Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Overview

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a 2013 action-adventure hack and slash game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Konami. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2013, then for Windows, OS X and Nvidia Shield TV. It is a spin-off in the Metal Gear series, set four years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. It features the returning character Raiden as he confronts a private military company that wants to destabilize peaceful nations for profit.

The player controls Raiden, a katana-wielding cyborg. Unlike earlier Metal Gear games, the focus is on sword fighting rather than staying unseen, although stealth is still optional as a way to avoid combat. Through Blade Mode, Raiden can slow time and cut enemies and objects along any angle, then take health items from their bodies. He can also use sub-weapons such as rocket launchers and grenades, and other melee weapons can be won from bosses.

The story is set in 2018. Raiden works for Maverick Security Consulting and is drawn into a conflict with the rival company Desperado Enforcement, led by a team of cyborg assassins called the Winds of Destruction. Raiden's rival is Samuel Rodrigues, known as Jetstream Sam. A prototype robot named LQ-84i is later rebuilt as an ally and renamed Blade Wolf.

The game began at Kojima Productions, which announced it in 2009 as Metal Gear Solid: Rising. The team struggled to design a game around swordplay, and supervising director Hideo Kojima halted the project. In early 2011 PlatinumGames producer Atsushi Inaba asked about it, and Kojima handed development over. The renamed Revengeance was revealed at the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011. PlatinumGames changed the setting and mechanics, while Kojima Productions kept responsibility for the overall plot and Raiden's design.

The score was composed by Jamie Christopherson, with a heavy, fast style and vocal tracks that suit the action. A demo shipped inside the Zone of the Enders HD Collection in October 2012. The full game came out in North America on February 19, 2013, and in Europe and Japan on February 21. The Xbox 360 release in Japan was cancelled, and the PS3 version was added to PlayStation Plus in November 2013.

Critics praised the cutting system, the way Metal Gear elements support the story, the soundtrack and the boss fights. They criticized the camera and the short campaign. In Japan it topped the sales charts in its first week. Two story chapters, starring Jetstream Sam and Blade Wolf, were released as downloadable content, along with a set of extra VR missions.

Official trailer

The final trailer cut by Hideo Kojima himself (RISING), KONAMI. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

PS3 Longplay [079] Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (part 1 of 3), World of Longplays. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Action-adventure, Hack and slash

Developer

PlatinumGames

Publisher

Konami

Series

Metal Gear

Composers

Jamie Christopherson

Writers

Etsu Tamari

Producers

Atsushi Inaba

Directors

Kenji Saito

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Disc IDs

The serial printed on the disc and the case. It tells you which region a copy is from.

Trophies

Trophies61

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

6

Silver

8

Bronze

46

Total

61

Points

1770

Platinum time

40 hours

100% time

57 hours

Difficulty

10 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

3

Playthroughs for 100%

3

New Game Plus

Yes, trophies and progress carry over. Start from File R-00 through Story and Chapter to keep upgrades and collectibles; New Game wipes them.

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

Yes

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC comes in

Ultimate Edition and the Japanese Special Edition

DLC still for sale

Yes

DLC note

VR Missions has 2 trophies, Jetstream and Blade Wolf 4 each. Jetstream and Blade Wolf are free on the PS3 store today.

Missable trophies

2

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Region note

One list for every region.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Players with the platinum

2.4%

Missable trophies

• Stormbringer
• Tearing Away the Disguise

Grind

• S ranks on Revengeance difficulty
• VR missions

Glitches and fixes

• Tearing Away the Disguise can fail to unlock.

