Ever since Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was announced I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it - being a Metal Gear Solid title.
But, along with its new name it brings forth a whole new experience and a brand new hero. This is Metal Gear - but not as you know it.
Developers Platinum Games had a new idea of a direction to take the series which was daring
but ambitious and got the go ahead from Metal Gear founder Hideo Kojima.
Published by Konami, the new game is titled Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and it gives us an insight and full control of Sons of Liberty protagonist Raiden, who starts off as a more modern version of his human self but the main body of the game stars Raiden as his cyborg appearance introduced to us in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
Set four years after the events of Guns of the Patriots, Raiden works for a private military company
called Maverick Enterprises to help him make money to support his family, being nothing more than a VIP escort.
Raiden is more grown up and less naïve and reckless this time round which makes him quite a huge
threat to his enemies.
He , soon finds out that rival PMC Desperado Express are kidnapping children and using their brains to create armies of cyborg soldiers.
After an epic battle with a Metal Gear Ray and Desperado general, Jetstream Sam, Raiden is gravely wounded causing his colleagues to turn him into a fighting machine who, alongside battling
his own colourful past, aims to stop Desperado Express and all who works for them in their tracks.
That’s the basic outline of the story however it goes a lot more in depth than that in the game.
It’s far fetched but enjoyable and quite easy to follow and it gives the player purpose to continue to play the game other than the outstanding gameplay.
The gameplay is the most exciting and adrenaline fuelled I’ve ever played with it’s over the top combat and epic battles.
Platinum Games have delivered some of the best action I’ve ever witnessed on a home console since the God of War games.
Raiden has a quick and strong attack using his trademark sword the High Frequency Blade or other weapons he collects during the story mode.
He can jump and can run at lightning speed and he can also use grenades and rocket launchers
found in boxes during each level.
Raiden’s moves can be mixed to perform some of the coolest looking combos I’ve ever seen including using his feet with his sword as seen in Guns of the Patriots.
Raiden can also enter a slow motion mode which places him in a samurai type stance with a blue line representing sword swiping direction which can be changed using the right stick in any direction, releasing the stick causes Raiden to swing his sword cutting up his enemy or in world object, this is Blade mode.
Raiden can also parry enemy’s attacks, a successful parry activates an on screen prompt that
when pressed causes him to perform a flashy finishing move called Zandatsu which looks fantastic.
Chopping up enemies with precision enables Raiden to collect their left arms which acts as the
games collectable and their energy tanks which replenishes Raidens health and blade gauge.
There is the infamous Metal Gear stealth mechanic however it is very scarce as Rising is action
orientated.
Revengeance looks amazing, each character is unique and jam packed full of metal plates and
enhancements that makes each character different.
Summary
There’s no mistaking it, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is one of the best action titles I’ve
ever played for a long time, it’s full of thrills and epic sized set pieces from start to finish which
continuously made my jaw drop.
I didn’t want it to end but it did fairly soon which is a disappointment but you will play the story again and again.
If you do eventually get bored, there’s plenty of VR missions to play through.
Platinum Games have certainly outdone themselves with this beauty and I’ll be playing it for some
time to come.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Developers: Platinum Games
Publishers: Konami
Xbox 360®
Playstation 3®
Genre: Action
Release Date: 22nd February 2013
Story - 4/5
Gameplay – 5/5
Graphics – 5/5
Overall – 5/5
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