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GameSpot: Metal Gear Solid: Rising Impressions

GameSpot writes: "You always know something exciting is about to happen when Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima takes the stage. He did so to great applause at Microsoft’s 2010 E3 press conference, but he unfortunately didn’t spend much time in front of the audience. He did, however, state that what he was there to show was something new and unique. Kojima also mentioned that just as Metal Gear hero Snake passed the torch to the androgynous Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2, Kojima would now defer to Metal Gear Solid: Rising producer Shigenobu Matsuyama. And with that, Matsuyama took the stage and introduced an intriguing new trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the upcoming action game featuring a part-cyborg Raiden slicing up some of the freakiest automatons you’ve seen this side of those mooing gekkos from Metal Gear Solid 4".

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darkdoom30005084d ago

Why do I have the feeling that you aren't gonna get to go through the game without killing anyone:/

Hideo_Kojima5084d ago (Edited 5084d ago )

You won't :P But who knows maybe you can cut up some salad and cook them a meal to distract the guards.

MGS Rising could have a bit of stealth (like walking or rooftops and taking enemies down one at the time by cutting their heads of so they can't scream) but not as much as MGS4.

That was the sweet thing about MGS4. I took over 30 minutes to pass through a level without being seen but then when I replayed the game and I was better at the shooting I shot everyone and passed through in 5 minutes I loved how both tactics worked so well and they were both really fun.

hay5084d ago

I love the trailer. I kinda wanted more sneaking with Raiden(I really liked him in MGS2) but I'm really impressed by the trailer.

Love the slicing part ; p looks fun.

SaberEdge5084d ago

Yeah, the trailer was great. I was surprised to see that the graphics are better than MGS4. It's going to be awesome.

Eamon5084d ago

Yeah, I think Stealth can be a part of the gameplay.

Just different from the usual MGS stealth.

And if they make the health system realistic like MGS4, Raiden could get killed by a couple of gunshots from enemies.

So the tactics for taking down enemies will be different to usual.

BTW, when Raiden took out the electic spine thingy, did he suck out its energy before he squished it? Maybe, you need to recharge your health often?

ThanatosDMC5084d ago (Edited 5084d ago )

Well, it doesnt have that "Stealth, Espionage something" subtitle but "Lightning fast action something" instead.

So if they implement the Move with this, we can cut people up with precision? Reminds me of that Wii game... I better be able to make circles in peoples body and that the pieces and blood and gore will stay on the ground so i can play with them later. I dont want those corpses i made to disappear.

Also, i wonder how healing would be in this game since we saw that Raiden needs blood transfusion to heal/live in MGS4. There's no way Rations or food would work on his cyborg body now, would it? But he did fight another cyborg/robot in that CG cutscene (YES it was CGI)... maybe he'll get the white blood from them???

karl5084d ago

is suppose to be a ninja right? not so much

Trroy5084d ago (Edited 5084d ago )

I was actually really turned off to the game by this presentation. Its not Metal Gear anymore, in my book. Its some sorta Ninja Gaiden game with a Metal Gear theme now.

I like Ninja Gaiden (and Metal Gear Solid) alot... but this looked.. wrong. Its neither NG or MGS, and its kinda failed to inspire me to want to buy it.

Hideo_Kojima5084d ago

Yep it did seem to me like a Ninja Gaiden game... but I was expecting that since that is Raidens style really.

If anything there shouldn't have been a Raiden game at all.

Cold 20005084d ago

That actually isnt all that bad...just imagine a ninja gaiden kind of game set in the MGS world...would be fantastic.

Hideo_Kojima5084d ago

But we want more MGS :(

I wish there would be an MGS5 because I jumped into MGS at number 4 and only just got into it.

Raf1k15084d ago

If you want MGS5 get Peace Walker. It's a great game with more content than you could slice with Raiden's sword.

ThanatosDMC5084d ago

MGS5 is on the PSP and it's called Peace Walker. It's something you should play especially if you loved MGS3.

Big Boss FTW!

darkdoom30005084d ago

Yeah- It doesnt feel like MGS.

It's actually better if you think of it as a spinoff- they're not trying to make MGS5/6

Blaze9295084d ago

isn't that what they said it would be from day 1? People need to stop bitching and realize this is a new producer, new team and new direction for the MGS series. I mean FFS it's even in the damn title: "Lightning Bolt Action"

Me personally, I thought it freakin rocked. I can't wait to play that game. Day 1 for sure

sombrero5084d ago

Exactly... it says it's an action game in the title. I can't believe people were surprised they didn't show stealth. It was exactly what I was expecting.

ballsofsteel5084d ago

to be fair they did say this wasn't going to be traditional MGS. i'm sure there will still be stealth based MGS's in the future

Trroy5084d ago (Edited 5084d ago )

I knew this game wasn't going to be MGS5, but I'm trying to say that this presentation of it made it feel like a NG clone with a MGS skin -- not really deserving of the MGS name at all, except for the character usage.

