>Propped up as one of the best action games ever made
>Only a few hundred people in the entire world have actually beaten it
>Of that group, maybe a dozen total have done a Kick Me Sign run
How many other "classic" games are entirely reliant on scrubs circlejerking each other and leeching off a small pool of talented players?

>>714633964 (OP)
>>Only a few hundred people in the entire world have actually beaten it
I know very little about this game. Assuming this is hyperbole, but hoping someone other than OP will chime in.

>>714633964 (OP)
>Only a few hundred people in the entire world have actually beaten it
You underestimate how many people exist on earth anon
>entirely reliant on scrubs circlejerking each other and leeching off a small pool of talented players?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyfbtSyX3mc
you're just trash at video games and a random retard from 2006 is better at video games than you will ever be.
You can even beat the whole game using roulette moves and unleashing the god hand whenever you can, the difficulty comes in NOT using that, hence the few differences if you hold yourself back (Tiger Joe saying you're badass for not using God moves on him, the Kick Me sign challenge, etc). You don't have to be 'talented' to beat God Hand, just don't suck at video games, anon-kun

>>714634383
It is hyperbole, but at the same time it is quite difficult to beat. Not dark souls
>lmaoo just use X + Y strats to cheese the boss
but actually hard to react/input combos to beat the several final levels since it is quite brutal. So maybe not strictly true that only a few hundred people have beat the game, but definitely less than the people circlejerking it, so maybe op does have a kernel of truth
>t. beat the game a while back, though not on max diff ('Kick Me')

>>714633964 (OP)
Game is pretty hard
And to beat it without facing any real problems you MUST gamble in casino
I did beat it but never reached level die myself
Never was able to beat tiger joe without god hand
Maybe the combo I made is trash
It also never tells you about parry juggle combos (I think), I only found about about forward triangle in juggle like ten hours in
Some people don't even
>burn
>burn
Also still don't quite understand how that axe kick after knocking someone down works, what triggers it
And that level before tower, where it's tiger joe and like 8 tall faggots

>>714633964 (OP)
So you haven't played it, huh OP?

>>714634785
>And to beat it without facing any real problems you MUST gamble in casino
most of the casino is removed from some versions of the game, I beat it thrice and never stepped foot in there because I didn't know it existed
As for the Axe kick its stick up + triangle, you can only do it on downed enemies right next to you. Kinda like a charged punch but it's a getup juggle to get someone off the ground if you're fast enough.
Also for juggle moves, they straight up say they juggle enemies in the description whenever you set them up in your move list. Some chain better than others, charged punch is actually really difficult for doing juggles unless you're nearly frame perfect and really know what you're doing.

>>714634990
Or it might be stick down + triangle, I'd need to hold the controller in my hand for muscle memory to properly remember, lmao.

>>714634763
Not a lot of people have played it in general, but I would assume amount of people who have beaten it over the years must be less than a million, and people who did hard challenges is definitely less than 10k
And I think I'm highballing hard, this game is relatively niche to average "gamer", it is at least pretty old

>>714634990
>most of the casino is removed from some versions of the game
Eh? Elaborate. Did the JP version have more stuff?

>>714634785
>And to beat it without facing any real problems you MUST gamble in casino
Just abuse the most powerful and easily exploitable moves and the game becomes easy.

>>714635293
LIKE WHAT

>>714634990
Maybe I am simply pretty good, because I never had enough money to buy moves and power ups (means that I didn't farm enemies by dying on levels a lot), but I would disagree, because I did die a lot. Maybe still less than average player?
By juggle I meant after parry, that's why I said parry, or after breaking the block

God Hand is not a hard game when played casually on Normal mode.

>>714635334
That one poke that refills like 1/3 of your God Hand meter which you can animation cancel and spam it.

Are fruit and card spawn tied to your hp level, like dynamic difficulty akin to RE? I obviously noticed some are set spawn, but I also noticed getting cucked by not getting good rng items and sometimes beatingthe level by getting good rng

>>714635495
>the game with a difficulty that adapts based on your skill level is easy if you're shit
o rly

>>714634763
Continuing, here is my record for posterity's sake. Died a lot, mainly because i really went in blind before looking up how to actually chain combos and shit.
I would say I am probably about average on action games, so this would be how most people probably beat the game's record would look like

>>714635503
WHICH ONE IS THAT?

