Metal Gear Solid: Rising - MGS4 Prequel

During yesterday's Konami press conference as part of the E3 exhibition, some plot details of Metal Gear Solid: Rising were revealed.

The game takes place between Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. According to the developers, the new game will explain to fans of the series why, in the fourth part, the protagonist named Raiden became a cybernindzey.

The project manager, Minesh Kimura, confirmed the above and in addition noted several genre features of the future game. Despite the fact that Metal Gear Solid: Rising can be safely attributed to the hack and slash genre, it will also contain stealth elements, in addition, the game will be much “faster” than its predecessors. In addition to Raiden’s main weapon - the sword - the developers promised to give the players a few auxiliary ones. So far, without specifics.

Completed the presentation of the new project Shigenobu Matsuyama (Shigenobu Matsuyama). Producer-san promised us not to delay the release, but, nevertheless, did not say a word about the date. Developers have postponed a more detailed discussion of Rising. So far it is only known that the new product will appear on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms.

In the meantime, we present to your attention the first gameplay video shown for the first time at a Microsoft event: