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Can Raiden Make the Same Impact?

Koku Gamer writes: "So a fresh start on a new console brings a new direction for Metal Gear. Those familiar with Metal Gear will know that Cyborg Ninjas always make an appearance; the difference is this time you are controlling one in Raiden. This changes the mechanics of Metal Gear dramatically. Raiden was a character who wasn't really given a fair break in MGS2. This is his chance to shine."

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Cinotix6183d ago

I think if done right they can certainly have Raiden make the same impact.

s8anicslayer6183d ago

Sure he can, as long as he's not running naked through any tunnels!

bullswar6183d ago

Raiden is the next face ... cuz everyone knows Old Pa is too old for future MGS games.

Raiden saved Solids ass in MGS5 and I knew it ... this guy is gonna be the face from now on.

Raiden and Vampire fight was epic ... and now I'll be controllin it. Things cant get better then this.

darthv726183d ago (Edited 6183d ago )

Can be tricky to succeed. I know that in tv, spin offs rarely do as well as the original series (the ropers, joey, rhoda, gomer pyle, etc) but there are a few that can stand toe to toe and even surpass in popularity (melrose place, frasier). I know that analogy may suck but you see my point. It really depends on the talent creating the spin off.

There have been some good spin off games here and there. I personally like the ones in the half life series (blue shift, opposing force). Why can't this raiden project be a popular game in its own right? No need to degrade what you don't know.

Wait till there is more information to pass judgment.

Ziriux6183d ago

I think you're right, jumping ahead is non sense. I'm sure it'll be a action game though, maybe some stealth since he is a Ninja after all.

Rofflecopter6183d ago

Nope. I really just don't think this is going to work as well. With a new character it's possible, just not with Raiden. It's not longer stealth or espionage, its Tenchu. I'll stick with playing through the previous games in the series until MGS5 comes out or a new Metal Gear with gameplay similar to the previous games comes along.

I love video games6183d ago

i think this game could be baddass, like tenchu and metal gear had some sweet reverse cowgirl sex and the condom broke and metal gears dad was like get an abortion but they didnt have the money so tenchu had the baby and it came out of tenchu's vag, they were hoping for snake but the got raiden... that went on long i should shut up. yea but the game could be sweet

FamilyGuy6183d ago

No, it'll be a different impact. Something like this should be compared to "making the same impact" as Dante did with the first Devil May Cry.

This action adventure game should be the start of something new that's great in it's own right. I wonder if the story will hold a candle to kojima work though? In action games story is hardly ever focused on or even important to most players.

Natsu896183d ago

"MGS:Rising is not made by Hideo Kojima. He is not involved in “any way” in the development of the game.
It will basically be an action/stealth spin off set in the universe of MGS, not a continuation of the MGS4’s story/design/cinematic prowess, needless to say it will not have the same impact as a true MGS game and will probably leave many Xbox fans scratching their heads in confusion.
I have no doubt it will be a good, even great game, but a “MGS” game ? no"

Thats a comment on the source page and totaly true. But nevermind i will get MGS rising for my ps3 no matter what! And peace walker for my psp!

gintoki7776183d ago

sure i can picture the spoiled 5 year olds thinking raiden is the coolest thing ever

rockleex6183d ago

Nope.

No cyborgs OR ninjas in MGS3. None in the original SNES and MSX ones either.

Elimin86183d ago

But i'll give him a fighting chance.....

ThanatosDMC6183d ago (Edited 6183d ago )

But the biggest problem is Kojima's crazy mind wont be pushing the game.

Meh, it'd be more interesting to see things from Liquid's perspective before the Alaska incident/coup with Rex.

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WengYong6183d ago

I think he really can make an impact. Its now or never for Raiden

Ziriux6183d ago

He can and I think he will, we all loved what he did in MGS4. I think many people have become emotionally attached to him.

CroTech226183d ago

It's Raiden, if anything in MGS4 he showed us how awesome he is.

Reibooi6183d ago

Well I think that Raiden is no longer the Sissy everyone hated back in the days of MGS2 and that after MGS4 everyone really kinda likes him so a game staring him may actually do pretty well. It really depends on how they do it.

Is the game gonna still be a stealth game or is it gonna be much more action focused like we saw Raiden in MGS4. Time will tell I guess.

Ziriux6183d ago

Hey definitely earned respect from MGS4, and he was always cool, but Snakes presence makes everyone a wimp around him.

Icemael6183d ago

I really hope this'll be a DMC-style action game - I'm not a big fan of the MGS formula.

