Gravity Rush Remastered: 5 Tips and Tricks for Beginners

You Can Turn Off Motion Controls

Let’s face it. Motion controls kind of suck. Thankfully, just like in the Vita version of the game, Gravity Rush Remastered on the PS4 will allow you to turn off motion controls, as well. Once you gain control of Kat, hit the ‘Options’ button to access your menu and settings. Shift the motion sensitivity slider all the way down to take out the motion controls.

Once you do this, the camera will no longer react to the way you hold your controllers, and you’ll now be able to control the camera by moving the right stick.

Do Challenges and Collect Gems

You don’t have to do all the challenges in one go, but it’s certainly wise to do a couple of them in between missions. These challenges usually involve you doing speed runs around Hekseville as you fly around collecting gems. When you do these challenges, try to aim for the Bronze or Silver tiers at least if you’re not looking to earn the Gold awards for all challenges to unlock the trophy. The awards will give you extra gems for you to spend on upgrading Kat’s stats and abilities.

An alternate way to collect gems is simply to roam around Hekseville and look for them. Gems are scattered all over the city. All you have to do is manipulate gravity a little bit, and you’ll be able to scrounge up a good number of gems in no time at all.

Learn How to Spend Your Upgrades

If Gravity Rush Remastered is the first time you’re hopping into the city of Hekseville as a gravity shifter, I’d highly recommend upgrading Kat’s health and recovery time first. It’ll take you a little bit before you fully get used to moving around while floating in the sky, so you’ll need as much time in the air as possible to use her abilities effectively. By upgrading recovery time, you’ll have a much shorter cool down period each time the gravity gauge runs out before you can start floating again. Gravity usage is also a good upgrade option as it allows you to stay in the air longer than you normally would.

Health is a no-brainer, especially if you’re getting used to combat in the game. Health pickups can be quite rare out in the field, so you’ll want to keep Kat’s health is as high as possible. A good tip to keep in mind is that you can apply upgrades even if you’re in the middle of combat. If you ever find yourself in a bind during a boss fight and there are no health pickups lying around, you can pop into the menu and upgrade her health, and your health meter will be topped up once you get back to the boss fight.

Unlock the Manholes

Hekseville is a huge city, and it can take quite awhile for Kat to fly from one end of a district to another. That’s where the manholes come in. Whenever you come across a manhole in the city, be sure to stop and interact with it to unlock it as a fast travel point. The more manholes you unlock in the city, the more fast travel points you’ll have on your map.

It is also worth noting that these manholes act as save points, as well. While Gravity Rush Remastered does have an auto-save feature, you can always choose to manually save your game at any of these warp points.

Use the Gravity Kick

Gravity Kick is one of the first abilities you’ll unlock in the game, but it can prove to be extremely handy throughout the game. When in combat, a good tactic to use is to have Kat float in the air, and then use Gravity Kick to hit an enemy’s weak point. Something to keep in mind is that the Gravity Kick has a soft lock feature so you don’t have to worry too much about getting Kat to execute a precise kick on the enemy. Simply point her in the right direction before tapping the button to execute your Gravity Kick. I highly recommend leveling up the Gravity Kick ability as it is very likely that you’ll be using this skill in almost all of your combat encounters.

When you’re outside of combat, the Gravity Kick can also be used to give you a slight speed boost when you’re roaming around in the air. This can come in especially useful during certain challenge runs, as well.