Thread: Metal Gear Rising/MG General

Raging? Loving it?

We spoke about it before but I can't remember. Metal Gear is possibly my favorite series, MGS defined my latter childhood, playing through the HD releases now is making my house smell musky..

How does everyone feel about Rising?

Honestly, Platinum are possibly my favorite dev at the moment (Bayonetta and Vanquish were fuckin' incredible) and as much as this isn't Metal Gear, it is Platinum with MG feel. I understand why fanboys are angry but fuck, listen to the soundtrack. I'm OK with CRAZY added to Metal Gear. Raiden fucks up Metal Gear REX insanely in the fucking trailer.


I love classic Tactical Espionage Action, but some nerds need to get over it and come to terms with this being Lightning Bolt Action (may not be the subtitle anymore but whatevs).



Metal Gear general.

Also, anyone with a 3DS better be picking up Snake Eater or I will be fucking angry.

Completed MGS1, 2, 3, Portable Ops, nearly completed Peace Walker and 4 is on my pile.

I love the series but it is a strain to enjoy it sometimes, with pretty terrible controls, hours upon hours of non-gameplay, very little actual stealthing, japanese quirks and nonsense that bend reality, but the boss battles, epic moments in cinematics, stories and visuals are all mindboggling at times and well worth bearing the tedium.

I am a Revengeance skeptic. I don't particularly like the DMC/Bayonetta kind of bombastic flamboyant combo mashing but the brand name and setting could swing that for me.

Played MGS1, put it down and couldn't figure out where the hell to go when I picked it back up. I might check it out, but I've been spending way too much time/money on games lately and really need to chill out, particularly during the semesters. Hell, I might even wait a couple months to get Mass Effect 3 cuz I already know I'm gonna pick up the SH collection and the darkness 2 and really don't want to spend even that much on games.

Originally Posted by Wigg

I love the series but it is a strain to enjoy it sometimes, with pretty terrible controls, hours upon hours of non-gameplay, very little actual stealthing, japanese quirks and nonsense that bend reality, but the boss battles, epic moments in cinematics, stories and visuals are all mindboggling at times and well worth bearing the tedium.

this, except the shiny bits don't nearly outweigh the terribleness of this series, i usually play each one for a bit, but then remember how bad the games are and go on to something else. and personally i think the story is bat shit crazy myself, which between terrible controls, slow pacing and a stupid fucking story, it's never been a series i could get into

I pretty strongly disagree with all of that, BUT the story does go nuts at the end of 2. I still like it a lot though. And I've never had a problem with the controls.

Metal Gear Rising is going to be pimp. Platinum has made pretty much the best actual VIDYA in a while.

I own a copy of MGS2 and have never played it. I remember it getting a 10/10 in game informer and always wanting to check it out but i have been ignorant of the series since it came out. from what i've heard the complaints are similar to those of Final Fantasy, extended and useless cutscenes, an asinine plot, and haven't heard much about it other than that.

but i'll give it a go one day.

Go watch the video I posted in the OP. Listen to the soundtrack. And it being dev'd by Platinum.

Yeah, Raiden fucks up Metal Gear RAY ridiculously, and it isn't "stealth" but this is going to be Metal Gear + Platinum awesome shit. My house stinks of cum every time I watch the fucking video.

Welp, finished MGS 2 and finished 3: Snake Eater last night.

Snake Eater was facing awesome. So fucking awesome. Will be keen to see how it turns out for the 3DS.

Played through MGS 2 again because it is that fucking great. Probably one of the best twists in vidya. Also has a fantastic atmosphere.

This is probably one of my all time favorite series. MGS was a defining moment of my youth, I missed MGS 2 and 3, but now I've been able to play them, fuck. So god damn good. Peacewalker is also fan-fucking-tastic. Big Boss is a bro character, and I love the story behind it all. Boss and her "dream", founding the Army Without Borders that later becomes Outer Heaven, etc etc. Then stuff like Philanthropy in MGS 2. Its just fucking epic, one of the best stories in vidya, even if it does get a bit ridiculous (see memetics in MGS 2).

Fuck the video I originally posted. I'll still say I want a 3DS for Snake Eater Portable.

