Just played the demo of this that is now available on Xbox Live. They give you two boss fights to play and it's pretty nuts.

On one hand I enjoyed how crazy it all was but I wasn't a fan of the gameplay as there's quite a lot of QTE's. I came into this fresh as I haven't seen any videos on it so maybe the QTE's are only really used in the boss battles. Either way, I think I kind of enjoyed the spectacle of it more than anything and the demo kind of made me interested in the game.

What did everybody else think?

So no PS3 vesion?

I don't have x360 at the moment but I've been following this game ever since the reveal trailer which was crazy as it probably gets. If I have understood correctly boss battles are only place with QTEs and you beat regular enemies with some button mashing.

I really hope this game turns out well since it seems so crazy.

The QTE's are in some weird shooting session too, and they said they will implement it in cutscenes in a new way. I don't doubt that the QTE's are extremely frequent even in Normal Battles. 

That game is pretty weird. I enjoyed the bat-shit insanity of it, though. It's mostly QTE's and button mashing, which I figured as much when they showed the "real game footage" at E3. It feels a little shallow as far as the combat goes, but it's a gorgeous game with plenty of craziness. All in all, I may end up checking it out at some point.

@Rappelsiini: I believe it's available on the PSN later today if it isn't already.

i appreciate how weird and how japanese it is, gameplay and all. im probably gonna check it out upon release.

Not a clue what this game is and I played the demo for about 20 mins. A Panzer-dragoon-button-mashy-quick-timeeventathon-On-the-moon-mash-B,B,B,b,b,bbbbbbbbbbbbbb-em-up?

I enjoyed it, but I think I'll wait until it hits $20 before picking it up.

Thought it was terrible. At least the demo served its purpose and made me realize that I never want to play (and I use the word "play" very loosely) any more of it.

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

Its Panzer Dragoon Ultimate Ninja Storm and I'm sorta okay with that.

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

I was sold when the trailer came out in which your dude punched another dude so hard his own arms fell off.

Fucking amazing!

I can't figure out how to download it...What am I missing?

Nevermind, it was on PSN and not the 360.

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

My body is ready!

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

i absolutely love that i wasnt the only one to think Space Gannondorf after seeing that trailer

downloading it now. i expect only quicktime events but we shall see. i dont really mind a well made QTE

I don't mind QTEs that much and I am more than willing to do them to play this game. If that's the demo I can only imagine how much crazier it can get.

I thought it was neat. I don't know if I want to buy it though. I'll definitely check it out one way or another once it's released.

I really liked the demo i just wish i didn't have to tap the B button so quickly and often....

the cutscenes are amazing, properly crazy and over the top

the gameplay (to put it technically) sucks ass

@Rappelsiini said:

So no PS3 vesion? I don't have x360 at the moment but I've been following this game ever since the reveal trailer which was crazy as it probably gets. If I have understood correctly boss battles are only place with QTEs and you beat regular enemies with some button mashing. I really hope this game turns out well since it seems so crazy.

It's on PS3 in Japan. I played the demo off the Japanese PSN. It's all in English, oddly enough (not surprising from Capcom, actually). I didn't think it was that fun, but it's totally crazy. Also, no proper aiming inversion. There's an option to invert the camera, but it doesn't affect aiming his energy ball shootings.

Once the orchestral music started playing on the moon it had won me over.

Seemed like trash to me, one moderate step up from a simple QTE sequence

no idea wut tis game was until i played the demo. Dont want to know anything more. QTE the game...with no consequences it felt like. Missed several prompts and didnt seem to matter.

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

I get the feeling that this game will be ok to play, but GOD DAMN AMAZING to watch!!

Cutscene and story wise, it looks on the level of Bayonetta. The gameplay however, felt like I was playing the quick time events from a God of War game, and nothing else.

I'm not really sure if its worth my time just to see the crazy shit. Even if it is so god damn crazy! That one guy impaled him with a sword so long, it went straight though the fucking earth!

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

Which would be awesome if you actually played any of it. *shades*

@MEATBALL said:

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

Which would be awesome if you actually played any of it. *shades*

Oh that's right you couldn't control your character on the moon at all...

The game is great to look at and utterly insane and I love it for that.

However, I also play games for gameplay and I can't say that I'd feel okay paying 50-60 bucks for seemingly shallow gameplay.

Played the two demo chapters and f that game. I suffer from fibromyalgia and early onset arthritis, and I'm going to pay for my stupidity in for playing through it for another three four days. Did terrible on two hours of APBR I just played because of the pain.
 
..just about everything of the game was laughable, though I did appreciate the crazy insane things happening, I like that stuff. Get the demo, play it, you'll see.

Here are my thoughts:

-I was happy to see SpeedTree well represented.

-Lord, the voice acting. Uhhhh God.

-I wasn't expecting this to be a Sin and Punishment type of game.

-QTE's take all the fun out of fighting something that is supposed to be impressive in scale.

-The boss kind of felt like a bunch of mini games strung together.

-I like the music in Episode 11. Fucking awesome. Antonin Dvorak in the House!!!!

-It feels like I'm playing a Dragon Ball Z game.

-I don't like this.

