Anarchy Reigns (Platinum Games)

A first-edition bonus in everywhere but Japan, a pre-order bonus in Japan.

There was also DLC for two new multiplayer modes. I really wish they would release those already with Bayonetta, because I did not get the special edition.

Well then I take back what I said; I may not pick this up.

Nooo it's cheap and it's got crazy online matches and a cast of awesome characters.

None of the characters really stood out to me. Save Bayonetta.

Would you get it when Bayonetta is made available then?

Oh for sure.

I would really like to know when that DLC is being released. I actually thought I pre-ordered this too, but I guess not.

Platinum Games would make a killing off it.

PLATINUM, WHY U NO LIKE MONEY?

I think Sega is to blame. As usual.

Makes sense. Remember that other game that never got DLC even though it was practically begging for it (or was it the fans that did the begging?)?

Doing some survival, will have another one up shortly. Let me know if the quality looks good, I'm still trying to make my Anarchy Reigns vids look decent.

edited 13th Mar '13 7:45:42 AM by StarOutlaw

Ruins Survival, in which I manage to take down Cthulu:

Finally figured out how to make my video not look like a complete blurry mess (I disabled resampling). Need to work on the sharpness though, I feel like I'm doing too much.

By the way, for those still playing online, I've found that there's a group of four players who do Team Deathmatches together. Most of them use Master Evader (which is the most overpowered skill in the game) and it is very hard to beat them. I did get a recording of the fight which I'll see about posting up.

I also got into four tough cage matches with a guy who switched up characters each time. I managed to win two of them, lost one by the slimmest of margins and another by timeout.

Keep'em coming Outlaw.

I'm chronically separated from my 360 so it's hard to keep up with AR shenanigans.

Glad to see that this game isn't dead yet.

I've more or less swapped out Anarchy Reigns with Revengeance for my Platinum Games... er, Game. But since I've binged on Revengeace nonstop for 3 weeks, I decided to pick up Anarchy Reigns again.

It's been more difficult than I originally thought that it'd be, but I'll manage. Maybe.

Wanted to see how this would look like without sharpening, so sorry that it looks like ass. This was the team I mentioned earlier; they play together a lot and one of them uses master evader, so don't expect to win if you run into them.

I have something special in mind for my next video.

A couple of cage matches with a pretty tough dude, with some Mad World and Metal Gear Rising Revengeance mixed in.

Are you playing it on the 360 or PS 3, cause if it;s the PS 3 I might have to jump into one of those matches (*ahem* if you'd be fine with that of course).

Sorry, I've got it on 360. I kind if wish I did have a PS 3 though because there's apparently a lot more people playing on that.

Ah damn, I thought I found a reason to get back on it.

Anyway, from what I’ve heard that's the case, but considering I don’t have a 360 I couldn’t say for sure. There was a reasonable amount of people on there while I still played it, though I stopped about three weeks ago, so I don’t know about now.

Yeah, communities for Japanese games are farstronger on the PS 3 than on tthe 360, much to my chagrin.

I was thinking bout possible alternate costumes the characters could have, aside from just the color swaps. Like nods to Mad World such as a Kojack costume for Jack and Baron and Mathilda's original designs. The other characters could have designs from their concept art, like Durga's more Wild West look.

I remember I really wanted Mathilda to have an alternate costume when I first saw her because she has spiked boobs but the design has grown on me. Still, playing dressup with everyone would be pretty awesome.

Oh, and since I discovered Mathilda had the ability to turn into a spiked ball I never stopped hearing Sonic's "Keeeeeeeee!" Spin dash sound effect during it.

Feel like posting some things I've observed as I've been playing online. I've also noticed that the players who keep winning (and by a wide margin) use Baron and Garuda and occasionally Gargoyle along with Master Evader. This basically gives them a very good hit-and-run game; those characters all have some very strong K Ws, and ME lets them escape very easily. Baron's light aerial KW dives in, so all he has to do is dive in, pull back, and repeat. Gargoyle has something similar to that, and Garuda's fully charged HKW can also do a ton of damage against anyone not paying attention. They may not be top tier like Bayo or Fei Rin, but ME gives any character with a really strong attack a huge advantage, since it turns them into a Lightning Bruiser.

Another tactic I found, which is a bit underhanded but it's that kind of game; if you see two guys in a rampage clash, charge up your HKW, wait, and attack the loser to steal a kill. Now this is pretty risky, and you can't do it if there's someone else who could attack you while you're waiting. Also, it's probably easier to do it with Durga since his KW is long range and will pass through both characters if you line it up right. I was able to steal a kill this way from the top player in the game and it felt really satisfying. I'm not sure if I recorded that, but I do have a recording of a couple of battle royales that I'll probably post.

One more thing, some characters seem to be able to attack you with an aerial KW immediately after they knock you down, setting up a combos that can essentially kill almost any character that isn't leveled up. This includes Bayonetta and Douglas, and I think possibly Baron too. But it's extremely frustrating because it's like you have no invincibility frames when you get back up, or if you do their KW's come out way too fast.

EDIT: There's troll with the gamertag "Sr Lopez" who disconnected at the very end of a cage match with me. This basically kept the game stuck and forced my to have to restart. Please do me a favor and destroy his rep. I did record it, so I have proof.

Also, I despise it when the other player won't let me get in a rematch. I won't stop fighting someone until I can prove I can beat them.

EDIT 2: I HATE it when I'm in a Tag Deathmatch and my partner is a newb while we're fighting level 50 Rin Rin and Fei Rin.

EDIT 3: Managed to finally get the Killing Spree Master emblem through a stroke of luck; those Rin players ended up disconnecting and leaving me to fight CP Us. Managed to get 11 kills in a row and that got me the emblem. Feels kind of like cheating though.

edited 19th Mar '13 2:03:56 PM by StarOutlaw