[radish]

I'd paid pretty much zero attention to this game until I watched some review/gameplay videos today.
Actually looks pretty dang cool.

Probably gonna pick it up at some point, but I think I'll wait awhile and see if I can get it a little cheaper.
Seems a little short for $60

[Moogs]

I press the "KEEP" button and I get it for $45.

That's okay.

[Adilegian]

Got to go grab dinner for my wife.

Then the impressioning will begin.
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[Adilegian]

The codec conversations are a lot of fun. I don't know if we're going to get into MGS2 territories of info digging into bosses' backgrounds. There's a lot of conversation that borders on idle chatter, sometimes way off-topic in a way that builds characters (interactions between Raiden and Kevin do this best, they're clearly buddies without tearful bro-love).

At least, the conversations are a lot more characterizing than MGS3's paramedic's HEY I'M A FILM OTAKU schtick. Maybe there'll be more of that as it goes on... but I do like that one of the ancillary characters will mention a detail and, after a few repeated prompts, Raiden will ask them to expand on the topic.
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[Rud31]

[Adilegian]

MG Rising also does that thing where ancient "good old days" weapons are naturally better than modern technology.

Definitely a weapon from the 16th century is a better piece of equipment than an modern HF blade. The sci-fi explanation is pretty fun though.
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[Toto]

Guys I'm so very hype for this game, and it doesn't appear to have that one Annoying Thing that stops Platinum Games' work from being Actually Excellent.

Eurogamers review has me hype as fuck (I am mildly inclined to trust EG. They had ads all over the place for Aliens Colonial Marines and still gave it a 4).

[Deets]

I would trust Adi over any web site on the got dang internet as to whether this is worth playing

[shrugtheironteacup]

[shrugtheironteacup]

Definitely more entertaining than Crysis 3 but the start to robot velociraptor is higher.
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[shrugtheironteacup]

Definitely more entertaining than Crysis 3 but the start to robot velociraptor is higher.

Not having your magic super blade go dull and useless the second you cut palm with it is a tragic missed opportunity. #materialmachinabilityjokes
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[Iacus]

[radish]

From what I've heard, like six hours maybe on one play through but replayable for better scores and skill unlocks etc

Thinking about picking up Vanquish or Bayonetta finally instead for now since they're like $10-$15

[Focus]

cyborg cops
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[Mikey]

Just picked up Vanquish today since it's free on PS+ (honestly, for 50 bucks it's been worth it for free games alone), actually

[analogos]

[Iacus]

That seems alright, then.

I saw a 30 min video of the prologue stage + tutorial and the score screen showed around 12 minutes.
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Guayaba 2600

[radish]

[Adilegian]

[Adilegian]

I had kind of hoped that MG would have moved past The Selfish Gene, which is eye-rollingly bad philosophy masquerading as science. I guess if you need a way to talk about cultural ideals spreading, you could do worse, but the tenuous attempt to connect Dawkins's model for cultural information exchange to some kind of objectivity.
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[Grant Dempsey]

[Adilegian]

[Grant Dempsey]

[Adilegian]

[Grant Dempsey]

It's okay. The joke's as durable as the cat.

[Adilegian]

[end of the world]

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[Adilegian]

The power fantasy element of this game is wonderful. I don't usually consciously enjoy this part of games, particularly the MGS games since the "power" comes across as based on improvisational tactics. I'm thinking particularly of boss fights such as Psycho Mantis, the M1 Tank, The Pain, etc. Most of MGS3's bosses, actually.

There's something special here about ninja-running into a door, slicing it apart, stopping five feet in front of a surprised guard to cut the RPG he's just fired at you in half, bludgeon him with your sword, and then vampire steal his robo-spine, literally bathing in his cyberjuices to replenish everything you used to perform that sequence of events.

I also like how the urgency of grabbing blue spines in this game is explained via Codec in a scientifistic version of the five-second rule.
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[another god]

You guys are making me want to buy this game for full price when I know full well that in a month or two it will be <$20.
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interdimensional

[radish]

I played the demo tonight and yeah, I want this game now.