But.

>MGS 4
>not a masterpiece



Dat transition from FMV to gameplay.

Dem mechs/dat metal gear dinosaur noise

Snake smokan dem durries like a boss

i cant believe i havent posted in this yet. MGS is my favourite computer game series and i really want to get a ps3 so i can play all the HD stuff, but i've got to buy other things first
i've been playing Super Smash Bros Brawl and was well excited when i unlocked snake, i've been a complete fanboy. my sister's new boyfriend has got twin snakes and i might ask him if i can borrow it. i really want it! has anyone played it?

Twin Snakes is good and all but they changed some of the cutscenes is ridiculous ways, making some of the characters flip around like they are Ryu Hayabusa or Dante. Like, just look at the move Snake pulls at 1:40 in this: Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes - HD cutscenes part 15 - Fighting the Hind-D - YouTube

That never happened in Tactical Espionage Action.

Some fans have put it like this, MGS1: Tactical Espionage Action is what really happened, and Twin Snakes is how Snake tells Raiden how it happened. "No SERIOUSLY Raiden, I LITERALLY jumped backward and threw a grenade and knocked the girder out of the way with the explosion and then caught a hand rail and it was like PHWAOR!"


I will play MGS4 soon I promise!

It is OK, but I would recommend just emulating the original. But give it a go if at all possible.

Getting a PS3/360 for the HD is highly recommended my friend. The graphics are somewhat dated but still look damn good. Especially 3. Some of my favorite soundtracks as well.



I'm gonna post this again here purely because I reckon it is an awesome soundtrack and opening to a game.



There are also a couple of figs up for pre-order on AmiAmi, I would like MG figs but I just don't know about the sculpting.

*changed the video I posted cause it has more meaning*

Hnnngh, been playing MGS4 and enjoying it heaps.

The controls are tighter, I think this has just about the best aiming down sights in gaming, the hold ups you can do are rad, the octocamo, mkII and solid eye are awesome to use. A lot of it has balls out action shooter which I wasn't keen on straight away, but once I got my M14 EBR everyone's shit was getting slapped. I like the whole Drebin and weapon customisation systems. I think it has the most plain terms storytelling sequences of the series, they explain very simply the entire Patriots plot and the Les Enfants Terribles in a scene with Eva better than any other game did.

So there's not a lot of stealth until act 4 when you're tailing a resistance fighter. That is legit awesome spy vs spy shit, one of my fave parts so far. The throwbacks to MGS1 is awesome, including an actual port of the helipad scene from MGS where you have to relearn the PSX controls. Awesome. Also Raiden killing the fuck out of Geckos and fighting Vamp is a god tier cutscene, actually made me pumped for Rising if those scenes are anything to go by.



Anyway unless it throws a real curve from here on out it's probably my least favourite out of the numbered series, but still surprisingly good.

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Man I was raging at the difficulty spike on the Ship's Bow, start of Act 5. Tried about 30 times to sneak to the end, scoring headshots and using smoke for cover and stuff and always getting spotted right near the end for some reason or another, and then the Alert mode is this batshit infinite waves of FROGS and Geckos that converge on you. Was raging hard but during one failure turned Alert mode I decided I'd put the ingame iPod on The Best is Yet To Come and suddenly I found my centre, my zen, and was kicking enough ass that I managed to open the door before the next wave. Fuck it was so awesome with that music playing.


2:34, "Sony is a shit in our mouths"

Fuck that had more endings than Return of the King. Was pretty good. Dug the bosses. Got Eagle rank. Will play NG+ one day with the code unlocked weapons and the bonus from completing. Currently downloading the update for MGO, hopefully it'll be worth my while because I don't think I'll be playing it much.

8/10 compared to 10/10 for MGS1 and 3, 9/10 for MGS2 for me, on my rating of all vidya not just MGS.

Woah! nice graphic there. It was nice. I miss this movie childhood days. Metal gear.

I watched this during the week. There are faster runs out there but this guy does funny shit while waiting for time sensitive segments, and he absolutely destroys all the bosses.



There are some things I don't understand that made it slower, like climbing down all the stairs after the Hind D encounter and back up, I guess it's to trigger a cutscene.