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QUESTIONS

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WHEN WILL THE DEMO BE RELEASED?

The demo is out now for Japanese, European and American PSN and XBL.

I HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING THE DEMO EARLY. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

The Rising demo was distributed early for those who purchased the Zone of the Enders HD Collection. Information gathered regarding the demo comes from the HD packaged release of the demo. As a result, some features/abilities in the demo may be subject to change (see below).

ARE THERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DEMO?

There are consistent reports that activating Blade Mode at certain times will cause your PS3 to completely freeze (holding down the Power button is required to reboot your console). People heavily report freezing when activating Blade Mode against Gekkos (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101110192702/metalgear/images/9/9d/Gekko.jpg), but it has also happened when activating Blade Mode after performing a stealthy kill on the enemy Boris prompts you to try it on. As these freezes have been found for the ZOE HD demo release, we are unsure of whether these freezes will occur for the official demo release. UNTIL WE KNOW, PLEASE ACTIVATE BLADE MODE AGAINST THESE ENEMIES WITH CAUTION. If you do not want to try it out yet, please keep an eye on this FAQ and I will add if these problems exist in the official release demo.

UPDATE

Well, these problems still persist, but not to the same degree as the ZOE HD demo. There is also an issue with LQ-84i/Robodog where he clips through the wall. We now have confirmation that the demo may freeze your console, so PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

CAN I DOWNLOAD THE DEMO AND PUT IT ON MY XBOX?

Indeed you can. Download links:

http://www.packupload.com/RFNCIXWUBE6

http://www.packupload.com/8Y33Z3LAR64

http://www.packupload.com/EDCTN0TTK1R

Placing it on the XBox:

-Download this tool

http://digiex.net/attachments/downloads/download-center-2-0/xbox-360-content/apps-pc/6363d1298280701-xbox-360-usb-storage-explorer-xplorer-xtaf-v44-new-usbxtafgui_v44.zip

-Follow this guide

http://digiex.net/guides-reviews/console-guides/xbox-360-guides/11699-how-inject-xbox-360-content-using-usb-xtaf-v44.html

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GAMEPLAY ADVICE

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The following information has been pooled from previous threads. If you want to add something, please feel free to post it in the current thread.

Please play through the tutorial for your first playthrough to understand the basic mechanics. If your memory isn't that great, you will have prompts on the left-hand side of the screen for performing certain actions (such as parrying)

Ninja Run allows you to deflect bullets with your sword.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ANIMATION OF PRESSING CIRCLE TO RETRIEVE SPINES. If you choose not to press circle, you can pick the spine from the floor later.

First of all, the first triangle-attack in any combo can be activated after any square-attack.

Triangle->square->triangle: That's the forward spin, ends with a kick and easy blade mode.

Triangle->Triangle->square (watch out as Raiden will automatically do 3 hits)->triangle: Will send your enemy flying with an easy opportunity for blade mode.

Triangle->Triangle->Triangle->square (3 hits)->triangle: Pretty much the same but a bit stronger, obviously.

You can do aerial square 5 times in a row, Raiden will inevitably land after the fifth hit. If you just do 4 hits, you can follow up with afterburner kick (forward-triangle) or triangle->triangle, which is pretty much an improved helm splitter.

Stinger is double tap forward triangle, you can follow up with blade mode easily. The recovery after the stinger is very long so I'd recommend you to use dodge to cancel the recovery time (square+X and a directional input), forward dodge is stronger and a bit slower.

Double tap forward square is high time, you need to manually jump afterwards.

Backward/forward triangle is a low kick which sends enemies off their feet (easy blade mode possible)

Backward/forward square is a slow albeit strong punch known as Palm Strike, easy blade mode.

Ninja run->square, you can fucking slash while running, awesome!

Ninja run->triangle->triangle is pretty much a guaranteed stun on robodog.

You can theoretically mash square infinitely, though it's pretty weak and won't stagger enemies that much.

Triangle inputs usually end with finishers while square can be mashed for an infinite attack.

Triangle often results in Raiden using his sword on his feet.

Twirling the left stick->triangle will make Raiden breakdance, keep in mind it's pretty slow but very strong once you get it rolling.

You can use afterburner kick right after you pressed triangle twice in the air, the timing isn't that hard. Keep in mind you mustn't move the stick in order to execute the helm splitter move.

Funnily enough, soldiers can shoot each other with their guns, not sure about rockets and grenades, doubt it, though.

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FURTHER GAMEPLAY ADVICE/COMBOS/MOVES

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This advice comes courtesy of a friendly anon. You can find the original Pastebin here: http://pastebin.com/jLqX7dZ2 .