Ziriux6183d ago

Do you really want it to be like DMC. If it is I hope it's like the first and second DMC.

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Short documentary talks about the cancelled Metal Gear Solid games and concepts

Youtube channel GVMERS has released an interesting video chronicling the various Metal gear concepts and ideas that were cancelled or scrapped during production. In the 17 minute documentary they talk about the Metal Gear Solid port for Game.Com, the cancelled Metal Gear Solid: Rising concept, and ideas that were cut from Metal Gear Solid 2, among other things.

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ccgr3141d ago

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Nyxus3141d ago

No problem! Yeah it's a well made video.

TheVetOfGaming3141d ago

Interesting, although, I already knew most of what was on here. I just wish Kojima had the rights to the franchise. The saga has left with a whimper instead of a bang.

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Top 5 Politicians in Video Games That Are Worse Than Donald Trump | Goomba Stomp

President Trump took office around a week ago and in that time a new global trend has emerged - doing a quick search on Google News for "Donald Trump" a couple of times a day just to see what the massive, bejowelled, orange-faced troglodyte has done this time.

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skydragoonityx3386d ago

i doubt any game character can be worse than this man.

IAmLoki3386d ago

Oh come on he really isn't half as bad as the haters claim. He is actually the best president for USA in decades.

Gazondaily3386d ago

"He is actually the best president for USA in decades."

😂😂😂

kneon3386d ago

You forgot the /s at the end, people might think you're serious and then worry about your mental well being.

_-EDMIX-_3386d ago (Edited 3386d ago )

forgot the /s

BizarroUltraman63386d ago

I know Im gonna get disagrees but Ive lived thru 7 presidents. Trump is the worst and he just started. Lol..

Paytaa3386d ago

He makes GWB seem like a saint. That's a hard feat. Bravo Trump.

Erik73573386d ago

People use to have more support for Donald on here, was almost half and half...not anymore lol...people we're like "Ohh he wont do that he just said that in his camapign, he wont actually go through with building a wall and banning muslims noooo"

Utalkin2me3385d ago

@Erik7357

Obama banned mulsims too? So whats you point. It all of the sudden tpeople have a opinion on it due to not liking trump. But didn't care when Obama did it in 2011. Liberal Hypocrites.

ravinash3385d ago

He's been in barely a week, and all he does is create policies that give the appearance that he's doing something to please the people that voted for him. Nothing that is actually effective mind you.
He promises to build a wall, says Mexico has to pay for it - Mexico says it won't pay for it = no wall.
Even if the wall was built, if people are determined to get in, they will either climb or tunnel through, so the wall is completely pointless.

Then the ban on people from 6 Muslim countries. Basically creates a lot of hardship for innocent people (a lot of whom are american) because it's stopping families from being together.
And again it's ineffective because if someone really wants to get in (fake passport or go through one of those tunnels under the wall), then they will.
Even if they didn't, most of the attacks these days have been brainwashed people who were already living in America.

This just shows a president who is more concerned with the appearance they give rather than creating an actual thought out action plan to make the world a better place.

JunMei3385d ago

I'm not sure if he's serious or not. Needless to say, any time a country tries to make things overwhelmingly in its favor, making things unfair for everyone else, that's when countries stop doing business with that country. Which then causes exports from that country to falter, since it loses out on trade.

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crazychris41243386d ago

Do we really need Buzzfeed like articles now?? This site is supposed to be an escape from the US presidential fighting of the past 2 years. This is not the n4g I know and love.

The n4g I know is us fighting over review scores, consoles, handhelds, exclusives and PC.

Bathyj3386d ago

Agreed. I wonder where all these people complaining about Trump were on voting day.

81BX3386d ago

I was voting for hillary

zidane13413386d ago

Probably sitting at home thinking that there was no way trump had a chance in hell?

Themba763385d ago

My area stayed blue the dc area it's those red stated you should worry about

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Paytaa3386d ago

Is Xbox irrelevant? Will Playstation fail? Is Nintendo DOOMED? Find out tomorrow on N4G.

REDDURT3386d ago

Kinda easy to say right now till we as gamers start seeing import taxes on top of consoles. In the States

ravinash3385d ago

I want to hear about the PC master race again!

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Number-Nine3386d ago

Just what I want to see. N4G and political articles

Gazondaily3386d ago

The perfect recipe for productive debate and discussion 😆

sher123win1233386d ago

Who ever post this sh!t should be band, political articles should not be allowed in the gaming websites...

