METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

This game is really fun, instant action and enjoyable. It is a spin off of the Metal Gear franchise but damn is it really fun to play! I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a fast-paced instant action gaming experience!

The combat, music and cutscenes are absolutely fun as hell, if you can tolerate the at-times frustrating camera.

A must to play game. Excellent gameplay and EXCELLENT MUSIC

Honestly this has to be one of the best games I have ever played. The character development for all the characters in game including the bosses and even the normal cyborgs is insane. The talk of right and wrong and ideology's makes for a truly immersive story. The game play is also amazing here. Its fast paced game play makes it so you never get bored but the skill floor and ceiling hold a very wide range. Its easy to get a hold of but hard to really master. You don't even need to have played the past games to have a good understanding of the game, its super easy to just jump in and have a good time. But i'm still going insane because why does Sam have so much ass if i cant actually fuck him. Sam is downright teasing us with these camera shots 😭😭😭

Greatest game of all time. Perfect balance of comedy and action. you can find memes in just about everything in this game. After all, they are the DNA of the soul.

i only have 3 hours at the time im writing this but god damn this game is good. the combat in this game is so satisfying, especially the OST. will probably update this when i finish the game

TLDR: Very fun to play once you understand the controls, but the game is terrible at explaining those controls. The tutorials are either sparse on details and literally provide you with incorrect information about really important mechanics. Worth playing, just look up how to play online instead of relying on the game's instructions otherwise its gonna suck.

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It feels weird finally playing MGR after years of seeing out-of-context clips and memes to the point where I already broadly understood the story. It wasn’t harmful to my experience or anything –it's not as if the game relied on subtlety and foreshadowing for its story to work– but I do wonder to what extent my enjoyment was because of how those memes conditioned me. There were plenty of times I was just waiting for a character to drop some dumb line or strike a pose I recognized from somewhere else and those moments brought me a good deal of enjoyment all on their own.

Putting aside the weird feeling of finally seeing everything firsthand, I do think the story was handled pretty well. Metal Gear has never been very subtle about its messages and MGR is no exception. You have your case of weird and ideologically-motivated antagonists who give you a speech about their beliefs before fighting you with some strange superpower. It’s completely over the top and gives you a clear reason why you ought to be killing them aside from the game telling you to do so. And while it was awkwardly handled, I did like the scene right before the fight with Monsoon about Raiden fighting because he finds it enjoyable, not because of duty or a drive to protect the weak or anything… which unless I’m just overthinking things seems much more of a message aimed at the player rather than Raiden as a character. I’m not playing this because I want to protect the imaginary people of the MG universe. I’m playing it because it's really fun to slice people and giant robots into tiny pieces! It’s just a shame that the delivery of the scene with Raiden going into his edgelord voice makes it feel sillier than it ought to. Beyond that, I don’t have any big complaints on the story side.

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The gameplay is the much bigger issue here. It’s very fun to play once you get the hang of it, but two big issues hold it back. The first is the camera. For a game that relies so heavily on directional inputs and targeting small enemies, the camera is shockingly bad at facilitating that sort of gameplay. Turning around is awkward but since the camera follows Raiden you have to constantly re-adjust in order to get a clear view on all your targets. It works decently in 1v1 fights (though it still does a poor job whenever they move around quickly) but in any sort of group fight the camera becomes a bigger threat than the enemies. There is a lock-on meant to mitigate the issue, but it comes with its own flaws. The lock will often abandon a target if they move out of your line of sight too quickly (which happens pretty often against bosses) and when it is locked-on properly the camera will have a weird jiggle since it's reacting to even the slightest moves that the target is making. Meanwhile it's nearly useless in group fights because the camera chooses who to lock-on to by proximity to Raiden rather than their position on the screen. So you may be looking directly at an enemy but, upon pressing the lock-on button, you’ll flip to the other direction because of an enemy somewhere behind you. It’s especially bad when a boss is paired with other enemies like the chopper in the fight against Sundowner or the god awful fight against Mistral because of all the 3-armed robots that fight alongside her. Exponentially worse on the AI version of her fight later in the game since the machines spawn infinitely meaning I could almost never lock on to her since the machines would always be right behind me.

The lock-on is still a very useful tool overall and worth using over the default camera, but it doesn’t go all the way towards fixing the camera issues and introduces a few problems of its own to the mix. And all this is really bad considering how important camera angles are for lining up combos (many times I had an enemy in a combo, only to lose them part way through because I was at a slightly askew angle when I started attacking them) and parries (since its based on the enemy’s position on the screen relative to Raiden).

