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Joseph Yaden

9 years later, the most underrated Metal Gear game is back in the spotlight


The Metal Gear series is known for stirring up controversy. Certain entries garnering just as much praise as they do criticism. The best example of this is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, an action game that played nothing like previous Metal Gear experiences, leaning far away from stealth to instead focus on extreme melee combat. Despite being nine years old at this point, the game is experiencing a resurgence, with concurrent Steam players up 1,000 percent as of May 2022. But why are so many players flocking to it nearly a decade later? The answer?

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