MGR movelist

Light attack = Square = X

Heavy attack = Triangle = Y

Jump = Cross = A

QTE button = Circle = B

pause = DON'T PRESS ANYTHING

Ninja run = R1 = RT

Blade mode = L1 = LT

Dodge = Square + Cross = X + A

~Ground combos~

light x5 (random light strikes, if out of range of an enemy or with your back turned, other flashy shit may happen.

Light, Pause, light (launcher)

light, pause, hold light (same but raiden jumps up after the enemy)

heavy, light, heavy (heavy attack, slashing forward flip, heavy foot stab)

heavy, pause, light, heavy (heavy attack, low slash, putting your foot down)

Heavy x4 (standard heavy combo, can be put after a few light attacks and will have the same attacks and length)

Heavy, heavy, light, heavy (different light attacks)

heavy, heavy, heavy, light, heavy (different light attacks, and different heavy finisher)

~Air combos~

Heavy, heavy (helm splitter. you can put light attacks before/after the 1st hit, the 2nd heavy in air will always be a helm splitter)

heavy, light 1-4 times, heavy (air heavy attack, air combo, falling slash move)

heavy, heavy, Any attack! (air heavy attack, falling slash move, can start another air move at low altitude)

Light x5 (air combo, drops to the floor afterward)

~Blade mode techniques~

Hold blade mode after or during the following moves to enter blade mode state:

stealth kill

stealth kill from above

Helm splitter AKA falling slash

Afterburner

Slide

pressing QTE button when prompted

pressing QTE + heavy button when prompted

standing still

while jumping

during a ground or air combo

Cutting off limbs in a certain way will grant you extra battle points I've had 3 +100 points messages appear from the same enemy.

~Cancelling techniques~

[Blade cancelling]

Tap blade mode very shortly to enter blade mode and exit out of it. This stops anything you're doing and allows you to start another combo, run away, whatever. This does require a little bar.

This can be done during the following moments:

During a stealth kill (you can skip 3/4th of the stealth kill animation this way)

During a combo (especially useful for heavy combos)

Slide (actually very interesting, increases slide range by 2x, press blade mode as late as possible to maximize range.

[jump cancelling]

Jump at any time during a combo to stop it and jump into the air. very useful after "forward, forward, light"

[Afterburner cancelling]

press jump then forward+heavy in extremely quick succession to do a low altitude afterburner kick. This allows it to be used during ground combos.

[dodge cancelling]

Pressing Light+jump at the same time during almost any combo or special move, will make you dodge immediately. This thing has some nice invincibility frames so use it often.

Pressing forward+light+jump will allow you to cancel your current combo into another attack.

To see the cancel propoerties of dodges themselves, please see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99vyCca5RRQ .

[block/parry cancelling]

This one is obvious but press in the direction of an incoming attack+light and you will stop anything you're doing and block the attack

~Glitches/bugs~

There is a huge levitation glitch:

jumping and repeatedly mashing light and heavy attack will make raiden float into the air. You can use this to get to areas you're not supposed to.

In the area with the first fight, press d-pad up. some poles are blue as you could cut them, but they don't have collision.

In the corridor after the codec talk with boris-da, jump to the other side of the hallway. walk towards the guy, when you see the stealth kill prompt raiden's hair will look weird.

When in the area with the hostage, i you stand on top of the bridge with the glass in it, and you see the stealth prompt for the enemy underneath (by the hole without glass) the same will happen. The glass will also disappear on certain camera angles.

Cutting off an enemy's weapon, will make them die instantly, they'll just disappear.

Doing a slide on top of an object such as the cuttable walkway in the tutorial level will make it spazz out.

Doing a slide against the piled boxes in the playable level, with make them spazz out a bit too.

Doing a Slide into a bus or car without cutting it will set it on fire

Rolling a barrel against the body of the dead hostage allows you to push him around.

rumored glitches:

One guy mentioned he entered blade mode and automatically saw some virgil type slashes giving him 73 hits in a short moment.

~fun stuff to try if you're bored~

Get an S ranking on all fights.

Lure the gekkos from the 3rd fight towards the area with the hostage

Press select and call up the team members at different moments during the demo to listen what they have to say about it.

Cut off enemy's limbs or parts of them to see how they react.

johhny cage 3 pillars off the bridge with the glass in it. (forward, forward, heavy)

Cut long poles semi-horizontally as low as possible and keep cutting off little parts while the pole slowly lowers to the ground.

Cut long objects such as trees or pillars vertically and adjust the angle a small bit every time.

I dunno, make some sculptures?

Try to see if the cutting counter goes past 5digits. over 10000 has been confirmed.

Cut enough melons in the tutorial level and a giant melon will drop down into the stage

You can cut the clothes off the female hostage boards in the tutorial level

Try to find glitches