Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance sure has had a tough time over the years. After first being announced back in 2009, the action game was originally known simply as Metal Gear Solid: Rising but after a tumultuous development period and a switch in lead development studios, the game re-emerged as Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance ‒ a game with less of a focus on stealth and an injection of many more crazy set-piece events.

Now in the works at Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Vanquish) under the watchful eyes of Konami and Kojima Productions, Revengeance stars everybody’s favourite (or second favourite) sword-wielding cyborg from the Metal Gear Solid universe, Raiden, and after getting some hands-on time with the game during gamescom 2012, it’s clear that Platinum has signed its hallmark over-the-top action signature on every last bit of the experience.

Continue reading El33tonline’s hands-on preview of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

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