wat
:lol :lol
http://metalgearsolid.nl/?p=5880&ut...n-ebay-including-the-biggest-goodie-ever-made
France gets a PS3 bundle with Rising which I didn't know.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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wat
:lol :lol
http://metalgearsolid.nl/?p=5880&ut...n-ebay-including-the-biggest-goodie-ever-made
France gets a PS3 bundle with Rising which I didn't know.
SkylineRKR
Member
It may feel mashy at first and the lack of an evasive button might be strange but I found the parry feature to be rather good. With proper timing you can be invincible. Its just that I have a hard time with battles that have more than one enemy because of the very close camera.
yo_soy_el_topo
Member
Not a big fan of Metal Gear (haven't played one since MGS2) but I can not wait for this.
It's funny, I wouldn't touch this game if it wasn't Platinum.
It's funny, I wouldn't touch this game if it wasn't Platinum.
Hard is a good place to start if you're familiar with games like this. Very hard wouldn't be much fun without the upgrades and bonuses. You can die in just a few hits with default stats.
A broken controller.
Likewise. I haven't played Metal Gear since the days of MGS2 and Ghost Babel, and honestly have had no real interest in the series since then.
Needless to say, the moment P* was bought on board was the day that this game really ended up on my radar.
HylianScribe
Member
Amen. I can't wait to vent some frustration about a certain boss' phase on Revengeance difficulty. 3 hours and counting and still haven't gotten past it. I have never yelled so much at a game in my life.
DarkLordMalik
Member
If you abuse the health packs, YES.
If you decide to completely avoid using them, it can be a bit challenging.
IC_Champion
Member
I am! Like around 4 or 5
Robot Pants
Member
Grrrr. Called my local streetdate-breaking game store. They had/have it. Only for 360 though. PS3 already sold out.
Gotta wait til tomorrow.
Gotta wait til tomorrow.
Damn I really wish I could play this game.
DarkLordMalik
Member
There is a skill that lets you evade attacks. You have to purchase it first though.
how do you perform it? From the video it reminded me of ninja gaiden 2 evade move.
Sevket-Erhat
Member
I wish there was a dodge button and better camera. Other than that it is breathtaking
direct_quote
Member
And I thought I was the only one.. lol
brandonh83
Banned
Ugh, I wish I could just go and LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
keltickennedy
Member
Press X/A or Square/X at the same time.
Took a break and went back to try an beat it. This has to be the most frustrating fights I have ever experienced. Jett, PM me with whatever tactics you used. I'm about to put my hand through my TV. The game was fine before this. I think I died maybe 2 twice. Now this fight I am at least over 30 retries.
no, i mean the evasive move that you're supposed to buy.
Is it the same thing of the default one?
My mostly spoiler-free final impressions:
This is just strange release, hard to say where to start. A failed KojiPro title salvaged by Platinum Games to the best of their ability under a limited amount of time. I'll make it easy on myself and jot down some bulletpoints:
-Combat is fucking awesome. As everyone knows it's parry/defense heavy, although once you get a certain ability it'd be fairly easy to go on a crazy rampage. There's a heavy variety of enemy types and they all patterns to exploit. Cutting them into hundreds of pieces and then stealing their life force never gets old. Oh and contrary to the demo, you can grab several cores consecutively, so far I've only managed two at once, don't know if three or more is possible. I haven't had the time to analyze the game completely. The downside is that you can't change weapons on the fly, you can't even enter the menu while moving, you have to be still. It's kind of a drag sometimes, especially when you get flying enemies and you have to change to the Sais(they function as DmC's angel grab). All in all it has a pretty fantastic feel and flow and there's a lot to extract out of this. Bosses are fucking awesome, I won't say anything else. Even the much derided final boss, I thought it was pretty great myself.
-The level design is pretty interesting for a game of this sort. It's not an "arena" game like a DMC title or Bayonetta even. All the levels are relatively big and wide for the genre with a lot of stealth opportunities(which I didn't bother, because, why would I). PG really did their best to introduce a Metal Gear feel to the game, I think they did an admirable job. There's a lot of stuff scattered and hidden in the levels. Items, upgrades, collectibles, etc. If you want that stuff you'll have to explore every nook and cranny to get 'em, thankfully they show in visor mode. Only problem is that VR missions are also collected this way, and they don't even show in your visor. Don't know what's up with that.
