History VideoGame / MetalGearRisingRevengeance

* OldMediaAreEvil: Raiden is furious when Kevin brings up the argument that [[spoiler: even though The Patriots media filtration is destroyed, American political media would never bring up allegation's of Senator Armstrong's human trafficking, torture and conspiracy.]]

* PlotRelevantPowerUp: Raiden receives his new cyborg body after he was severely injured during his first confrontation with Sam.

%%* StartXToStopX: [[spoiler:"You still don't get it. I'm using war as a business to get ELECTED! So I can end war as a business."]]

** Raiden taking his Mexican sombrero off and throwing it aways while saying ''“Adios, amigos!”'' is a reference to Konami’s classic arcade game [[VideoGame/SunsetRiders ''Sunset Riders'']].

** Raiden taking his Mexican sombrero off and throwing it aways while saying “Adios, amigos!” is a reference to Konami’s classic arcade game [[VideoGame/SunsetRiders Sunset Riders]].

'''NOTE: ''Jetstream'' and ''Blade Wolf,'' being high in spoilers, [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers are in their own separate folder and have no spoiler tags]]. If you haven't finished both, ''proceed at your own risk.'''''

[[folder:''Jetstream'' and ''Blade Wolf'']]

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: A much darker example than usual in the ''Jetstream'' ending. [[spoiler:Armstrong offers Sam a handshake to congratulate him on his new job at Desperado... except that in order for Sam to take the handshake, he'd need the use of his right arm, which Armstrong just stabbed through. As Sam looks from Armstrong's outstretched hand to his useless sword arm, the fact that Sam couldn't accept the handshake ''even if he wanted to'' is enough to get him laughing at the sheer hopelessness of his situation, and Armstrong soon joins in.]]

** You cannot win the boss fight against Sam at the beginning of the game: he's far more aggressive and has far less obvious tells than any other enemies fought during the intro level, you have no dodge move and even if you manage to block his attacks, you still take ScratchDamage. He doesn't even have a health bar and, after a certain point, he starts blocking all of your attacks perfectly. Thankfully, he decides not to kill you during the ControllableHelplessness despite having a good chunk of time to be able to do so.
** The first two phases of the final boss, [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong (one-on-one)]] are this. Phase 1 ends automatically either after a fixed amount of time or after you deal enough damage to the boss, but Phase 2 is basically you being unable to significantly hurt him while his attacks do damage through your parries. You're expected to lose in Phase 2 and even if you manage to survive at first, after about two minutes, the boss will unleash an unavoidable area of effect attack which forcefully starts the next cutscene. Despite all of this, the achievement for beating him with no damage requires you to do these phases flawlessly, too.

* LensmanArmsRace: The world has gone in just 4 years from small elite units of {{Cyborg}} troops in ''[=MGS4=]'' to entire PrivateMilitaryContractors being nothing but Cyborgs by the start of ''Rising''.

* Level1MusicRepresents: The theme song that stuck with players the most is LQ-84i's theme, ''I'm My Own Master Now'', since it was the boss players fought in the demo. LQ-84-i also happens to be the game's ''second'' boss, the first being Metal Gear RAY. However, RAY's theme, ''Rules of Nature'', has also stuck with players almost to the same extent.

* MacheteMayhem: The HF Machete, which are a favorite amongst generic mooks. Raiden's variation trades reach for speed. Also, Sundowner's [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bloodlust]], which has two machetes fashioned together like scissors.

* MegaCorp: Raiden uses the term "mega corp" by name to describe World Marshal. While certainly nowhere near as powerful as Liquid during ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', or the Patriots and their virtually limitless resources, they have enough power to fund a massive PMC business with cutting edge equipment and an army of cyborgs and unmanned gears. They even have enough political clout in the United States to utilize U.S military equipment, as Raiden encounters U.S Air Force drones at one point in the story and notes it should be illegal for a corporation to use U.S military equipment without permission; meaning that they have deep enough pockets to hire U.S personnel to scramble military equipment. On top of this, they control the police in Colorado, and Raiden suspects their media branches are helping to censor the media the old fashion way.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Deconstructed than reconstructed. While Raiden ultimately decides to rip through the [[spoiler:unwilling]] male enemies, most of his rage comes from what Desperado is doing to men and impoverished boys under the false guise they are disposable.

** Raiden believes the cyborgs soldiers he's killing had willingly chose to become terrorists for military benefits and such. When [[spoiler: Jetstream Sam revealed that nano machines are suppressing their emotions of fear, sadness, and regret, he realizes most of these soldiers were under economic or medical pressures that forced them to sign up, and they never had a "Fair" choice to begin with. Unfortunately, he understands the only way to get to and punish those responsible for setting them up as human shields is to fight and kill the cyborg soldiers sent his way. He does so with little hesitation, but all in the name of stopping it long term.]]

* MookHorrorShow: Jetstream Sam forces Raiden to realize that the cyborgs whom the hero had been killing throughout the entire game were actually regular men who agreed to become soldiers due to economic pressure. In the following cutscene, Raiden hears the thoughts of his opponents and concludes that, from their point of view, he is a monster.

* MythicalMotifs: Subtle, but there. Raiden, associated with lightning, is fighting villains named after winds. In essence, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin "Raijin"]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABjin "Fujin."]] Let it be known that while Raiden's explanation of his "Mr. Lightning Bolt" moniker to Kevin has him translate ''rai'' as "lightning" and ''den'' as "electric", Raiden is also another name for Raijin.

