I'm aware everybody knows this but It's so impressive to me that Sam with just his training, no virtual interface help, basically no cyborg enhancements aside from his amplification suit, was THIS close to killing Armstrong had he not been overly impulsive and tried to cut his arm right off instead of aiming to the neck and decapitate him. It's also curious how instead of just puting his arm right back (assuming the cut was clean and that they had the medical equipment, could've probably been done considering the technology).
One of the greatest enemies in this game is the camera itself because I can’t see that one flying enemy in corner ultimately stealing my S rank, great video I dream to be that good
You made the enemies look like babies actually your entire walkthrough with Raiden, blade wolf, and same you made the enemies look like babies you have amazing strats
I could never beat this on Revengeance for one reason, and that one reason is Armstrong. I simply don't have the reaction time to dodge his attacks in his second phase.
Dude Armstrong is such a pain, I’m dying out here trying to get no damage on hard, I can’t avoid that stupid fucking dodge of his and the hit boxes are shit
Great video, I don't like other guides because they don't explain what they do in the comments or in the video, but are just balling on the enemies. I just have one question: What does the taunting do? Is it some kind of status effect? To me, taunting seems like the kind of thing that would make the game harder because it makes the enemies seem "angrier".
It temporarily increases the damage enemies do as well as their aggression - but it also weakens them, making them easier to kill with fewer attacks... Taunting combined with Charged Attacks are a key part of Sam's combat.
When it comes to Sam - it's all about simplifying each encounter to the simplest strat. For example, Blade Wolf; I know I finish with a taunt and few slashes, but the main strat I used was just playing purely defensive and using the perfect parries to do damage - do that 5 times, unleash hell on him during the Blade Mode finsher and he's done.
@@ZakRas i have since beaten sam on revengeance, even though Armstrong took me over an hour It wasn't very pleasant, but I'm glad i beat it, you're much better
No, I know the ones before he throws you have no failstate and o e where he throws you can have Sam slam into the chopper and instantly die. Never seen what happens if you fail the YB Finisher.
I don’t understand the grenade strategy for the mastiffs in VR 4. Whenever I taunt them and throw a grenade it literally just does nothing. Ik it’s hitting cuz the hit counter will appear but it doesn’t stun them like how you showed
That single grenade throw, was the hardest part of that entire VR Mission to make work as intended. The biggest problem I remember was it all being up to how the Mastiff's behave in those precious few seconds you need them to run up to you - rather than anything you can do. When it comes to the first grenade not stunning to follow up with a second? Unfortunately, I can't help. Do you play on PC? All I can imagine (that isn't the game pulling some BS) is it maybe being one of those weird things to do with unlocked framerates and all the cool stuff you can do with PC that disregards things the gameplay is heavily tied to.
Yeah no I play on XBox. I guess I’ll just have to keep trying, but hey at least I’m not the only one that thinks this mission is ridiculously difficult 😭 I’m trying to platinum this game tho and these vids are really helpful 👍🏻
@@WitheredRos3 Thanks, and just a head's up; that single VR Mission took me 10 days of attempts. The run that made it into this video, was the third attempt on the 10th day. I'd passed anger a long time prior and was deep into the emotionless ancient sensei mindset of not one ounce overly aggressive perfected reactions at that point.
You were really lucky for some of them you know. Edit: Im still shocked to learn Sam can just....dodge. I mean how do you do that!? There was no dodge botton.
Hi, i was planning to S rank the game on all difficulties, i already did it on normal, but i read somewhere that the VR missions are set on Revengeance difficulty if you play on Very hard difficulty, is that true? I really dont want to do VR4 perfect twice
By the way the VR missions are set to Revengeance difficulty even on very hard here's an example. Very Hard: th-cam.com/video/Zk_F9qviZGs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5HPz-1yQmaWcRsnf&t=740 Revengeance: th-cam.com/video/QOwWWW8AZDw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8tFYNR9WXgiiYq09&t=722
But is it just me or is Sam's taunting much stronger on Revengeance difficulty? Because on easy difficulty it does its job but doesn't seem to have the same effects as that difficulty. Obviously I can't always do NO DAMAGE battles. Maybe it's because I need more experience?
