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Are you a fan of hack and slash games like God of War or Character Action games like Devil May Cry 3&4 or Bayonetta?
Did DmC: Devil may Cancer leave a sour taste in your mouth? Do you care more about fast fluid action and solid gameplay than story?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is the game for you.
Now I must say that as a fan of the Metal Gear Solid series I was more than a little bit upset when I heard that the next metal gear game was not only not part of the solid series, but was also not even a stealth game. But after it came out I watched a couple LP's and it grew on me. Soon I realized that I don't need a deep story filled with rich characters in order to have fun, I just need a high framerate, fun gameplay, and a really good soundtrack(All things the console version of Devil may Cancer was sorely lacking). Thankfully, MGR brings all this to the table and more.
If you've played any one of the good DMC games(1,3,or 4) you shouldn't have any trouble with MGR. The only mechanic that some players need to practice with is parrying, but even that's pretty easy. Even the basic layout of the story feels a bit like DMC3, what with the surprisingly engaging rivalry between Raiden and Sam being comparable to the rivalry between Dante and Vergil in DMC3, only not quite as good in my opinion.
The Combo system is easy to pick up and gives a decent amount of variety, but I feel that the game really holds itself back in some ways. First off, you can only use 2 weapons at any given time, and the default sword is mandatory. So you can only equip one other weapon and you can't switch from one secondary weapon to another without pausing the game. This limits how much you can really do with your combos and takes away a little bit of the fun in the process. Also, when you equip a secondary weapon, it is assigned to the heavy attack button, so you lose about half of your sword attacks when you use a secondary. I think this was a bad decision on the developers part, especially since the B button on my gamepad is just sitting there lonely and bored for most of the game, since it's only used for opening doors and interacting with certain objects.
If you could still keep your heavy sword attacks when using a secondary and just have the secondary assigned to the B button you would have a lot more combo variety, but even with this handicap you can still do some pretty crazy stuff.
Raiden can jump from one enemy to another in the middle of his combo, making it easy to interrupt enemy attack animations and set them up for a zandatsu, where you rip out their spine and consume it for health and energy. This mobility along with the zandatsu mechanic makes the game feel different from other character action titles and stops it from feeling stale at any point.
But enough about the gameplay, this is a port of a console game so I'm sure you're all wondering about whether or not it's a good port. And the asnwer is both yes and no.
Yes because it's not very demanding and it looks good while maintaining a high framerate. But no because it doesn't have any special video options beyond the basic stuff like anti-aliasing and V-Sync. So if you've got a $1500-$2000 rig, don't expect this game to make the most of your processing power.

Overall, I'd recommend this to anyone who likes hack and slash, character action, or just fun gameplay over story and plot.

I've changed this review to negative in response to DE's complete refusal to respect the feedback of their players. The Veilbreaker update is a complete disaster as a result of DE's stubbornness.
The Archon hunts and every mission leading up to them are painful, frustrating, and deliberately anti-fun. Kahl's mission are boring AF and much too long, and the Archon shard rarity system is a Destiny 1-level travesty.
This update is somehow even worse than the New War.

*Be forewarned*, I wrote this review years before DE added a real narrative to the game. This review is now horribly out of date as a result. Expect lore inaccuracies and other such oopsies from here onward. For what it's worth, I still enjoy the gameplay and kit variety above all else.

Before you read into this review, let me ask you one question. Do you think fun is the most important thing in any game? If you answered yes, stick around and keep reading. If you answered no, you probably wouldn't like Warframe.

Warframe gets a lot of flak for being repetative, but I personally feel that the reviewers who complain about the gameplay being repetative are failing to see the bigger picture.
Warframe is not about a deep, gripping narrartive or memorable characters, it's about action, fun, and pretty crazy weapon variety. And to top it all off, everything that impacts gameplay can be obtained for free.
Warframe is a very specialized game, focused on action, flare, and fun. And boy oh boy does Warframe nail action and fun. With over a dozen unique Warframes(Powersuits used by the player, each with their own unique abilities and stats) to choose from you're sure to find one that you really enjoy playing as. And then there's the weapons. Oh boy, the weapons. This game has almost every kind of Sci-Fi weapon I can think of. We have small scale particle cannons, Beefy sniper rifles, plasma casters, living weapons that shoot everything from Electricity to streams of deadly viruses, an insanely powerful rocket launcher, a Grenade launcher with remote detonation, powerful bows, a gun that shoots spinning saw blades, and of course the obligatory pew-pew assualt rifles to ease new players into the experience. Oh, but that's just the Primaries. In every mission, you will have the option to carry a Primary, a Secondary, and a Melee but you can choose to carry only 1 or 2 if you please.
The Secondaries include but are not limited to: Living weapons that shoot Corrosive darts and poison gas, a goo gun that shoots sticky globs of acid that eat right through armor, 2 deadly hand cannons, one of which shoots many metal balls in a shotgun spread while the other shoots a spread of radiation blasts, Miniature plasma casters, rapid fire dual pistols, a spread-rocket launcher that they somehow compressed into the size of a pistol, a pistol that shoots bolts that can pin enemies to walls, deadly and accurate burst fire pistols, pocket snipers, Revolvers, a Lever action beast, Throwing knives, Throwing stars, and a Standard semi-auto pistol to ease new players in.
And then there's my favorite weapon class, the Melee.
We've got Greatswords that can hit numerous enemies in a wide arc, more conservative longswords that swing fast and allow better mobility while attacking, Dual daggers which generate an incredibly fast flurry of slashes and stabs, whips for when you want the range of a greatsword but the mobility of a longsword, there's also the polearms, Heavy axes, Heavy hammers, ROCKET HAMMER, and even the Thrown melee weapons, useful for killing at a distance while conserving ammo and for stealth kills. More recently Digital Extremes added in 2 Katanas and a set of claws that pop out of your arms like Wolverine.
Melee has become much more prominent lately now that DE has completely revamped it. No longer do you simply mash or hold E, now you can perform different combos that require different inputs. These combos are assigned to stance mods that you can apply to your weapon. Each melee weapon class I mentioned above has at least 1 stance mod, and each mod comes with it's own unique combos that are useful for different purposes and situations. My favorites are the Katanas with Decisive Judgement as the stance. I use it to make my tenno look and fight like Vergil from Devil May Cry 3.

So yes, Warframe can seem repetative to some people, but not to me. I greatly enjoy the vast arsenal that is placed before me, and I truly believe that these tools of destruction make up for the lack of deep narrative.

That said, I thoroughly recommend Warframe to anyone who likes Shooters or character action games, or anyone who likes having fun.