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[Oichi]

I should have mentioned that my code is for the Japanese ps3 version. It came with every copy and I'm not sure it would work with any other version.

Codes don't worry across regions unfortunately. I bought the US version but couldn't use the JP code

 

[B-Genius]

Just finished this weekend... there are no words that have not already been spoken.

Did anyone else think George looks like a young DmC Dante?

Probably just a coincidence, but it gave me a chuckle when it randomly occurred to me.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Just finished this weekend... there are no words that have not already been spoken.

Did anyone else think George looks like a young DmC Dante?

Yup. Spitting image, Told everyone i knew. Seen it on GAF just before I was going to post it.

 

[Jintor]

One thing I want for the sequel:

That handbrake drift Raiden does in the prologue to

Spoiler

catch up to the train.

I want a chase section using that in real time. Looks badass.

All the cutscenes are really well done, actually. Great facial expressions and use of slow motion.

Wall running.

WALL. RUNNING.

 

[Riposte]

Finally finished it.

FUCK, THAT FINAL BOSS WAS AMAZING. OH MY GOD. OHHHHHH MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN.

I'll... I need to calm down first before writing something that sounds smart. Cuz. Wow. I'm impressed.

Ha, seems like you weren't disappointed by all the hype.

 

[Duffyside]

I wish running wouldn't nix your AR mode. That made looking for the collectibles more of a pain than it should have been. Attacking I get. Not running. Don't make me go slow to pick stuff up.

Otherwise, I keep telling myself I'm done with this game, but every day that I think I'm either not going to play anything or find something in my backlog of 100 games to play, I sit down and keep going with this. There isn't even much more I want to do with it — I know I'll never go after the Platinum for it. It's just so damn fun to play though.

"Gameplay first."

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Wall running.

WALL. RUNNING.

Wall running's cool too. There's a lot of stuff they could do with ninja run to flesh out scenarios and level design. I'm guessing this is one of those areas they had to cut back on due to a relatively short development time in comparison to Bayonetta which played with gravity, had vehicle sections, fights on missiles, fights on falling buildings, etc. I just wanna see them go nuts in a sequel.

Cybernetic ninjas, dawg. So many possibilities.

 

[The Xtortionist]

Wall running's cool too. There's a lot of stuff they could do with ninja run to flesh out scenarios and level design. I guessing this is one of those areas they had to cut back on due to a relatively short development time in comparison to Bayonetta which played with gravity, had vehicle sections, fights on missiles, fights on falling buildings, etc. I just wanna see them go nuts in a sequel.

Cybernetic ninjas, dawg. So many possibilities.

Pretty much this. I want to see some ridiculous traversal elements in a sequel. Wall running alone opens up some major possibilities.

 

[Jintor]

Although the main thing I think they need to is to fix the goddamn camera. That thing can really be a huge nightmare when it starts spazzing out in a corner

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

Wall running's cool too. There's a lot of stuff they could do with ninja run to flesh out scenarios and level design. I guessing this is one of those areas they had to cut back on due to a relatively short development time in comparison to Bayonetta which played with gravity, had vehicle sections, fights on missiles, fights on falling buildings, etc. I just wanna see them go nuts in a sequel.

Cybernetic ninjas, dawg. So many possibilities.

Yeah wall running would've been nice.

Also, it annoys me that Raiden can lift gigantic mechs and leap huge distances in cutscenes, but we can't do things like that in-game (although I understand why).

Maybe for the nextgen sequel, we can have huge stages that can accomodate those movements.

 

[RyanardoDaVinci]

Missed 1 left arm, no idea where since I made sure to collect every one available I saw. Must have missed an encouter somewhere.

Also missed one MiB, I think the second one, will need to rectify that. Any reward for finding them all?

Most likely when you have to destroy the electrical panels. You need to take out two of them without triggering an Alert, then a Hammer Bro will come into the area.

Just do this right when the elevator door opens:

You can continuously sprint to and from the first one and if you hug the walls the enemies either won't see you, or they'll go into Caution. Don't sprint anymore when you go into the upper hallway, they might see/hear you.

 

[Kusagari]

Saving the civilian in chapter 5 seems impossible. The GRAD spots you no matter what.

 

[enzo_gt]

Saving the civilian in chapter 5 seems impossible. The GRAD spots you no matter what.

Go left and down the stairs after killing the guy on the post up infront. Move behind vehicle to vehicle before your closest to the hostage without being spotted (spotted occurs when GRAD gets a lock on, you have enough time to go between cover to make sure that doesn't happen). Throw an EMP grenade over the truck/bus/whatever your behind. Go in, start offense on the cyborgs, preferrably slide > Zandatsu for quick kill. Once you have all of their attention, clear sailing.

