What was the easter egg since I’ve never played GH?
Yeah I wasn’t in a hurry for a PC port before playing the demo but even if they didn’t include too many graphics options most PCs would be able to run it better, and there isn’t an issue of the game transferring from a lower framerate because it was designed for 60fps. Hopefully if this game gets a sequel Platinum would be able to get a better engine for next gen (FOX engine… a man can hope).
More “I don’t get it this game sucks” and just general ignorance piled up overnight on the MGR and Anarchy Reigns threads on 'gaf, and I think I’m done trying to shovel that casual gamers snow. It’s weird hearing all this “unintuitive” nonsense because control schemes and mechanics were all over the place back as recently as the PS2 era, and stuff becomes intuitive if you do it long enough.
That said, I do hope there are some camera adjustments for the final game, even if they don’t let the camera move past geometry it shouldn’t just get pressed against the wall like it’s riding the Japanese subway with Raiden during rush hour. I guess that’s why ninja run is on a shoulder button, so you can just ninja run and move the camera with an analog stick.
Max has a gene color.
The most obvious one is that one character has a color palette designed to look similar to Gene from God Hand… He also runs and dodges a bit like Gene.
Also “rampage mode” in Anarchy Reigns is extremely similar to unleashing the God Hand.
I feel like the 3rd time P* does a 3d brawler style game they will get it right. When I mean “right” I simply mean something other games besides us won’t hate. I always found it weird that the brawler genre seems to have had the weakest transition into 3d. You would think just taking the concepts from hack and slash games would be enough just make everything limb oriented. Which these games do to some extent but something seems to be missing…
I feel that God Hand and Anarchy Reigns are extremely well executed games for how experimental they are. I have never played MadWorld though.
I know which gamers you are talking about, but honestly most of my friends who I show these games to think they are awesome. I think they just need more recognition, and I think the release of Metal Gear Rising will net PlatinumGames a lot more fans.
Yeah this has to be one of the most beneficial gaming partnerships in the past 4 years.
God Hand and AR have phenomenal animations and character designs but admittedly have the weakest overall presentation. For good reason since both had a crazy amount of things going on. Powerstone had a much more polished look and was 60 frames while AR was 30 and dips to half that online looking like a slide show. Most of the reviews called the game “ugly” which I really don’t agree with but it definitely is to some extent weak. I’m all for gameplay>graphics any day of the week but I think the next time around they should focus a little more in that department. I do admit making a game like AR 60 frames this gen probably would be an impossible task. Most gamers probably just look at the graphics and skip out on it. I’m starting to think Sega delayed the game to justify the price drop intentionally. I could be totally wrong on this but I don’t know if AR sold well here in the west. I know Japan was surprisingly disappointing.
You owe it to yourself to try MGS4 sometime. The plot is retarded, but the gameplay in the first few levels is some of the most rewarding I’ve experienced in a single player game.
if you loved mgs1 and 2 do yourself a favor and never play mgs4
Raiden: "Ready for insertion"
Me: “My body is ready”
Long story short my body was no where near ready. Is it too late for me to get that lamp?
After following Kamiya’s twitter and seeing that he’s barely played any of the games released this gen, I sort of get why Platinum might always be a bit niche because their games aren’t as aware of the current climate. Getting a new P* game and dissecting the mechanics is always a great experience, and it’s why I hope they don’t rely on sequels in the future. It’s like getting a new lego set, building according to the instructions, and then seeing what you can do with the pieces. But most gamers expect to get a toy straight out of the box as opposed to a plastic bag full of pieces and an ikea manual.
Yeah agreed and I use to want them to make sequels but after MGR they have proven sometimes moving on to new things keeps them fresh. Don’t get me wrong I am down with Bayo 2 but I hope the only other game that gets a sequel is Vanquish. I need to take that Russian Z.O.E guy down with revengeance.
MGS4 is a good game. Why do people say “OLOLOL IZ JSUT 1 LNONG MOVIE BRO”
If I recall correctly, if you skip the Tanker in MGS2, and do and just do Plant, there’s around an hour and a half of gameplay. (skip all cutscenes of course)
I love MGS2, though.
Yeah most people don’t know how short almost all metal gear games are. MGS4 is good but the Drebin system made things way too easy even on max difficulty. Not to mention the seemingly endless supply of mk2 ammo. I guess people were disappointed after the greatness that is MGS3. Make no mistake though, MGS4 was the first PS3 game that made me value owning the system. This was during the slow start PS3 had with bad ports and unappealing games. Not to mention losing exclusives that eventually ran better on 360.
Yeah… All of my friends and I bought a PS3 specifically so we could play MGS4. I think the only game we played back then before it came out was Ninja Gaiden Sigma lol
the amount of cutscenes has nothing to do with why MGS4 sucks
Other than “nanomachines this nanomachines that” Why?
MGS4 has the best gameplay in the series 
The sad thing is that many gamers from this generation think that great graphics = great game
Man the current trend of gamers is just sad, semi related to that, you wouldn’t believe the kind of crap that i have seen some people say regardless to games and their quality just because their graphics and or cinematics, for example, some people claiming that NFS MW wasn’t good because it doesn’t have an story mode, bitch please is a mother fucking racing game, leave the stories for shit like rpgs, or that SF4 was a good game, just because it had 3d graphics…
BTW, talking about game engines, what do you people think about Havok?
Yes. I knew someone who wouldn’t watch clerks because it was in Black and white…