off....I'm done for the night....
Rickenslacker
Banned
Doing no damage Monsoon is getting grating, been at this for over an hour but it's tedious to go through the time wasting Magneto tank and chopper tossing. Still, I'm gettin' close now. Accidentally got hit by his second smoke bomb but whittled him to 20%.
So do you contextualize the quality of all games in such a way?
"This shovelware was great, considering the shoestring budget it got!"
The Platinum defense force on this site has gotten weird.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
They should have made it so if you shoot the smarmy bastard while hes perched up high with a rocket or missile that it stops the whole idiotic sequence. More the giant wheel of crap, than the tossing of random repair gel filled junk.
What the hell are you talking about, I was questioning another poster's expectations for Rising. I didn't even dismiss his complaints.
Platinum defense force? Are you shitting me? Sorry I have expectations based on the developmental history, I guess that's taboo or something for you.
Nothing1016
Member
Loved this game. Beat it in about 7 hours. Died 100 times, mostly from the last boss. Took me 2 hours to beat that god forsaken behemoth. Played on hard mode.
The God Hand conspiracy.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Goddamn finished Very Hard with 19% life left.
It makes the final boss soooooo much easier. Offensive Defense is a Godsend for the last fight, seriously.
Nemesis_
Member
Went down to Dick Smith. They sold me a power pack that is Australian. Works perfectly. I am so relieved.
Appollowexx
Member
So for someone who completed Batonetta and Vanquish on hard, not 'god hard' mind, would you say the difficulty is comparable?
What should I start on?
The demo seemed easy, although the boss was slightly challenging. I noticed some posters with early copies were saying the game felt very easy, but more recent posts have said the game is pretty brutal.
Thoughts?
What should I start on?
The demo seemed easy, although the boss was slightly challenging. I noticed some posters with early copies were saying the game felt very easy, but more recent posts have said the game is pretty brutal.
Thoughts?
AcceptableGhost
Member
Start on hard.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Hard=Normal for this game as far as I'm concerned.
Appollowexx
Member
Thanks guys. Off to pick up my steel book preorder now, then I shall begin on hard. Do you get hard specific trophies like Platinum's other games?
That's my sentiment also. But I'm confident The Wonderful 101 will be very polished. It looks it has been in the oven for quite some time. And I'm sure Nintendo will let them the time they need.
Yeah it's a letdown. Bayonetta's camera was almost perfect. You turned it to the correct spot and it stayed more or less there. I don't know what happened here, MGR is using an "evolved" Bayonetta's engine no?
Lysander91
Banned
I'd say it compares pretty well to Bayonetta.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Finally, no damage Monsoon is done after three hours. Slicing him up was cathartic after that. I can go to sleep a champion, until I have to continue this tomorrow.
RadioHeadAche
Member
I'm not sure about the hidden trophies, but there's a gold trophy for completing the game on "Revengeance" difficulty with all 'S' ranks.
I would say it depens on your block/parry skills. If you're good at it, normal is a cakewalk. If you struggle to do it I guess it could have some challenges in it (still not too hard).
Problem is that theres a LOT of health items. Im currently playing on Normal, but avoiding using them. Is still a little on the easy side but I have not complete it yet.
I have another save on Hard (only on ch.02) and its def. harder than normal Bayo (hard Bayo is still harder). It may be that im not so good on parry though.
Nemesis_
Member
Does it have guides for the VR Missions? T_T
Professor Beef
Banned
I already beat the game, but yeah I can imagine it making the fight easier. I forgot about it COMPLETELY and tried to jump/Ninja Run away in the middle of combos. At least I beat him without too much trouble, thank goodness.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
One thing that Id like to give a big fuck you to platinum games for is putting the dizzy recovery on the goddamned analog sticks.
Devs do us all a huge favor and dont use input methods that could damage the controller. Use the fucking buttons please, not the analog sticks as they can break with unnecessary stupidity like thrashing the sticks around as an input method.
Devs do us all a huge favor and dont use input methods that could damage the controller. Use the fucking buttons please, not the analog sticks as they can break with unnecessary stupidity like thrashing the sticks around as an input method.