This game reminds me of another game that came out recently which was To The Moon. That was also a game where the gameplay was pathetic but it still was an amazing experience because of the story it told and ended up on my top 10 list. This game also looks very simple and dumb in terms of gameplay but that is not the point and as far as conveying the anime feel it was amazing and i loved how over the top and insane it was. Unfortunately Mass Effect 3 comes out in 2 weeks so this game will be on my list and I will buy it in the summer draught

@GlenTennis said:

@MEATBALL said:

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

Which would be awesome if you actually played any of it. *shades*

Oh that's right you couldn't control your character on the moon at all...

I was using hyperbole for the purposes of humour. :(

I thought it seemed kinda stupid and not in a good way and played like crap. It actually unsold me on the game so I'm not hopeful.

I was a bit meh in the begining but the awesome music and the sword piercing through the earth moment won me tottaly over.

I cant even imagine how the last boss will be in this game.

As a game, it is really poor. As a 3d anime, I had a blast

I guess I should check out this demo, seem there are some crazy stuff going on in this game...

Loved the demo. I haven't played many games like this (I know there are a lot) and it felt good. I think the QTE's mix well with the game play and all of it fits the tone of the game. Which is to say, shit is crazy.

Also totally didn't know that the Moon music is totally a real existing song.

THAT DUDE GOT STABBED SO HARD HE FLEW ALL THE WAY FROM THE MOON TO EARTH

Hahahahaha, that was the dumbest shit I've seen in a while. I'll definitely be picking this up when it hits 20 bucks or lower.

I wish I could say I was disappointed, because I was expecting a DMC-like...But then I think about the track record of this developer and tell myself that I'd rather have an aggressively dumb QTE fest than a sub-par brawler.

@GlenTennis said:

Also totally didn't know that the Moon music is totally a real existing song.

Yep. Asura's wrath isn't the only crazy Japanese game that lifted from that composition, though. Catherine had the first movement of "From the New World" as a stage theme as well.

I read about in a gaming magazine about soon a year ago.

Also, no proper aiming inversion. There's an option to invert the camera, but it doesn't affect aiming his energy ball shootings.

"Batshit crazy" was the exact term I thought of when I played this. I mean, I knew Cyberconnect's team could do something cool when they didn't have to make some fanservice fighting game after an anime, but... wow:

• Fighting a dude with a giant, Earth-piercing sword
• To Dvorak 9 4th mvt.
• ON THE MOON

With Skyrim all but taking my soul lately, it's nice to see a Japanese game stick out like a sore thumb among the fray. Is it... good? I don't know. I felt like it was 1 part Heavy Rain, 1 part Ninja Storm, and 1 part Sin and Punishment (which I love), and the sum of those parts shouldn't work... but they kinda do...

I'm not getting this one on day one, but even if this seems like 10 good-ass episodes of Dragon Ball Z, it's... probably going to be worth it? I could see this work as an episodic thing too... you could rope in a ton of people at a lower initial price point, since this is so crazy-go-nuts. But yeah, consider my opinion full of ellipses and question marks. I'm kinda floored and kinda confused.

Is this available for free Xbox users yet? If there's no PSN demo then that's my best bet at trying this demo out.

@GlenTennis: Okay, yes I loved that part. However, if the entire game is just me hitting the B button over and over again; then I don't think people should buy it.

Even though I say all this I'm still going to buy it. I found myself interested in the story and I would like to give the non-Boss fights a chance. At the end of that Demo I found myself wondering if its even possible for the player to die.

@mutha3 said:

THAT DUDE GOT STABBED SO HARD HE FLEW ALL THE WAY FROM THE MOON TO EARTH

Hahahahaha, that was the dumbest shit I've seen in a while. I'll definitely be picking this up when it hits 20 bucks or lower.

I wish I could say I was disappointed, because I was expecting a DMC-like...But then I think about the track record of this developer and tell myself that I'd rather have an aggressively dumb QTE fest than a sub-par brawler.

@GlenTennis said:

Also totally didn't know that the Moon music is totally a real existing song.

Yep. Asura's wrath isn't the only crazy Japanese game that lifted from that composition, though. Catherine had the first movement of "From the New World" as a stage theme as well.

catherine AND rock of ages had the same movement from pictures of an exhibition (specifically the hut for fowls legs) so it's not just japanese that do it

Seemed really crazy in an amped up Bayonetta sense. I can handle the QTE's if they aren't strewn throughout the game, and only used for boss battles. I'm still not sure what the combat will be like for the majority of the game.

It's absurd, crazy, and over the top. I thought it was pretty damn neat. Yeah it's QTE heavy but it's still fun.

@GlenTennis said:

Guys... you fight another you on the moon while orchestral music is playing, and you get SHOT WITH A SWORD THAT SENDS YOU THROUGH THE EARTH WHILE SPACE GANONDORF IS WATCHING.

Seriously. I cannot be more excited for this game.

Also if this doesn't get you pumped up nothing will.

I just wonder if the game is going to be short but full of mad boss fights, or if there's actually going to be some downtime in more basic levels with some actual combat instead of constant QTE insanity. Don't get me wrong, I embraced the shit out of the ridiculous Japanese craziness that's constantly spewing out of that game, and I loved the boss stuff, but I wonder if QTEs will get boring if there's no combat in between. I mean, Bayonetta had mad QTEs and stuff in the bosses too, but the "normal" combat was so good that it carried the rest of the game. If this game doesn't have any "normal" combat, it might not work.