Worst comes to worst, there's an EMP grenade right up against the wall beside the bottom of the stairs on the left.

 

[Professor Beef]

Saving the civilian in chapter 5 seems impossible. The GRAD spots you no matter what.

Stealth kill the guard on the ledge, then Zandatsu-cancel and throw an EM mine towards the group on the lower area. With a bit of luck and speed you can get down there to kill the two guards and GRAD without the civilian getting hurt. It took me a bunch of tries too because I would miss a guard with the grenade and he'd shoot anyways.

 

[blainethemono]

Saving the civilian in chapter 5 seems impossible. The GRAD spots you no matter what.

I had to just throw EM grenades from way back until I hit the guys near the civilian. Can also use an RP grenade and stealth kill the guard closest to you but its kind of a waste of time

After they recover from the EM grenade they forget about the civilian so you can just pull them over to the other side and kill them. Civilian can still die from splash damage if you don't keep them away from him

 

[Raxus]

This Monsoon fight is going to be the death of me. It is stupid enough that his phosphorus grenades do damage if you aren't careful. His Sais are nearly unblockable. Needless to say he is probably one of the best exercises in offensive defense in the game.

 

[Hypron]

Stealth kill the guard on the ledge, then Zandatsu-cancel and throw an EM mine towards the group on the lower area. With a bit of luck and speed you can get down there to kill the two guards and GRAD without the civilian getting hurt. It took me a bunch of tries too because I would miss a guard with the grenade and he'd shoot anyways.

To be honest I'd recommend just to use the rocket launcher. If you fire it straight at the guard the further away from the hostage it'll take both of them down (it might even kill them both depending on which difficulty you're playing) and then they'll attack you once they get back on their feet instead of executing the civilian.

 

[The Xtortionist]

This Monsoon fight is going to be the death of me. It is stupid enough that his phosphorus grenades do damage if you aren't careful. His Sais are nearly unblockable. Needless to say he is probably one of the best exercises in offensive defense in the game.

Dodge the smoke bomb when he throws his hands up. For the sais, you'll need to find a good parry rhythm. Not too fast - always input the next parry when the previous one triggers.

 

[Dark Phoenix]

So I found out that the receipt that had my Gray Fox code was thrown away and I never got to put in the code. Sucks...

 

[Raxus]

Dodge the smoke bomb when he throws his hands up. For the sais, you'll need to find a good parry rhythm. Not too fast - always input the next parry when the previous one triggers.

Thanks. I can dodge the smoke bombs since it is typically obvious when he does it but the sais are a pain in the ass. It doesn't help whenever I get a chance to O/D my way out of it I wind up wigging out the camera. In fact the camera is probably to blame for 50% of my hits.

 

[Mike M]

God damn, maxed out Muranasa and infinite wig B makes everything so fucking trivial...

 

[noffles]

Thanks. I can dodge the smoke bombs since it is typically obvious when he does it but the sais are a pain in the ass. It doesn't help whenever I get a chance to O/D my way out of it I wind up wigging out the camera. In fact the camera is probably to blame for 50% of my hits.

Lock on is possibly most useful for Monsoon out of all the bosses and should fix any camera problems. Also, don't use defensive offensive against him except for the smoke bombs. Parry everything, no exceptions.

Going to have TWO MORE TRIES before I get back to my day.

 

[Raxus]

Lock on is possibly most useful for Monsoon out of all the bosses and should fix any camera problems. Also, don't use defensive offensive against him except for the smoke bombs. Parry everything, no exceptions.

Going to have TWO MORE TRIES before I get back to my day.

Yeah especially when he is spinning around you. D/O has helped me a ton if I do it at appropriate moments. It allows me to take the offense in smoke and get him to his easy phase 2 and opens him up for a punish when he is on the offense. If I get lucky I can push him into phase 2 without getting a smoke or in the smoke.

 

[demidar]

Lock on is possibly most useful for Monsoon out of all the bosses and should fix any camera problems. Also, don't use defensive offensive against him except for the smoke bombs. Parry everything, no exceptions.

Going to have TWO MORE TRIES before I get back to my day.

Can you parry the Blade Mode segment ("LEFT HAND RULE") debris? I usually just cut them to pieces or SliceDodge out of the way.

 

[noffles]

Can you parry the Blade Mode segment ("LEFT HAND RULE") debris? I usually just cut them to pieces or SliceDodge out of the way.

I've not been daredevil enough to try it. Ninja running works as was suggested to me earlier, but it seems like it can be hit and miss.

