This is to action games what Heisenberg's blue meth is like to the meth market. A clumsy analogy, perhaps, but an apt one.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is the action game. It's nothing but epic fight after epic fight. Katans clang whilst badass metal rips. Giant robots, damning critique of neoliberalism, iconic characters and dialogue. It's all here. I know it's an old meme at this point, but Revengenace makes you feel like the biggest badass in the world. Raiden is a great protagonist and controlling him in combat feels like a privilege - that is when the camera is not shitting the bed. Seriously, if there's one glaring issue with the game, it's the camera. You're never looking where you want to be during a fight, but oh well.

I usually don't much care for cutscenes, but man oh man does this game have the COOLEST fucking cutscenes. Raiden squaring off with Sam, Raiden slicing the giant robot, Raiden slicing the other giant robot, Raiden slicing the OTHER giant robot... it's all so epic. I felt giddy throughout.

I hope one day people will look back on this game and see it for more than just its meme potential and banging soundtrack. I hope they will see that a game can insane over-the-top action, absurd dialogue, AND a thoughtful story, and I hope those people will be able to translate this meaningful combination of properties to other mediums like film and television as well. It seems to me that MGR:R was the zenith and the end of the awesome action media that raged through the 00's. Might just be me though. After all, memories broken, the truth goes unspoken, I've even forgotten my name...

NOTE: I haven't done anything outside of the main campaign yet, so I'll have to come back for the side stuff later.

Around some 3 years ago my cousin showed me this game saying how unbelivebely cool it is, how great the songs are and how serious and funny at t he same time this game is. Aesthetic of this world, agression and "speeches about what good war gave us" pushed me away. It was too much for me. All I knew about "metal gear" was just the title and the fact that these are groundbreaking games.
Now, years later, after experiencing all of them (excluding mgs4, fuck you Konami) I was finally ready. I knew the political background, understood the technological side of the world, and most important - knew who the hell is white hair ninja. His inrecidble character development, from pretty boy slipping on bird poop to most beloved in the whole ass franchise. His own redemption arc. And my redemption by truly sinking into this world.
World that catches really well what Kojima left the world on with MGS4. It have everything metal gear game needs and truly showcases its very own soul. And yes, controls at PC sucks, they're horrible. But how pleasure this game was is beyond my imagination. At the beginning I wasn't even able to cut enemie's left hand but with some time, how slowly game throws the enemies at you allowing to learn on your own is exceptional. You need to learn a lot, mostly through very challenging bosses, but after defeating one, the next gonna be much more easier. For me this experience was parrying, which I completlely skipped while fighting Wolf, and as it returned to me with magnetic field that broke my fucking nose, kicked my ass and spilled at my face. After I overcome this mechanic Sam was only the theatrical fight of 2 swordsman. Because if one thing is really well done - it's swords fights. If talking about fights and bosses (each very unique and well crafted) we need to say about songs. OH MY GOD how this game creates the vibe by using rock while fighting with these guys... It's pure art. It's incredible how whacky, serious and epic this game is able to be at the same time.
Raiden got good pay-off. It was good metal gear. Thank you.

Metal Gear Rising é perfeito, eu não tenho do que reclamar nesse jogo, boss fights ou inimigos comuns, trilha sonora, gameplay e historia são perfeitos. Cada coisinha te prende o suficiente pra você querer jogar mais e mais o jogo, e mano que ost, lutar com o armstrong ao som de It Has To Be This Way é insano, sem contar a ost de outros bosses, sendo todas elas perfeitas, a gameplay está no mesmo nível é perfeita, dar parry, bater com a katana e usar o blade mode é lindo.
Esse jogo é o masterpiece que todos deveriam jogar

Memories broken
The truth goes unspoken
I’ve even forgotten my name
I don’t know the season
Or what is the reason
I'm standing here holding my blade
A desolate place (place)
Without any trace (trace)
It’s only the cold wind I feel
It’s me that I spite
As I stand up and fight
The only thing I know for real
There will be blood-shed
The man in the mirror nods his head
The only one left
Will ride upon the dragon’s back
Because the mountains don’t give back what they take
Oh, no, there will be blood-shed
It’s the only thing I’ve ever known
Losing my identity
Wondering: Have I gone insane?
To find the truth in front of me
I must climb this mountain range
Looking downward from this deadly height
And never realizing why I fight

Memories broken
The truth goes unspoken
I’ve even forgotten my name

I don’t know the season
Or what is the reason
I'm standing here holding my blade

A desolate place (place)
Without any trace (trace)
It’s only the cold wind I feel

It’s me that I spite
As I stand up and fight
The only thing I know for real

There will be blood-shed
The man in the mirror nods his head
The only one left
Will ride upon the dragon’s back