GiantEnemyGoomba
Member
So from those that have the game, is there a general consensus? I'm most likely getting the game, but I want to know whether to get it at launch or wait for the Platinum Price Drop.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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I have seen that attack. there is another one where i roll towards an enemy and slash them to lead into a combo. it seems to only happen every once in a while.
Another look at the Plasma lamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1U43IrvcPs
Square Triangle
Member
We have a lot of preorders on this, I think this will be Platinums first game that breaks that price drop trend. Granted, Halo 4 went to $40 a month after launch..everything goes on sale after a couple weeks.
call_kotaku
Member
It's dependent on distance, or atleast it was in the demo. Pressing light attack within a couple yard of an enemy will make Raiden roll/somersault/etc to get close.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
What an absolutely pointless and overpriced piece of junk...
... and yet I can't freaking wait to get mine on Tuesday. Woo!
Freezasaurus
Member
Can't wait to pick this up. Then I can take a break from my attempts to slog through RE6.
It looks so cheap looking. I am glad I am not buying the special edition. I would love a steel book case, artbook, soundtrack and maybe a raiden sword letter opener or something small. That lamp looks like it would end up in my closet filled with special edition stuff to give away later
Good to hear this game is getting a lot of preorders.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
Do you know when the cutoff for preorders is?
Metaledgeking
Neo Member
you can still pre order though I assume most stores already have the copies, my job does.
Square Triangle
Member
When it comes to DLC, takeoff is always until the last day. The artbooks are limited to however many were sent to each store from Konami. We hardly got any to cover out preorders, granted they were already limited.
Square Triangle
Member
Wal-Mart's pre-order is a soundtrack. Not sure if its different from the CE.
SiteSeer
Member
which is why you should have imported the jp le, like me!
brandonh83
Banned
All I wanted was a steelbook which doesn't seem to be available apart from the LE.
Freezasaurus
Member
Anyone know if the PS3 version has a mandatory install?
grosvenor_92
Member
Anyone know when the review embargo ends ?
Midnight tomorrow.
Pretty sure someone else in this thread said it did. 2.5 gigs I think.
SpeedySwaf
Member
Glad to hear about the preorders. I'm really hoping this title is a huge success for them.
CrashPrime
Member
That lamp looks amazing. Not $90 amazing, but pretty close. I really hope this game will be remembered as a sparkle at the end of this generation. Patiently awaiting the reviews.
Just finished it on normal. 4H35M and with 15 continues. Absolutely loved it. Quite tired, but here's a few quick impressions, from coming right off it. I'll maybe post some better written impressions later on.
Despite being 3 for 3 below, i'd consider the bad just nit picking mostly. Like i said, i thought this game was absolutely fantastic.
The Good
Having played through the demo about 30 times, i had a feeling i'd love the combat and i was definitely right. I know normal doesn't exactly push you to squeeze every drop there is to offer, but i think it's still a good challenge and i never got bored of the combat. Enemy variety is good and keeps you on your toes too. Simply put, i found the combat just incredibly satisfying.
Almost every boss was fantastic.
With the performance in mind, i thought the visuals were great.
The Bad
Things get a bit to silly later on. Yes, even in comparison to stopping submarines and mount snakemore.
Voice acting got really spotty at times.
There's one or two set piece events with running, which i found a little tedious and redundant.
Despite being 3 for 3 below, i'd consider the bad just nit picking mostly. Like i said, i thought this game was absolutely fantastic.
The Good
Having played through the demo about 30 times, i had a feeling i'd love the combat and i was definitely right. I know normal doesn't exactly push you to squeeze every drop there is to offer, but i think it's still a good challenge and i never got bored of the combat. Enemy variety is good and keeps you on your toes too. Simply put, i found the combat just incredibly satisfying.
Almost every boss was fantastic.
With the performance in mind, i thought the visuals were great.
The Bad
Things get a bit to silly later on. Yes, even in comparison to stopping submarines and mount snakemore.
Voice acting got really spotty at times.
There's one or two set piece events with running, which i found a little tedious and redundant.
I love this game but this part is mad annoying:
and now that I've beat it, heres my mini impressions:
its a great game, that just feels good to play. Some scenes drag on, especially towards the end, while others are too short, but everything comes together in a way where it doesn't get old. I barely messed with the other weapons, and normal difficulty was way easy, so I can see myself playing through everything just like I did Vanquish.
good job platinum and konami!
the second armstrong blade cut. it just wont work. one hit kill with a tiny timing window for something not needed for the entire game? platinum pls! in fact the whole final battle is just dumb as hell. the more I play its just pissing me off.
and now that I've beat it, heres my mini impressions:
its a great game, that just feels good to play. Some scenes drag on, especially towards the end, while others are too short, but everything comes together in a way where it doesn't get old. I barely messed with the other weapons, and normal difficulty was way easy, so I can see myself playing through everything just like I did Vanquish.
good job platinum and konami!
I did exactly that on Saturday, really enjoyed my time with DmC, despite all the fan outcry.
Yeah but Walmart doesn't have the gray fox skin nor the Shinkawa artbook. Le sigh
I'd love a steelbook outside of that horrendously overpriced special edition.
NoirVisage
Banned
george.. i..don't know anyone in the universe that talks like him..
Thanks for the impressions, looking forward to immersing myself in this game!
you're clueless if you thought the "fan outcry" would effect YOUR enjoyment of the game. absolutely clueless.
Just got done with two days of rehearsals for the band.
Let me just say that if you are not planning on coming to CityWalk tomorrow for some reason, make every effort to be there in the first 150.
It will be an epic rock show. The band sounds absolutely incredible. And there are going to be some legit rock stars on stage and in the crowd... If you thought Video Games Live was awesome... Wait until you see a full band kick your ass with the MGR soundtrack. It's gonna be awesome.