>>714635334
Literally any of the high evade moves, the most notable of which being Hand Plant Kick which has the high evade property and pops enemies into the air high enough to juggle. Double Snap Kick is also busted for being the only move that can send elite enemies above head height for follow-ups without counter-hit.

>>714635503
Kablaam from elvis battle? I never bothered trying it because punching people is more fun

>>714635212
I misremembered and it's a whole another game I was thinking of, there were some gambling machines that were removed from God Hand (or a special room in the casino) I think but there's still working ones if I'm not incorrect. My bad!
>>714635346
You get less money with tons of deaths, I think. But it very well could be I am wrong again, I never actually counted the enemies, just know I always had enough for what I needed, or simply bought it on my next visit in the shop (upgrades and shit)
>By juggle I meant after parry, that's why I said parry, or after breaking the block
If you hit an enemy in a perfect moment you slam them in the face with a similar effect to the guard-break, that's probably what you're thinking of. It's additional stagger and damage, but hard to pull off
For juggles different skills can do different heights, an easy way to juggle enemies I found was to simply bind a juggle on triangle and down+ triangle (Or was it up+triangle? Whichever the slot you could assign moves to was, besides just basic triangle). Juggle into juggle and then the enemy should be at the right level for a spin-kick, but it might depend on juggle moves used
>>714635629
probably one man kablam, or granny smacker?

>>714635661
Chain Yanker into Yes Man Kablaam cancels is an easy way to cheese harder encounters by quickly refilling your meter.

>>714635676
yes man kablam takes like five hours before it connects what am i missing here

>>714635619
I'm just saying, no one should have issues beating it.

>>714635727
you can cancel it midway and it counts

>>714634785
>It also never tells you about parry juggle combos (I think), I only found about about forward triangle in juggle like ten hours in
>Some people don't even
>>burn
>>burn
>Also still don't quite understand how that axe kick after knocking someone down works, what triggers it
Read the manual. anon. The instruction manual that all old games came with. It instructs you on how to operate the software.

>>714635629
Yes man kablam
Also hand plant kick is a lifesaver
The spinning jump kick built into your moveset is the best crowd control option

>>714635741
God Hand normal is harder than every modern FROM game and the normal difficulty of virtually every big release from the past 15 years.

>>714635334
Chin rocker breaks the game.

>>714635621
>1.8 average
Pick that number up try to stay above a 4.0, then you can do hard mode

>>714635803
>The spinning jump kick built into your moveset
the WHAT? im stuck on the three fat blade ninjas at the end of the game and i dont think ive ever done this move lol

God Hands scaling difficulty is the greatest mechanic in any game ever made. I've never experienced the rush of locking in and styling on enemies while the difficulty keeps ramping up. Insane that no other game has copied this feature.

>>714635676
I just went the easy way and put guard breakers into my combo
Early game is quite easy to get juggle parries, and I count that as a parry because you input things in the perfect moment to interrupt enemy attacks
Also are bosses supposed to suck
I understand that this is 00s game, but the only bosses that are fun to fight is human form elvis and devil hand
Other are pure cancer, circus fight is especially aids, even after fighting demon elvis, robot and beelzebub
You just dodge and spam

Also, most of the drunken master moves actually put your hitbox low enough to dodge many chest-height attacks, as long as they're not kicking your shins. It's a funny way to braindead your way through most of the game
>>714636024
nta but vid related, if someone is above you like that you up+triangle. I believe a down+triangle in this scenario is a shoryuken

for any newfriends, here's a quick guide as to what you should probably be aware of from the manual/things game doesn't outright tell you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG3i28oZauE
>inb4 ecelebs
you leave mikey alone
>>714636136
Spamming guard breakers angers enemies faster, but whatever made it work for you buddy
Some bosses do suck but you can dodge through everything they fire at you. The fatter bosses you can't outright guardbreak and have to backflip every three punches aren't really fun though, I agree.

that smelly looking electric underground guy says this game is good. should I play it?

>>714636114
Yo-yoing difficulty is complete shit. There's a reason no other game has such an asinine mechanic. Don't even say muh RE4, that game doesn't change nearly as drastically as God Hand.

>>714636357
Yeah but it's expensive now.

>>714636357
you should at the very least try it out to the first boss

>>714636357
That guy can't even play RE4 on normal. His God Hand gameplay is complete shit, 99% of it is on level 2 and just mashing buttons. Everyone who enjoys the game plays it mindlessly like that. It's once you know the mechanics that you realize how shit they are.

