Don't get me wrong, I do admire that the Metal Gear Franchise tries to engage with history, politics and philosophy. Conversely when the cut-scenes aim for the action-movie jugular they're far more successful - cyborgs on motorbikes, katana wielding robot dogs and aeroplanes being sliced in half all make an appearance. While not on a par with Metal Gear Solid's over-indulgence in non-interactive exposition, many of the characters will try to engage with Raiden in lengthy debates of the nature of ideals and 'memes'. Early in the game an excess of cut-scenes and codec conversations slow down the action. Outside of the fighting and the slicing, Revengeance is slightly less successful. Revengeance remains challenging without being frustrating throughout its play-time, with harder difficulties and a score-chasing aspect to the game offering opportunity to those who want to seek mastery over the combat. Red-neck cyborg samurai Sundowner for instance has an explosive shield, requiring you to counter him and carve the shield up with precise sword strokes before he becomes vulnerable. Defeating one of these colourful characters usually boils down to working out which attacks to avoid, which to counter and when to strike - but neat touches abound. Our old friend 'stupid amounts of lens flare' returns during a tense encounterīoss battles provide a different challenge to the steady fodder populating most levels. Executing the proper attacks even allows Raiden to restore his health, meaning you can flit from one encounter to the next pausing only to listen to the boring babble of the cast of supporting characters. Once you get past the initial hurdles to controlling Raiden you'll find yourself unleashing spectacular combos, dodging and parrying with precision before slicing your foes into wafer thin strips of meat. Zandatsu mode in particular feels a little like a technical marvel what at first appears to be a gimmick, quickly becomes a tool for innovation and separates Revengeance from its peers like the stylistically similar DMC.
METAL GEAR RISING REVENGEANCE KEYBOARD OR CONTROLLER PC
While it's unfortunate that the resolution of the game is capped at 1920x1080, the game still looks fantastic on PC running at a steady 60 FPS throughout on the mid-end machine used for this review. The mechanics of combat are well executed and the game looks spectacular throughout. It should be noted that while there is rudimentary support for playing Revengeance with a keyboard and mouse, it was designed with a controller in mind and the controls can feel a little alien and ill-fitting should you attempt to play without one. A well timed parry leaves a window of opportunity for Raiden to enter Zandatsu mode, where time slows down and you can control with precision the strokes of Raiden's sword, allowing you to cleave and chop your foes into a heap of blood and metal.
A great deal of importance has been placed on the players ability to parry enemy attacks by using the right trigger and analogue stick. Playing as Raiden you chain together attacks and combos using a mixture of light and strong attacks to wear foes down.
In terms of actually playing Revengeance, it feels pretty much like a direct continuation of Platinum's work with the Bayonetta franchise, with bravura action sequences meeting an extremely robust combat system. The giant robot quota required of a Metal Gear game is suitably filled In a break from Metal Gear tradition, where characters usually perform amazing feats of physical endurance and strength in cut-scenes before reverting to fragile humanity when we actually get our hands on them, here the disconnect is less evident, with plenty of the game's spectacle being under our control. Thanks to his range of swords and free-running ability he is actually fun to control. So how does Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance stack up to those titles, while shouldering the weight of the cumbersome Metal Gear Franchise? In fact it stacks up rather well indeed, the excess and style of Platinum Games' creative vision is a good fit for the Hollywood-meets-anime styling of Metal Gear and returning hero Raiden has long since graduated from the effete disappointment of Metal Gear Solid 2, having since transformed into a ludicrously growly voiced cyborg ninja. But just as significantly it also marks the PC debut of Platinum Games, whose lunatic brilliance shone in titles like Vanquish and Bayonetta. For many PC Gamers, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance marks a welcome return for Konami's popular franchise to the PC.
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