Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance cover art

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

2013 · PlatinumGames · ~8h to finish

There is no block button — parrying is a direction plus an attack, aimed at the incoming blow, and the game tells you this once and then assumes it.

actionPCSteam DeckMetacritic 83
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty6.1PUNISHING

Sustained pressure. Progress is earned.

Price on Steam

$29.99

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Part of

Metal Gear Solid7 of 7 to play

A spin-off by a different studio: a pure action game about parrying, latest in the chronology and last in the recommendation. It is beside the series rather than in it, and nothing else here depends on it.

Before it: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainStart with Metal Gear Solid or Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater

The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Reaction
7.6
Learning Curve
7.2
Execution
6.9
Obscurity
5.5
Punishment
4.1
Grind
2.4
Strategy
2.0
Puzzle
1.2
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Reaction drops 0.9 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Execution drops 0.9 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Assist options shave roughly 2.4 points off, if you use them.

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 8% · ~1hObscurity

    the opening boss, fought before the game has explained that parrying exists

    37

Assists & accessibility

0/1 SOURCED

CHALLENGE RELIEF

  • Difficulty modes [unsourced]

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What it is

Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance takes the renowned Metal Gear franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience.

Where to go from here

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