The man leading development on the up and coming Metal Gear Rising, Atsushi Inaba, seemed as if he had saved him and his team from any angry mobs after the release of the latest stunning trailer at the VGA’s over the weekend.
However, despite the great production values and developer track record involved, many Metal Gear fans aren’t happy with the frenzied action shown throughout Rising’s trailer, prompting Inaba to take to Twitter in a bid to falter this uprising by issuing the following statement:
“Let me begin.
It seems there are some who wish to imply PlatinumGames was able to achieve what Kojima Productions could not – interviewers among them.
This notion is spurious. Clearly, we have not yet produced any results in the world of Metal Gear.
The artists at Kojima Productions gave their blood, sweat and tears to bring the Metal Gear Saga to life.
The gap is immense. Mr. Kojima tossed his chips on our table, believing we could handle the task. In other words, he took a gamble.
Many seem to think the change from MGSR to MGR altered everything about the game, but this is simply not true.
MGSR’s concept excited us. We have love and respect for it, as we do the character of Raiden and the idea of freely cutting anything apart.
I know reaction to the new trailer is mixed. Yet I also believe our love and respect shines through.
It is my hope that you catch a glimpse of the future in the footage.
In order to achieve that evolution, that future, we at PlatinumGames will continue to fight, shedding our own blood, sweat and tears.
That is all.”
It seems Inaba is standing firm on this one, and I honestly don’t believe anyone should try and stop him. As one of the former big names up at Capcom, and one of the key developers at PlatinumGames (known for their sword-swinging action-packed titles such as Vanquish, Bayonetta, MadWorld etc) – Atsushi Inaba is without a doubt the man to bring Hideo Kojima’s legendary franchise back to life and in as much style as possible
Metal Gear Rising’s Director Already Having to Pacify Angry Fans was last modified: December 14th, 2011 by George Harvey
