Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Comes to New Platform, But There’s a Catch

The 2013 motion spin-off Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance is now accessible on GOG, however not in its native Japan. Developed by Bayonetta studio PlatinumGames, Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance follows the cyborg ninja Raiden as he fights to stop a corrupt non-public army firm from plunging the world into conflict 4 years after the occasions of Metallic Gear Strong 4: Weapons of the Patriots. It largely forgoes the same old stealth and gunplay-focused gameplay of the Metallic Gear collection in favor of letting gamers slice enemies utilizing Raiden’s futuristic katana, although sneaking round to keep away from enemies continues to be an choice.

Regardless of a protracted and troubled improvement cycle that noticed the sport swap builders from Hideo Kojima’s personal Kojima Productions to Platinum Video games partway via, Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance launched to a lot reward from critics, due to its blistering and at instances punishing gameplay that basically lets avid gamers reduce free on something in Raiden’s path. The sport’s adrenaline-packed story and cutscenes have additionally spawned varied memes within the years since its preliminary launch, which have solely inspired new gamers to attempt Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance out for themselves.

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Now these gamers have a brand new outlet to expertise Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance, because it was lately added to the DRM-free GOG storefront earlier this month. As reported by PCGamer, this comes with an uncommon caveat: it isn’t accessible in Japan, the nation the sport originates from. It was initially accessible to buy on GOG in Japan for one hour following its launch on July 4, however was ultimately pulled. Konami then addressed this in an announcement to Japanese outlet Recreation*Spark, explaining that Metallic Gear Rising: Revengance was solely made accessible in sure Asian areas as a result of an error on the a part of GOG.

As for why the PC model of Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance isn’t accessible in Japan, the problem may stem from the title seemingly being unique to the PlayStation 3 in that nation when it first launched in 2013, although it was launched on Xbox 360 and Steam in different areas. There is no such thing as a official phrase from Konami concerning the reasoning behind this, however it’s price noting that Metallic Gear Strong 4: Weapons of the Patriots has additionally remained unique to PS3 consoles.

In the meantime, Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance can now be picked up on GOG, a platform that’s identified for missing the controversial DRM of different PC recreation retailers. Whereas its availability in Japan might be a supply of rivalry, avid gamers elsewhere have a brand new probability to leap into this action-packed Metallic Gear Strong spin-off forward of the upcoming Metallic Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater’s launch later this 12 months.

Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance

Launched in 2013, Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance is a hack-and-slash recreation that was co-developed by PlatinumGames and Kojima Productions. Regardless of being very totally different from earlier Metallic Gear titles, the sport was pretty well-received by each followers and critics and went on to promote greater than one million copies worldwide.

Launched

February 19, 2013

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ as a result of Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sturdy Language

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