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Playing on Very Hard now and I just discovered that you can enhance each blade, lol.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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Playing on Very Hard now and I just discovered that you can enhance each blade, lol.
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Retro_
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I think both the composer and a majority of the performers were from Los Angeles
but I don't want to get in your case myself. I'm not a huge fan of the soundtrack either. (Although I love the adaptive sound track during boss fights)
I don't know nearly enough about music to call it generic or whatever though. I mean it all sounds the same to me to begin with lol.(The stuff people sing praises to on here and the stuff commonly referred to as "butt rock". My baby ears can't tell the difference.)
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
I think the music fits totally the game, both are light hearted and fun. It's normally not my taste, but I enjoyed every minute.
Calling Bayonettas jazzy music bad is just nuts, though.
Calling Bayonettas jazzy music bad is just nuts, though.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Forward-Forward + Heavy apparently makes you invisible for the duration of the attack. I found it helpful in one of the stealth VR missions.
Riposte
Member
I have yet to be convinced anyone who says "butt rock" isn't a tool speaking out of his butt. So naturally, I can't tell the difference either.
Wait! Wait, wait, wait...
There's an After Burner stage in Bayonetta?
Getting the feeling I've missed something by not playing Bayo...
RapidCancel
Member
True, it would just be that much better to have higher numbers to really solidify any doubt that Kojima might have is all. Glad it's doing well though, it's a great game.
Am I the only one who's favorite theme is Mistral's and Monsoon's?
Riposte
Member
No shit?
Air Zombie Meat
Member
You have. People seem to hate that stage though but I give it a pass for the music personally
Only thing I don't like is that the main battle theme is a bit overused.
I love Mistral's theme.
For me, my favorite would probably be Mistral's and Sam's.
The best game of the entire generation?....yeah maybe.
You have. People seem to hate that stage though but I give it a pass for the music personally
On infinite climax...it is literally the worst thing in the game...I wanted to punch Kamiya in the face for it.
You're missing out on more than that.
I adore both. Monsoon's maybe because it was crammed into my head for hours on end when I tried to No Damage run him. But seriously, Monsoon's is one of the best examples of lyrics kicking in to get things hype.
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Deleted member 13876
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Having a hard time on deciding my favorite theme. I think the only one I don't really like is A Soul Can't Be Cut.
THIS ONE'S ON ME JACK!
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
You're missing out on the best character action game of this generation.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Sams and the final bosses themes are my favourite.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
haha yeah I kinda feel the same sometimes
but again I'm not really knowledgeable enough to argue otherwise so I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Beyond being able to recognize basic catchy melodies my musical knowledge is infantile at best. It's why I just stick to playin games
Going from Rising to Bayonetta is a pretty dope transition
go pick up a copy you're in for a treat once you finish Rising
Rising the gateway drug to the greener pastures of gaming
more amazing bayonetta music....and this is from the freaking Intro level...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWgJNm9Mg0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWgJNm9Mg0
Lumpy Onion
Member
I must be the only one who actually enjoyed that fight. It gave me a challenge. But the last boss took me 50 tries so I probably just suck overall anyway.
Great theme song tho.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
well in all honesty, The way DmC tanked on amazon, the sales didn't really reflect that.
If we went purely on amazon rankings, DmC shouldn't of scraped 50k in its first week.
Not saying rising is doing amazing, but its been in the top 100 for 33 days straight. That suggests decent (150-250K) but not mindblowing (350k+) numbers to me overall.
couple that with the european numbers and I do think we will see something close to the chartz number, if not higher.
Amazing for platinum, hohum for a metal gear game.
The only trouble I ever have with Sundowner just comes from cutting off his shields. I always screw it up somehow. Other than that, he's insanely easy.
The One Who Knocks
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You have. People seem to hate that stage though but I give it a pass for the music personally
Only thing I don't like is that the main battle theme is a bit overused.