• Revengeance Obtain all Trophies. Platinum 2.4% of players
• File R-00: Status - Closed Complete File R-00: Guard Duty. Bronze 90.26% of players
• File R-01: Status - Closed Complete File R-01: Coup d'État. Bronze 73.48% of players
• File R-02: Status - Closed Complete File R-02: Research Facility. Bronze 67.28% of players
• File R-03: Status - Closed Complete File R-03: Mile High. Bronze 63.19% of players
• File R-04: Status - Closed Complete File R-04: Hostile Takeover. Bronze 58.59% of players
• File R-05: Status - Closed Complete File R-05: Escape From Denver. Bronze 57.63% of players
• File R-06: Status - Closed Complete File R-06: Badlands Showdown. Bronze 56.62% of players
• File R-07: Status - Closed Complete File R-07: Assassination Attempt. Bronze 51.14% of players
• Stormbringer Complete story mode on Revengeance difficulty with all S rankings. Gold 2.64% of players
• Steel Tail Cut off Metal Gear RAY's metal tail during File R-00. Bronze 17.29% of players
• No Flash Photography! Destroy all the Gun Cameras in File R-01. Bronze 27.01% of players
• Dwarf Raiden Incapacitate all the soldiers in File R-02 using a Dwarf Gekko. Bronze 42.15% of players
• A Walk in the Dark Complete the abandoned railroad sequence in File R-03 without using AR Mode. Bronze 20.19% of players
• Menace to Society Cut off the finial at the top of the pagoda in File R-04. Bronze 14.89% of players
• Great Escape Complete File R-05 in less than 7 minutes. Bronze 11.93% of players
• Surprise Attack! Arrive at the objective in File R-07 without being spotted. Bronze 6.48% of players
• Prodigal Murderer Defeat Mistral without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. Silver 5.91% of players
• Genius Destroyer Defeat Monsoon without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. Silver 3.95% of players
• Truly Human Defeat Sundowner without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. Silver 4.26% of players
• Chosen by History Defeat Samuel without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. Silver 4.54% of players
• The Politics of Silencing Foes Defeat Sen. Armstrong without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. Silver 3.49% of players
• Anti-Cyborg Sentiment Destroy a total of 100 Cyborgs during story mode. Bronze 66.43% of players
• The Bigger They Are... Destroy a total of 100 Custom Cyborgs during story mode. Bronze 11.98% of players
• Demilitarized Zone Destroy a total of 100 Heavily Armed Cyborgs during story mode. Bronze 4.65% of players
• Herpetophobia Destroy a total of 10 Gekkos during story mode. Bronze 61.23% of players
• Silverback Destroy a total of 10 Mastiffs during story mode. Bronze 63.26% of players
• Extinction Level Event Destroy a total of 10 Raptors during story mode. Bronze 54.34% of players
• Pond Scum Destroy a total of 5 Vodomjerka during story mode. Bronze 47.17% of players
• Wolf Hunter Destroy a total of 10 Fenrirs during story mode. Bronze 25.9% of players
• Slider Strike Destroy a total of 10 Sliders during story mode. Bronze 62.53% of players
• Jumping the Shark Destroy a total of 10 Hammerheads during story mode. Bronze 24.31% of players
• Looking Out for the Little Guys Destroy a total of 30 Dwarf Gekkos during story mode. Bronze 72.9% of players
• Tearing Away the Disguise Destroy all of the humanoid Dwarf Gekkos during story mode. Bronze 5.42% of players
• Datsu Right Successfully complete 50 Zandatsus during story mode. Bronze 63.54% of players
• What Doesn't Kill You... In story mode, successfully parry 10 attacks in a row in one minute or less. Bronze 57.66% of players
• Assassin Behind Closed Doors Successfully complete 30 Ninja Kills during story mode. Bronze 37.27% of players
• You Don't Run from Chance Successfully complete 50 Executions during story mode. Bronze 31.4% of players
• A Lover, Not a Fighter Successfully complete 10 No Kill battles during story mode. Bronze 6.28% of players
• Assault with a Deadly Weapon Dismember three enemies during Blade Mode with a single attack. Bronze 45.17% of players
• Rip 'Em Apart! In story mode, kill 100 enemies by cutting them. Bronze 59.28% of players
• Love at First Sight While remotely operating a Dwarf Gekko in story mode, find and communicate with all Dwarf Gekkos. Bronze 14.2% of players
• Ich Liebe Kapitalismus! Acquire all customization items. Bronze 3.03% of players
• A Big Fan of Lefties Acquire all enemy officers' left arms. Bronze 8.48% of players
• Amateur Radio Operator Listen to most of the codec conversations. Gold 3.79% of players
• Peekaboo Discover all of the soldiers hidden in cardboard boxes. Bronze 12.1% of players
• Data Mining Acquire all data storage devices. Bronze 7.44% of players
• Humanitarian Assistance Rescue all the civilians. Bronze 11.18% of players
• Analysis Complete Unlock every VR Mission. Bronze 7.55% of players
• VR Master Complete every VR Mission. Bronze 3.22% of players
• Virtually Flawless Set the highest score on every VR Mission. Gold 3.08% of players
• DL-VR Master Complete every DL-VR Mission. Silver 9.36% of players
• Hero of the Metaverse Set the highest score on every DL-VR Mission. Gold 9.15% of players
• DL-Story-01: Status - Closed Complete DL-Story-01: Jetstream. Bronze 30.38% of players
• You're Hired Defeat Sen. Armstrong without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. Silver 3.61% of players
• Master of the Wind Complete DL-Story-01: Jetstream on Revengeance difficulty in one hour or less. Gold 3.36% of players
• Draw, Pardner! Defeat 100 enemies in DL-Story-01: Jetstream's Story Mode using Quick Draw. Bronze 4.42% of players
• DL-Story-02: Status - Closed Complete DL-Story-02: Blade Wolf. Bronze 26.38% of players
• Wolf's Pride Defeat Khamsin without taking any damage on Hard difficulty or above. Silver 4.46% of players
• Fangs of Fury Complete DL-Story-02: Blade Wolf on Revengeance difficulty in one hour or less. Gold 3.98% of players
• Predatory Instincts Defeat 30 enemies in DL-Story-02: Blade Wolf via Hunt Kills. Bronze 16.58% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 18.5 GB