Let me just say that if you are not planning on coming to CityWalk tomorrow for some reason, make every effort to be there in the first 150.
It will be an epic rock show. The band sounds absolutely incredible. And there are going to be some legit rock stars on stage and in the crowd... If you thought Video Games Live was awesome... Wait until you see a full band kick your ass with the MGR soundtrack. It's gonna be awesome.
I wish I could go but I am stuck on the east coast
Not enough to cover preorders? I hope I can get mine and hope some GameStop employee tries not to BS me about it
MikeXXIeaf
Banned
Awesome?
John Bush from Armored Saint/Anthrax is singing. THE John Bush. And that is only one of the singers.
How could it not be awesome?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Why am I not in LA? ;~;
canadian crowe
Member
Any news on a PSN release for the game? I'd like to buy it digitally, but Konami seems to drag it's heels when it comes to digital releases.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
FUUUU.....I'm still not sure which version to get! ;_;
Hopefully by the 26th one will be crowned superior.
Hopefully by the 26th one will be crowned superior.
This makes me sad.
TheKaeptain
Banned
brandonh83
Banned
Yeah. Not sure why the only way for us to get one is by spending (wasting) $150 on a fucking lamp.
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.
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.
Fucking awesome. Come on Friday, get here already.
valentine71
Banned
Its a great action game. If you like these kind of games, its awesome and you should play it. I mean i don't like these kind of games (never finished Ninja Gaidens or DMCs) i really liked it. Its easy to play yet deep combat wise. I can't comment on the lenght of the game though.
addyb
Member
I can't wait for this. I've really put myself on a blackout with it as well so far. Besides a couple of GAF opinions I'm going into this blind. I've only watched the original trailer for it.
I've been looking forward to this game for a long time. For a while now nothing has peaked my interest gaming wise. I guess you could call it a mini lull so hopefully will have a blast with this.
Totally off topic but DmC has been off my radar as well. Is that worth a purchase. Bearing in mind I only briefly played the original games. Or should I just get the HD collection.
I just started snake eater again the other night (hd collection )but heard DMC HD isn't as good effort wise.
I've been looking forward to this game for a long time. For a while now nothing has peaked my interest gaming wise. I guess you could call it a mini lull so hopefully will have a blast with this.
Totally off topic but DmC has been off my radar as well. Is that worth a purchase. Bearing in mind I only briefly played the original games. Or should I just get the HD collection.
I just started snake eater again the other night (hd collection )but heard DMC HD isn't as good effort wise.
DmC is a good action game so I'd recommend it. It's very easy though. Definitely get the HD collection just so you can play two of the best action games ever released in DMC1 and DMC3 - superior titles to DmC.
Wat?
DMC HD collection is fine, an excellent port of the old games and still fun all these years. DmC, I'd encourage you to play it. It is a good game in its own right, it's just that the bosses bore me to death.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
DMC HD is a good faithful port.
Hematocryal
Banned
Kojima... Why couldn't you direct this game damnit? Lol, I love metal gear solid(not rising...)but I HATE hack n' slash. I'm so torn right now... I want to see what happens with raiden and Sunny(the only characters I think matter) but don't want to suffer through that gameplay...
I kind of wish it wasn't canon. I hope it does well either way. Hopefully the story is awesome and engaging. The character design reminds me of Lost Planet too, which I don't like. *sigh* it's just NOT metal gear solid that I love, not that it's even trying to be, but it hurts my soul that I might miss out on this "canon" stuff.
The characters don't stay TRUE, and aren't as interesting... I guess that'll happen when Kojima let's his baby go free and it changes from story perfection and awesome gameplay, to a less serious story and hack n' slash gameplay. It's just less dynamic compared to all the stuff you could do in metal gear solid games with the different approaches.
And the awesome empowerment that was supposed to come with being a cyborg ninja(I'm having flash backs of playing as grey fox in metal gear solid) is GONE because EVERYONE is a cyborg ninja now with tons of robots n' shit.
I get it from a gameplay standpoint. Imagine playing a game where you are so empowered that the enemy has no chance... But shit. I was so damn excited when they announced the game, but to see the change from developers and everything... It's fallen so far for me. Damn you Kojima!!!!!!
I hope you guys enjoy anyway, hope it does well like I said, and maybe I'll watch the gameplay on YouTube? *shrug*
I kind of wish it wasn't canon. I hope it does well either way. Hopefully the story is awesome and engaging. The character design reminds me of Lost Planet too, which I don't like. *sigh* it's just NOT metal gear solid that I love, not that it's even trying to be, but it hurts my soul that I might miss out on this "canon" stuff.
The characters don't stay TRUE, and aren't as interesting... I guess that'll happen when Kojima let's his baby go free and it changes from story perfection and awesome gameplay, to a less serious story and hack n' slash gameplay. It's just less dynamic compared to all the stuff you could do in metal gear solid games with the different approaches.
And the awesome empowerment that was supposed to come with being a cyborg ninja(I'm having flash backs of playing as grey fox in metal gear solid) is GONE because EVERYONE is a cyborg ninja now with tons of robots n' shit.
I get it from a gameplay standpoint. Imagine playing a game where you are so empowered that the enemy has no chance... But shit. I was so damn excited when they announced the game, but to see the change from developers and everything... It's fallen so far for me. Damn you Kojima!!!!!!
I hope you guys enjoy anyway, hope it does well like I said, and maybe I'll watch the gameplay on YouTube? *shrug*
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Full Hard playthrough up on youtube for thoes who can't wait, don't care about spoilers or don't plan on getting it.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNEWQja2ny45vng_a3NPZgtX-OXqTmF6M&feature=view_all
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNEWQja2ny45vng_a3NPZgtX-OXqTmF6M&feature=view_all