A hybrid between the two would be more interesting -- the entire MGS *series* is stealth based, and this game *does* have the MGS name. I'd assume there would be some serious stealth with the ninja action -- but they didn't show any such thing, really. Just slicing.. and frankly the super sharp laser slices were kind of silly... I'm gonna get tired of that pretty quick.

Who knows, maybe the combat will be utterly compelling. This presentation just didn't do it for me, is all. Either it gave me the wrong message, or the game actually isn't for me... and that's saying something, since I own every Ninja Gaiden and God of War clone in existance, I think -- and I enjoyed most all of them too... yeah even Golden Axe: BR, Conan, and the Argonauts game.

ThanatosDMC5084d ago

Yup, they should take out the Solid name... heck, maybe even "Metal Gear" unless for some random reason we'll see Raiden fight a Metal Gear that has nuke capabilities but i highly doubt it.

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Jdash245084d ago

It gave me a craving for watermelon

scar205084d ago

MGS is about guns not slicing people in half with swords this mgs is not gonna do well

danielle0075084d ago

Not about the guns, necessarily, but I think taking the MGS universe in another direction could do really well, especially if the whole game is that stylish. We haven't heard a single thing about the story or .. really any of it, other than HEY, GUYS, IT'S RAIDEN. HE CAN SLICE, LOOKIE. So, really, if it's done really well, I think this could do really well.

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Short documentary talks about the cancelled Metal Gear Solid games and concepts

Youtube channel GVMERS has released an interesting video chronicling the various Metal gear concepts and ideas that were cancelled or scrapped during production. In the 17 minute documentary they talk about the Metal Gear Solid port for Game.Com, the cancelled Metal Gear Solid: Rising concept, and ideas that were cut from Metal Gear Solid 2, among other things.

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ccgr2418d ago

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Nyxus2418d ago

No problem! Yeah it's a well made video.

TheVetOfGaming2417d ago

Interesting, although, I already knew most of what was on here. I just wish Kojima had the rights to the franchise. The saga has left with a whimper instead of a bang.

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Top 5 Politicians in Video Games That Are Worse Than Donald Trump | Goomba Stomp

President Trump took office around a week ago and in that time a new global trend has emerged - doing a quick search on Google News for "Donald Trump" a couple of times a day just to see what the massive, bejowelled, orange-faced troglodyte has done this time.

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skydragoonityx2662d ago

i doubt any game character can be worse than this man.

IAmLoki2662d ago

Oh come on he really isn't half as bad as the haters claim. He is actually the best president for USA in decades.

Gazondaily2662d ago

"He is actually the best president for USA in decades."

😂😂😂

kneon2662d ago

You forgot the /s at the end, people might think you're serious and then worry about your mental well being.

_-EDMIX-_2662d ago (Edited 2662d ago )

forgot the /s

BizarroUltraman62662d ago

I know Im gonna get disagrees but Ive lived thru 7 presidents. Trump is the worst and he just started. Lol..

Paytaa2662d ago

He makes GWB seem like a saint. That's a hard feat. Bravo Trump.

Erik73572662d ago

People use to have more support for Donald on here, was almost half and half...not anymore lol...people we're like "Ohh he wont do that he just said that in his camapign, he wont actually go through with building a wall and banning muslims noooo"

Utalkin2me2662d ago

@Erik7357

Obama banned mulsims too? So whats you point. It all of the sudden tpeople have a opinion on it due to not liking trump. But didn't care when Obama did it in 2011. Liberal Hypocrites.

ravinash2661d ago

He's been in barely a week, and all he does is create policies that give the appearance that he's doing something to please the people that voted for him. Nothing that is actually effective mind you.
He promises to build a wall, says Mexico has to pay for it - Mexico says it won't pay for it = no wall.
Even if the wall was built, if people are determined to get in, they will either climb or tunnel through, so the wall is completely pointless.

Then the ban on people from 6 Muslim countries. Basically creates a lot of hardship for innocent people (a lot of whom are american) because it's stopping families from being together.
And again it's ineffective because if someone really wants to get in (fake passport or go through one of those tunnels under the wall), then they will.
Even if they didn't, most of the attacks these days have been brainwashed people who were already living in America.

This just shows a president who is more concerned with the appearance they give rather than creating an actual thought out action plan to make the world a better place.

JunMei2661d ago

I'm not sure if he's serious or not. Needless to say, any time a country tries to make things overwhelmingly in its favor, making things unfair for everyone else, that's when countries stop doing business with that country. Which then causes exports from that country to falter, since it loses out on trade.

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crazychris41242662d ago

Do we really need Buzzfeed like articles now?? This site is supposed to be an escape from the US presidential fighting of the past 2 years. This is not the n4g I know and love.

The n4g I know is us fighting over review scores, consoles, handhelds, exclusives and PC.

Bathyj2662d ago

Agreed. I wonder where all these people complaining about Trump were on voting day.

81BX2662d ago

I was voting for hillary

zidane13412662d ago

Probably sitting at home thinking that there was no way trump had a chance in hell?

Themba762661d ago

My area stayed blue the dc area it's those red stated you should worry about

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Paytaa2662d ago

Is Xbox irrelevant? Will Playstation fail? Is Nintendo DOOMED? Find out tomorrow on N4G.

