I am not the biggest fan of Metal Gear at all, as despite owning all four of the mainline numbered tittles across my Vita and PS3.....none of them clicked with me :l. I either get frustrated by the stealth elements or just find the story to be confusing (though I started with MGS4 and worked backwards.....not the smartest thing to do even if I only played that for a hour or two :l).
But, when I heard this games soundtrack and saw its gameplay, I wanted to play this badly
! Who doesn't love playing games with ninja's killing things? What about cyborg ninjas?! I don't know, the whole concept of Rising was amazing on paper and it is awesome that Platinum finished the game up in 2013, leading it into becoming one of that years best games. I never got it though, as the Metal Gear name pushed me away from picking it up, but after find the game in a Five Below (a dollar store that sells all kinds of expensive products (headphones, games, ect) for 1-5 bucks
), I had to pick it up 
. A week later and half way though.....I love this game :'). The combat is just amazing and it is perfect for me; someone who enjoyed the God of War series and the DMC reboot but had issues playing DMC3. Hidden depth but the systems on a face level feeling very simple; two attack buttons, a block attack with the square button + analog flick, blade mode with L1, and a new set of attacks with Ninja Run activated (holding down R1 and pressing square or triangle). This compounded with other weapons to use from fallen bosses and guns (even the trademark MGS Box XD) and some great controls leads to a fun game with a very accessible combat system
. The story so far is outstanding XD! It is a satire on the craziness you see in traditional MGS games and it is just amazing for doing that
. Ridien having a robot dog, him cutting everyone up like nothing, his partners being enjoyable characters and the bosses having great personalities really help make this story so much fun. As a fan of the Sonic series, it also helps that the main character having the main character being VA'd by the original VA for Silver the Hedgehog is also very surreal XD. The music.....I will just post a few examples. It felts amazing well in the game with the combat and boss fights are dynamic to the music (lyrics kicking in and the music getting louder when a big event happens), allowing it to feel 'alive' and tell the story of the bosses and Ridien himself. Something really affective I think
.Overall, I love this game and I am really happy that I finally gave it a shot after holding out on it for so long
. Also, I plan on giving the MGS series a second shot, as I want to honor Kojima's work to the series in the aftermath of the situation with Konami, so I will give the series a fair shot too
. Maybe MGS 4 will explain some of the craziness in this game (as that comes before this game) .
