I actually laughed when you said you don't see much difference in the combat and proceeded to state it's a brand new level almost as if a brand new level would radically change the combat.

With regards to the blade mode (or over the shoulder cuts and a spine rip), it's one of those oddly satisfying things that seems boring but never gets old, after playing the demo every day since it's release with the ZOE HD collection, blade mode has become an intuitive mini-game that lends itself well to the water-tight mechanics of the fighting system.

Rather than bandy on about the game in it's own right, I believe a comparison would sum it up better: I'd have to say that I haven't played a game as visceral and compact (with regards to gameplay) as this since Ninja Gaiden Black.

You may want to check the definition of visceral and see why I chose Ninja Gaiden Black. The common misconception is that "visceral" pertains to the "violent" and judging from the games you have chosen I'm inclined to believe that is where your thought process eventually arrived.How can I put this simply; the core combat is always going to ground the look of it into similarity unless the featured character is using a different weapon. So, if Raiden was using say Mistral's handy staff and moved as if he was using his HF Blade then you saying you don't see much difference in the combat would hold some water because it is a different weapon and hence should look radically different.

However, Raiden is using his HF Blade here, the blade that he has been conceptualized with so the comment "the combat looks no different" is incredibly moot.

Just a heads up, the demo mission is in fact the 2nd mission in the game.Belittling but I'll let that slide as you've read what I have written above.Are we seriously in a day and age where we judge the look of a game and equate that as to how we WILL feel playing it? What you say would hold more credence to the subject if you used more open-ended words like "seems".

I'm not going to go into depths about blade mode as you've already made your mind up that it will be boring, so, can't convince someone that knows exactly how a game plays through a series of second-hand information.

I for one am really excited about this game, I would have preferred to see more weapons which would lead to changes in combat, but Jack The Ripper is enough of a reveal for me and I can safely say that Raiden genuinely frightens me with that "I think it's time for Jack TO LET 'EM RIP!"

The challenge goes as far as the rank you're willing to achieve and while the game can be played by pretty much hitting the face buttons, you'll take damage, have your combos broken and miss your cut and take (Zandatsu) thus ending up with a B or C rank.

What I like about Platinum Games' hack n' slash action games is that they give you the necessary tools to be the strongest mother****** in the game, Bayonetta was a Goddess and Raiden is incredibly strong and it's mostly about how you use the powerful toys.

What a lot of people don't realise is that you can parry in the air which makes me feel super bad ass when achieved.

MGR is strange when it comes to points, it's not stylish so you're not rewarded for making the game look good a la Devil May Cry, you're actually rewarded more for killing quickly and efficiently.

I'm terrible, in that video I kept looking at the BP and thinking "he's about 5000 BP points behind" but he is doing a montage run and does a good job of showing most of the available combos in the demo save for two or three.

I like the fact that there are two alternative costumes and three different colour ones, a great excuse for multiple playthroughs.

You hit the nail on the head, like Bayonetta's witch time, parrying is everything in this game, it's seems crazy to make survival hinge on such mechanics but it is so satisfying when you acheive it.

He can also dodge, but it's an offensive dodge, Platinum Games said that when creating MGR they wanted Raiden always moving forward never backing down, hence all the offensive moves and the choice to prioritize parry instead of dodge.

You not a fan of the Sombrero on top of the box? Haha. I really want the costume with the visor covering his face, at the moment you can make the visor cover his face but only when AR (Augmented Reality) is on and it opens the moment he moves faster than a brisk run. :(I know that parrying cancels out any action you're in the middle of except for ones with long animation frames, maybe that's what you heard?

@deafwing

Definitely try it again, it was a solid month of play before I felt like I had found everything the demo had to offer that was after doing multiple runs of farming BP, cutting through as quickly as possible, combo runs etc. you catch my drift.

When any of you get the chance to play it again, after you save the hostage, run after him and slice him. ;)

So do I dammitt! It'd give me an excuse to play the game so much more, I also want the hour counter of how much I've played to continue past 99 hours 99 minutes, it annoyed me that in Bayonetta it stopped there and people couldn't see how much I really appreciated the game.

More alternative outfits if you haven't seen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mFdi_-fAhM