Run behind him and enter blade mode, you'll need to cut the specific area and he'll be open for attack for a good long while.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
Edit: beaten
Jesus Christ lol.
That Dude John
Member
So, what is the intended use of Ripper Mode? I just don't anymore.
Just think Devil Trigger, and add in cutting stuff really fast.
For when you're facing a bunch of enemies (or some really powerful ones) and just want to say, oh, fuck it, I don't feel like dealing with this.
Thanks to all of you for your help! Managed to finally beat the boss and finish the game. Can't believe that part with
cutting the debris he throws at you took me so long. I figured out that for the 2nd block I had to tilt up with left stick first otherwise I would miss it, which took me forever to find out.
That Dude John
Member
M'kay. I dunno if I'm just misusing it, but I always ended up be quite sad at having no meter afterwards for going straight into slo-mo blade mode at will or for canceling. In the long-run I just prefer the latter over what seems to be a really short boost. Though, as noted earlier, I may just be using it wrong. :/
Yeah, I had trouble with it initially the first time as well. I don't know why, but so many people fail to realize that is what you have to do and they end up just blaming the game.
Bearded Dudebro
Member
I'm on Chapter 7 and still don't get Parry. All I end up doing is blocking.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Doing the parry too early if you are blocking.
call_kotaku
Member
I can't think of all the original videos off the top of my head, and I should really make a youtube playlist at some point.
Interesting/useful mechanics:
- Blade Mode Canceling, where you tap L1 to briefly go into blade mode which resets Raiden at neutral. A ton of interesting uses and combo opportunities, most of which haven't really been explored it seems.
- Dodge offset, where you can continue a combo after an evade. So you can do either HHLLH or H evade H evade LL evade H and the same moves will come out. Good for pincer blades.
- Parry can be canceled with an evade during the metallic flash, which is incredibly useful if you don't want to get locked in block stun by multiple enemies.
- Evades can be canceled with parries, so you can effectively option-select against red/orange moves by inputting one after the other
Probably a ton of other ones, but I'm waiting for the technology to trickle in.
You can still Zandatsu in Ripper Mode, so you can keep it going indefinitely if you're good at slicing and keep good awareness of which torsos have turned blue. It's invaluable against packs of armored enemies like mastiffs or swordsmen.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Haha, it's always the stuff I never expect that halts progress. Doing the optional ranked battle in ch. 4 is lame as hell, these turrets, they do nothing.
Nose Master
Member
Are there actually 5ish or whatever codec conversations per character after every encounter? Cause, holy fuck.
Nemesis_
Member
If you play on Easy or Normal OR can't tell the time properly
This is my completion time on Hard. First time through. No repeated files.
nailbombxx
Member
Playing on Very Hard mode now! This party's getting crazy!
The Xtortionist
Member
Infinite Wig A and rockets might work.
The 2 AI dogs in the prologue actually kicked my ass into the Metal Gear Ray boss fight, they literally kicked my ass through the gate and then the cutscene triggered.
nailbombxx
Member
I seriously died like 3 times in the prologue because I didn't have my upgrades or custom weapons.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Cripes, that codec trophy took forever!
I called everyone after every cutscene/checkpoint/new area and the trophy didn't ping until very late endgame:
That'll be the only gold trophy for me with this game; VR missions and Revengeance S's aren't worth the years the stress/rage will take off my life.
I called everyone after every cutscene/checkpoint/new area and the trophy didn't ping until very late endgame:
during the fistfight phase of Armstrong.
That'll be the only gold trophy for me with this game; VR missions and Revengeance S's aren't worth the years the stress/rage will take off my life.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I sort of wish there would be a mode where Raiden can't get or use upgrades and you can only use your default sword along with support items. The dodge move is given to the player, that's the only upgrade the player gets.
Call it "Bigger Boss" difficulty, it'll be one above Revengeance.
You can reset your game and input the code if you want to do that. I am sure people will attempt a naked Raiden S rank run on Revengeance like they did for DMC3.
Damn, doing that after collecting everything is going to be tempting. Only exception to the rule has to be the dodge move upgrade, no way in hell can the game be completed without that on Revengeance.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Just keep running through the game. Use the chapter select and do that. Its far more amusing that constantly going into customize and coming back out to farm the same section.
One of the best places for that is the sewers with all of the tripods running around. Then after beating them and getting the S rank, theres the 2 stuck together which sometimes drop a chip worth 5000 pts. Then enter customization rinse and repeat.
Ugh, I either do this or completely miss the parry altogether and just take heaps of damage.
That's not accurate. That doesn't include codec conversations or cutscenes. Those are part of the game and should be counted.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Kevin is voiced by Samurai Jack
Such a good game. Somehow, I easily beat the last boss after dying a bunch of times w/o nanopaste. I discovered you can dodge (light_heavy attack) his area-attack is you time it right.
Such a good game. Somehow, I easily beat the last boss after dying a bunch of times w/o nanopaste. I discovered you can dodge (light_heavy attack) his area-attack is you time it right.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Just keep at it and eventually you should figure out what the timing is. Ive gotten slightly better but still cant pull it off enough to be considered useful yet haha At least I can block pretty much most of the attacks, esp multiple hit ones. That is as long as the camera doesnt fuck me over lol
What the heck? That's ridiculous. Why would they do that? Doesn't that undermine the concept of a higher difficulty? Perfect parries aren't that hard to do.
