SlasherJPC
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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ERMAHGERD!
Totally agree. I just finished the game and was just so impressed. What an amazing clash of MGS and Platinum craziness. It is amazing how it all just worked so well. Absolutely fantastic!
Lumpy Onion
Member
This game has one of the most disturbing things I have ever done/seen in a game before. Watching an enemy soldier pathetically crawl around with no arms and legs made me feel really bad.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Rickenslacker
Banned
I kinda like the added sadism. Other games with dismemberment usually make the dismemberment instant death. I liked goofing around with Wig B and Fox Blade and chopping off the fingers of a hammer wielder. Can't carry your hammer now sucker!
I have the opposite reaction. They seem to feel nothing and barely care, therefore I don't care either. I chop up people into a million tiny pieces yet this game gets no reaction out of me in that aspect. It somehow doesn't seem violent, like say, God of War.
If you pre-ordered, yes. Otherwise, no.
Net_Wrecker
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Music used to elevate moments has become a lost art in gaming with the (over)use of generic orchestrated soundtracks. Rising's use is much more old school, back to the time where bosses had themes, and "2nd forms" had music to accompany the increase in intensity. I've been wanting stuff like this for years, especially in shooters. As many mistakes as Max Payne 3 makes, this is one area that game also excels in, though with a much different style of soundtrack.
Lumpy Onion
Member
I don't really mind either when in the heat of things. Actually I get kind of a rush off of it. Watching enemies fumble around like that knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail is rather funny. But for some reason seeing the last enemy in a battle crawling around like a worm with no discernible way to inflict damage upon me just felt so pathetic. He just kept trying to crawl into my feet and rubbing his head against them.
God I love this game though. Just the fact that I can cut off limbs like this has been a dream of mine for years.
Jett's 100% on the money. Remember: The cyborgs you're fighting in this game have pain inhibitors -- they're not suffering whatsoever. Furthermore, many of the enemies, once completely limbless, will actually taunt you, saying they can still take you. It's straight out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail!
Spring-Loaded
Member
But are their emotions gone, or are they simply suppressed? Are they trapped inside their own bodies? Screaming on the inside?
They can't be -that- scared, since the limbless bodies always wriggle -toward- you, never away, lol.
But yeah, the story does depict Raiden at least -imagining- the soldiers' fear. Although I thought in another part of the game they mentioned the cyborg tech (or nanomachines, or whatever) providing emotion control, as well.
Eh.
Sever all arms and legs
"I've still got one more!"
Flops around and tries to headbutt you.
I laugh every time.
Yeah, but if the nanomachines were suppressing their fear from affecting their actions, that wouldn't matter. They'd act and behave exactly as if they were fearless on the outside, but inside they'd be terrified.
Exactly, lol. Like robots in Vanquish and monsters in Bayonetta, Platinum has once again given us a non-guilt-inducing enemy (even if the story tries to make us think otherwise).
My understanding is emotion control keeps them from feeling afraid in the first place. It doesn't make them suffer fear internally while driving their bodies forward or whatever.
Started my third play through, and while I'm really enjoying the game I have to say I'm enjoying it in spite of the story and characters (usually for the MGS series it's the other way around). Game is super fun to play through (especially with the Gray Fox suit) but I found the story and characters pretty stupid (the end especially), which is disappointing even if I was sort of expecting that from the trailers. Seems like I'm in the minority on that front, or people are just so enamored with the gameplay that gripes about story and characterization fall by the wayside.
The fact I replayed the game once, let alone going for a third play through is saying something as I rarely replay anything these days. I'm just hopeful for the sequel KojiPro can handle the plot/story/characters and leave the gameplay up to Platinum. Also, more Gray Fox please, even if only in unlockable skin format.
The fact I replayed the game once, let alone going for a third play through is saying something as I rarely replay anything these days. I'm just hopeful for the sequel KojiPro can handle the plot/story/characters and leave the gameplay up to Platinum. Also, more Gray Fox please, even if only in unlockable skin format.
Rickenslacker
Banned
We just need another Sorrow sequence where the limbless torsos are wriggling past you and arms are Thinging all over the place.
This... this is amazing.
ADD IT TO THE LIST FOR MGR2!
(Along with summonable Wolf sidekick and separate online co-op campaign)
Yeah, it does depend on how the nanomachines work, but the only way that makes any sense to me given that scene is that those thoughts are still going through the soldier's heads and the nanomachines are basically pushing them back. Eh.
dancingphlower
Member
Just started Very Hard. I can't even beat the first boss
Player 2 will only be scouting ahead.
I interpreted it as Raiden envisioning the soldier's true self -- in other words, what the soldier would be thinking, IF NOT for nanomachines. So in other words, in that actual moment, the soldier is not afraid.
But I could be wrong. The exact effects of the emotion control nanomachines aren't clear to me. I guess I'm just thankful that if nothing else, it's clear the enemies don't feel physical pain.
Spring-Loaded
Member
That room with the three mastiffs and the velociraptor thing in very hard is hilarious. It feels so good to play a game where your every move counts. The only real BS part are joystick QTEs, but you can always avoid getting grabbed.
Also, gif doesn't work for me. Lucky?
Also, gif doesn't work for me. Lucky?
Meatvillain
Banned
God fucking damn this game is so freaking incredible. It is amazing in SO MANY ways!
lol it's from the World War Z trailer
Gouda Jouji
Member
I just had a good idea about a Gray Fox story DLC but then I realized that it would probably never happen.
Oh, neat, there's a new one?
I just had a good idea about a Gray Fox story DLC but then I realized that it would probably never happen.
I feel like doing something with Gray Fox would be difficult since there aren't other cyborgs to fight. Nothing could stand up to him and having him cutting apart normal people would make the game a tough sell in Japan.
I'd buy a regular Tanker Incident Olga skin as long as it includes armpit hair.
Man that brings back memories.
I laughed out loud heartily at that line because I "what"-ed at the same time as Raiden.
Back yourself into the wall/gate you came in from, when he smokebombs you he can only come from three areas then. Easy parrying.
Neither did I, because I fucked up parrying his stupid Sai's and learned to just use the EMP bombs to get rid of his Aura quickly so I didn't have to parry the Sai's/wait out the aura and then fucked him up as quick as I could while parrying as best as I could.
Took 3 health items, but fuck him. I dunno how I'll S-rank the bosses on Revengence with them wanting you to no damage them.
I don't think so.
Net_Wrecker
Member
I just had a good idea about a Gray Fox story DLC but then I realized that it would probably never happen.
I don't even understand the continued Gray Fox obsession after this game. His design is still great, but Raiden's become way more entertaining.
Now fighting a cyborg clone of Gray Fox in the sequel? I'd be down for that. Like if someone created him just to hunt down Raiden who's (RISING END SPOILERS)
globetrotting to take out PMCs
They didn't bother to give poor Raiden a dick, but they lovingly crafted Olga's unkempt pits.
I had subtitles on, so I read before Doktor said it. I thought to myself: "Raiden is going to question/be confused regarding this..."
He did not disappoint.
haha the DOOMP was classic metal gear. I wonder if Kojima added that.
The box art could be Raiden one side and Gray Fox on the other, with a blade slicing right down the middle [all in Yuji Shinkawa's art, of course].
The tagline could read: "Sometimes, the difference between right and wrong becomes Gray..."
Platinum Games/Konami, please make it happen.
Net_Wrecker
Member
....Have you thought about this already?
Cause I now want to pre-order that. 5 star tagline. Wonderful.