Yes, yes indigo.  Well done, it's definitely one of the toughest parts of the game but can be simple with a bit of planning (which I just wrote a big post about but now can't use goddammit).
It pretty much amounted to "buy Typhoon Kick, use God Hand, high five!".

Also the following combo is really really useful:  square, square, guard break, up-dodge.  Repeat.  The up-dodge cancels the guard break's recovery so they can't get a hit in.  Using up-dodge like that is great for other moves too...
And a few other things which aren't made obvious:  pressing up+triangle while next to a downed enemy does a chargeable kick which starts a juggle, pressing back+triangle on a juggled enemy (needs to be quite high) does a shoryuken, forward+triangle on a juggled enemy does a jumping kick which launches them away (useful to get people over barriers, off cliffs etc).
The most useful to remember though is that when you get up from being knocked down you have a brief period of invincibility.  This can be extended by using a charge move as soon as you get up.  You'll be completely invincible during the charge so it's a great way of regaining your footing in a fight as you can get a fully charged uppercut out into launch/whatever.

Sorry if this is overloading you with information or if you already know this stuff.  It took me a couple of playthroughs to figure it all out and thought it would help save you money on controllers and I love this game oh my god it's so awesome.

Bollockoff wrote:

Play the AD&D Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games you nobjockeys.

I'm a bit late to this, but YES.

Can't leave Torment out though. Best RPG.

Dubs wrote:

Yes, yes indigo.  Well done, it's definitely one of the toughest parts of the game but can be simple with a bit of planning (which I just wrote a big post about but now can't use goddammit). It pretty much amounted to "buy Typhoon Kick, use God Hand, high five!". Also the following combo is really really useful:  square, square, guard break, up-dodge.  Repeat.  The up-dodge cancels the guard break's recovery so they can't get a hit in.  Using up-dodge like that is great for other moves too... And a few other things which aren't made obvious:  pressing up+triangle while next to a downed enemy does a chargeable kick which starts a juggle, pressing back+triangle on a juggled enemy (needs to be quite high) does a shoryuken, forward+triangle on a juggled enemy does a jumping kick which launches them away (useful to get people over barriers, off cliffs etc). The most useful to remember though is that when you get up from being knocked down you have a brief period of invincibility.  This can be extended by using a charge move as soon as you get up.  You'll be completely invincible during the charge so it's a great way of regaining your footing in a fight as you can get a fully charged uppercut out into launch/whatever. Sorry if this is overloading you with information or if you already know this stuff.  It took me a couple of playthroughs to figure it all out and thought it would help save you money on controllers and I love this game oh my god it's so awesome.

Cheers Dubs, some really useful stuff here. I think it's starting to click a bit more for me now, so hopefully my pad'll make it through this game in one piece

Fairly certain that I'll have to face that midget squad again at some point, so my aim is to become a proper God-Hand wielding, all out attacking loon by then.

Shame that, I'd enjoyed your updates on the Currently Playing thread. Made me think about getting it, albeit briefly .

My skillz peaked during the hazy days of Dreamcast beat em up / shoot em up goodness, sad to say.

I do regret missing out on it first time round though so you may have just talked me into it, and I'd set my heart on getting Einhander and Dodonpachi from the Japanese PSN store this weekend. Decisions.

Got Him! Getting those last few hits in was such a rush that I can almost forgive Mikami for coming up with such a horrible boss to begin with

stonechalice wrote:

Remember me. My good god. My god. What an absolute streaming puke of shit.  I got this off the back of Edge magazine giving it a desirable 8 and a glowing review. Edge subscription cancelled. Terrible game.

I thought Curtis called this his GOTY not so long ago... what was so bad?!  I want gory details of appallingness please.

indigo wrote:

Got Him! Getting those last few hits in was such a rush that I can almost forgive Mikami for coming up with such a horrible boss to begin with

Ha, you big tease.  Best credits evar.  Well done.
Played a bit myself today actually, trying out some of the moves I never use.  Concluded that Fist of Justice is awesome.

adkm1979 wrote:

Blue Swirl wrote:

stonechalice wrote:

Edge subscription cancelled.

Due to one review you disagreed with?!

Hyperbole, surely.

Nope. The final nail for me. Of late, the publication seems to have veered off course, especially the quality of writing in the reviews. How the person reviewing this game came about that summary is beyond me. A few years ago, an eight in Edge would mean a solid purchase for me. Now they throw them around willy nilly. This 'game' is truly, truly terrible. On rails of the worst kind, some of the shonkiest combat I've ever seen, disgustingly bad voice acting and terrible characters. There are other, much better, reliable reviews out there now. (Wish I'd looked on metacritic before getting this game) The fact that I get most of the magazine online for free has just reinforced my decision further.

Remember Me
I was quite enjoying the game. Rough around the edges, sure, but a decent action game nonetheless.
Except for the storytelling. We're in a time where strong female characters are important - hell, this game even found publicity because they were told to ditch the female lead - yet Nilin is a horrible example of this. She's constantly being told to do questionable things (by a bloke, no less) and, despite her voicing her doubts in The Darkness-style inner monologue scenes, she continues to blindly follow this guy's instructions.
I can't connect with a character who's so mind-numbingly stupid and obedient.

Such a shame that the writers had no idea how to craft a decent lead, as the game has some interesting ideas and is a reasonable mix of Tomb Raider and the Batman: Arkham series.

On the subject, has anyone seen this months cover? Justifies me cancelling my sub last year.

Bollockoff wrote:

On the subject, has anyone seen this months cover? Justifies me cancelling my sub last year.

It's a genius cover, yer off ya head.

neverdead. should neverhaveplayed

Yeah the cover is horrendous, but I can't remember the last nice cover I saw anyway. With Remember Me and that pile of shite that was Year Walk on IOS - 9??? And to top it off a nine for bioshite Infinite, I think I'm justified in canceling. They've truly gone to the dogs in the last year. Their reviews have lost a certain quality.

I think the covers have been extremely shit for quite some time now. What a shame. But it's still the only publication I like reading. What are the alternatives? GamesTM is shit as are most of the online sites.