@@ZakRas at the moment I'm playing on easy difficulty, and I'm seeing a lot of S rank. A great result I've never had before - I don't touch this game for a lot. The only "A" is the fourth VR Mission and a useless C with Armstrong. Very difficult the final battle
If you don't collect enough Emp gernades and other things before the vr 04 ranked fight are you soft locked? or its it just really annoying? i know the no kills bonus can help but sam and wolf don't have a save feature like raiden unless I'm just blind.
The checkpoint/auto-save system works exactly the same as it does for the main game when playing the DLC chapters - so, you can get a checkpoint, quit to Title Screen, then Copy the Save slot when you press Start at the title screen to create a backup. The VR Missions in those chapters are treated as VR Missions, you can quit them and go back to the main level. As for collecting enough Sub-Weapons prior to starting it... I have found only one video of someone getting a NDS Rank with no Sub Weapons, and it relied on a combination of taunted enemies and perfect parries. I dread to think how long that took.
@@ZakRas oof yeah i was doing an s rank playthrough of the sam DLC but i'm not sure if the already completed s rankings remain if i restart the DLC so i will prob have to restart it plus fighting the grad without the emp gernades is... interesting lol ;-;
@@panzerofthelake500 Yeah, when it comes to Sam's Chapter, do a run through on Normal/Easy so you can max out all the Sub Weapons prior to your Revengeance run - especially due to the fact there's only one RP Grenade spawn in the whole Chapter, in the Brain Room. The good thing about that is that room has about 4 or 5 checkpoints tied to it, so just Restart as soon as you hit a new checkpoint to reset the room while keeping the RP Grenade you picked up. As for your Ranks, yeah they'll be reset. They only save per each individual run of a level. You restart the level, you're restarting it fresh.
@@ZakRas damn, here I was thinking the guy who did a No Damage S rank run of this DLC with No Taunts was insane, I can't imagine how many attempts a No items run of this might take, especially for VR mission 4. Some people really like the pain...
@@Gamer-pc5ud That's just Sam's regular sheathe animation if he's idle for too long - but for some reason Platinum decided to give it its own command, as well as unsheathing. It doesn't serve any purpose or function, it just looks cool. On Controller - Click Left Stick.
![Metal Gear Rising - Chapter 7 [S Rank, No Damage, Revengeance]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iIMIch12tjA/mqdefault.jpg)
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VR Mission 4 - it changes you. There's a moment I literally stop and have a mental breather right in the middle.
Tell me about it
Bro that shit is brutal
vr missions really fuckin pushes you its ridiculous
as a person who no lifes video games,i agree that mission 4 is hard af
Glod to know im not the only one suffering thay mission.
I'm aware everybody knows this but It's so impressive to me that Sam with just his training, no virtual interface help, basically no cyborg enhancements aside from his amplification suit, was THIS close to killing Armstrong had he not been overly impulsive and tried to cut his arm right off instead of aiming to the neck and decapitate him.
It's also curious how instead of just puting his arm right back (assuming the cut was clean and that they had the medical equipment, could've probably been done considering the technology).
It wasn't even a cut, it was piercing
Armstrong crushed it off. I think all the vessels would be mangled, so no reattachment
One of the greatest enemies in this game is the camera itself because I can’t see that one flying enemy in corner ultimately stealing my S rank, great video I dream to be that good
Welp, at least better than Sekiro's camera😅
Yeah it's bad. Unlike dmc5 enemy not on camera wont attack
@@nekoresetterI actually stopped playing sekiro due to camera issues
@@comradegab3344 NO WAY, hahaha)
You made the enemies look like babies actually your entire walkthrough with Raiden, blade wolf, and same you made the enemies look like babies you have amazing strats
That perfectly timed rules of nature at 17:41 tho
But for real mad respect to you for doing this i know how difficult but fun it is to play as Sam :d
17:43: Dat music sync, tho... SA-TIS-FY-ING!!!
I could never beat this on Revengeance for one reason, and that one reason is Armstrong. I simply don't have the reaction time to dodge his attacks in his second phase.
