What Are You Currently Playing? 5.05: You Are (Not) A Gamer

[gunswordfist]

MGR is already out? Didn't know it would have stealth.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Huh? Stealth in the Metal Gear game? Who would've figured?

[talonmalon333]

Huh? Stealth in the Metal Gear game? Who would've figured?

To be fair, it's a spin-off. A hack and slash one, at that.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

To be fair, it's a spin-off. A hack and slash one, at that.

It's called sarcasm....

[talonmalon333]

To be fair, it's a spin-off. A hack and slash one, at that.

It's called sarcasm....

I know. But GSF probably didn't get it.

[Rynnec]

Finished MGR last night. That sunset duel with Sam is easily the best boss fight in the game, followed by the final boss. Speaking of which...

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Armstrong gave me a lot of trouble until I figured out his patterns and how to prevent him from healing himself, opting to dodge the debris he throws at you instead of doing that difficult Blade Mode sequence also helped out a bunch. Metal Gear Excelcious was a bit of a pushover for a penultimate boss, though at least he isn't as bad as Arkham.

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Also tried out hard mode earlier today and died to Metal Gear RAY...thrice. And on a final note: the Fox Blade is hilariously broken with a certain upgrade. It makes the final levels look like a joke.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

So, what does the replay value of MGR look like for those of you that have it? I know that the game is short (apparently only about 4 hours long), but that doesn't necessarily bother me as long as the game can support at least 3 or more play-throughs.

[Foggle]

The replay value is great!

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

The replay value is great!

That's good, but I guess I should have asked for more description in that regard. Like, does the game have collectibles, multiple harder difficulties with altered enemy placements or better enemy AI on the higher difficulties, multiple costumes and accessories to unlock, and so on?

That's usually stuff that always sucker me into coming back for more.

[Foggle]

You start with three difficulty levels, and I believe you unlock another one after beating the game (I haven't finished it yet). There might be a fifth one as well, but I'm not sure. Rynnec can probably talk more about enemy placement and AI.

As far as collectibles, all I'm aware of are the VR Missions, of which there are 20. Finding them encourages level exploration, and the few I've tried are quite fun in their own right. I don't know if these particular ones are PS3 exclusive or not, as I was under the impression that the exclusive ones were going to be DLC.

There are tons of unlockables moves. There are also extra weapons and costumes, though I haven't seen many of either yet.

And of course, the game is just extremely fun to play in general.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Alright, that sounds like all of the information I need. I'll probably pick this game up over my week-long break in the beginning of March.

[Rynnec]

Just beat hard mode. Didn't notice any drastic changes in the enemy placement and AI outside of being slightly more aggresive, I'm expecting very hard mode to be where those things getreally noticeable.

For collectables and unlockables other than the VR Missions, there are Data Files and men in boxes that are scattered across levels, the left arms of certain enemies can be collected if you cut them off correctly,  collecting/finding certain amounts of things nets you some unlockables.

You can also unlock stuff by beating VR Missions and higher difficulty modes.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I finally got my hands on Giana Sisters DS and beat it. IMO, it's probably the best platformer on the DS. It's simple and straightforward and not all that hard (the first two worlds were really obvious) but that's what makes it so good. The soundtrack also sounds classic without sounding faux-retro.

If you can find it, I highly recommend it.

[Foggle]

I finally got my hands on Giana Sisters DS and beat it. IMO, it's probably the best platformer on the DS. It's simple and straightforward and not all that hard (the first two worlds were really obvious) but that's what makes it so good. The soundtrack also sounds classic without sounding faux-retro.

If you can find it, I highly recommend it.

Is that the same game as the one on Steam?

[Spark Of Spirit]

I finally got my hands on Giana Sisters DS and beat it. IMO, it's probably the best platformer on the DS. It's simple and straightforward and not all that hard (the first two worlds were really obvious) but that's what makes it so good. The soundtrack also sounds classic without sounding faux-retro.

If you can find it, I highly recommend it.

Is that the same game as the one on Steam?

I'm not sure, there are a lot of Giana Sisters games. Is there a screenshot of the Steam version for me to see?

The DS one looks like this: