Tue, Aug 10, 2010 | 09:04 BST
Not many MGS regulars returning for Rising, says Kojima Productions
Snake? Vamp? Naomi? Otacon? Campbell? Don’t expect their like to show up in Metal Gear Solid: Rising, according to producer Shigenobu Matsuyama.
Matsuyama told the latest issue of gamesTM (via CC) not to expect as many series regulars in the next game; apparently, this’ll make it more approachable to new Metal Gear players.
“To answer you question about returning characters, we’re probably not going to show too many characters in Rising because, since it’s a new part of a series, we don’t really want to refer to and dwell upon the Metal Gear sago so much,” he said.
“We want newcomers to the game to come in and play freely without needing to know and understand the background of the whole Metal Gear Solid universe,” he further added.
The game takes place in between Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, as players take up the role of Raiden once again in a Ninja Gaiden-esque title that got its E3 reveal this summer.
No date yet, but it’s coming to PS3, 360 and PC.
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Tags: kojima productions, metal gear solid rising, Shigenobu Matsuyama
9 comments
#1
loki
10/08/10, 8:19 am
LOL Still dreaming about PC port? Forget about it
#2
mington
10/08/10, 8:50 am
Good, half the fun of the MGS series for me was finding out about the new gang of mysterious baddies, their backgrounds and skills, being drip fed info about them as the game progressed
I think MGS4 missed a treat by having a mostly returning cast along with the 4 boss woman who all just ended up being practically the same person
#3
Kerplunk
10/08/10, 9:06 am
The MGS4 bosses were all deliberate echoes of principle characters from MGS1. MGS4 has oodles of references to other stuff in the series so, for me, I think it’s appropriate they went this way.
Likewise, Rising branching out in terms of characters and story from the core MGS series is a welcome piece of news.
#4
Johnny Cullen
10/08/10, 9:16 am
As an MGS fan, I would like my nostalgia. That said, I do welcome what they’re doing.
#5
mington
10/08/10, 9:26 am
I’d definitely like to see tie’s to the existing characters, boss characters who were related to the bosses Raiden killed in MGS2 etc
#6
ybfelix
10/08/10, 9:30 am
Where is BDH, I thought he would fight against this loki invasion
#7
Isaaclarke37
10/08/10, 12:07 pm
Big fan of Raiden.
#8
LOLshock94
10/08/10, 1:15 pm
best magazine ever is gamesTM
#9
Chris@gtm
10/08/10, 3:04 pm
The full interview can now be read over at http://www.gamestm.co.uk