![]() Metal Gear Rising is beloved thanks to its incredible action, amazing cast of memorable characters (and George, but we don’t talk about him) and its bonkers storyline. Another defining trait was their ability to give shit-eating grins to the camera. Mistral, Monsoon, Sundowner, and Jetstream Sam are all equipped with cyborg bodies of their own, each having their own unique abilities (such as Monsoon who can come apart to avoid slashes). ![]() This rival PMC hosts four captains named The Winds Of Destruction in true Metal Gear fashion, these four are named after – you guessed it – wind. The new game, now dubbed Metal Gear Rising Revengance, saw Raiden – a mercenary for hire – take on a rival PMC who seeks to destabilise peaceful nations to restart the war economy for their own personal gain in the absence of The Patriots. Platinum also requested that the story of the title be moved to post-MGS4, rather than in between 2 and ,4 to give the studio more freedom. Rather than making a game based upon the free-cutting mechanic, it was reworked to complement to the action – not overrule it. ![]() Rather than work up from Kojima Productions' foundations, Platinum rebooted the game entirely as an action game in its signature style. Kojima and his original team had a free-cutting mechanic sorted, and a scenario in mind it had the makings of a great Metal Gear title… except that the developers never figured out what the gameplay loop would be.Įnter Platinum Games – the legendary developer made up of ex-Capcom staff who were known for their top-of-the-line action games like Bayonetta and Vanquish. Long story short, the project didn’t work out. ![]() ![]() It was confirmed that this new game would not be directed by Hideo Kojima, and would instead be his attempt to pass the Metal Gear torch to a younger team as he worked on the portable entry Peace Walker. Metal Gear Solid 4 had just ended the story of Solid Snake, one year prior. Metal Gear Rising made its first appearance at E3 2009. It's hard to overstate how exciting this trailer was at the time. ![]()
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