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Gravity Rush 2 Review Thread
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comshoplesce
Member
why is GRAVITY RUSH REMASTERED PS4 RETAIL nowhere to be bought?
AgentOtaku
Member
Yay!
VERY happy with how the reviews turned out (^____^)
VERY happy with how the reviews turned out (^____^)
Kazuo Hirai
I really want everyone to know how much more Titanfall 2 sold than Nioh. It was a staggering amount.
Amazon exclusive,now sold out
wild wild rice
Member
Interesting. Does it say whether the shorter side quests are differentiated in any way from the side quests that have a continuum throughout the game?
I can't think of the specific game that did this (Xenoblade or Witcher maybe?) but the more substantial side quests had a different icon on the map.
Like, light blue=longer, narrative side quests, orange=quick fetch quest.
OrbitalBeard
Member
It's an Amazon exclusive. They actually had them in stock for a heck of a lot longer than I ever expected.
comshoplesce
Member
That 40 hours includes side missions. The actual play time will vary from person to person but completing the main story while doing a few side quests here and there should take you around 20+ hours.
wild wild rice
Member
If I were on a strict one animu per year diet, I'd probably have to go for NieR Automata.
Sometime today probably.
No real ETA. It's been a little bit of a pain to get decent footage since the game is very start/stop. Found a few spots that work well without spoiling much, though.
Loving these reviews. Can't wait to play it, I'll happily spend all of February with it 
Madness. The PS4 is an animu game machine this year. Nier, Persona and this are just the tip of the iceberg.
I don't want to piss on everyone's parade in this thread (great reviews!), I just noticed that this lingering shot is the exact reason why I feel like I am not the developer's target audience and also why imo the series won't ever reach mass appeal with the occassional pandering camera and outfits.
I'm glad the game is receiving positive reactions and I love the environmental art and music (and female protagonist!), it's just too bad with the eye-rolling gratuitous titillation. Why is it necessary? Or is it basically just an essential part of the identity of the series to design this stuff for a presumed straight dude audience?
Anyway, just my feelings on the matter and why this sequel in some ways disappoint me.
Karspankey
Banned
Is the crazy pop-in from the demos gone?
ricen-beans
Member
I was going to buy it anyways but I'm glad it's getting good reviews. I hope people give this one a chance.
I don't think a few lingering shots are the reason why this game would not reach a mass audience
The stigma of "JAPAN GAMES DONT COUNT" is still too huge in general regardless of the content. You actually have to trick people into thinking the game is western to sell and even then there is a Dragon's dogma bomb
The stigma of "JAPAN GAMES DONT COUNT" is still too huge in general regardless of the content. You actually have to trick people into thinking the game is western to sell and even then there is a Dragon's dogma bomb
I don't want to piss on everyone's parade in this thread (great reviews!), I just noticed that this lingering shot is the exact reason why I feel like I am not the developer's target audience and also why imo the series won't ever reach mass appeal with the occassional pandering camera and outfits.
I'm glad the game is receiving positive reactions and I love the environmental art and music (and female protagonist!), it's just too bad with the eye-rolling gratuitous titillation. Why is it necessary? Or is it basically just an essential part of the identity of the series to design this stuff for a presumed straight dude audience?
Anyway, just my feelings on the matter and why this sequel in some ways disappoint me.
Wtf Sony. Ruined the game for me :/
DieNgamers
Member
Really?
It's not THAT bad or am I just not being PC enough? Sure, there's some male-oriented fanservice going on but what I'm seeing is totally harmless. The outsfits themselves have been revealing from the start so...
I played Bayonetta 1 & 2 recently, it's much more in your face there.
You're judging a 20~40h game by a 5s scene in a very specific (and certainly optional) outfit. It's like you're looking for something to be bothered about.
LastMinuteHero
Member
I can think of a nintendo game that's waay more over the top than this. Also that post history
Amazon has the exclusive rights to physical copies. You'll only find it there.
Is reviewing a game before finishing it a standard practice for your blog?
I don't know what Ninty have to do with this thread. lol
So you are ok with this kind to stuff in the games? oh well.
Theslammer
Member
Oh wow, I didn't notice that new ones weren't being sold there. Glad I got mine when I did.
Equanimity
Member
Digital Trends - 4/5
http://www.digitaltrends.com/game-reviews/gravity-rush-2-review/
Gamerant - 4/5
https://gamerant.com/gravity-rush-2-review/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/game-reviews/gravity-rush-2-review/
Gamerant - 4/5
https://gamerant.com/gravity-rush-2-review/
I haven't played GR1 (though I may pick up GRR when it's on sale and give it a try), but I just came here to say that it's nice to hear that this one is getting such good reviews. After yesterday, which was full of bad news, it's cool to see a game that definitely could have gone either way turn out well.
I don't want to piss on everyone's parade in this thread (great reviews!), I just noticed that this lingering shot is the exact reason why I feel like I am not the developer's target audience and also why imo the series won't ever reach mass appeal with the occassional pandering camera and outfits.
I'm glad the game is receiving positive reactions and I love the environmental art and music (and female protagonist!), it's just too bad with the eye-rolling gratuitous titillation. Why is it necessary? Or is it basically just an essential part of the identity of the series to design this stuff for a presumed straight dude audience?
