So, the day finally arrived and at least something was finally revealed via the NEXT website and practically everywhere else along the way. Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be the next entry in the MG series, as shown at Microsoft’s E3 conference. Of course, this led all sorts of folks to think that it’s “shitty that it’s a Bawkz exclusive” and “OMFG, I DON”T WANT TO PALY AS RAIDEN AGAIN!!!1!!1″ Luckly for us, who wish to laugh at them, it’s not exclusive to the 360 and neither is it 2001 anymore. Complaining about Raiden as a main character got old about a month after MGS2 came out (Ravi Singh does a better job bagging on this hatred). Besides, who wouldn’t want to control Raiden, especially in his bad-ass cyborg body?
But, other than the title, jack shit is known about the game. What’s the meaning behind the new title, “Lightning Bolt Action”? Could we see an end to stealth-based game-play and have it just be a hack-and-slash action game? I would certainly hope not. I’m all for action, but at least preserve the one thing that has been the series’ staple aspect. Plus, no release date has been announced and the only kind of video available is the super-short teaser played at the Microsoft conference that says fuck all about the game.
Maybe we’ll get some more info when Sony has their conference on June 2nd, as well as some info on the PSP game that we all know is coming. Believe me, I’m excited about more Metal Gear, but I’ll be more excited when I have some actual, concrete information and screens/video to go with it.
-Ancient Flounder
Also, fucking el-oh-el.
I hope it is a hack n slash. Sneaking around with that much badassery would be silly
Well, as long as the game is fun and doesn’t skew off into bullshit territory, it’ll be fine.
Define bull shit territory? Isn’t Metal Gear Solid all about romping through bullshit territory?
Like Resident Evil 5 bullshit territory, I should say, where the story goes to complete shit.