Not so much "I don't understand why people like the game" as it is "I don't understand why people put it on the same level as DMC/Ninja Gaiden".
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I legitimately do not understand the hype around Metal Gear Rising.
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Danjin44
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Because they might enjoyed as much as they did with DMC/NG. What part this is so complicated about this? If you didn't enjoy the dame as much DMC/NG then that your opinion.
Yeah, so it IS my opinion. What about that? I can't always understand what made people enjoy something to the extent that they did. And that's why I made this thread, and posted my thoughts on the combat.
Danjin44
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Again what part not understand? Its like me asking why people enjoy battle royal games? There things I don't like that other people enjoy and things I enjoy that other people don't like. It's that simple.
Boss Mog
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I'll add to that by saying ZOE > MGS. A shame we never got ZOE3.
peronmls
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I dont know. Art Style and Shading are 2 different things.
ProTip: The people who are clinging to the identity of being platinum games fans know the games aren't all that good, their only defense is to shout up.
#Phonepunk#
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i have this game. i've played through it once already, pirated it years ago, and i bought it recently because i played through DMCV and kept seeing people bring this up. plus i had rewatched the Senator Armstrong speech and found it oddly prophetic in a MGS2 way. tbh i don't really take the gameplay of these action games that seriously, and whether one has a better combat system than the other isn't really a concern. MGSR has a lot of QTE, it has a lot of button mashing, and the stealth sections suck, but it is still a ton of fun to play, and i love it.
i never thought MGSR was that hyped tbh, that the parry system was weird and awkward, and yes, people were shitting on Kojima and anything related to Metal Gear years before. was there widespread hype for this game? it seems to me it got a decent reception but wasn't treated as the second coming by most. sure there were a few, there are always fanatics. it seems counter-productive to want to seek those people out for some kind of debate, when they are probably the most biased, most aggressive people to talk with. then again maybe you are looking for arguments, i dunno, that's cool too.
what drew me to the game in the first place? the style. the bad screamo hot topic metal. the OTT presentation. i grew up with Contra and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Revenge of Shinobi, i remember back when games were really weird and pulpy, really stylish, unexpected in a way that TV and movies were not. this made games special to me. Super Mario Bros. was amazing not just cos it played well, but because of the bizarre & surreal subject matter. here, Raiden is introduced, riding in a limousine with the President, his name, Mr. Lightning Bolt. that is so silly and rad i can't not love it.
MGSR captures this feeling for me, this unashamed, pulpy, hyper 80s action style. it is ninjas. it is robots. it is jumping from missile to missile (something they used to do in Contra games). there is something inherently cool in the subject matter. it is impossible to explain to a younger generation, like explaining rap to the parents of the 80s, or rock n roll to the parents of the 50s. DMC has that style too, so OTT. like in Final Fight, the bonus screen where you destroy a car with your fists in under 60 seconds. i don't care if it's unrealistic or silly. it could be in a Chuck Norris movie or something. it is fucking badass.
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Bakkus
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How do you explain his work up until MGS4 then?
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The only way Konami can redeem themselves is by letting Platinum do Rising 2.
EverydayBeast
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They never stopped making the games even though MGS4 was the ending
Ol'Scratch
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I think that you kind of had to be there. I am not a fan but I do not hate it either. Was a fun diversion and another take on a well loved universe and character. Plus Platinum Games handling it had people even more hyped.
Psajdak
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Rising had arguably the best conversations in series.
In all the other Metal Gear games, except maybe Peace Walker, there is no actual back-and-forth - other characters just talk for half an hour at us, they are just dropping exposition bombs.
Rising Raiden actually talks to people, and we get to feel his input in conversations.
And don't even get me started on that famous jeep scene from MGSV.
Besides that, while I will always love every MG game for what it is, I just loved how Rising sometimes felt like it makes fun of previous games, and in general, Raiden, his support team, and villains were just so likeable, and memorable for me.
In all the other Metal Gear games, except maybe Peace Walker, there is no actual back-and-forth - other characters just talk for half an hour at us, they are just dropping exposition bombs.
Rising Raiden actually talks to people, and we get to feel his input in conversations.
And don't even get me started on that famous jeep scene from MGSV.
Besides that, while I will always love every MG game for what it is, I just loved how Rising sometimes felt like it makes fun of previous games, and in general, Raiden, his support team, and villains were just so likeable, and memorable for me.
WouldYouKindly
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Because there is none its non canon hot trash that should have never been made.
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That's why Raiden must continue. Rising had somewhat of a cliffhanger ending where something was about to happen but we don't know what. For Solid Snake to return they would have to remake the MSX Metal Gear 1 and 2 games. I don't care which happens first since I'll take anything at this point so long as it isn't Survive quality.
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Fushitsusha
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I legitimately do not understand the hype around CYBERPUNK 2077.
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