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Geop posted:
Yeah, it's pretty sad. They just couldn't handle making the game on their own- understandable, since it's pretty different from a typical MG game. It's like they developed that sweet "cut anything" mechanic and then couldn't really figure out how to make a game around it. Oh well- game certainly wouldn't have been as good without Platinum, and now we have a chance at a second game developed by Platinum with an actual budget and development cycle.
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I guess having to scrap a couple years'-worth of work and passing it to another studio isn't something you tend to be proud of.
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Did I tell you that I really appreciate the art of the parry video? Teaching me how to win at the game.
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May 19, 2013 18:44
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Chip Cheezum posted:
My God, I was just rewatching those videos myself. 
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May 19, 2013 18:51
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I've been eagerly waiting for this LP. I bought this game even though I don't own a PS3 and was playing it at a friend's house. She and I were constantly amazed at how over the top this game can get while still staying completely awesome. I even got pretty far into the game, but at one point I hit a challenge I wasn't good enough to beat, and I didn't have regular enough access to the game to get good at it, so I had to put it down. Now not only is there an LP, but it's coming out on PC as well. gently caress. I'll be following this thread closely. Herr Tog posted:Did I tell you that I really appreciate the art of the parry video? Teaching me how to win at the game. Keep the phrase "gently caress it-- Parry it!" forever in your heart. 
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May 19, 2013 18:53
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You can't parry the plasma cannon, right?
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May 19, 2013 18:59
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You cannot, but as Chip says, you can invincibility frame through it with the right timing, though it's not easy.
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May 19, 2013 19:03
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I really want to say "of course not", but I realize now that there's absolutely no drat way to actually tell unless you go out and try it a couple of times. After all, it'd make as much sense as anything else in this game! But you probably can't.
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May 19, 2013 19:06
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Silentman0 posted:When Platinum released the game, they put out two different soundtracks, one with a preorder and one on its own. One just has the instrumentals, the other has the voices. Viciousreiven decided to mix the two together to get the full experience. Here's Rules of Nature, the song from the fight against UG Ray: Thank you very much for posting this!
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May 19, 2013 19:09
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Siivola posted:I really want to say "of course not", but I realize now that there's absolutely no drat way to actually tell unless you go out and try it a couple of times. After all, it'd make as much sense as anything else in this game!
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May 19, 2013 19:12
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Zereth posted:I was fairly certain you couldn't, if only because Chip doesn't, but I wasn't sure give how you can apparently parry every single other attack the Ray has. I'm 99 percent sure you can't parry the laser - you can't parry bullets (leaving aside Ninja Run's immunity) rockets or many kinds of projectiles. I doubt the big fuckoff plasma cannon would be one of the few exceptions.
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May 19, 2013 19:16
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Drachir D Nalem posted:I didn't know this would come out on PC. Any word on if it'll be paired with any obnoxious online thing like Origin or similar? Nothing confirmed, but one of Platinum's producers was seen visiting Valve's HQ last September, so there's some hope.
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May 19, 2013 19:19
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No, you can't parry the plasma cutter. But you can actually parry most missiles.
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May 19, 2013 19:19
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Suaimhneas posted:Nothing confirmed, but one of Platinum's producers was seen visiting Valve's HQ last September, so there's some hope. It has been confirmed in the past couple of days on Hideo Kojima's podcast and this guy's twitter.  E: ↓ - Ah right, I missed that. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 19:24 on May 19, 2013 |
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May 19, 2013 19:21
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Aurain posted:It has been confirmed in the past couple of days on Hideo Kojima's podcast and this guy's twitter. Yeah I know the PC release is confirmed, I was responding to the "Any word on if it'll be paired with any obnoxious online thing like Origin or similar?" question.
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May 19, 2013 19:23
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Considering Dark Souls II is abandoning it, I think even Japanese developers have gotten the hint that GFWL sucks. (also it's not an EA game so it won't be Origin either.)