And the second major issue the game has is how it communicates its mechanics. Apart from the very basics of movement and attacking, MGR largely avoids teaching you directly. There are the VR tutorials (however they’re awkwardly nested within the other VR missions so they’re easy to miss) but most explanations are just a simple notification and an enemy that forces you to use it. This works fine enough for combos and similar stuff, but poorly for anything more complex than hitting the right buttons. The parries are terribly explained with the game misleadingly suggesting you need to press attack in the direction the attack is coming from rather than the direction the enemy is attacking from (If an enemy is standing in front of you and swings their sword from the right, you should still push forward when parrying since that's where the enemy is) and that you parry by attacking at the right moment when you will actually block with your sword if the game detects a hit coming rather than you swinging your sword to deflect an incoming hit. The color coding also fucks up communication with red meaning you can parry while orange sometimes means you can parry but sometimes means you have to dodge because a parry is impossible with no clear way of telling until its already hit you. And of course, you can only try to activate a parry when a parry-able attack is incoming meaning if your timing is off or the attack can’t be parries you won't see Raiden even attempt a parry so you can’t tell if it was you who did something incorrectly or if the game just didn’t recognize the input properly (which happened quite often).

The combat is really enjoyable once you actually learn how it works, but MGR completely drops the ball on explaining some of its most important mechanics. Luckily, I just gave in and read stuff online when the controls didn’t feel consistent and that explained it way better than the game ever did. But god help you if you only had the game’s explanations to go off of.

Also, fuck the stuns and grabs where you have to wiggle the stick to escape. They’re horribly inconsistent, the visual doesn’t accurately depict how you’re supposed to do it (rotate the stick in a circle, don’t just flick it back and forth) and even when you do it the exact same way the time it takes is a complete gamble. You can even get chained into a grab or stun immediately after a grab/stun which just makes breaking out even more tedious.

Once you figure out how to play, MGS is a blast. The final few fights were a great time since I could actually understand what the game was trying to get me to do and execute it properly. The bosses in particular were the highlight of the whole game with the other encounters being pretty forgettable.

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I had a lot of fun playing MGR and it was well worth the time. The game’s strengths are great and its weaknesses, while quite annoying, do fade over time once you get used to managing them. It is unfortunate that the game’s biggest flaws were largely self-imposed thanks to poor explanations in-game rather than anything fundamentally bad about the mechanics. Apart from the camera, almost every problem was entirely fixable with just a few patches. But if they haven’t released any fixes in the decade since the game first released, I’m gonna guess this is its permanent state.

played the entire game without parrying once and only doing basic combos, 10/10 gameplay

Replayed after many years. While the visuals show some age, the combat, speed, and style remain unmatched.

10 nanomachines out of 10, son

Memes, the DNA of the soul... and this game. I'm not a hack and slash guy and I loved this game. The amount of memes, comedic (and well-written) dialogue, and the fact that the graphics look modern for a game that ran on the PS3 is impressive! The controls are best on keyboard. Trust me. Yeah, everything about this game is solid. The gameplay rocks, the music is amazing, the characters and plot are solid and well written, and the cutscenes are engaging af, contrary to Sony's recent games. All I ask is for you to learn to parry. It'll save your sanity.

9.5/10

Probably not the best introduction to the Metal Gear series but an all round amazing game. The only thing that has aged poorly is the drab visuals, but the energetic combat and batshit insane story more than make up for limitations in the art direction. The music slaps and the combat is fun even if you don't dive into the menus to understand it better (though I do recommend checking out the combo list at the very least). Must play if you're a fan of third-person melee action games.

It's ok, it's the worst metal gear game but it's not a bad game.
Good music, hack and slash gameplay, Blade mode felt very good chopping people and objects into a million pieces.
Raiden becomes increasingly edgier and edgier until he goes full on edgelord it's a bit cringey

7/10

I wish I got this game earlier bc I found this game to be an absolutely fucking amazing game from 2013, the OST is FUCKING AMAZING, gameplay is fire, you should get this game on sale tho.

The game is very good an entertaining even though it does not have the best Metal Gear story ever (and it is quite short). Very fast phased, interesting boss fights, cool design.

Even though I would recommend the game, the camera makes it unplayable and extremely annoying at times (the camera on the jetstream dlc is a nightmare).

It does worth to try tho, pick it up in discount and you will be good to go.

No time for a proper review. By now you've likely seen the memes. It's a very popular game and is definitely a fantastic hack n slash action game for a Metal Gear game. Smooth fluid combat and the blade mode is insanely fun.

Not the bext experience overall with its infuriating small details, but is it fun? Absolutely. Even knowing the full story and playing on mouse and keyboard (highly recommend using controller), this game hooked me to beat every boss while taking no damage. Worth the money and worth the time.