REDDURT2662d ago

Kinda easy to say right now till we as gamers start seeing import taxes on top of consoles. In the States

ravinash2661d ago

I want to hear about the PC master race again!

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Number-Nine2662d ago

Just what I want to see. N4G and political articles

Gazondaily2662d ago

The perfect recipe for productive debate and discussion 😆

sher123win1232662d ago

Who ever post this sh!t should be band, political articles should not be allowed in the gaming websites...

GOODKylePS2662d ago

what if they don't know how to play a musical instrument?

sliggio322662d ago (Edited 2662d ago )

No one is worse than that mother fucker.

zidane13412662d ago

Because Hillary is a racist, sexist asshole with 0 experience and constantly shits on her own country over twitter. Oh wait

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JohnathanACE2662d ago

@zidane1341

No, she's just a criminal which is totally fine.
Oh wait

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The most promising games that never saw a release

VGS: 'Part of the excitement in gaming comes from watching a game be unveiled, following its news updates and eagerly awaiting the day of release. But there are times when it never gets to that final part. Either the game is cancelled, put on hold indefinitely, or becomes ‘vaporware’ - meaning, we simply never hear from it again. Here are some games that never saw a release, but that did look rather promising.'

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Agent20093855d ago

I'm still disgruntled by Kojima's decision to cancel the original Metal Gear Solid: Rising's concept. It was absolutely ambitious: an open world stealth slasher with an ability to cut literally everything to make your way through... without enemy's notice.

I guess it was just too beautiful to happen.

Nyxus3855d ago

Yeah the idea was very cool but they just couldn't get the concept together. It's a shame but maybe they will do something with the material they have some day.

-Foxtrot3855d ago

I know right, in my opinion the game we got was horrible compared to what could of been. The Rising game we got seemed out of place for being a MGS game even despite being a spin off.

Eight Days hopefully will make it's way to the PS4 one day, the gameplay back in 2006 looked amazing. Imagine what it will look like now

Kenshin_BATT0USAI3855d ago

Rising is actually canon. LOL

Also, although it seems out of place. It was by no means a bad game. Terrible story, but gameplay was AMAZING.

-Foxtrot3855d ago

Get out...really, it's now cannon

I thought Kojima said it was a non cannon spin off...christ sake <sigh>

Dagobert3855d ago

I was seriously looking forward to Konami's MGS Rising. That was supposed to be an actual prequel to MGS4 where the storyline made sense. The new one just sucked honestly, it would have made a great Bayonetta game where gameplay is fun and storyline is just stupid.

zeal0us3855d ago

Blame the development for not being able to get the action and stealth element together.

ChipChipperson3855d ago (Edited 3855d ago )

The original concept for Rising definitely looked way better. It just had that swiftness and accuracy to the whole cutting mechanic. There was a certain, I suppose, elegance and finesse to the way they had Raiden move and how he fought. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Revengeance for what it was, but I was really looking forward to what Kojima Productions was going for, both gameplay wise and story wise. Who knows, maybe one day they will use concept for a new Rising game that is made by Kojima Productions or possibly a new IP from them.

Nyxus3855d ago

I agree, while I did enjoy MG Rising, the previous concept did look and sound intriguing, and I was interested in that story focusing on Raiden's transition to cyborg ninja.

Murad3855d ago

I totally agree with your statement, but now that I'm thinking about it, if he did do it, it would be very difficult in terms of programming. The reason why is because every time, let's say hypothetically, Raiden cut something, that dataStructure would have to look completely different, or disappear and be replaced, there would be far too much to necessary power to be put on different systems, I believe, unless I'm thinking of programming this game completely the wrong way.

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FullmetalAlchemist3855d ago

Trigun for the PS2, was so sad when I heard it got canceled.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

ZBlacktt3855d ago (Edited 3855d ago )

And when I was saying this spin off game was going to do so poorly long before it came out. People just clicked disagree, lol. I know the gaming market. :cool:

Same with MGS5. People will buy it for sure. But it won't have the impact MGS4 did. More so changing out David Hayter for no real reason at all. But more for a personal one of Kojima's. Many diehards did not like that at all!

A lot of the games history died in MGS4. Now it's become just some game. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

TheDivine3855d ago

Idk I really didnt care for MGS4, it was too action focused, stealth meant nothing, the story was horrendous, along with many other things like lack of memorable boss fights. Still, MGS is as awesome to me as always. The game didnt live up to snakes last mission in my eyes but it was still a good game. The series is still amazing for sure.

I do agree axing David Hayter was a HORRIBLE thing to do. He is Snake. The series is def going more TPS and mainstream. I'm worried how Kojima will manage to keep it stealthy in an open world setting. I have my worries but Kojima has delivered time and time again so I will trust him and hope he makes me feel like a fool for doubting him lol.

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NarcolepZZZZZZ3855d ago

I thought "Huxley" would have made the list.

NarcolepZZZZZZ3855d ago

Also I want shenmue 3 dammit! I need closure!

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