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| Tear out your enemies spines to replenish your health. |
I recently purchased Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance as I
enjoyed the demo and am a big fan of the Metal Gear series. Before the game came out I was very much in
two minds about it due to the massive differences to the other games in the
series. Gone are the stealth elements of
the previous titles, replaced instead with action and combat.
Shifting four years into the future after the events of Guns
of the Patriots the game puts you in control of Raiden instead of series
mainstay Solid Snake. Introduced in
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and transformed into a cyborg ninja in
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Raiden is a very different person to
Snake, with lots of demons in his closet that come back to haunt him in this
game.
Raised on the battlefield as a child soldier under the cruel
tutelage of George Sears, the third clone son of Big Boss known as Solidus
Snake, Raiden was so vicious and sadistic as a child solider that he became
known as Jack the Ripper.
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| Sunny makes a surprise and enjoyable return to the Metal Gear series. |
This comes into play a great deal in Rising as Raiden has to
not only face his past as a child soldier and embrace the darkness inside of
him but try to prevent other children from falling victim to the same traumatic
childhood that he once faced. Using this
as the main driving force of the story adds more to the plot than a simple
revenge drama and adds more depth to Raidens character.
The action in the game also plays very well, enabling you to
easily step into the shoes of a cyborg ninja and perform all of the amazing
feats that we have seen them perform in pervious games. Fiendishly simple to learn but challenging to
master the games combat system is so enjoyable that you will find yourself
actively engaging in combat every chance you get, even in those moments where
you have the choice to avoid further combat.
The destructibility of the environments allows you to cut your
way through trees and cars and collapse raised walkways to bring your foes crashing
down around you. The game is also
littered with an assortment of Metal Gears such as the returning Rays, Geckos
and Dwarf Geckos as well as a host of new mechanical enemies that builds upon
the already established mythology of the series that Metal Gears became a
widespread threat after the events of the first game.
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| Rising lets you play as original cyborg ninja Grey Fox. |
The boss battles in the game are all vastly different with
some of the most unique battles in the series to date with set pieces that are
so epic and over the top that you will have a massive smile on your face as you
slice your way through them. The final
boss battle in the game is also one of the all time best in the series and will
have you wanting to replay the battle straight away.
Metal Gear Rising is a great addition to the Metal Gear
universe that takes a big step away from the game play of the past and steps
boldly in a new and exciting direction.
Hopefully the first game of many with Raiden as the star this could
easily be the first instalment of a whole new era for Metal Gear, giving
players something that compliments the stealth elements of the other games of
the series. Along with some great over
the top characters and a crazy music score Metal Gear Rising is an amazing, if
somewhat short game that will soon be boosted by some very exciting downloadable
content. 9/10
Amy.
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