Also, I just thumped the underside of my desk hahaha THIS IS SO WONDERFULLY CALMING.

 

[demidar]

I've not been daredevil enough to try it. Ninja running works as was suggested to me earlier, but it seems like it can be hit and miss.

Also, I just thumped the underside of my desk hahaha THIS IS SO WONDERFULLY CALMING.

I tried Ninja Running as well but I always seem to get clipped and take 2.5% damage, ruining my No Damage run.

LORENTZ FORCE. MAGNETIC FORCE. NATURE'S FORCE. WELCOME TO MY UTOPIA OF DEATH.

Weirdest attack calls ever.

 

[blainethemono]

Could possibly be easier to just forget the No Damage bonus for Monsoon S rank. Just have to make sure to get a 30 hit combo and get at least 1000 bp from hitting the stuff he throws at you

 

[Satch]

I tried Ninja Running as well but I always seem to get clipped and take 2.5% damage, ruining my No Damage run.

LORENTZ FORCE. MAGNETIC FORCE. NATURE'S FORCE. WELCOME TO MY UTOPIA OF DEATH.

Weirdest attack calls ever.

you forgot the best one


LEFT HAND RULE


edit: o nevermind no you didnt

you still should have said it again tho

LEFT HAND RULE

 

[Rickenslacker]

Could possibly be easier to just forget the No Damage bonus for Monsoon S rank. Just have to make sure to get a 30 hit combo and get at least 1000 bp from hitting the stuff he throws at you

Thing is, you might as well. When you're doing no damage it doesn't really matter what difficulty you're on and it's a trophy in itself.

 

[Cheska]

Fuck this last boss. Seriously. This is what I get for saying I wasn't impressed with the game earlier. I wasted all my nanopastes on the fight that preceded this one, and I fail miserably at chopping down the boulders. I actually manage to get the boss down to 40-60% by barely taking any damage but I end up getting caught by some combo and BAM! Dead

 

[The Xtortionist]

Could possibly be easier to just forget the No Damage bonus for Monsoon S rank. Just have to make sure to get a 30 hit combo and get at least 1000 bp from hitting the stuff he throws at you

No damage on Monsoon isn't too tough once you know his tricks. You only have to deal with blocking his attacks before the first junk phase at around 67% and when he hits 40%. The pincer blades will deal with everything else.

Fuck this last boss. Seriously. This is what I get for saying I wasn't impressed with the game earlier. I wasted all my nanopastes on the fight that preceded this one, and I fail miserably at chopping down the boulders. I actually manage to get the boss down to 40-60% by barely taking any damage but I end up getting caught by some combo and BAM! Dead

Use both sticks to line up your cut. Once the cut is lined up, simply release the cutting stick to initiate the cut.

 

[noffles]

FUCK YOU MONSOON SUCK MA FUCKEN DICK.

Did it by ninja running from the shit he throws at you. So much relief. I am so happy right now.

I may have to do it again on Revengeance for an S rank, but mother of fucking jesus I am DONE for now.

 

[Zen]

Fuck this last boss. Seriously. This is what I get for saying I wasn't impressed with the game earlier. I wasted all my nanopastes on the fight that preceded this one, and I fail miserably at chopping down the boulders. I actually manage to get the boss down to 40-60% by barely taking any damage but I end up getting caught by some combo and BAM! Dead

Are you interrupting him when he's healing? Use blade mode, he stays vulnerable for a long period of time after the QTE.

 

[Cheska]

Use both sticks to line up your cut. Once the cut is lined up, simply release the cutting stick to initiate the cut.

I've been trying for two hours. I run out of time before the second cut.

 

[noffles]

I've been trying for two hours. I run out of time before the second cut.

It gives you stupid amounts of time to do it though. How exactly are you doing it?

 

[demidar]

Thing is, you might as well. When you're doing no damage it doesn't really matter what difficulty you're on and it's a trophy in itself.

Ah, I already No Damaged him, but I'll have to S rank him again because I missed an encounter in the chapter and I ended up with an 'A'.

 

[The Xtortionist]

Ah, I already No Damaged him, but I'll have to S rank him again because I missed an encounter in the chapter and I ended up with an 'A'.

#thatawkwardmoment

Optional encounters in R-03 if you didn't already look them up:

Spoiler

Call for backup, turn left after first rooftop battle and open black box, hammerhead on rooftops, Mastiffs before exiting underground, kill all 5 soldiers while Raiden is slow-walking

 

[zainetor]

I've been trying for two hours. I run out of time before the second cut.

you do run out of time, when your electrolites bar depletes, i think.
Have you upgraded the energy saving abiity?

