E3 2009: MGS rises on the 360
Wednesday 3 June 2009 @ 11:45 am | By Random J 2 Comments
It was only a matter of time until a Metal Gear Solid game ended up on the Xbox 360. It makes sense. Konami know they can’t keep being exclusive with MGS to Sony this generation. They can’t afford to. No developer can really.
This game was never going to be exclusive to the 360 as many speculated when it was first announced. It just wouldn’t happen unless it was some crappy little side title, and nothing more. Konami would never leave Sony in the cold. Not after it has been 3 systems of theirs that has played home to the Metal Gear Solid series and allowed it to sell record numbers. To make a game exclusive to the 360 and snub PS3 owning MGS stanboys would’ve been a huge mistake. Konami did the right thing going multi format with this game. And PC gamers, peep this: The game is heading for PC too!
I’m actually more excited about this than I was Metal Gear Solid 4. Weird. Considering there is no news on this game other than it will feature Raiden as a playable character. Metal Gear Solid 4 was a great game, but it just didn’t amaze me in the same way Metal Gear Solid 3 did. If there was ever a game that didn’t get enough recognition or praise – it’s Metal Gear Solid 3.
Hopefully Rising will explain what the hell happened to Raiden, because MGS4 didn’t explain a great deal about him. And what was disclosed was plain stupid. A dude goes from having only the part of his face melded onto a load of cybernetics, just to end up with a normal body again, plus a few scars!? Hell no! Raiden should have died, turned into an Mk.III or ended up as a talking head in a tank. Many hated Metal Gear Solid 2 for featuring Raiden as the main character. But I didn’t have a problem with it really. My dislike of Sons of liberty was due to it being so boring and long winded. None of the characters, cut-scenes or conversations were particularly memorable.
There are no screenshots or footage of Metal Gear Solid: Rising, and there probably won’t be for a good 2 years. Then we’ll have an onslaught of images and over-long videos right up until the games’ release.
So enjoy that image of Raiden’s face. ‘Cause that’s all we’re getting for now.
, Hideo-Kojima , Konami , Metal-Gear-Solid , PC , PS3 , Video-Games , Xbox-360
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I never payed attention before, but a lot of people have brought up the fact that raiden’s eye colour is wrong. Not sure what that means, but knowing Kojima it’s something secret :p
As for the game. I’m just happy to see a PC announcement as well. Most of these multiplatform games, have been getting the best framerates on the pc (wolverine is one of the most recent ones to come to mind). Plus waaaaaaay more resolution and graphic options.
Either way, i’ll definately be picking this one up. Just cause Raiden was the most badass character in MGS4!
It better be good. I don’t have much to say about Raiden, for i barely have background of him!