>>714636245
I put just one guardbreak after the fast three punch, usually works very well
Btw how do I get bartender fight, I never tried to fuck around in casino, but I know you get the security guy
With bosses I think I disliked that circus one because it is second boss after elvis that did let you interrupt, she just doesn't give a fuck in some moves and has super armor
I had to resort to godhand+charged justice strike

Why did IGN hate this game so much?

>>714636598
Because it's not a very good game.

>>714636489
Game is underbaked in many aspects and frustrating more often than it should, but it is still in top 5 fun videogames and it is

>>714636357
It's fun, and difficult. If you do end up playing it, the jank will probably scare you, but once you wrangle it you will feel the power.
In my personal experience I've struggled greatly on my first playthrough until I reached the 'Rival' of the game (think Vergil/Sam insert in a character action game) who whooped my ass for a good hour until I started getting faster and faster and then things finally clicked. It was like achieving CHIM. I've spoken to a few friends who also beat it and they had a similar experience, so I wouldn't outright write it off if you struggle as long as you have fun when you actually win
>>714636489
retard
>>714636524
Bartender? I am not sure, as I didn't fuck around the casino, but I know you can punch the bodyguards in the casino to get your ass whooped by them in a one-on-one.

>>714636598
the reviewer literally admitted to not even managing to get through the first few levels and just bashed the game

>>714636726
Reasonable considering how shitty the game is.

>>714636690
I just know that the bartender guy is some badass boss that uses only drunken fist, well, he said he invented the style himself
I think it's on youtube, I just also didn't fuck around in the casino, maybe you just need to beat the ass of security guard

>>714636813
Oh I think that's just one of the arena challenges then, nothing special needed besides progressing the arena probably
I remember the last or maybe next to last fight is Gene vs Gene which is pretty hilarious because he doesn't fuck around either

https://youtu.be/9SYVfDFT84o

>>714636947
Oh yeah, I got stuck in some fight with fuckass time limit and ragequitted
My backlog is kinda busy for the summer, but I will get around playing god hand again later I think

the kick me sign run is NOT that hard. its just time consuming cause you don't have a win button anymore.

>>714637002
>gameplay never goes above level 2
Poser, like all youtubers.
>>714637114
And because every enemy has 2 billion HP while you die in one hit. Trash game design.

>>714633964 (OP)
Replayed it last year, still an excellent game.

>>714633964 (OP)
I'm trying, brah.

>>714637114
You can't just not use the God Hand, you can't use the Roulette Reel either

t. KMS doer

>>714637098
There's always time to come back to God Hand, don't worry anon. Just you having beaten or played it far enough puts you above the average gamer.
I don't want to shill someone else's channel but among many other videos this guy put down like 3 or 4 walkthroughs of God Hand with combo videos and most importantly tips, I learned some tricks from watching the man at work. I recommend checking his playlists if you're interested. I don't think any other game gave me more pure unfiltered fun of trashing goons on Die! difficulty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp3m4etUeEk
here's some combo eyecandy

>>714637174
Having difficulty level turned to bullshit level can be fun if the game can be broken too (see divinity2), I'd say god hamd falls into that category, just requires too much preparations, because you must abuse every single mechanic in the game to have a chance

>>714633964 (OP)
I got this game because the clerk wouldn't sell God of War 2 to me. I've done a hard run, but I like normal better because of the rank system.

>>714637442
>because you must abuse every single mechanic in the game to have a chance
Classic bad game "design". It was clearly not tested on level die, the intention was making an unfair game if you're playing too well.

>>714633964 (OP)
>>Propped up as one of the best action games ever made
yes it is
it mogs every other action game
shinji mikami shouldve kept making action games instead of the shitters that ruined the genere
>>Of that group, maybe a dozen total have done a Kick Me Sign run
i played it many times and i never wanted to do that because i WANT to have access to all the cool roulette wheel commands.

>>714637442
>because you must abuse every single mechanic in the game to have a chance
imagine not using the mechanics the game WANTS you to use besides a self-imposed challenge

>>714636114
>>714636389
>they have no idea of Dodonpachi
Cute

>>714637648
>diamond dozen shmup
*yawn*

>>714636642
>>714636726
Bait used to be believable

>>714637705
Stick to

>>714637648
Gradius does it too, but Garegga made it legit game mechanic.

