![]() The story is justification for the excellently tuned madness that is the game’s outlandish encounters. Even before your character, Raiden, looks at the bloody stump of his recently severed arm and says in his growly, more annoyed than pained voice, “not again,” it is already clear what kind of game this is. None of these things feel like they are meant to be taken seriously and that is just as well. There is some plot here: a terrorist scheme, private military corps monetizing war, Raiden’s quest to avenge the African prime minister. an anti-terrorist policy that seems to amount to “hack the bad guys into pieces” and militarized robots the size of skyscrapers) actual serve the gameplay by elevating the possibilities to new heights. The lunacies of its futurist setting, (e.g. This is a game that revels in its outrageousness. Unlike many games, having a crazy, shifting, nonsensical story really doesn’t do Revengeance any disservice. There is a story, as crazy and shifting and nonsensical as it may be, but newcomers to the series can easily slip right in. Revengeance is set within the Metal Gear universe and features a number of callbacks, but, in general, it is flavor for the fare. If you’ve never played a Metal Gear game before, fear not. And if that’s not enough, most of this happens within the first half hour. This is a game where three-armed eyeballs and chainsaw-tailed attack dogs jump from the shadows to tear at you. ![]() This is a game where cyborg ninjas slice their enemies into slivers with electrified katanas, sometimes with their feet. Having missed out on last year’s console release, I went into the game only knowing that it was a brawler based in the Metal Gear Solid mythos. To say that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is over-the-top is an understatement. ![]()
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