Freezasaurus
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There're three difficulties when you first fire up the game. Easy, Normal, and Hard.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |OT| A Blade Forged In Platinum [LAW OF THE WILD]
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There're three difficulties when you first fire up the game. Easy, Normal, and Hard.
Does hard get harder? I mean R-00 and R-01 has been pretty easy so far on Hard outside of me fucking up Parries and having to get into blade mode to recharge health, but nothing too bad if you're willing to game over at times to learn it.
I dunno how bad Revengence or Very Hard would be.
Shadow2222
Member
I must be really easy to please. I'm quite a few chapters in and I'm really enjoying the story, and the only weak voice actor is George.
This really does feel like Metal Gear to me, from the bosses babbling, to the large amount of codec conversations, all with that touch of craziness and Platinum.
I'm loving every second of it.
This really does feel like Metal Gear to me, from the bosses babbling, to the large amount of codec conversations, all with that touch of craziness and Platinum.
I'm loving every second of it.
Wait, that's free in other regions and you can get it for your American copy?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Ehhh, kinda. It has some spikes for the tougher fights, and later levels demand more attention than early ones due to the stronger, more aggressive enemy variations, but it's still manageable. Especially if you're upgrading your sword strength. Focusing on upgrading one weapon instead of buying everything makes a huge difference.
Very Hard and Revengeance not only increase damage and aggression, but remix the encounters so you're fighting harder units more often.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Final Boss is best character in the game, and could probably take on take on all the MGS final bosses at the same time
hell, he would just elbow drop them mothafuckas into oblivion
I have an Asian release, bought the skin on US PSN. Showed up on the customize menu for 20000 BP.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I didn't figure out you can get health upgrades in the actual levels until like... the very last level. That was sweet.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Parry(or dodge) red attacks, dodge yellow ones. They're pretty easy on Hard. When you increase your strength, you can kinda just wail on them all day for free.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Also, to give an idea of how Very Hard remixes the encounters, during R-00 (the prologue chapter), and the very first encounter of that stage (literally the game's opening):
Hard: ~6 or so generic human grunts armed with swords and guns. Parry, kill.
Very Hard: ~6 or so generic grunts, one armed with a rocket launcher, a Gekko, and two bladewolves.
Hard: ~6 or so generic human grunts armed with swords and guns. Parry, kill.
Very Hard: ~6 or so generic grunts, one armed with a rocket launcher, a Gekko, and two bladewolves.
NoirVisage
Banned
I'm a former codebreaker PS2 user , it brought back memories of cheat codes strings i'd enable to OVERPOWER EVERYTHING. I'll never part with my fox blade *__*
giancarlo123x
Banned
Wonder what the Revengeance difficulty remix looks like.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Welp, that was Hard Mode. 15 continues, but there was a bunch of boss encounters where I'd fuck up in the first 15 seconds or so and go, "fuck it, restart" so yeah.
Now to find these collectibles, do these VR missions, and get REVEGEANCE
Now to find these collectibles, do these VR missions, and get REVEGEANCE
yo_soy_el_topo
Member
Has anyone on the XBOX got their gamestop DLC code to work yet?
I played a stage of this but due to my oldmanitis I'm too tired to continue, so I only finished stage 0. I had played this at pax prime months ago but forgot mostly how to play it properly and it showed- died on the metal gear 3 times on normal mode because I didn't time my dodge slide correctly. Ah well, It's enjoyable and stupidly ridiculous so far.
Robot Pants
Member
Yea but you can still get hit when trying to take someone out. Even in blade mode. I missed an S ranking on R01 because I lost .65 health due to a bullet. Of course I retried and did it again, until I got the S rank but still.
I'm up to chapter 4 on hard, really liking it but it has some issues.
Camera is my main problem, it's just really questionable at times, at best it's functional and at it's worst it's just plain awful. I've had quite a few jank moments, falling off buildings because of a Zandatsu animation, killing me in the process.
I love the Winds of Destruction dudes but some of the dialogue from George was really really bad. Some of the environments also don't look or feel very Metal Gear'ish at all, not the biggest fan of boring ass regular warehouses.
It feels inconsistent, sometimes it feels very MG and sometimes it just feels really off.
I'm having alot of fun with it but I'm also weirded out by the game, it just doesn't feel as polished as I thought it was going to. Super short dev cycle really shows.
Didn't expect to feel this way about it, was easily my most anticipated game this year and I feel slightly disappointed at this point.
Camera is my main problem, it's just really questionable at times, at best it's functional and at it's worst it's just plain awful. I've had quite a few jank moments, falling off buildings because of a Zandatsu animation, killing me in the process.
I love the Winds of Destruction dudes but some of the dialogue from George was really really bad. Some of the environments also don't look or feel very Metal Gear'ish at all, not the biggest fan of boring ass regular warehouses.
It feels inconsistent, sometimes it feels very MG and sometimes it just feels really off.