>>714637705
Stick to Elmo's letter adventure kid.

>>714637781
Gay auto send

>>714637790
Yes plenty of games designed to scam people of quarters have a similarly cynical ploy.
>>714637840
I would tell you to stick to your on rails snooze em ups, but you don't actually play them anyway.

>>714637942
I 1cced DFK and Danmaku unlimited 3 in the last 2 months. Maybe YOU dont play thd best genre, low skill gaymer

>>714638056
Nobody cares. Genres without level design are garbage.

>>714633964 (OP)
Port it to new systems you stupid faggots. It's extremely popular in the emulation community so it'll make money. Put some trophies I dunno.

>>714636389
You're retarded and a fag and you suck at video games. Opinion (a shit one) discarded.

>>714633964 (OP)
Proto slop

>>714633964 (OP)
It has the best iteration of drunken kung fu in a video game so it's one of the best games ever made, that's how video games are viewed.

>>714635495
It absolutely is.
just because you're a fan of 1cc shmups or whatever doesn't mean god hand isn't impossible for 90% of male gamers.
due to their inherent frustration/rollslop conditioning, not necessarily reaction time wise.

>>714635621
>>714634763
>>714634383
>>714633964 (OP)
Thousands of people have beaten God Hand, likely in the tens and possibly in the hundreds
Beating it on hard? Now you're getting to a small pool. Hard kick me sign? even smaller. Hard NG Kick Me Sign? Now we're talking like 20 people tops.
t. can beat hard ng KMS in about 3-4 hours.

>>714642837
>>714635495
>>714635804
God Hand on normal for someone that is not getting the primary mechanics (guard break, launches, ducking, etc.) is going to stay at level 1 throughout and isn't going to take more than a basic level of perseverance. The game is extremely easy at level 1 and someone mashing buttons can faceroll through in about 10 hours with some lucky drops. If someone has the patience to get through Gold and Silver (who are NOT hard at level 1) then they can beat the game.

>>714636245
that tutorial is full of bullshit

>>714643357
>guard break spam
didn't beat the game :^)
>>714643520
how come?

>>714633964 (OP)
Yeah godhand isn't really a hard game, a large point of it is to figure out how to look cool while playing.
There is a reason you have a cool dodge, and a babby dodge both avail.

>>714634383
>>714633964 (OP)
i cant believe someone has played this game and not beaten it

It's funny to me that people try to compare Dark Souls to God Hand just because ironically most of the difficulty comes from the same thing: the game being obtuse.

The main difference is that Dark Souls is catalogued better than most academic subjects while God Hand info is scattered and still full of rumors and hearsay.

Like things talking about enemies raging like it does anything but make them run at you, or the idea that attacks animate faster if you're doing right-left-right-left or if you're staying on the same side, etc.

>>714637401
>combo mad
>for god hand
retarded.

>>714633964 (OP)
I played the game and had a ton of fun with it, but it has too many issues for me to want to do a KMS hard mode run. I used to hope for a sequel that expanded on the original, but oh well.

>>714643936
I agree, that 'series' was called VST before, forget what that meant but the idea was for it to be more of a style showcase than a
>combo mad
but I guess that clicks better. I had a hard time looking it up due to the change too.

>>714633964 (OP)
>implying popular games aren't reliant on echochamber

>>714633964 (OP)
I really like it.
It's got a ton I want in a game somehow all-in-one:
>Hokuto no Ken
>Wacky characters
>Campy Dub with repetitious voice lines
>Customizable moveset
>Juggling
>Another excuse to shit on IGN
Hell yeah.

>>714635334
>what are the most powerful/exploitable moves in the game

Chin Music and Left Jab are good combo starters because of their fast startup
Yes Man Kablaam dodge cancel spam on dizzy enemies is broken as fuck
Mule Kick and Hand Plant Kick are both easy-mode setups for the built-in shoryuken (back+triangle in front of juggled enemy) or jumping roundhouse (forward+triangle in front of juggled enemy), both have frames where your upper hitbox is gone with hand plant kick having more.
Drunken fall is crowd control for people that can't figure out counterhits
Drunken twist dodge cancel spam is an I-Win button for some of the most annoying fights in the game
High Side Kick launch duck cancels against the wall are the most efficient damage in the game
Mach Speed Jab is amazing for building stun

>>714643845
>enemies raging like it does anything but make them run at you
it makes them more agressive, which means more likely to attack (and possibly interrupt you) while also being faster, especially on higher difficulties

>>714644035
I don't really care what you call it
God Hand isn't about combos
At all
>>714644430
>it makes them more agressive, which means more likely to attack (and possibly interrupt you) while also being faster, especially on higher difficulties
No, I'm sorry, but all of that is wrong. All it does is force the AI to run at you instead of hanging out in its zone.
This is exactly what I was talking about.