GOODKylePS3386d ago

what if they don't know how to play a musical instrument?

sliggio323386d ago (Edited 3386d ago )

No one is worse than that mother fucker.

zidane13413386d ago

Because Hillary is a racist, sexist asshole with 0 experience and constantly shits on her own country over twitter. Oh wait

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JohnathanACE3385d ago

@zidane1341

No, she's just a criminal which is totally fine.
Oh wait

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The most promising games that never saw a release

VGS: 'Part of the excitement in gaming comes from watching a game be unveiled, following its news updates and eagerly awaiting the day of release. But there are times when it never gets to that final part. Either the game is cancelled, put on hold indefinitely, or becomes ‘vaporware’ - meaning, we simply never hear from it again. Here are some games that never saw a release, but that did look rather promising.'

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Agent20094579d ago

I'm still disgruntled by Kojima's decision to cancel the original Metal Gear Solid: Rising's concept. It was absolutely ambitious: an open world stealth slasher with an ability to cut literally everything to make your way through... without enemy's notice.

I guess it was just too beautiful to happen.

Nyxus4579d ago

Yeah the idea was very cool but they just couldn't get the concept together. It's a shame but maybe they will do something with the material they have some day.

-Foxtrot4579d ago

I know right, in my opinion the game we got was horrible compared to what could of been. The Rising game we got seemed out of place for being a MGS game even despite being a spin off.

Eight Days hopefully will make it's way to the PS4 one day, the gameplay back in 2006 looked amazing. Imagine what it will look like now

Kenshin_BATT0USAI4579d ago

Rising is actually canon. LOL

Also, although it seems out of place. It was by no means a bad game. Terrible story, but gameplay was AMAZING.

-Foxtrot4579d ago

Get out...really, it's now cannon

I thought Kojima said it was a non cannon spin off...christ sake <sigh>

Dagobert4579d ago

I was seriously looking forward to Konami's MGS Rising. That was supposed to be an actual prequel to MGS4 where the storyline made sense. The new one just sucked honestly, it would have made a great Bayonetta game where gameplay is fun and storyline is just stupid.

zeal0us4579d ago

Blame the development for not being able to get the action and stealth element together.

ChipChipperson4579d ago (Edited 4579d ago )

The original concept for Rising definitely looked way better. It just had that swiftness and accuracy to the whole cutting mechanic. There was a certain, I suppose, elegance and finesse to the way they had Raiden move and how he fought. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Revengeance for what it was, but I was really looking forward to what Kojima Productions was going for, both gameplay wise and story wise. Who knows, maybe one day they will use concept for a new Rising game that is made by Kojima Productions or possibly a new IP from them.

Nyxus4579d ago

I agree, while I did enjoy MG Rising, the previous concept did look and sound intriguing, and I was interested in that story focusing on Raiden's transition to cyborg ninja.

Murad4579d ago

I totally agree with your statement, but now that I'm thinking about it, if he did do it, it would be very difficult in terms of programming. The reason why is because every time, let's say hypothetically, Raiden cut something, that dataStructure would have to look completely different, or disappear and be replaced, there would be far too much to necessary power to be put on different systems, I believe, unless I'm thinking of programming this game completely the wrong way.

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FullmetalAlchemist4579d ago

Trigun for the PS2, was so sad when I heard it got canceled.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

ZBlacktt4579d ago (Edited 4579d ago )

And when I was saying this spin off game was going to do so poorly long before it came out. People just clicked disagree, lol. I know the gaming market. :cool:

Same with MGS5. People will buy it for sure. But it won't have the impact MGS4 did. More so changing out David Hayter for no real reason at all. But more for a personal one of Kojima's. Many diehards did not like that at all!

A lot of the games history died in MGS4. Now it's become just some game. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

TheDivine4579d ago

Idk I really didnt care for MGS4, it was too action focused, stealth meant nothing, the story was horrendous, along with many other things like lack of memorable boss fights. Still, MGS is as awesome to me as always. The game didnt live up to snakes last mission in my eyes but it was still a good game. The series is still amazing for sure.

I do agree axing David Hayter was a HORRIBLE thing to do. He is Snake. The series is def going more TPS and mainstream. I'm worried how Kojima will manage to keep it stealthy in an open world setting. I have my worries but Kojima has delivered time and time again so I will trust him and hope he makes me feel like a fool for doubting him lol.

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NarcolepZZZZZZ4579d ago

I thought "Huxley" would have made the list.

NarcolepZZZZZZ4579d ago

Also I want shenmue 3 dammit! I need closure!

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