Anyway, just my feelings on the matter and why this sequel in some ways disappoint me.
Everything is such a horrible sexual controversy with you isn't it? Try lightening up and enjoying life. I mean holy shit.
pixellated_man
Member
81 on both metacritic and opencritic is excellent, but I must admit I was expecting slightly higher. Having said that, scores are not everything and reading the actual text of the lower scoring reviews, it is apparent that almost everyone found the game enjoyable and there is a consensus that the game is original and has fun mechanics. Based on the reviews alone I am confident I will like this sequel better than the already good first game.
In short - you did a good job Team Siren!
In short - you did a good job Team Siren!
Nocturnowl
Member
Sounds like what I expected, better than the previous game (in the original is a 7/10 camp here) but not quite addressing the main issues.
And that's still good enough for me to buy, though the UK price is a tough one to stomach for any title on Day 1, can't remember the last time I dropped over £40 on a new game and this one seems to consistently stick around £45.
It'll probably be a price drop purchase but not as low as my usual £20 wait so there's that.
And that's still good enough for me to buy, though the UK price is a tough one to stomach for any title on Day 1, can't remember the last time I dropped over £40 on a new game and this one seems to consistently stick around £45.
It'll probably be a price drop purchase but not as low as my usual £20 wait so there's that.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Glad to see it is doing well.
Considering that was a build from E3 2016, I would imagine so.
Yep, Allan Becker is doing a great job over there!
At first I was like it's ok but then stupid camera focusing on her tits. Like, why?
It feels really dissonant because the first game wasn't really pandering (other than the stupid shower scene). Sometimes it evens feels more like a "girly" game, so I don't get it.
Still i'm not gonna judge the whole game for that, I assume this is gonna be a really minor thing in the game (or atleast want to think). Things like this are a given with any game with even a minor Anime influence.
Dust-by-Monday
Member
So it's just.... okay?
Some people are sick of pandering shots of women. Is that so difficult to understand?
"Guys I don't mean to shit on the thread but...." yeah not sure that poster bother to bring that issue up in a review thread. Anyways back to the main topic, the reviews. Pretty confident it should stay above 80 on meta, it's been getting consistent good to great reviews so far.
You are probably joking but honestly I couldn't give two fuck about stuff like that in games. I am more exposed to sexual content walking 2 blocks downtown then anywhere else so if the game is good i don't see why I would care.
The Elite
BOSS
That's a bit much for me from this game.
Primethius
Banned
I was so focused on Yakuza 0, I totally forgot this was coming out so soon.
And then Tales of Berseria and Nioh. God damn, I don't have enough time.
And then Tales of Berseria and Nioh. God damn, I don't have enough time.
While I expected the game to review well, happy to see it get solid scores across the board. I remember when I was pissed it wasn't coming to Vita and while I would be lying if I said that still didn't bother me a bit, happy that the studio used the PS4 to make large worlds for Kat to explore.
Seems every issue the original had got fixed (controls, combat) while other things (story, scale of world) getting even better. Happy to see critics give the game solid scores. I don't own a PS4, so I won't be reviewing this on 3WIREL but I will write about the series at some point in the future.
Keep on flying Kat and hope your new adventure sells great!
......Sony, are you going to market this? It got good reviews after all.
If I remember my time with the first game, there was fan-service at one point but it wasn't that show-y. My guess is that they wanted to have more 'anime-esc' moments present across the story and that is fine. Kat looks to be happy and confident doing that animation, so it's not like that's against her character or anything. I don't mind stuff like that in games if there is a decent reason for it to be present, so if the plot/story/etc has a good enough context, I likely won't mind it much whenever I play the game.
I do see how stuff like that can bother people and I'm sorry if that is ruining a bit of the game for you.
Seems every issue the original had got fixed (controls, combat) while other things (story, scale of world) getting even better. Happy to see critics give the game solid scores
. I don't own a PS4, so I won't be reviewing this on 3WIREL but I will write about the series at some point in the future. Keep on flying Kat and hope your new adventure sells great
! ......Sony, are you going to market this? It got good reviews after all.
I don't want to piss on everyone's parade in this thread (great reviews!), I just noticed that this lingering shot is the exact reason why I feel like I am not the developer's target audience and also why imo the series won't ever reach mass appeal with the occassional pandering camera and outfits.
I'm glad the game is receiving positive reactions and I love the environmental art and music (and female protagonist!), it's just too bad with the eye-rolling gratuitous titillation. Why is it necessary? Or is it basically just an essential part of the identity of the series to design this stuff for a presumed straight dude audience?
Anyway, just my feelings on the matter and why this sequel in some ways disappoint me.
If I remember my time with the first game, there was fan-service at one point but it wasn't that show-y. My guess is that they wanted to have more 'anime-esc' moments present across the story and that is fine. Kat looks to be happy and confident doing that animation, so it's not like that's against her character or anything. I don't mind stuff like that in games if there is a decent reason for it to be present, so if the plot/story/etc has a good enough context, I likely won't mind it much whenever I play the game.
I do see how stuff like that can bother people and I'm sorry if that is ruining a bit of the game for you
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