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To say the story behind the Metal Gear series can be confusing would be an understatement. Nano-machines, war economy, vampires, clones, and a host of other randomly thrown together story elements would bewilder all but the longtime fans of the series. However, while Metal Gear Rising will exist in the same universe and take place between Metal Gear Solids 2 and 4, Konami wants the game to begin its own franchise. This means getting new players onboard who don’t necessarily know the intricacies of Metal Gear Solid’s backstory.  Talking with the magazine gameTM (via Connected Consoles), Kojima Productions’ Shigenobu Matsuyama recently stated “We want newcomers to the game to come in and play freely without needing to know and understand the background of the whole Metal Gear Solid universe. We don’t want to have it all tied up with the story from MGS2 or MGS4 and make it too complicated.” When asked about returning characters he explained “To answer your question about returning characters, we’re probably not going to show too many characters in Rising because, since it’s a new part of a series, we don’t really want to refer to and dwell upon the Metal Gear saga so much.” |