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PlatinumGames Community Thread | Platinum maintains its luster forever
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Supermanisdead
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Playing Bayo 1 with the Link costume. God is real.
I've been rocking the Fox McCloud costume in 2, so amazing. Love the Star Fox sound effects.
There's also a reference to W101. They already wrote stuff in that game that linked the universe with Bayonetta's, but they've now got a 2-way link. I like that Platinum just have fun with lore and aren't precious about it being taken seriously.
Weltall Zero
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You know what, you´re right. One of the advantages of baseline P* games being so lighthearted is all the cameos they can include. Not like they can't make more self-contained and (comparatively!) more serious games like MGR when they get a license that's more suited to it. Yes, MGR has its own brand of humor like mariachi Raiden and Armstrong's antics, but these are more akin to MGS's type of humour and therefore fit the setting more.
Finished my first playthrough of Bayonetta 2 this morning (i absolutelly played nothin on Friday, as my brother visited and we took turns on TEW XD).
It's not short, and it's full of awesome encounters, but it kinda falls on the easy side. Easy as easy for PG veterans i mean. It just feels easier than Bayonetta 1.
For those interested, Bayonetta 2, not being a Kamiya game, has less filler stages and those it has are far more interesting and fun to play than those in the first game.
I still have to completelly figure out the audio and visual queues, especially for the new enemies, so no PP/no damage runs yet, got an average of gold, but it was a rushed run, i'll make up for that.
Game is a solid 9/10 for me, and i'm very glad it exists.
Why no 10, you may ask. I have a very hard time giving 10s, and maybe i'll change my mind later, as i have only played Story Mode, but if i may add, it's the best PG game to date, easily.
As for GOTY. Can't decide yet. I'm a huge fan of PG and stylish character action game in general, and i'm a huge Mikami/RE/Action Horror fan as well.
Between Bayonetta 2 and its most impressive gameplay, beautiful and colorful art direction, familiar yet amazing encounters, better than usual (for PG) story, and almost great performance (9/10), and TEW and it's familiar yet great gameplay, phenomenal atmosphere and geniously creepy design, environment, trap and encounter ingenuity, a story with many references to Mikami's other works, but to others as well, combined to make one of the most interesting tales ever told, imo, and almost good performance (PC - 8/10), i can't really decide.
It will take many playthroughs to fully experience the full package from both games, there is also additional content coming for TEW, and some performance patches hopefully, so I'll reserve my judgement for later.
These 2 games are both not just the best games this year, but two of the best games of all time imo.
Play them both and you can't go wrong.
This month is the best month this year easily.
It's not short, and it's full of awesome encounters, but it kinda falls on the easy side. Easy as easy for PG veterans i mean. It just feels easier than Bayonetta 1.
For those interested, Bayonetta 2, not being a Kamiya game, has less filler stages and those it has are far more interesting and fun to play than those in the first game.
I still have to completelly figure out the audio and visual queues, especially for the new enemies, so no PP/no damage runs yet, got an average of gold, but it was a rushed run, i'll make up for that.
Game is a solid 9/10 for me, and i'm very glad it exists.
Why no 10, you may ask. I have a very hard time giving 10s, and maybe i'll change my mind later, as i have only played Story Mode, but if i may add, it's the best PG game to date, easily.
As for GOTY. Can't decide yet. I'm a huge fan of PG and stylish character action game in general, and i'm a huge Mikami/RE/Action Horror fan as well.
Between Bayonetta 2 and its most impressive gameplay, beautiful and colorful art direction, familiar yet amazing encounters, better than usual (for PG) story, and almost great performance (9/10), and TEW and it's familiar yet great gameplay, phenomenal atmosphere and geniously creepy design, environment, trap and encounter ingenuity, a story with many references to Mikami's other works, but to others as well, combined to make one of the most interesting tales ever told, imo, and almost good performance (PC - 8/10), i can't really decide.
It will take many playthroughs to fully experience the full package from both games, there is also additional content coming for TEW, and some performance patches hopefully, so I'll reserve my judgement for later.
These 2 games are both not just the best games this year, but two of the best games of all time imo.
Play them both and you can't go wrong.
This month is the best month this year easily.