Is it the parry or the seemingly constant ripper mode in that video? Seemed like the guy had a wig on.
The Xtortionist
Member
Anyone know? My ranking screen for R-03 looked like this at the end:
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SSSSSSSSS
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Chapter 2, when you first encounter a GRAD. You'll get a checkpoint at the start > run to opposite side of the room > open crate for 5000BP > select > customize > back out > starts you at the checkpoint > open chest again and repeat.
Doing that, it only takes 10min to get 100K BP.
He's wearing the Blue Wig for infinite energy/Ripper mode.
I mean, it may have been both. He looked like he was in Ripper Mode, but I don't think it would boost damage that much.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I wouldn't be surprised if it was the ripper mode, it's normally super limited and getting a perfect parry under those circumstances would be rare.
Honestly don't know, the first ranked battle is the one right after the beginning cutscene, so you shouldn't be able to skip it. Unless they ordered it in a weird way on the results screen.
Finished Chapter 3. This is such an awesome action game. Fun, creative, enjoyable, filled with enemy patterns, varied stages, over the top plot and set pieces, all the good things associated with Japanese videogames. Maybe if we got more stuff like this more often, the industry wouldn't be so down on Japanese games at large.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Guide says the first 3 ranked battles are the opening one; the two GRADs; the Codec backup one that is only triggered after you killed the guys that show up after the GRADs.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Platinum games needs to make a new God Hand or its spiritual successor.
That or a One Punch Man game lol
The Xtortionist
Member
It was bizarre. I'll try to recall the ranked battles I fought in that chapter.
1. Opening battle
2. 2x GRADs
3. "Call for backup"
4. Gekkos and Dwarves in office
5. Rocket and shield dudes in hallway
6. Regular and flying dudes on rooftop
7. Optional rooftop battle by black box
8. Chopper battle on rooftop
9. Hammer Bros battle on rooftop
10. Mastiffs in underground
11. Dudes + GRAD on the street
12. Regular and rocket dudes in courtyard before Raiden's breakdown
13. Monsoon
All I can remember. I may have missed one.
The gameplay is awesome, but getting bushwhacked from offscreen is super frustrating.
From a narrative perspective (no seriously, it's a Metal Gear game) it's a complete mess. It kind of feels like the game is missing its second act. There's the beginning of a plot and Raiden seems to be going through some kind of character arc(the Jack introduction was awesome), but then it just stops. All the antagonists the game has been building up drop like dominoes, and the last boss comes out of nowhere. In terms of mechanics, it's a great fight. But it lacked the personal touch that made MGS' finales so good.
It kinda' feels like substantial amounts of stuff was cut, or Kojima simply lost interest. The game becomes notably more Platinum-esque towards the end.
From a narrative perspective (no seriously, it's a Metal Gear game) it's a complete mess. It kind of feels like the game is missing its second act. There's the beginning of a plot and Raiden seems to be going through some kind of character arc(the Jack introduction was awesome), but then it just stops. All the antagonists the game has been building up drop like dominoes, and the last boss comes out of nowhere. In terms of mechanics, it's a great fight. But it lacked the personal touch that made MGS' finales so good.
It kinda' feels like substantial amounts of stuff was cut, or Kojima simply lost interest. The game becomes notably more Platinum-esque towards the end.
Nemesis_
Member
Does anyone know how the timer works?
Basically, I'm up to (R-04 Spoilers)
I've been beating them quite quickly, racked up kills and made my combo number quite high. Presumably this should offset the fact that I can finish the room while taking damage and still get an S Rank.
However, for some reason, the timer is increasing everytime I finished. I finished it a few minutes faster than one time and the timer read 8 minutes. Then the second time, I finished even faster! and it said 10 minutes.
Why is the clock adding on time? Is there no way to reset it without starting the chapter? Watching some YouTube online, there is a girl who has done it in about 4 minutes! That's what I swear I did it in, but for some reason it just won't work. :/
Basically, I'm up to (R-04 Spoilers)
the room where you fight the body doubles of Mistral and Monsoon
I've been beating them quite quickly, racked up kills and made my combo number quite high. Presumably this should offset the fact that I can finish the room while taking damage and still get an S Rank.
However, for some reason, the timer is increasing everytime I finished. I finished it a few minutes faster than one time and the timer read 8 minutes. Then the second time, I finished even faster! and it said 10 minutes.
Why is the clock adding on time? Is there no way to reset it without starting the chapter? Watching some YouTube online, there is a girl who has done it in about 4 minutes! That's what I swear I did it in, but for some reason it just won't work. :/
What difficulty? Does it happen for every fight? My timer resets every time I restart the checkpoint.
I had my Casshern steelbook with me, I looked at my gigantic backlog, all those games craving to be played, their most intimate, passionate and irrational desires coming out, they were almost screaming at me, begging for me to chose them next, I then looked at Raiden and Bladewolf in that badass metallic case and I just knew.
It was time to leave them all behind.
It was time to leave them all behind.
If you die the time is cumulative. You must restart before dying.