As one of the few PS3 games I vaguely remembered reading about in Gameinformer as it was coming out, I’m not too surprised that this game’s main story is a bit awkward when it comes to its structure and introducing certain gameplay elements. With that being said, the core gameplay here is fast, fun, and at least to me felt like something I still can keep learning which is more than I can say for other action games I’ve played. On the story end, I ended up jumping into this one without playing MGS4 since I was just in an action game mood but I’ll just say there are definitely WAY worse and actual bad methods of building on Raiden as a character (and Metal Gear as a whole) while also meeting a deadline of having a cool Hollywood-esc action game.

(I’ll probably edit this after I finish MGS4)