-Graphics are pretty good. 60fps goes a long way in elevating the game's assets. Certain places have a very "clean" look to them that reminded me of MGS2. There's a lot of awesome particle effects to be found in the game. Really, it just looks great to me, good use of great art design to offset the technological drawbacks that 60fps demands.
-Music, well, take it or leave it. It's speed metal/rock, with a lot of vocal tracks. It somehow fits the game, and some tracks are actually pretty cool. You get pumped up for sure. Just like a MGS title, the music dynamically changes depending on the situation.
-Story. All right, this is simply an unmitigated disaster. You'll either hate it or you'll find it unintentionally hilarious. Thankfully I'm in the second camp. If you cared about Raiden's plight in MGS2 and 4 you will not like what they have done here. This is some good ol' fashioned character assassination. The cutscenes are really fun though, they have a lot of flash and energy, they're really well-made. It's not boring, at least. You'll want to watch them once. Oh and there's a lot of them. All codec is optional, and by the way there's a lot of information revealed there regarding Raiden himself and even what goes on in the game. The story can be pretty disjointed, when you start a new chapters it feels like a cutscene is missing, you aren't quite sure what is going on. It's weird. Codecs sometimes fill in those blanks. Unfortunately they're not funny or entertaining like MGS3's. Your support team is fairly meh. At least it's all optional.
I guess that's about it. Overall it's a great hack 'n slash within the trappings of MGS. PG is to be commended for salvaging the title as much as they could. Once you reach the last third of the game you'll notice where they cut corners to release the game as soon as possible. The whole package isn't quite prefect due to its origins I guess, but it's still pretty fucking great. If you liked the demo you'll like this.
Oh and one big change from the demo is how the scoring is calculated. I don't have a handle on it yet, it seems to differ greatly from one encounter to another. Oh and you're hit with so many random bullets throughout the game that that no-damage bonus might as well not exist.
Yeah way easier. Hell, hard is easy if you play it maxxed out. I just S-ranked both Bladewolf and Mistral. I'm gonna forego this shit and go to very hard, you don't even get any remixed encounters here. Dahbomb is right that hard is the true normal. Now I feel silly for bothering with normal mode.
This is just strange release, hard to say where to start. A failed KojiPro title salvaged by Platinum Games to the best of their ability under a limited amount of time. I'll make it easy on myself and jot down some bulletpoints:
-Combat is fucking awesome. As everyone knows it's parry/defense heavy, although once you get a certain ability it'd be fairly easy to go on a crazy rampage. There's a heavy variety of enemy types and they all patterns to exploit. Cutting them into hundreds of pieces and then stealing their life force never gets old. Oh and contrary to the demo, you can grab several cores consecutively, so far I've only managed two at once, don't know if three or more is possible. I haven't had the time to analyze the game completely. The downside is that you can't change weapons on the fly, you can't even enter the menu while moving, you have to be still. It's kind of a drag sometimes, especially when you get flying enemies and you have to change to the Sais(they function as DmC's angel grab). All in all it has a pretty fantastic feel and flow and there's a lot to extract out of this. Bosses are fucking awesome, I won't say anything else. Even the much derided final boss, I thought it was pretty great myself.
-The level design is pretty interesting for a game of this sort. It's not an "arena" game like a DMC title or Bayonetta even. All the levels are relatively big and wide for the genre with a lot of stealth opportunities(which I didn't bother, because, why would I
). PG really did their best to introduce a Metal Gear feel to the game, I think they did an admirable job. There's a lot of stuff scattered and hidden in the levels. Items, upgrades, collectibles, etc. If you want that stuff you'll have to explore every nook and cranny to get 'em, thankfully they show in visor mode. Only problem is that VR missions are also collected this way, and they don't even show in your visor. Don't know what's up with that.-Graphics are pretty good. 60fps goes a long way in elevating the game's assets. Certain places have a very "clean" look to them that reminded me of MGS2. There's a lot of awesome particle effects to be found in the game. Really, it just looks great to me, good use of great art design to offset the technological drawbacks that 60fps demands.