Are you playing on 2nd or 3rd climax? I heard a few reviewers say that 2nd climax is easier than normal from the first game, and that 3rd climax is closer to it. Because of that I opted for 3rd, and I think it's like normal + 25%. It reminds me of MGR's hard, which was more moderate than Bayo 1's hard. I'm dying way more than my first playthrough of Bayonetta anyway; mostly to bosses. My chapter death record is 32 continues
Are you playing on 2nd or 3rd climax? I heard a few reviewers say that 2nd climax is easier than normal from the first game, and that 3rd climax is closer to it. Because of that I opted for 3rd, and I think it's like normal + 25%. It reminds me of MGR's hard, which was more moderate than Bayo 1's hard. I'm dying way more than my first playthrough of Bayonetta anyway; mostly to bosses. My chapter death record is 32 continues
Played 2nd Climax on my first playthrough, which was easier than B1 Normal, and now i'm halfway through 3rd Climax, which is still easier than hard on B1.
If i'm not wrong there's one more difficulty level.
You are not wrong. 3rd Climax is like Normal+, maybe less forgiving, but not too hard still.
Based on the description, Normal was 2nd, and it is, but it's easier than standard normal.
3rd Climax is harder than B1 normal, but isn't really considered 'Hard'.
Will finish 3rd Climax later tonight, or tomorrow morning as real life calls, but i can't wait to start my 'Infinite Climax' playthrough.
Edit: finished 3rd Climax too.
It's crazy, i played 9 verses from 2nd and all of 3rd just today >.<
Also started some Infinite Climax (2 verses). IC is brutal, not too much because it's hard, but because it's one fuckup and your scoring goes rock bottom.
Ofc the scoring is very unforgiving in general, even in 3rd Climax.
I generally did better on 3rd than i did on 2nd, but a couple of verses, with 1-2 deaths each, and my scoring went stone and bronze even though i had G/P/PP trophies on individual encounters.
Taking a day or two off now, as my already useless tendon just became plain dead
Based on the description, Normal was 2nd, and it is, but it's easier than standard normal.
3rd Climax is harder than B1 normal, but isn't really considered 'Hard'.
Will finish 3rd Climax later tonight, or tomorrow morning as real life calls, but i can't wait to start my 'Infinite Climax' playthrough.
Edit: finished 3rd Climax too.
It's crazy, i played 9 verses from 2nd and all of 3rd just today >.<
Also started some Infinite Climax (2 verses). IC is brutal, not too much because it's hard, but because it's one fuckup and your scoring goes rock bottom.
Ofc the scoring is very unforgiving in general, even in 3rd Climax.
I generally did better on 3rd than i did on 2nd, but a couple of verses, with 1-2 deaths each, and my scoring went stone and bronze even though i had G/P/PP trophies on individual encounters.
Taking a day or two off now, as my already useless tendon just became plain dead
I can't imagine the insane amount of dodging you'd have to do to keep up. I'm just obtaining the last weapons in 2nd climax and then starting a playthrough of 3rd Climax with Jeanne. I like the high reward factor of her witch time.
UltraGunner
Banned
Got it friday but still haven't played it. Was hoping to play it over the Weekend, but work+school got in the way, also wanted to at least finish my first playthough of the Evil Within. Why's reality gotta keep me down? =(
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Are you me
Actually no, you can't be, I'm not in school anymore
This is literally my exact situation, though. I feel your pain. Reality is a bitch.
Reality is a bitch when it forces you to postpone a console purchase and you end up having the game but not the hardware to play it on :< (and no time to play either)
Supermanisdead
Member
I keep playing Bayo 1 instead of moving onto Bayo 2. I don't feel good leaving so much things left unlocked and not upgraded.
Supermanisdead
Member
The first episode of The Umbran Arts was uploaded on Saur's channel. It's really well-done.
Supermanisdead
Member
I think most of the discussion ended up happening in the OT and the review thread. Everyone here is in the Bayonetta coma right now, I guess.
Korra is not a bad game, and can be pretty fun when you have all the skills.
It's just that it's not a very good game either (easily the weakest entry from PG), it looks and feels very cheap (and that's not PG's fault), and is overshadowed by the beast that is Bayonetta 2.