Update patch01.04

These are the patches Sony still hosts for this disc ID. The game's real history can be longer.

DLC

Three downloads followed in spring 2013: a set of VR missions and two story chapters. Five cyborg body types were pre-order bonuses that varied by retailer and region. Each pack has its own trophies on PS3, and all of it is still sold on the PS3 store.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
VR Missions	2013-04-02	30 extra VR missions for Raiden. The Japanese version also added a talking wooden sword.	US$2.99	Yes
Jetstream	2013-04-09	A story campaign starring Samuel Rodrigues, plus five VR missions for Sam. Four trophies.	Free today	Yes
Blade Wolf	2013-05-09	A story campaign starring LQ-84i, with a new boss, Khamsin, plus five VR missions. Four trophies.	Free today	Yes
Cyborg body packs		Cyborg Ninja, MGS4 Raiden, White Armor, Inferno Armor and Commando Armor. Some were retailer pre-order bonuses, the rest were later made standard DLC.	US$1.99 to US$2.99 each	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player, with every pack still sold.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

The game has no online features.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	PS3	80	100
Metacritic	Xbox 360	82	100
Metacritic	Windows	83	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Famitsu	39	40
Dengeki PlayStation	365	400
GameTrailers	9.2	10
Eurogamer	9	10
GamesTM	9	10
GameSpot	8.5	10
CVG	7.5	10
VideoGamer	7	10
The Escapist	4	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Kenji Saito
Producer	Atsushi Inaba
Programmer	Tetsuro Noda
Writer	Etsu Tamari
Composer	Jamie Christopherson
Supervising director	Hideo Kojima

Cast

Character	Actor
Raiden	Quinton Flynn
Boris Popov	JB Blanc
Kevin Washington	Phil LaMarr
Courtney Collins	Kari Wahlgren
Doktor	Jim Ward
Sunny Emmerich	Cristina Pucelli
Samuel Rodrigues	Philip Anthony-Rodriguez
Sundowner	Crispin Freeman
Mistral	Salli Saffioti
Monsoon	John Kassir
Blade Wolf	Michael Beattie
Steven Armstrong	Alastair Duncan
Khamsin	Benito Martinez

Notes for collectors

• The project started as Metal Gear Solid: Rising at Kojima Productions and moved to PlatinumGames in 2011. Much of the story and Raiden's design stayed with Kojima Productions.
• A demo came bundled with the Zone of the Enders HD Collection on PS3 and Xbox 360 in October 2012.
• The Cyborg Ninja body was a retailer pre-order bonus in Japan and North America. European copies included it.
• The Japanese VR Missions pack included a wooden sword called Hebidamashi that talks in Solid Snake's voice. It was not in the English version.
• The PS3 version was added to PlayStation Plus in November 2013.
• The PS3 trophy list has 61 trophies. 51 are in the base game and 10 come from the VR Mission Expansion, Sam's Side Story and Wolf's Side Story packs.
• The game's results screen showed about five and a half hours for a clear and some players called it short. PlatinumGames said the screen leaves out cutscenes and failed attempts.

Credits

Publisher

Konami

Developer

PlatinumGames

Director

Kenji Saito

Released

2013-02-19

Age rating

ESRB M

Disc ID

BLUS31045

Region

US

Time to beat

about 7 hours