The PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, will not only feature a team of relatively young blood but will also feature a new game engine. The latest Kojima Productions podcast makes mention of some of the new features and meanings in Rising.
Here is a brief look at some of the Rising information as relayed by Metal Gear Scholar.
Metal Gear Solid: Rising does not yet have a release date.
Here is a brief look at some of the Rising information as relayed by Metal Gear Scholar.
• Kojima Productions is developing a new engine for Rising to "realize this multiplatform goal". Eyestone points out that "Kojima Productions is always associated with quality," and the team go on to talk about graphically. Rising is sure to have "better graphics" than Metal Gear Solid 4. "We're redoing the engine from scratch, and it's going to look amazing. It's going to be a big project like Metal Gear Solid 4. The entire team is serious about making it look as good as possible on every platform."
• On the color of Raiden's eyes, Eyestone says, "We weren't sure if anyone would pick up on that." Clearly he does not know Metal Gear fans. You'll remember, of course, that everyone thought it was either Sunny or Gray Fox. But apparently the eye color change has some significance. "His eyes are a different color and he has that bandage over one eye .... All we can say now is that we can't say, but there is a reason. Of course, the eyepatch ... kind of looks like a bandana."
• They also talk about the meaning of the title Rising. It signifies the rising of a new type of Metal Gear, a new style of Metal Gear Solid. "It's raising the Metal Gear franchise up to the next step". The point that Hideo Kojima doesn't want to be attached to the series for ever is once again repeated, and this time it looks like he means it. Rising is being developed by a new type within Kojima Productions. "The young bloods will come up through this game". Will Peace Walker be Kojima's last Metal Gear title as game designer and director?
• Rising also has another meaning related to the content of the story. Rising is pronounced "Raijin" in Japan which is, of course, the god of Lightning in Shinto mythology. Get it? Raiden = lightning? Because he is the lightning. You'd better believe he's the rain transformed.
• On the color of Raiden's eyes, Eyestone says, "We weren't sure if anyone would pick up on that." Clearly he does not know Metal Gear fans. You'll remember, of course, that everyone thought it was either Sunny or Gray Fox. But apparently the eye color change has some significance. "His eyes are a different color and he has that bandage over one eye .... All we can say now is that we can't say, but there is a reason. Of course, the eyepatch ... kind of looks like a bandana."
• They also talk about the meaning of the title Rising. It signifies the rising of a new type of Metal Gear, a new style of Metal Gear Solid. "It's raising the Metal Gear franchise up to the next step". The point that Hideo Kojima doesn't want to be attached to the series for ever is once again repeated, and this time it looks like he means it. Rising is being developed by a new type within Kojima Productions. "The young bloods will come up through this game". Will Peace Walker be Kojima's last Metal Gear title as game designer and director?
• Rising also has another meaning related to the content of the story. Rising is pronounced "Raijin" in Japan which is, of course, the god of Lightning in Shinto mythology. Get it? Raiden = lightning? Because he is the lightning. You'd better believe he's the rain transformed.
Metal Gear Solid: Rising does not yet have a release date.