Right now i don't touch it at all, but it will be a good game to go back to on a dead period.
It's not nearly as bad as the reviews claim it to be, a 7/10 like I said earlier in the thread already.
The combat is fun (and gets remarkably better in NG+ when the game stops locking content away from you for once), offers a lot of options and is all about charging moves mid-combo, which is a quick way to win my heart <3. There are some bad parts, namely the awful story (though as I understand PG had nothing to do with it), bland levels, dat usual PG camera issues and awful running segments, but the meat of the game is still PG goodness. As long as your expectations are appropriate for a budget title, you most likely won't be disappointed.
If you're a fan of the show, it is a wasted license in the sense that you could make a much richer game, in all aspects, based on the Avatar franchise. But not with this kind of time and budget.
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>Kamiya visits Valve
>Bayonetta on PC
>[Modding Intensifies]
>Bayonetta in DMC3/4 or Dante in Bayonetta
>We finally get a game which Bayonetta and Dante are both in it
>mfw
~<3
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Well he and JP re-tweeted a tweet reply from a Valve employee recently asking for Vanquish from Sega on the Valkyria Chronicles PC announcement on twitter. (It's the employee there on the picture.)
Well, if Vanquish is coming on PC as well, it's great news. And if it is to happen it will need Sega's approval, and some poor soul to port it.
If PG is working on the port then it's great news.
But still, don't get over-excited. It's the secret for less disappointment in life.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I am loving bayonetta 1 and 2
That's what I always tell people who bitch about me being pessimistic
If a Vanquish port was to be made then PG is definitely THE studio to do it, I trust them completely after MGR in this regard. I just hope getting Vanquish to run in 60fps wouldn't be RE4-level of hard to do, and we wouldn't end up with a locked framerate or something.
Vanquish was beautiful, and had a few newish ideas that all together made it unique, but framerate was terrible.
It felt really smooth and responsive for a 30 fps title, but that's Platinum magic for you.
Ok guys, I'm doing this just because I promised you to do a Korra combo video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbAjVDjobmY
Please don't laugh at my poor skills or
The bastard killed me at 199 T__T like the 20 fps I was getting from my PC was not tormenting enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbAjVDjobmY
Please don't laugh at my poor skills or
my toaster PC ;__; the poor thing is just old ;___;
The bastard killed me at 199 T__T like the 20 fps I was getting from my PC was not tormenting enough.
My only complaint would be a little more variation wouldn't hurt. It kind of felt like you were out of ideas and just cycled through the elements at times (though it might as well be the fault of Korra's combo strings all starting the same). It's good to see I'm not the only one who always ends up having enemies escape from that fire flurry of kicks, lol.
Having spent years on a shit tier PC, I can honestly say I sympathize
Weltall Zero
Member
My only complaint would be a little more variation wouldn't hurt. It kind of felt like you were out of ideas and just cycled through the elements at times (though it might as well be the fault of Korra's combo strings all starting the same). It's good to see I'm not the only one who always ends up having enemies escape from that fire flurry of kicks, lol.
Having spent years on a shit tier PC, I can honestly say I sympathize
Yeah, there's only so much you can do with Korra's combos, sadly. If that wasn't obvious by itself, playing the ridiculously free-form and combo-meaty Bayo2 makes it painfully more so.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I felt much the same. I think so much was going on and so much of it was a blur to begin with that I didn't even think about it until later. Only in retrospect did I realize the whole thing was 25-30 fps with dips.
My only complaint would be a little more variation wouldn't hurt. It kind of felt like you were out of ideas and just cycled through the elements at times (though it might as well be the fault of Korra's combo strings all starting the same). It's good to see I'm not the only one who always ends up having enemies escape from that fire flurry of kicks, lol.
Having spent years on a shit tier PC, I can honestly say I sympathize
Yeah I didn't think all combos through, lol.
I honestly didn't think my PC would go all toaster for Korra. If Bayonetta PC ever becomes a reality, I hope my PC can handle it.
I have to agree, sadly.
Supermanisdead
Member
Still haven't touched Bayonetta 2. Too much fun reliving Bayo 1 and I still don't even have the nunchuks.