Konami Offers Poor Advice for Bad Days in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Commercial

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on February 12, 2013 AT 10:42am

According to Konami, or at least their Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance commercial, the solution to a bad day is to react violently while wielding a katana.

This commercial supports my belief that the Metal Gear fiction is so dumb, so embarrassing, that showing that side of Revengeance compromise audience interest. Because, honestly, this commercial is reducing the game to “slash-slash-slash.”

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance slashes its way onto Xbox 360 and PS3 February 19 in North America, February 22 in Europe.

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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