I think that's more because of how it is of a significant length and precedes the best (and if not best, then certainly one of the best) boss fights in the game as opposed to the segment being 'bad' per se. For the first playthrough or two it's enjoyable but when you want to replay the boss battle it becomes a significant obstacle. Personally, I like that Platinum has, seemingly, taken this into consideration in R-06 of Metal Gear Rising where
the boss fight against Sam is an entire chapter
EDIT: And while the topic of Bayonetta's incredible soundtrack is raised: Blood and Darkness The Greatest Jubilee and You May Call Me Father all were highly fitting tracks to me. I'm still not sure whether Rising or Bayonetta has a soundtrack that's more appealing to me however.
RapidCancel
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I keep rocking Mistra's and Monsoon's theme in my car cause it's such good driving music.
Interestingly enough, I had no idea what he meant by left hand rule. A quick google led me here. Pretty cool.
Interestingly enough, I had no idea what he meant by left hand rule. A quick google led me here. Pretty cool.
Air Zombie Meat
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All true but you're thinking of the Space Harrier bit, the Afterburner music is during the bike section.
Lots of hate for that too though.I also really liked fighting Sundowner. I think it's because he doesn't have much of a gimmick that absolutely keeps you away and you can stick on him the entire time. Like, Monsoon has
those throwing phases, rolling phases and fog phases
those annoying Dwarf Gekkos that interrupt/annoy you as well as when she jumps up on the ledge and throws spheres at you
those annoying parts where he jumps away and you can't reach him and he dashes at you and all you can do is block/dodge
more up in your grill all the time, he doesn't dash away, he just starts slashing at you relentlessly. If you counter him he would dodge for a second, take a breath or taunt and then continue assailing you. It would be a constant rhythm of attacking and defending that won't stop until one of you is dead
I'm not as down on that site as other people are. Their numbers are (usually) at least within the appropriate ballpark, and I just know not to treat them as the end-all.
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Deleted member 30609
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How do I avoid the monkey-hugs?
Yep. Same with Lorentz Force. I looked them up, too.
Yellow attacks, including the monkey hugs, are unblockable. Either run from them or use the evasive dodge move called Offensive Defense. You purchase this skill and it is performed by X+A or Square+X.
I was led here http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Left Hand Rule
And I prefer it over what Wikipedia says...It makes monsoon that much more enjoyable.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
they are only in the ballpark when official numbers are released and they edit their numbers to match. What you are seeing now can be significantly marked up or marked down come NPD time.
Eh, I don't visit that site super often but when I do the numbers I fine are at least decent. In most cases they overshoot their real-life numbers it seems like. Like I said, I just don't treat them like the end-all.
Press down on the left-stick during blade mode, move to this sides.
Haha yeah, I'm usually too quick to jump into Blade Mode so I always get a terrible angle.
Mentaiko_Allergy
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Wow...mind officially blown. Even the Lorentz force line was math and physics based. Well shit...
The One Who Knocks
Member
All true but you're thinking of the Space Harrier bit, the Afterburner music is during the bike section.
Sorry, my mistake. I'd turned on the wrong track before replying (the "Space Harrier (CLIMAX)" one). In that case though, I'm surprised. While I still think that, for replays, such segments lose some of their appeal I can't really think of any specific reason to dislike that segment in particular, the exception to this being the difficulty they pose when trying to pure platinum however.
Offense-Defense (or whatever the dodge move is called). They have two throws in particular that I can think of, one has a large build up in which their hands are raised before hand while the other is a very quick attack where they hunch over. For the latter you'll want to dodge almost immediately to the left or right (or if you can time it correctly I imagine it's possible to dodge right into them but it's safer to go left, right, or backwards) while the former you can delay for a moment before dodging (dodge too early and you run the risk of dodging into the grapple so if this happens dodge immediately after you exitting the dodging animation or blade mode cancel it if you dodge towards them).
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Deleted member 30609
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Oh! I had that move and didn't even know it. Thanks!
RapidCancel
Member
Loollll. Dirty, dirty Monsoon. A bit NSFW though. =X
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Yeah same. I just like that bit as a chance to sit back and enjoy the music. Think people just dislike it because it's a bit basic.
Space Harrier bit just drags on too long and has the checkpoint problems you mentioned.
Also, give me options to uninvert the controls, please. That section was a nightmare for me because of it.