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May 19, 2013 19:32
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cobalt impurity posted:Keep the phrase "gently caress it-- Parry it!" forever in your heart. Unfortunately, that advise is a tad bit dubious for reasons we should see later. But yeah, almost every attack is parryable because swords in the future are really, really good.
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I only have a single comment, and it's that this LP is a a thousands times better purely because of how enthusiastic you are, Chip. It's like a kid showing off his new action figure to his best friend (Ironicus), and being so dang happy, and it adds a lot in my opinion.
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Silentman0 posted:When Platinum released the game, they put out two different soundtracks, one with a preorder and one on its own. One just has the instrumentals, the other has the voices. Viciousreiven decided to mix the two together to get the full experience. Here's Rules of Nature, the song from the fight against UG Ray: and hey Chip, feel free to use those tracks in the OP if you want to. I still haven't gotten around to doing Sundowner's theme... time to rectify that. Reive fucked around with this message at 20:04 on May 19, 2013 |
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May 19, 2013 20:01
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You should post music that has played along with the updates. The music is SUPER RAD and it would be nice if they were included.
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May 19, 2013 20:15
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Oh, this game was a surprise to me. After hearing Platinum I thought it would be good, but it was even better. It's just packed full of neat little touches as well. I'm a big fan of what they did with the music too. And something I never thought I'd say about an MGS game, the cutscenes are generally brilliant. Also Boris rules. The fighting is really fun and intuitive as well. Cutting up everything is a nice bonus too. I could gush about how much I like this game all day.  My dog doesn't like the title screen though. That thunder makes him bark like mad. I love how they just straight up throw a Metal Gear at you five minutes in, and then Raiden just does that to it. Really sets the tone. fake edit:Oh wow, you had perfect timing parrying that blade just as the "rules of nature" bit kicked in. Looking forward to seeing you show off all the amazing stuff you can get up to in this. And I'm fully expecting you to show me a bunch of things I missed. You've already started, what with that big leap attack of Sam's. McDragon fucked around with this message at 20:25 on May 19, 2013 |
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May 19, 2013 20:18
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McDragon posted:fake edit:Oh wow, you had perfect timing parrying that blade just as the "rules of nature" bit kicked in. That's actually scripted - the music automatically introduces lyrics and jumps to that point in the song when you start the finisher. It does that sort of thing a lot and it's really awesome.
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May 19, 2013 20:27
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Spiritus Nox posted:That's actually scripted - the music automatically introduces lyrics and jumps to that point in the song when you start the finisher. It does that sort of thing a lot and it's really awesome. I am a sucker for variable mixes like that, and soundtracks that sync up to what the player is actually doing. At the risk of sounding trite, it really does kick up the cinematic feel for the gameplay itself, rather than saving all the sweet choreography for the cutscenes only.
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May 19, 2013 20:32
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This LP looks crazy good, as usual per Chip/Ironicus productions. Wanted to get MGR on PS3 but I'll wait for the PC version. The soundtrack combines all the worst music trends in the last 15 years and it sucks balls as a result but I guess it fits the over-the-top nature of the game. Got the question about the first video: Ironicus, I don't get why that big scissor sword boss guy looks like he's Polish? Is it because of his drunkard face? 
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May 19, 2013 20:33
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Spiritus Nox posted:That's actually scripted - the music automatically introduces lyrics and jumps to that point in the song when you start the finisher. It does that sort of thing a lot and it's really awesome. Oh wow, I'm learning things about this game already.
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Suaimhneas posted:Nothing confirmed, but one of Platinum's producers was seen visiting Valve's HQ last September, so there's some hope. Guess I'll need to pay a bit closer attention for news about it from now on, then. I really want to try this game but don't know if I could stomach fiddling about with GFWL and such.
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May 19, 2013 20:40
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*about to watch video* Oh Jesus Christ, they're going to try and make Whiny Emo McCyborg look awesome again. *watches video* ... You win, Konami. Raiden just became loving awesome. As far as I'm concerned, once you've tossed a fifty-foot mech into the sky and sliced it in half with a sword that's nowhere near long enough to do so, you've earned the right to whine and cry as much as you want.