>>714643357
lol
lmao even
I doubt you can get through latter stages without leveling up, there are 20 enemies between save points, some of them elites.
take the pyramid or the stage just before the tower.
unless you're talking about easy which I wouldn't know about.

>>714644517
I think lack of the information on the game is because it's stuck on old platforms
Plus clover doesn't exist, and what was clover left platinum long time ago
Wonder what they up now

>>714644798
>I doubt you can get through latter stages without leveling up
I don't think you really get the level system, my man.
I have personally watched total idiots smash buttons and beat the game on normal, fighting almost everything at 1 with a few kills at 2.
I agree that the game on hard is insanely difficult and most people probably couldn't get past the first level, but on normal the game is definitely accessible to the average player.
Hard is so much more difficult that it may as well be an entirely different game.

>>714644403
to add on top of this, multi-hit moves are fun to have but each hit counts for the enemies' counter of hits before they start guarding, meaning if a multi-hit move is too early in your combo you will trigger a guard and immediately mash it to likely get shoved. Probably better putting them in latter portions of your combo
>>714644517
>No, I'm sorry, but all of that is wrong.
It's true, though. In fact I forgot to add it also makes their attacks deal more damage. An enraged enemy on Die! can knock you the fuck out with two swings. Go test it in-game if you don't believe me, rank up to 3 or Die! and test reactions and damage with and without taunting. Granted my claims about their speed might be just due to switches from difficutly 3 to Die! while playing, but a gamefaqs guide from 2006 seems to prove me right. The damage part is 100% true though.

>>714644893
shinji mikami made that microsoft beat'em'up rhythm game then left
current project unknown
Kamiya remade clover as clovers and is doing okami 2

>>714645013
>It's true, though. In fact I forgot to add it also makes their attacks deal more damage
It's not, and neither is that. The "enraged" (red-face) status literally has one single effect: on pathfinding. It does nothing else.
>go test it...
I have. Repeatedly.

>>714645009
I don't understand the level system very well, that's true. but I know that during my normal kms run I could rarely drop below level 2 before getting killed due to a lack of healing items.

>>714645009
I wouldn't say game being beatable on normal for average player is even a bad thing
It's pretty fucked up if you need training regimen and guides to simply beat the game, especially if it's a beat em up or action game in general, the point is to have fun

I'm Alexander the Great and I beat this game

>>714645225
>I wouldn't say game being beatable on normal for average player is even a bad thing
It's not
Although I do have an issue with how the game has no real tutorials or mechanic descriptions and does shit like hide important moves/commands in the paper manual. It's not reasonable to expect random people to intuitively understand what a counterhit is or how to dodge cancel.

>>714633964 (OP)

>>714645384
Specific things you mentioned are pretty intuitive and you can just stumble on them yourself what
You are literally correct but chose two examples that work against your point
What is actually not intuitive is inputs on enemies when they are in the air or on the ground
There is no way you would just think to do forward triangle when they are in the air, this combination does nothing otherwise

This game is full of serious bullshit on hard/kms
Three Stooges 2, Whip It, Flying Pyramid, Death Shudder, Afro Fist...
But, and maybe it's just because they're the first real hurdle...
FUCK THESE TWO ASSHOLES

>>714645181
I loaded up an old save before bed just to test. Both are the same light jab from the kung-fu masters in venice level.
First, not hit.
Second, hit unraged.
Third, same hit but taunted. I ran away and taunted for a while to bait him into doing the same attack and got hit by it once. Feel free to count the pixels but I already did and the damage was increased, it's a % based increase. It's much more noticeable on stronger attacks, like that monk's kick can obliterate most of your HP as opposed to just half on Die! if you taunt him. Or Tiger Joe can do a lot more damage with his already strong as fuck kicks if annoyed/taunted and he lands a hit during the rage.
I'd make a video but it's too late here and I don't want to cut out the minute of me running and baiting to get the same attack again when enraged.