I shouldn't spend money right now, but I might spend some money

[shrugtheironteacup]

I'm really bad at video games when I've been up for 36+ hours.

A shallow thing: I appreciate that while the mission is HAMCHOP ERRYTHING there are sections where caution is helpful and rewarded.

Unless you want to farm money I guess.

It is a nice, easy mechanical echo of its forebears among the robojuice baths.
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[Persona mobile]

Watched my friend play up until the introduction of the lady boss. We've been mostly listening to Codec conversations, of which there are plenty and they are of the finest caliber. They build up all the characters, talk about the world, give some woooonderful psuedoscience, some politics and history, and even jab at Raiden or the other characters.

My favorite part of Metal Gear games!



I would've liked MGS4 more if they had them. And if they got rid of all of Sigint's codec calls after you beat all the bosses.
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[klj5j6li]

help the sai sucks why does the sai suck

game rules though monsoon was a rad boss fight

[Ronnoc]

I beat this is one sitting, so I guess I liked it better than expected. I don't think I hit the 'Y' button more than twice the entire game tho :-\

[Grant Dempsey]

There are several small moments this game sets up that I really appreciate.

At least half of the bosses, you can see in front of you in-game before you approach to trigger the cutscene-transition into the fight itself, so it's not just that you're running along and suddenly the screen fades black and a cutscene starts and the boss only first appears therein. So you can see Sam sitting, and Sundowner pacing in front of the shackled N'Mani, in wait for you when you get to the end of the train; you can see Mistral leaning against the railing on the far side of the top of her tower after you climb the stairs to it; and although it's a little more setpiece-y, you can see Sam waiting and watching behind the grunts in front of World Marshal HQ (though a little less setpiece-y in that you can see him back there even before you begin to fight the grunts), before the fight with Monsoon.

Those are all pleasant little touches in themselves, but then, in File R-04, long after the fight with Mistral, you open a door and before you even enter the room on the other side, you can see Mistral('s Body Double) standing there with her pole-arm waiting for you. No camera-wheels-away-from-you-to-reveal-ReMistral-as-she-leaps-down-into-the-arena-and-the-game-tells-you-"Uh oh!"-with-a-shock-beat transition; just the quiet surprise of seeing Mistral again after opening a fairly inconspicuous door and then it still being on you just to walk forward and attack as though she were any ol' grunt.

And the game follows this surprise with that of launching ReMonsoon at you, similarly without much fanfare, as soon as ReMistral blows up. In fact, I think that before I realized ReMonsoon had appeared in the room at all, he began his striking-from-the-fog attack sequence, which made for a great entrance for him.

[Felix]

I played the demo and I had a real hard time with the lack of a roll move. Controls didn't click for me; the MGS trappings are okay (I hadn't realized it was changed to a sequel rather than an interquel) but I don't think it's gonna add up to much.

[Grant Dempsey]

Also, the flavor of the final boss figure's (endgame spoilers) pseudophilosophy this time around is basically "Fuck all this shit; I'll do what I want," and that's either whatever, if MGR is just a Platinum Games thing and not much of a Metal Gear thing to you anyway, or potentially hilarious, if you take that content as the sort of MGS satire that I'm inclined to think it is. In one scene, the guy literally starts stomping on Raiden's chest with both feet like a toddler throwing a tantrum, while he continues to express his motivation; and this is MGR's version of MGS's typically sacrosanct final boss self-justification monologue scene. What immediately follows is Raiden standing up and pretending to brohug the final boss the way MGS sometimes seems to get us to want to (and the way Snake and Liquid Ocelot actually go ahead and do in MGS4), before saying, "What the hell are you talking about?" and resuming punching.

[BotageL]

[Grant Dempsey]

Here's a new "Hideo Kojima Cut" Trailer. Be warned: it shows some stuff from late in the game, including bits from the final fights.

[halken]

You know this game evokes a spiritual successor to Strider 2.

[analogos]