Good game, but there's just one boss that's really annoying, I think its called, "The Camera." Other than that fantastic experience and one of the best games I've ever played. The music, the gameplay, it's just GOOD.

Absolutely amazing game, one of the only games I would rate 10/10, doesn't even feel like a game it's so good. Everything about it is amazing and it has very little to no flaws. Amazing writing, very witty. I love everything about it. 10/10 soundtrack as well.

I'm going to say upfront that I'm cutting through the meme shit because it's been said a trillion times and I don't care to sound like I frequent Reddit.

This game rocks. The combat is flashy but simple to grasp. Enemy design is solid and I don't recall encountering any particular bullshit enemies. Level design does it's job it's nothing special but not horrible. The story is your typical metal gear autism but it's not as dialogue and cutscene heavy which for me makes it feel easier to understand.

The real selling point of this game are the boss fights and they're easily the best part of the game. Each one has a bit of a gimmick to them. Monsoon teleports, Sundowner has the blast shields and his second phase fights completely differently, Sam is the classic mirror fight, you get the point. Armstrong is obviously the fight where all the memes come from and it is pretty funny to play through. And that's the key: this game is F U N and enjoyable to play in pretty much every aspect. It's also only about 7 hours long and that's while watching all the cutscenes so it won't consume your life for months and it makes it very easy to replay.

If it goes on sale for like $20 or less absolutely pick it up.

the gameplay is fast paced and balanced, the cut scenes are badass, the characters are incredible, and the music is borderline orgasmic, but some content is reused like the Denver area and most of the content in the Sam dlc, and yet, I cant be too mad because the noise of my complaints is drowned out by "Stains of Time" playing at 100% volume in my headphones.

8.9/10

I love this game, this game tought me so much about identity and is also a great inspiration for any upcoming musician or game designer, even though it has been through development hell and the guy himself hideous kojungle juice abonded the team at some point at it spiraled into an offspin of the original metal gear solid series, it had in the end turned out to be one of the most timeless games this blueball has ever received and reflects our current political drama we have goiong on perfectly, and also THE MEMES!!!.

am actually feeling bad that i didnt buy the game in full price this game is the best story game ive ever played (i very rocommend buying it) *will there be part 2?*

Great game. Grueling if you're trying for a 100% run, which I have not yet completed on account of me being bad at the game.

"Now there's a pretty meme. Exquisite!"

Fun game with some poignant politics and themes, takes place after MGS4 and constantly references that game in various ways but can be played standalone and enjoyed by itself.

This is probably platinum games at their peak imo, the game is a blast.

It's a Super cool game. I Love how it doesn't stay with the story of the rest of the games. Would recommend. (I also love how it has the box mechanic)

Insanely badass game. You essentially play as a cyborg ninja, epic metal music plays whilst you jump between rockets and slice people into 40 pieces. HELL YEA!

This somehow flew completely under my radar for years, essential purchase for fans of action games. It also plays perfectly on the Steam Deck on the highest settings.

Extremely fun combat and boss fights. Peak music. 9/10.

its peak play it play it i love this game its so good its soo good play it its peak except for when u parry and it dashes instead

I can see why many people call this game a masterpiece from the gameplay, OST, visuals, voice acting, dialogue, story and the characters. Really had fun with this. Highly recommend even if you haven't played the previous games or don't know anything about Metal Gear.

Amazing game with a unique combat system, peak memes, and some of the greatest gaming spectacles you will ever see. It’s a cheesy action movie blessed by Chuck Norris himself to give you one of the best action games ever made. The game reminds me a lot of the God of War and Batman Arkum games. With that being said, don't buy the game if you use keyboard and mouse. The camera feels like wrestling an oiled-up honey bear hell-bent on snapping your neck. This is to say, it’s extremely rigged and difficult to control. I’ve died so many times simply because the camera won't move because it goes in another direction or because it won't move fast enough. This is most apparent when multiple enemies are sounding you. Where inputting an action like attacking or moving will sometimes go in a completely different direction because of how the camera is placed or simply doesn’t target the right enemy because the camera is focused on another. There is a lock on that can help, but for the most part just makes your view more narrow, and overall harder to see what's going on. The camera also greatly affects parrying, because of how it works. You parry be attacking in the direction your enemy is attacking. It’s really simple and easy to spam. The only problem is when the camera starts moving in a way that obstructs your view of an enemy. Making it so you can't see what direction they're going to attack from. This isn’t a major issue, because again it's really easy to spam parry. However, it happens a lot when large groups of enemies are attacking you and in the final boss fight. I really really love this game. I enjoyed it so much and am glad I bought it. However, I would not have finished it without having a controller. Once I started using it, the game became actually playable and fun. I wasn’t dying because the camera had generational levels of hatred for my ass. Otherwise, I would have regretted not getting this on Xbox. 9/10 game with a terrible port.

i really want the game but everytime i boot it up it shows a white screen then closes can anyone help?

