Rediscovering the game on PC after all its parts finally clicked. I actually loved it on PS3 (got it with PS+), but I was pretty much playing it like a Devil May Cry with a more awkward dodge and a parry/counter (I was currently on chapter 4 due to busy schedule and other games). Playing through the Blade Wolf DLC before tackling the main game (hey, it's a prequel, right) made all of its mechanics fall into place (and most interestingly of all, making it feel more like a Metal Gear game), and I'm enjoying the main game even more as a result (not to mention steamrolling stuff that got me stumped for a while the first time).
This is not the first time this happened to me with a Platinum game; like so many others, I started playing Vanquish's demo like a cover shooter, obviously bringing down its appeal quite a lot. I replayed it after learning about boosting and other stuff and it was like a different game entirely. I believe this is actually a problem with Platinum Games', er, games; they're often so deep that you can finish them using only a subset of your repertoire; this is a bad thing when the subset you fall into (because of it being more obvious) is not concordant with your own tastes and/or vastly suboptimal. I even think Bayonetta could have been like this for me (ignoring Witch Time, offset cancel, etc.) if I hadn't been watching videos for years before actually buying a 360 for it.
You can parry everything a Gekko does, except for the yellow cable attack. Look for when its legs glow orange. That's your cue. To get a counter, you have to air-parry it, though.
Holy shit, I never thought of this. I've been backing them into a corner so they can't jump back when you counter them, which also seems to work but is obviously more awkward. Thanks a lot![/QUOTE]
anyway to skip the splash screens? too many to wait through to get to playing! i know you can make them go by faster but it isnt by much.
I'd also like to know. I've skimmed through the game files but I hadn't found any that seem to obviously be the logos.
My only gripe so far is that the camera and lock on function feels really awkward. Is there an easier way to cycle enemies than "hold target, cycle using camera"? It's a little much holding sprint, running and dodging, holding camera, and cycling targets all at once. Or is this simply what I need to get good at?
You don't need to hold the lock on button at all! Just tap it and it locks onto the enemy in front of you, then cycle with the right analog, or tap it again to unlock. Actually, this might be a setting, but if it is, I enabled it first thing after booting on both PS3 and PC and forgot about it.
