Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Just started the game after getting it today (EU). Chapter R-00 completed so far.

I have to say, it's been a while since I found a game this damn impressive. Everything about this feels so damn awesome.

I can see clearly that this story doesn't have that much to do with the earlier games, but hey, it's Rising, not Solid, and they stated it's a spin-off, so what do you expect? I'll take it for what it is. Still, it's the same universe alright.

Kept you waiting huh? *fires a missile, but the chopper uses flares to avoid getting hit* Flares?

*arm gets cut off* ****! Not again...

The blade run is cool, very much like Assassin's Creed. Kind of ironic since AC III wasn't that good with it anymore (not that I blame the developers, I think the setting made changes like that necessary, and I still liked the game, despite it not being as good as Brotherhood).

Also very ironic that a ninja finally does destroy a Metal Gear...

The first look at Raiden reminded me of Lee from Tekken. A sharp dressed, white-haired man with sunglasses.

Okay, this ended up being just some random rambling. Whatever. More to come as I complete each chapter.
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Chapter R-02 complete.

Kept getting my ass kicked, but I'm getting the hang of this.

To be quite honest, I do actually have some complaints here. Sewer levels are kind of lame, and I absolutely hate children. Still, the pros outweigh the cons.

Wolf as an ally, now that's neat. He's funny. So was Raiden's "disguise."

Go ninja go ninja go! Somehow that's become far funnier, maybe because of what they've done to my precious Turtles lately...

Controlling a Dwarf is revengeance indeed. The whole game is a gigantic stress reliever, but to actually control a Dwarf, something that's annoyed me so much...

The transforming robot gave me a little trouble first, but was a nice little boss fight after I picked up the pace.

Cardboard boxes, man's best friends, make a return!

I'll be back.
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Wait until you have to fight multiple Grads at once. Thats fun.
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Chapter R-03 completed.

This level was much more like it. The setting was cool and rooftops to fight on were what I was expecting.

Raiden leaving his company fit him nicely. He knows how to cut ties, leave people behind, if he thinks it'll help him reach his goal.

Several, weaker versions of Grad throughout the level, but they weren't that difficult to handle anymore now that I knew how to deal with them.

Wolf just keeps getting funnier.

Dropping down an elevator shaft was awesome.

I really liked how Samuel decided to give Raiden a Hannibal Lecture here. Same deal as with Snake and Liquid, deconstructing video game killing. It's just a video game, sure... But if you kill for entertainment, then what does that say about the character? They're a very dark anti-hero at best.

And then we get a slow walking scene... It wasn't that bad, but I'm tired of them. They may have an important part in the story, but levels like this aren't that much fun to replay. Damn you God of War, I liked your gameplay a lot, but you made many stupid mechanics popular.

Monsoon boss fight has been rather liked among the fans from what I understand. A lot of things about it were cool: Jack the Ripper personality appearing again, vehicles being thrown at Raiden and having to slice them, quick pace in general, and an awesome finish. Still, I really, really, didn't like it when he dodged my attacks by separating his body parts. For a moment I thought there might be some trick to this like with Psycho Mantis. Look, if you want a long boss fight, don't resort to things like this, just give him a bigger health bar.

Overall the best level so far though.
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For Monsoon on additional playthroughs learn to use EMP grenades and get good at getting perfect perrys. Playing recklessly, I can finish the fight in a few minutes.

As for the slow walking part, this is the last segment with it.
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