 

[demidar]

#thatawkwardmoment

Optional encounters in R-03 if you didn't already look them up:

Spoiler

Call for backup, turn left after first rooftop battle and open black box, hammerhead on rooftops, Mastiffs before exiting underground, kill all 5 soldiers while Raiden is slow-walking

Spoiler

Yeah, Hammerheads is what I missed

 

[Cheska]

YESS! WERE DONE HERE!


I can breathe again

 

[ravenlord]

A glitch or tip for you

i discovered yesterday, when i was hopeless with no nanopaste left


When you find a nanopaste ( i got it from a item box), enter the customization screen. Then, return back to game again. Bingo...

Item box is its initial state there with item in it..Get it and repeat this...When you have full nanopastes, then go on your mission


Good luck

 

[Dark Schala]

Ha, seems like you weren't disappointed by all the hype.

Staying out of the thread truly helped, probably.

But that one battle had everything I liked about the game. I haven't fought a final boss with a smile on my face for portions of it in a while. Maybe even years. I do think there are some things that should/could be tweaked, but otherwise, it was an excellent cap for an excellent game. I was genuinely entertained. And I liked how different boss weapons worked in this game overall. Would've loved for the game to have been longer towards the end, but that's okay. I had tons of fun with the final boss. Everything about it made up for the length of the previous two chapters.

And the soundtrack is fucking amazing. SotY contender here, for sure, now that I've heard all of it and got the vocal tracks album too.

 

[Papercuts]

Staying out of the thread truly helped, probably.

But that one battle had everything I liked about the game. I haven't fought a final boss with a smile on my face for portions of it in a while. Maybe even years. I do think there are some things that should/could be tweaked, but otherwise, it was an excellent cap for an excellent game. I was genuinely entertained. And I liked how different boss weapons worked in this game overall. Would've loved for the game to have been longer towards the end, but that's okay. I had tons of fun with the final boss. Everything about it made up for the length of the previous two chapters.

And the soundtrack is fucking amazing. SotY contender here, for sure, now that I've heard all of it and got the vocal tracks album too.

The soundtrack elevated so many moments to pure greatness. I'm a huge fan of the last boss, it's also accompanied by my favorite song in the game.

 

[noffles]

Favourite music for me was easily

Spoiler

Metal Gear Excelsus'

boss music. It builds hype at the absolute perfect moments in the best ways possible.

 

[blainethemono]

No damage on Monsoon isn't too tough once you know his tricks. You only have to deal with blocking his attacks before the first junk phase at around 67% and when he hits 40%. The pincer blades will deal with everything else.

Yeah, it wasn't that bad actually. I had to do it twice because the first time I got to the end QTE and didn't hit it fast enough or something. But after that I realized I wouldn't have gotten the S rank anyway because I didn't realize the part where Raiden has to walk slowly through the area before the boss was a ranked battle

 

[Seik]

The soundtrack elevated so many moments to pure greatness. I'm a huge fan of the last boss, it's also accompanied by my favorite song in the game.

Monsoon's theme was the most hype to me, the theme began and I was like ''Oh shit, I heard he was one of the hardest, shit shit shit! OK GO!''

 

[N30RYU]

Yeah, it wasn't that bad actually. I had to do it twice because the first time I got to the end QTE and didn't hit it fast enough or something. But after that I realized I wouldn't have gotten the S rank anyway because I didn't realize the part where Raiden has to walk slowly through the area before the boss was a ranked battle

Is worst to have an S than kill him with no damage... I killed him fast enough to not get a high combo... and ended getting a A... mess the fight 3 times (replayed all the chapter) till I noticed the easy 1000 extra point if you let him go for the pillar and you zandatsu two foes...

 

[The Xtortionist]

Favourite music for me was easily

Spoiler

Metal Gear Excelsus'

boss music. It builds hype at the absolute perfect moments in the best ways possible.

THE FIRES OF GREED WILL BURRRRRN THE WEEEEEAK

Monsoon's theme was the most hype to me, the theme began and I was like ''Oh shit, I heard he was one of the hardest, shit shit shit! OK GO!''

My brain and fingers always go into fast forward on that fight. So fucking hype.

 

[Proelite]

Getting 3 enemies with one slice during Zan-datsu and grabbing 3 spines in succession.

So good...

 

[Jintor]

The soundtrack elevated so many moments to pure greatness. I'm a huge fan of the last boss, it's also accompanied by my favorite song in the game.

I'm so goddamn glad I have my 5.1 set up correctly and I got it for the PS which is actually plugged into my receiver.