-Music, well, take it or leave it. It's speed metal/rock, with a lot of vocal tracks. It somehow fits the game, and some tracks are actually pretty cool. You get pumped up for sure. Just like a MGS title, the music dynamically changes depending on the situation.
-Story. All right, this is simply an unmitigated disaster. You'll either hate it or you'll find it unintentionally hilarious. Thankfully I'm in the second camp. If you cared about Raiden's plight in MGS2 and 4 you will not like what they have done here.
This is some good ol' fashioned character assassination. The cutscenes are really fun though, they have a lot of flash and energy, they're really well-made. It's not boring, at least. You'll want to watch them once. Oh and there's a lot of them. All codec is optional, and by the way there's a lot of information revealed there regarding Raiden himself and even what goes on in the game. The story can be pretty disjointed, when you start a new chapters it feels like a cutscene is missing, you aren't quite sure what is going on. It's weird. Codecs sometimes fill in those blanks. Unfortunately they're not funny or entertaining like MGS3's. Your support team is fairly meh. At least it's all optional.I guess that's about it. Overall it's a great hack 'n slash within the trappings of MGS. PG is to be commended for salvaging the title as much as they could. Once you reach the last third of the game you'll notice where they cut corners to release the game as soon as possible. The whole package isn't quite prefect due to its origins I guess, but it's still pretty fucking great. If you liked the demo you'll like this.
Oh and one big change from the demo is how the scoring is calculated. I don't have a handle on it yet, it seems to differ greatly from one encounter to another. Oh and you're hit with so many random bullets throughout the game that that no-damage bonus might as well not exist.
Yeah way easier. Hell, hard is easy if you play it maxxed out. I just S-ranked both Bladewolf and Mistral. I'm gonna forego this shit and go to very hard, you don't even get any remixed encounters here. Dahbomb is right that hard is the true normal. Now I feel silly for bothering with normal mode.
Unspeakable Evil
Member
Good shit. Lol at the story part. If most people don't Raiden ,will they hate or like him more?
There's still people that actively hate Raiden? I feel fairly indifferent to what goes on plot-wise in MGR.
I'm sure there are people that still hate Raiden. I'm pretty apathetic to the character. I used to hate him. I didn't think that strapping him into a cyborg ninja suit in MGS4 made him any cooler, but it also didn't make me actively dislike him anymore. He's pretty much an open canvas to me.
That pretty much is the story of MGR
It's just that the nonsense gets really crazy towards the end.
I'll be playing this on Normal my first time, and I'm someone who is fairly proficient at this type of game. Why? I'd like to be sure that I will have at least two full play throughs on different difficulty levels. From the sounds of it, the final Boss on Very Hard will be quite tough. If I can get through it on Normal and Hard, I'll be happy.
Sevket-Erhat
Member
Which evasive move?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Gah my GS is having a midnight launch for this tomorrow and I don't have a ride. >:
s-bojan
Banned
That pretty much is the story of MGR
It's just that the nonsense gets really crazy towards the end.
The end fight really has Resident Evil 5 vibe.
I did like the this Raiden more than MGS2 and MGS4 Raiden. VA still sucks, though.
nailbombxx
Member
IC_Champion
Member
Nanomachine Haki. (I know I'm late with that one) Also, Armstrong's charisma > Vergil + Barbas
I like how they just blurt out
NANOMACHINES, SON!
call_kotaku
Member
That's a really great page proportion for an artbook. I've tended to stay away from artbooks that put all the images on two-page spreads because it makes the gutter completely unbearable, but with wider pages it would help a lot.
IC_Champion
Member
Yeah, that was pretty funny.
That motorcycle artwork with blade wolf is amazing. O_O
Best line in the game. Pretty much sums up all of MGS4 and MGR in 2 words.
Shinkawa too godlike.
There's 22 titles to be earned. Curious to see what is required to get them.
Going to jump into Rev. difficulty and see how it goes now that I can unlock more stuff. I only have three other unlockable suits so far, and only nine skills. Apparently you get more as you collect left hands? Not sure about that just yet.
re: wigs
Wig A is infinite items, Wig B is infinite FC