The trick is dodging into him instead of away. If you dodge away from him you'll run out of space and the next lunge will be too fast
God the hammer dude is so much easier as Sam since you can just taunt him and charged attack
You're going down!
actually throwns sam away up in the sky
Dude Armstrong is such a pain, I’m dying out here trying to get no damage on hard, I can’t avoid that stupid fucking dodge of his and the hit boxes are shit
Great Game but the worst villain is the camera
"You're pretty good"
You're fucking invincible!
This is more impressive than being able to redirect a nuke with your bare hands.
How does this only have 48 views
Well... it did only just go live less than 4 hours ago.
I mean, you can share it around... if you like.
Jokes on you i already did
Zak played college ball, you know!
i have embraced this video as canon
Sam did probably do this, so, yes, canon.
Great video, I don't like other guides because they don't explain what they do in the comments or in the video, but are just balling on the enemies. I just have one question: What does the taunting do? Is it some kind of status effect? To me, taunting seems like the kind of thing that would make the game harder because it makes the enemies seem "angrier".
It temporarily increases the damage enemies do as well as their aggression - but it also weakens them, making them easier to kill with fewer attacks... Taunting combined with Charged Attacks are a key part of Sam's combat.
@@ZakRas Damn, that's huge! Thanks, makes a big difference.
Mad props, i couldn't get past bladewolf
When it comes to Sam - it's all about simplifying each encounter to the simplest strat.
For example, Blade Wolf; I know I finish with a taunt and few slashes, but the main strat I used was just playing purely defensive and using the perfect parries to do damage - do that 5 times, unleash hell on him during the Blade Mode finsher and he's done.
@@ZakRas i have since beaten sam on revengeance, even though Armstrong took me over an hour
It wasn't very pleasant, but I'm glad i beat it, you're much better
You also have the time to do a charged attack on bladewolf when you prefect parry his attacks since he will back off a little
have you ever screwed up the quick time event at the end of armstrong’s fight (the one where you jump off the helicopter)
No, I know the ones before he throws you have no failstate and o e where he throws you can have Sam slam into the chopper and instantly die. Never seen what happens if you fail the YB Finisher.
Holy Shit Man What A Gameplay 🤯
Dayum you good!
Lore accurate Chadstream Sam.
this isn't revengeance. you can tell by the amount of damage enemies' take
Do what I do in this video on Revengeance and be proven wrong.
@@ZakRas I could be wrong it's been a while since I last played
I don’t understand the grenade strategy for the mastiffs in VR 4. Whenever I taunt them and throw a grenade it literally just does nothing. Ik it’s hitting cuz the hit counter will appear but it doesn’t stun them like how you showed
That single grenade throw, was the hardest part of that entire VR Mission to make work as intended. The biggest problem I remember was it all being up to how the Mastiff's behave in those precious few seconds you need them to run up to you - rather than anything you can do.
When it comes to the first grenade not stunning to follow up with a second? Unfortunately, I can't help. Do you play on PC? All I can imagine (that isn't the game pulling some BS) is it maybe being one of those weird things to do with unlocked framerates and all the cool stuff you can do with PC that disregards things the gameplay is heavily tied to.
Yeah no I play on XBox. I guess I’ll just have to keep trying, but hey at least I’m not the only one that thinks this mission is ridiculously difficult 😭 I’m trying to platinum this game tho and these vids are really helpful 👍🏻
@@WitheredRos3 Thanks, and just a head's up; that single VR Mission took me 10 days of attempts. The run that made it into this video, was the third attempt on the 10th day.
I'd passed anger a long time prior and was deep into the emotionless ancient sensei mindset of not one ounce overly aggressive perfected reactions at that point.
You were really lucky for some of them you know.
Edit: Im still shocked to learn Sam can just....dodge. I mean how do you do that!? There was no dodge botton.
Hi, i was planning to S rank the game on all difficulties, i already did it on normal, but i read somewhere that the VR missions are set on Revengeance difficulty if you play on Very hard difficulty, is that true? I really dont want to do VR4 perfect twice
I've never heard that before, and see no reason why that would be the case.
How many difficulties have you already S ranked?
@@coolsilverrules6527 normal and hard
By the way the VR missions are set to Revengeance difficulty even on very hard here's an example.