I'm having alot of fun with it but I'm also weirded out by the game, it just doesn't feel as polished as I thought it was going to. Super short dev cycle really shows.
Didn't expect to feel this way about it, was easily my most anticipated game this year and I feel slightly disappointed at this point.
Yeah but it's a pointless remix because you can just skip it all and it won't affect your grade at all, lulz.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
It's an 8/10, a very good game, if not GotY material. Platinum should be commended for turning in a game this good with how short that development time was. Maybe my opinion changes on harder difficulties, but it's below Bayonetta, and around the same level of Vanquish.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
My god have mercy on your soul
Give it some time to sink in; i've seen this game's title on your psn comment so i know howbpumped you've been. Sometimes it takes a bit for expectations and reality to align so there's hope yet
Well, I felt like the first 2 chapters were absolutely fantastic and then the next 2 were where the jank started showing up.
Like I said I'm still having alot of fun but I expected it to be tighter. We'll see how I feel about it when I finish it tommorow!
Middle. There are 8 chapters all in all.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Jesus Platinum didnt even take the time to have the JP voices match up to the lips of the characters in the game.
The models animations were set to match the english voices.
Talk about cutting corners.
The models animations were set to match the english voices.
Talk about cutting corners.
Snapshot King
Member
Better than every Metal Gear ever, actually, in that respect, where the voices don't match in any language.
My opinion of the game equals yours and Jett's. Its an 8/10 game from me THUS far, might change on harder difficulties to 8.5.
More indepth impressions will come tomorrow.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Not me, I'm just going to wait until tomorrow after class to try again.
Just defeated Monsoon on very hard. So far none of the bosses have changed much if at all. I think S-ranking Revengeance will be the most interesting part of the game, although I kind of fear it due to how much random and luck-based bullshit this game has when you attempt S-ranks.
MotionBlue
Member
Okay the
otaku security guard was hilarious. Also Panty and Stocking poster in the background!
JohnnySasaki86
Member
should I start on normal or hard?
The demo started off kinda hard for me, but once I figured out how the parry system works, I was parryin like crazy and it get a lot easier, but that was just the demo.
The demo started off kinda hard for me, but once I figured out how the parry system works, I was parryin like crazy and it get a lot easier, but that was just the demo.
I played the demo a lot and normal turned out to be quite easy for me. I'd start on hard.
RyougaSaotome
Member
Grabbing this after work today, even though it doesn't actually come out till tomorrow (JP). So fucking excited I can barely sit at my desk. v_v
Robobandit
Member
The difference between hard and very hard is rather significant.... I can only imagine what the hardest difficulty is like..
I need to get used to the parry system again... maybe it's just me but I don't remember having this much trouble with the camera in the demo... and I played that a number of times.
I need to get used to the parry system again... maybe it's just me but I don't remember having this much trouble with the camera in the demo... and I played that a number of times.
HylianScribe
Member
I think there might be a bug on Revengeance difficulty. So I posted earlier about my frustration on a certain phase of a boss. After RS4- looked up in his guide what it said about that part, it didn't make sense what I was doing. I thought I had to fight to a certain point on the health meter, but the guide said you had to last like a few minutes. It suggested having spare Nanopaste. I didn't have any when I was originally trying the fight, and no matter what I did I would lose. So I restarted the level and saved my Nanopaste for that part, and behold after a short time I get hit and the next sequence triggers. My fights earlier lasted much longer than the fight I finally succeeded in, and I got the boss' health down much lower in the fights I was losing, too. Not sure what is up, but unless the damage/time for the boss scales to your Nanopastes, I'm pretty sure this could be a bug. Thoughts.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I'm still hoping a future patch allows the use of white blood for US/EU players.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Pretty cool game overall, though do see what the people are talking about with camera issues. At times do have to fight with the damned thing, which is a bit of an irritation considering am playing on hard and would like to focus more on the fight itself.
Overall though as expected excellent action game with over the top production and events expected of platinum games. Dont regret this purchase.
Overall though as expected excellent action game with over the top production and events expected of platinum games. Dont regret this purchase.
Normal is very easy so far. I'd at least try it before deciding to drop to easy.
I feel absolutely retarded, I can't get down the parry timing at fucking all. Half the time I block, which I THINK is late timing? A quarter of the time I fucking dash at the enemy and the other quarter I swing the sword hopelessly at my attacker doing nothing. Why does the damn X button have to do everything in the game?
whassupbun
Member
Go to Chapter Select and replay the last level to stock up on nanopastes.
My earlier reply about the final boss if you're interested: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47950643&postcount=4186
Collectible Guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyK_25PTCU
Just started Very Hard, it's no joke. Is the Konami Code the only way to unlock Revengeance difficulty? I didn't know about it until 5 minutes ago, I've already unlocked Very Hard through completing Hard mode.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
The enemies have a red flash that goes with their orange glow that signals the moment you should best parry.