When Metal Gear Solid: Rising was revealed at E3 last year, many had no clue as to what exactly the game was about, except the Rising image that lead us all to believe Raiden would be playing a major role in the game.
One year later, though, and a new trailer has been released with a good amount of information. We know that the game stars Raiden for sure, and also it’ll be a totally different experience that what we’ve come to know and love with the Metal Gear Solid franchise.
In Rising, the story won’t play a major role like those with Snake as the main character, and there won’t be as many cutscenes either. Also, Rising will be based around hacking and slashing your enemies, compared to the stealth oriented missions that we’re now used to in the Metal Gear Solid franchise.
Obviously, many fans are worried that the Metal Gear series will see a radical change with the birth of Rising, right? Wrong. Because according to game producer Shigenobu Matsuyama, speaking to Enterbrain in a podcast, Metal Gear Solid Rising could become a series all its own.
“MGS Rising is not a side story. We’re aiming for two Metal Gear Solids, making a series out of another standard.”
Hideo Kojima, however, will not play a direct role in the game, instead he’s been concentrating heavily on MGS: Peace Walker, MGS3D: Snake Eater, and that “taboo” game he’s working on.
Taboo game. I’ve been thinking hard on this one. Really, really hard. Expect MGS: Rising to land on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC some time next year.
Thanks, Andriasang.
thats what i was expecting, watch rising to span onto its own series.
i have to say rising is now my most anticipated game!
dunno what it is about it, but that trailer they showed off at E3 just really got me excited about it!!!!!!!
Yeah, it will be different though…. Nothing like the original series, hopefully it’s nice!
nothing like MGS because its a sword fighting game appose to a stealth game.
you can have different genres of games living under the same story, and series.
halo wars for instance, that was quite a popular game though i never played it since im not a RTS fan.