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As soon as I saw Scissor-Man I immediately mindjumped to "Texan." All he's missing is a ten-gallon hat and he looks like a Greater Houston Area used car dealer / mattress salesman. Also, he is literally  I'm stoked to see where this goes and to snap it up on PC when it comes out. High-Water Marx fucked around with this message at 16:38 on May 23, 2013 |
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May 19, 2013 20:41
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Good lord is this game absurd. Hard to believe they managed to make a game staring Raiden awesome, those days when he got peed on by a guard are long gone.
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May 19, 2013 21:16
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If anyone bought DmC they should trade it in to buy this game, I did and I never looked back.
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May 19, 2013 21:24
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If anyone's worried that Raiden's going to be a whiny character like in MGS4, don't worry about it. He's passed that stage and now he's moved on to being a nerd who really wants to be as cool as Batman.
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May 19, 2013 21:27
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I played the demo and wasn't really impressed with the controls. Slicing stuff was clunky and it didn't really feel like a metal gear game. Does it get easier/better or would I likely be better off just watching this LP?
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May 19, 2013 21:29
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For the slicing controls, make sure you are just letting go of the stick to do cuts instead of swiping it all the way across. I know some people have been doing that and it makes cutting really difficult. You could also try going into the option and trying out (I think) control setting D. It flips the sticks for cutting so that the right stick is the camera and the left stick in the angle of the cut. That allows you set up the angle of the cut with the left stick, and then you can just hit light attack to perform the cut. No matter what the game has a bit of a learning curve to it, though. The majority of Platinum's games are like that.
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the littlest prince posted:I played the demo and wasn't really impressed with the controls. Slicing stuff was clunky and it didn't really feel like a metal gear game. Does it get easier/better or would I likely be better off just watching this LP? The controls are really smooth actually once you realize you can just flick the stick to cut down that line. And this game is NOT Metal Gear Solid. It never tries to be, it doesn't want to be. This is Metal Gear Rising my friend, and what it does it does really drat well. Don't worry though. This game is still like 105% Metal Gear when it comes to setting/writing. Soon enough we'll be talking about philosophy on the battle field with Bosses.
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Sadly, after this level, [fakespoiler] we switch to playing as Solid Snake on the dogracing circuit for the rest of the game, as a backwards tribute to MGS2.[/fakespoiler] Disappointing, to say the least.
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the littlest prince posted:I played the demo and wasn't really impressed with the controls. Slicing stuff was clunky and it didn't really feel like a metal gear game. Does it get easier/better or would I likely be better off just watching this LP? I don't know about everyone else, but I ended up using square and triangle instead of the stick. It says that square does horizontal slices, but it'll slice in any direction you have the arc at. You can just aim with the stick and slice with square if stick controls are too cumbersome. Either way, blade mode isn't really the creamy center of the game. It's the seamless attack-parry-counter-slice-dodge-attack without missing a beat that makes the game really shine. I say get it, it's a fun action game.
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Holy poo poo, this game is incredible. Thank you so much for LPing it, since this type of game is just one I am completely inept at. Seriously, I probably never would've experienced the joy of seeing a robot-man slice a RAY in half without this thread.
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johnboy3434 posted:Whiny Emo McCyborg look awesome again. Ahem. Cryborg.
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Speaking as someone who got this game because of Platinum and knew next to nothing about the rest of the series (I'm halfway through the MGS1 LP now), it's kind of hilarious seeing how violently my image of Raiden seems to clash with everyone else's. 
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May 19, 2013 21:50
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Spiritus Nox posted:I'm 99 percent sure you can't parry the laser - you can't parry bullets (leaving aside Ninja Run's immunity) rockets or many kinds of projectiles. I doubt the big fuckoff plasma cannon would be one of the few exceptions.  Actually, you can parry bullets, it's just kinda useless. I think Chip parried a bullet by mistake in Ray 2, a little bit after the 21 minute mark
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Here we go. I'm greatly looking forward to you making me look like a total chump at this game in comparison. I think I got all of 2 S ranks during my first trip through.
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