With the reveal of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, there were plenty of questions about what happened with Metal Gear Solid Rising.  Why the change in name?  What happened with the gameplay?  Why bring in Platinum Games to develop the game?  Since then Kojima has done a variety of press, but him and the staff of Kojima Productions have a video talking about what happened with Metal Gear Solid Rising.  

With the reveal of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, there were plenty of questions about what happened with Metal Gear Solid Rising.  Why the change in name?  What happened with the gameplay?  Why bring in Platinum Games to develop the game?  Since then Kojima has done a variety of press, but him and the staff of Kojima Productions have a video talking about what happened with Metal Gear Solid Rising.  

In the video, it seems that the big problem was the attempt to combine the frantic slashing gameplay that they wanted Raiden to have that was similar to how Raiden was in Metal Gear Solid 4, but also have the same tactical espionage that the Metal Gear Solid series has made famous.  Instead of scrapping the whole project because they couldn’t find that balance, they instead went with the company that has done well with the gameplay they were looking for, Platinum Games. 

It’s interesting to see such a titan in game design like Hideo Kojima having to ask for help with making a Metal Gear game like he did.  Even Platinum Game President & CEO Tatsuya Minami thought it was a joke that Kojima was asking him for help.  Keep tuned for the end when the two studio heads talk about their hope to revive the idea that the Japanese made the best gaming experiences in the world.