Anarchy Reigns / Max Anarchy's new release date: January 8th

[Boodendorf]

Nope, it's not available in the US, so I'm assuming it's not available in EU either. Guess I got lucky I managed to catch the JPN demo while it was still there <.< At least I got my hands on the OST, which lasts FOREVAH!!! >: D

Oh, that's too bad I guess then, I doubt they'll put the demo again on eu/us psn/xbl.
More parts are up for you guys who missed the stream:

Added annotations for the first video on the deathball match (in my post above) and plenty of annotations on the first video of this post. They'll get you to another player that recorded the same match, so another point of view, which is really fun to watch!

 

[Boodendorf]

For those of you curious about the story mode, I started my own let's play:

Don't watch if you don't want any spoilers though!

Edit:

A demo is out for this game?

Nope, it's not available in the US, so I'm assuming it's not available in EU either. Guess I got lucky I managed to catch the JPN demo while it was still there <.< At least I got my hands on the OST, which lasts FOREVAH!!! >: D

Aaand look what I just found: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/620290-anarchy-reigns/64389580 People who got an xbox and wanna try out the demo can download it here.

 

[Ghosty-J]

http://www.tssznews.com/2012/11/08/anarchy-reigns-european-limited-edition-detailed/

It's safe to say at the very least I hate Europe now................. No offense to Europeans of course, but DANG IT THIS IS SUCH A HUGE MIDDLE FINGER TO THE FACE oVo

 

[VirtuaKazama]

I played the demo to the game. VERY FUN!

 

[Ghosty-J]

Disregard my previous post. Looks like there's a way for us US citizens to snag the extra content.

Welp. Looks like it's off to GameStop again -.-;

 

[Ghosty-J]

Sorry for the double post, but this needs to be bumped since the game came out yesterday. I got my hands on it, cleared the first half of the game's campaign so far, and Anarchy Reigns is already friggin addicting. Online's starting off a little slow (of course with all the blame going to SEGA for its stupid decision to delay the game for an unreasonably long time -_-), but it will definitely pick up within the next couple days. Expect to see nothing but Battle Royal rooms at this point though.

Also, I'm EXTREMELY disappointed. For some stupid reason I'm not aware of, my pre-order bonus code for unlocking two of the extra modes and Bayonetta aren't working. I tried again and again and again many different ways and I just get absolutely nowhere. I'm wondering if this is happening to anyone else, but I'm going back to GameStop so I can get to the bottom of this issue.

EDIT: http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2013/01/09/widespread-reports-of-anarchy-reigns-dlc-not-working-on-ps3/
Seems I'm not the only one...

 

[VirtuaKazama]

Damn, sucks for the PS3 owners...

 

[Ghosty-J]

The code started working for everyone, so it seems the problem has been quickly resolved. I got it without problems~.
Also binged through 6 hours and 20 minutes of the entire single player campaign. This game is just as good as I expected it to be after playing the demo last year. Fast, fun, and highly addicting. Not competitive by any means since it's random most of the time, hence the word "Anarchy" in the title XD Chaos every step around the corner I took and I'm LOVING IT! Would be awesome to play a few other players here.

Boodendorf, I'm looking at you!

 

[CyberEvil]

I might pick it up tomorrow. After I finish FC3 this weekend I won't have anything to play for a whole two days before DmC drops...

 

[Prince Adon]

I plan on getting it soon.

 

[Ghosty-J]

Quick heads up. Though there are lobbies in the game, there isn't a list present showing rooms to enter. So be prepared to be thrown into rooms at random that are apparently full then booted out. Battle Royale is extremely popular at the moment, so expect to have a majority of your online experience there. Only got to try out Death Ball twice, and a couple other modes once. Had tons of fun with those. Be wary of anyone that's around Rank 50 as well since they're most likely players that had copies of Max Anarchy 6 months in advance. Tangle with these guys and you'll most likely end up getting mauled. The game comes out in Europe this Friday. With that said, online activity will surge by then. Then the true battle of anarchy shall begin >: D

 

[VirtuaKazama]

I think I ran into some lvl 50 players.

 

[Ghosty-J]

Yup. It's the maximum level cap for ranked players <.<

Also, you wanna know what I find outrageously funny about this game? The main focus on the game is online multiplayer, yet all the trophies/achievements in the game apply only to the Single Player campaign and not a single trophy that's dedicated to online play. Not sure where Platinum Games was going with that <.<

 

[CyberEvil]

Achievements and trophies in online ruin games. Bunch of idiots boosting instead of playing. I approve. I also just got my copy a couple of hours ago. Probably try it this weekend.

 

[VirtuaKazama]

Battle Royale is an wild experience. Looks like it's gonna take me a while for rank up. But then again there is Survival and Team Deathmatch.

 

[Ghosty-J]

Apparently tier-lists have turned up for the game. All you need to know:

Bayonetta's hilariously broken, the Rin sisters are overpowered beyond belief, everyone else is in the middle, Garuda's a bit lower, and Jack Cayman is at the very bottom of the barrel of gutter trash. I can care less since I loved Jack since MadWorld Day 1. I'm gonna stick with him until I get all his Emblems first and foremost : P

 

[Tokkosho]

can i pre-order it the day of release? i want that bayonetta bonus @.@

 

[CyberEvil]

No and it's already out. But if you're in good with your local Gamestop, you can do what I did and just get them to give you a "backup" code for the preorder bonuses. They do have them and they gave them to me when I bought it today.

EDIT: Put in a couple of hours today on the campaign. Started on Hard and had no trouble until the second story boss, Baron. Dude slapped me around something fierce until I started catching on to the game mechanics. Surprisingly deep combat, but I wouldn't fault anyone for raging out and calling it random if they didn't 'get' it. Not an easy learning curve and they really just toss you in the deep end with bosses.

Not even sure if I'll touch the multiplayer in this since I don't intend to really practice much with the steady backlog I have as well as upcoming releases. I might jump on for some private matches if someone invites, me, though. No promises.

 

[Rikuto]

Wasn't even aware this existed.

Looks like something I can bully the shit out of people in.

 

[CyberEvil]

If you want to put the time in, maybe, but only if you have a partner. Anybody trying to go solo will get bodied online because you can be juggled to death with no way out by more than one opponent. I've got all the achievements, so I'm done with the game as far as I'm concerned lol.