Metal gear rising revengeance release series#

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a hack and slash beat 'em up in which Raiden faces off against cyborg soldiers and UGs (Unmanned Gears, drone vehicles) in a variety of environments. Although prior Metal Gear games did mention a few times the use of child soldiers, they hadn't been placed into the forefront until this game.īlade Mode being used against a cyborg enemy. In addition, a major part of the antagonists' plot was to mass-produce cybernetic child soldiers via the Sears Program. Two of the members of Desperado, Mistral and Monsoon, were also former child soldiers. Raiden's motives for trying to stop Desperado and World Marshal, and ensure the weak are protected was the direct result of having to be a child soldier in Liberia. Raiden's past as a child soldier was frequently mentioned, and even to some extent shown through Raiden's actions.

Revenge would later be reused in part for the game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.Ī lesser theme throughout the game also related to the use of child soldiers. Hideo Kojima revealed that the theme for Metal Gear Rising is 'REVENGE.' Previous themes were 'GENE' ( Metal Gear Solid), 'MEME' ( Metal Gear Solid 2), 'SCENE' ( Metal Gear Solid 3), 'SENSE' ( Metal Gear Solid 4), and 'PEACE' ( Peace Walker). Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (credited as Philip Anthony Rodriguez) The game is divided into eight missions of varying lengths: Raiden is reconstructed by his PMC, and his search for Sam and the company he's working for, Desperado Enforcement LLC., drives him into a quest for vengeance. Raiden largely did this to support his family without having to return to direct combat situations. Raiden is protecting a VIP, when they are attacked by a cyborg organization led by the cyborg Samuel Rodrigues, which eventually leaves Raiden completely defeated.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2014)įour years after the events of the Guns of the Patriots Incident, Raiden has been contracted for VIP protection, military training, and other duties by a private military company (PMC): Maverick Security Consulting, Inc., an American PMC based in Colorado, in a developing country piecing itself back together after a bloody civil war. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2007/2009) Metal Gear Solid ( The Twin Snakes) (2005) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (1984) 12.9 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance limited edition artbook.Due to the cancellation of the Japanese Xbox 360 version, the demo was not released on the Japanese Xbox Live, nor included in that console's Japanese version of Zone of the Enders: HD Collection. It was released for the rest of the world on January 22. The demo was also released in the Japanese PlayStation Store on December 13, 2012. Ī playable demo of Metal Gear Rising is included in Zone of the Enders: HD Collection, similar to how the original Zone of the Enders contained a playable demo of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. PlatinumGames' Kenji Saito directed the game. Kojima was the supervising director, while Korekado from Kojima Productions and Atsushi Inaba from PlatinumGames were the producers. This switch in developer was formally announced on December 10, 2011. At the beginning of 2011, Kojima decided to hand the development of the game over to PlatinumGames, who revamped the entire game. Originally announced at E3 2009 under the title Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the game went through a long development process at Kojima Productions, who struggled to fully develop the game.

Metal gear rising revengeance release series#

According to series creator Hideo Kojima, the game's story is a parallel continuation set four years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Although a Japanese Xbox 360 version was planned, it was ultimately cancelled. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance ( メタルギアライジングリベンジェンス, Metaru Gia Raijingu: Ribenjensu ?) is a hack and slash game developed by PlatinumGames and produced by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. Gamepad Release chronology Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops (2012)