Very Hard:
th-cam.com/video/Zk_F9qviZGs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5HPz-1yQmaWcRsnf&t=740
Revengeance:
th-cam.com/video/QOwWWW8AZDw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8tFYNR9WXgiiYq09&t=722
Amazing mastering Sam. How do you start revengance with max health and fuel tho? When I do it I have to new game with only 100 health and fuel
Never select New Game, you replay/NG+ via Chapter Select.
@@ZakRas it only lets me select up to very hard but if I press new game I no am play revengance
@@ibbym9160 Use the Konami Code on the title screen to unlock Revengeance difficulty.
But is it just me or is Sam's taunting much stronger on Revengeance difficulty? Because on easy difficulty it does its job but doesn't seem to have the same effects as that difficulty. Obviously I can't always do NO DAMAGE battles. Maybe it's because I need more experience?
Yes.
Risk/Reward trade-off; take the risk of making the enemies more dangerous for the reward of making them much weaker to damage they receive.
@@ZakRas at the moment I'm playing on easy difficulty, and I'm seeing a lot of S rank. A great result I've never had before - I don't touch this game for a lot. The only "A" is the fourth VR Mission and a useless C with Armstrong. Very difficult the final battle
What is that on monsoon hand, Mosat instant Smoke grenade TA?
If you don't collect enough Emp gernades and other things before the vr 04 ranked fight are you soft locked? or its it just really annoying? i know the no kills bonus can help but sam and wolf don't have a save feature like raiden unless I'm just blind.
The checkpoint/auto-save system works exactly the same as it does for the main game when playing the DLC chapters - so, you can get a checkpoint, quit to Title Screen, then Copy the Save slot when you press Start at the title screen to create a backup. The VR Missions in those chapters are treated as VR Missions, you can quit them and go back to the main level.
As for collecting enough Sub-Weapons prior to starting it... I have found only one video of someone getting a NDS Rank with no Sub Weapons, and it relied on a combination of taunted enemies and perfect parries. I dread to think how long that took.
@@ZakRas oof yeah i was doing an s rank playthrough of the sam DLC but i'm not sure if the already completed s rankings remain if i restart the DLC so i will prob have to restart it plus fighting the grad without the emp gernades is... interesting lol ;-;
@@panzerofthelake500 Yeah, when it comes to Sam's Chapter, do a run through on Normal/Easy so you can max out all the Sub Weapons prior to your Revengeance run - especially due to the fact there's only one RP Grenade spawn in the whole Chapter, in the Brain Room. The good thing about that is that room has about 4 or 5 checkpoints tied to it, so just Restart as soon as you hit a new checkpoint to reset the room while keeping the RP Grenade you picked up.
As for your Ranks, yeah they'll be reset. They only save per each individual run of a level. You restart the level, you're restarting it fresh.
@@ZakRas welp rip... but thank you a lot for responding! i hope you have a great time!
@@ZakRas damn, here I was thinking the guy who did a No Damage S rank run of this DLC with No Taunts was insane, I can't imagine how many attempts a No items run of this might take, especially for VR mission 4. Some people really like the pain...
how did you have all upgrades from begining? i done on HARD dif and got some of them, then i start VERY HARD and have no upgrades.
Just start it from the Chapters screen, not New Game (Jetstream).
@@ZakRas oh shit :D, i gues i stard new game at all.
how to upgrade sam
Other than collect all the Health and Fuel Cell upgrades hidden throughout his chapter, he has no form of upgrades.
@@ZakRas interesting
If you know how to play this dlc on xbox series s if so can you please tell me
Just purchase/download it from the Xbox Store... like, any other DLC that isn't a live service update.
32:14
How did you remove the sword?
When in the video?
@@ZakRas 4:47
@@Gamer-pc5ud That's just Sam's regular sheathe animation if he's idle for too long - but for some reason Platinum decided to give it its own command, as well as unsheathing. It doesn't serve any purpose or function, it just looks cool.
On Controller - Click Left Stick.
@@ZakRas Thanks
why does your life stay at 200%? I wanted to know
...because I never got hit.
and that you've already started with 200% ae I was just curious how
@@MeonAlpha960 The upgrades for Sam (Health & Fuel Cells) you collect carry over when you select his Chapter to replay.
ty@@ZakRas