PERFECT. I fucking love this game. Port is iffy on the blade mode, combat is smoother than a newborns cranium. Music is just beautiful.

Jogo mais satisfatório que alguém pode jogar, mas extremamente inviável sem um controle.

This game is a classic for a reason, the story is something, and the combat can be quite fun. The problem I find with it is that the camera is constantly fighting you, and the game seems to really like throwing all of the most annoying enemies at you at the same time. The game has quite a few flying enemies, and it is clearly not made with that kind of thing in mind, which causes all kinds of friction.

A good game most of the time, but when there are plenty of points where it feels like smashing your head against a brick wall.

Please we need a #2, what if instead of a remaster which would be great you have an alternate timeline with "focus mode" possibly a game in the past or another blade mode type game centered in the future maybe with raidens kid, or grandkid? Even a side game where the Mexican kid that becomes raidens daughters friend, becomes a cyborg and trains developing skills and goes on his own mission? Pleaseee something this games so amazing we need it

To not give this game a go is something I will not understand. The game is a mix of braindead easy fights, and then the next boss is almost just impossible without practicing it. Extra story after you finish the campaign is pretty decent, but for obvious reasons the juice is the main game. 10/10 Jack The Ass Ripper ripped ass.

Its good, fun, epic and STANDING HERE!!!!!!!

The amount of braindead side bosses in this game make me wanna get lobotmized by a waffle iron. Some of the moves these blind aids monkeys have is absolutely insane. The lorentz force has to be the bane of my fucking existence. I wish for nobody to ever encounter this game from hell. And then this 8'3 brazillian with a D1 scholarship in basketball keeps anally raping me without any remorse. I cant parry for shit.

Best 20 dollars i've spent, WOULD recommend

Finished Monsoon, so still have some game left to finish, but game is goated with the sauce. Gameplay rewards quick reflexes once you learn to parry and the combos/Zandatsu is satisfying, especially if you manage to hit triple digits for parts. Polearm is stupid, I love it

really fun, but dunno about raiden's characterization in this. Feels like it's not consistent with mgs2 and mgs4. still pretty good, armstrong is goated.

(kinda hoped for an otacon cameo ngl)

Superb hack and slash game. Game is perfect on both sides - gameplay and story. MGR was made with love and soul. I wish platinumgames created something similar.

Peak boss fights and Peak music. Something you can easily binge in one day and enjoy it so much.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is one of those games that I really wish would get a sequel, the gameplay is one of the coolest hack and slash action I've seen my whole life.

The way you can feel the weight of the blade and the slashing and cutting of the enemies is mesmerizing, which makes you keep coming for more, the enemy variety is great, and the bosses are unique.
The only complaint I have is the parrying system being one of the worst in the history of gaming... Other than that really wish for a sequel.

The game is really fun, but it can also be extremely frustrating at times, and yes I do play a lot of hard games but this was the first time I have shouted at my screen.
Plus you get both DLCs for the game for free. :D

I haven't defeated the final boss yet but holy mother of god, for a game that was released nearly 11 years ago it really has high and kind of realistic graphics. The story is also fantastic. Haven't thought that an ninja cyborg fighting an evil cyborg corporation who has the Senator of USA on their side would be a very good story! In short, the story for me is a 9/10. The combat mechanics are simply out of this world when it comes to an PS3 game, it's like the game was ahead of it's time! The soundtrack is simply outstanding! I like the fact that each boss soundtrack tells the story of each boss. Like the soundtrack "I'm my own master now" from the "LQ-84i" bossfight.
Overall score, 10/10.

highly recommend playing the metal gear series up until mgs:gotp to play this game. u dont have to, its so good on its own but i feel like theres just even more appreciation for raiden and just his overall story when you play this game. the music in this game is so fucking good and raiden is so cool i love him so much.

Literally a masterpiece in writing and combat mechanics, only weak note is the tutorial. If your reading this and you either don't know anything or only know the memes, play this game. Its incredible.

Slice Dice and make your way through one of the great action games of platinum games in thier prime

This truly is the mother of all omelets.

This game is PEAK. The music is amazing, the gameplay is great (except for the Sam DLC. Sam is too slow for my liking.)

Fantastic, simply perfect, overwhelmingly amazing, insanely well-made if you feel so inclined