Hoewel het geen echte MGS game betreft is het vermakelijk voor alle liefhebbers van snelle actie en ninja's. In eerste instantie zou je denken dat dit niet zou werken maar het is een prima game geworden mits je deze als tussendoortje beschouwd.

Wat een ongelooflijk vet actiespel is dit zeg! De makers van ‘Bayonetta’ en ‘Vanquish’ hebben een action game gefabriceerd dat zich in het ‘Metal Gear Solid’ universum afspeelt. De nadruk ligt ditmaal niet op het verhaal, maar op het brute ultrageweld. Als cyborg Raiden kun – en moet je – hordes vijanden letterlijk in mootjes hakken. Je kunt de tijd vertragen en horizontaal en verticaal dood en verderf zaaien door je tegenstanders kapot te snijden. De bediening werkt prima – al irriteert de zwiepende camera af en toe – en de graphics zijn mooi. Er is amper slowdown en alleen al voor de speedmetalcore soundtrack moet je deze game al spelen. Het enige minpunt is de korte speelduur. Na vijf á zes uur is de koek op, maar het spel is zo leuk dat je het gegarandeerd nog een keer gaat spelen. Al is het maar om nieuwe kostuums en zijmissies te unlocken. Beter dan dit worden actiespellen niet dit jaar!

I was looking forward to finally play this game and when I got it I just could not stop. Gameplay: Gameplay wise the game is great with a few setbacks. + Fast paced action + Get new weapons (to master) + Learn new skills + Great Boss Battles + Fun (new) cutting/slashing gameplay - Not able to dodge - Blocking is irritating *(explanation below) - Camera angle sometimes irritating (almost never) The blocking in this game (ps3 version) is done by pressing the left analog stick towards the attack and pressing square with it. Now here is what irritates me, square is also used for attacking. So what happens is: I want to block an incoming attack but instead of blocking he (raiden) does an attack himself (or does a quick dash towards the enemy) and I get hit. And when you're playing to get all S rank and no damage, that will really get on your nerves. So what I was thinking maybe they should have used circle for blocking, because that button is not used in the game except for stealth kills (ninja kills) from behind. But on the other hand maybe the developers did it on purpose to make the game a little harder. Graphics: The game looks great, the surroundings, the charachters, the weapons and so on. Of course it can always be better but with this game you should not complain. Sound/Music: Also great, the music gets you pumped up and it is nice to listen to while hacking and cutting your enemies life in to pieces. The sword and bullet sounds are good too can't complain to much about it. Duration: This is where the game lacks story wise. First playthrough I finished it in under 7 hours. I would have liked it if it was double of that. But now they are releasing DLC for extra stories. You also have VR-missions wich you can play to prolong the game but it's still different than playing a lenghty story (wich I prefer). Replay: To me the game has an excellent replay value. I finished the game on normal difficulty just playing the game (not going for trophies or whatever) Now I'm playing the game again on hard and I will play it again on very hard and on the Revengeance difficulty. After that you can play it again to get S ranks on all the missions (if you haven't done that on your first playthrough) Plus you get new weapons to play with and new costumes and wigs. So to me the replay value is really really great, but to people who just want to play the game once and don't want to get the trophies and all it might be a little less great. Conclusion : All in all a great game with nice fast paced action, great battles and music/sound effects. Being able to dodge would have helped but it's not that big a deal. The game looks great and is really fun to play although it is on the short side. The replay value however (to me) makes up for it.