** Boris's first words in person in ''Revengeance'' are "Kept you waiting, huh?", a reference to Snake's introductory line in [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl the Subspace Emissary]].

** If you call Courtney on Codec in chapter 2, you can have a conversation with her on nopales, a cactus leaf that goes well with Mexican food. After she describes it, Raiden goes out of his way to ask [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 "How does it taste?"]], then dismisses the thought since it's unlikely he'd need to catch food in the sewers anyway with his cybernetics keeping him going.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: InUniverse, PrivateMilitaryContractors still don't get listed on official death toll reports. The PMC Raiden belongs to avoids this by not acting as a bunch of mercenaries in a war, but rather as a heavily-armed personal security force (that also trains government forces alongside). It still seems [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill horribly excessive]] for such a role, until a [[ProperlyParanoid squad of elite, advanced cyborgs shows up]], backed by an army of cyborg soldiers, gunship support, and an upgraded ''Metal Gear RAY''.

* BulletTime: A fully charged Blade Mode slows down time to set up directional slashes. [[AntiFrustrationFeatures You're also totally invincible while it's active so you don't get instantly smacked out of it if you use it while being attacked.]]

** The first two phases of the final boss, [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong (one-on-one)]] are this. In Phase 1, you have to survive for a fixed amount of time, but Phase 2 is basically you being unable to significantly hurt him while his attacks also do damage through your parries. You're expected to lose in Phase 2 and even if you manage to survive at first, after about two minutes, the boss will unleash an unavoidable area of effect attack which forcefully starts the next cutscene. Despite all of this, the achievement for beating him with no damage requires you to do these phases flawlessly, too.

** [[spoiler:Jetstream Sam has basically no cybernetic enhancements besides his left arm, and is able to clean full-body converted cyborg Raiden's clock at the beginning of the game and prove an intimidating foe near the end. Keep in mind Raiden is already capable of throwing HumongousMecha into the air and deflecting bullets with a flick of his sword]].

** At one point, when discussing Metal Gear EXCELSUS, Raiden notes that it lacks most of the features that would traditionally define a Metal Gear (ie. the ability to launch nuclear weapons.) His support's response is that it was probably called a Metal Gear for marketing reasons, as doing so would make it sell better.

** Even though Voigt is a strong advocate for cyborgs, he himself hasn't come under the procedure due to not only is there currently nothing seriously wrong with his body, he'd essentially be put in the hands of someone who might botch the procedure. He does plan to wait a couple of years until the technology and overall skill of others improves.

** "Hot Wind Blowing" - Khamsin's theme is about the conflict between [[{{Eagleland}} his beliefs in freedom]] and the harsh realities of being [[WarIsHell just another soldier in an army doing awful things for that same freedom]], [[IgnoredEphiphany ultimately discarding his own moral compass and introspection]] in favor of [[PatrioticFervor blind obedience and dogmatic belief that he's doing what's right in the end.]]

** "Hot Wind Blowing" - Khamsin's theme is about the conflict between his beliefs in freedom and the harsh realities of being just another soldier in an army doing awful things for that same freedom, ultimately discarding his own moral compass and introspection in favor of blind obedience and dogmatic belief that he's doing what's right in the end.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Just before they fight, Sam refuses to give Raiden a speech on his motivations, noting that they've both heard enough about ideals. Just about every other single ''Metal Gear'' boss has gone on a MotiveRant regarding their ideals, so this could easily be applied to the player as well as Raiden and Sam.

** You always have full health upon restarting from checkpoint so that you don't get stuck in a potential death loop due to saving at low health.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: You're completely invincible while using Zandatsu to keep you from taking damage from enemies (who continue to attack while you're in blade mode).

* NamesTheSame: InUniverse. Raiden meets a young Guyanese child named George in the sewers of Mexico. Raiden, needless to say gets instantly uncomfortable [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty due to his past.]][[note]]Solidus Snake, his stepfather and villain of ''[=MGS2=]'', was ex-President George Sears prior to the Sons of Liberty.[[/note]]
-->'''George''': Mi name George, like 'Georgetown.'\\
'''Raiden''': George...\\
'''George''': An' just like all dem America president.\\
'''Raiden''': ... Yeah.

* BadassNormal: Boris shows up as backup ''to a cyborg fight'' (albeit in an armored vehicle with a really big gun).
** [[spoiler: Jetstream Sam has basically no cybernetic enhancements besides his left arm, and is able to clean full-body converted cyborg Raiden's clock at the beginning of the game and prove an intimidating foe near the end. Keep in mind Raiden is already capable of throwing HumongousMecha into the air and deflecting bullets with a flick of his sword]].

* BloodKnight: Raiden begins moving towards his battle-loving "Jack the Ripper" persona again, after his failure to protect Prime Minister N'Mani from Desperado Enforcement LLC in the prologue. It gets to the point where he gleefully massacres a cyborg ''police'' unit later in the game. {{Enforced|Trope}}, too, by game design. You can't reliably heal yourself unless you are constantly cutting out enemy spines to keep yourself going.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Raiden coldly dispatches dozens of {{cyborg}} enemies, unnervingly saying they're nothing but "walking vending machines" who chose to become terrorists who were getting what they deserved. He still tries to do everything in his power to protect non-cyborg civilians. He is later called out on this mindset, however, [[spoiler:when Sam claims that many of these cyborgs weren't really given much of a choice, but rather were exploited by the PMC system. Raiden laments to Blade Wolf that he thought these men had been given a fair choice, unlike Blade Wolf who had likewise been forced to fight.]]

* LostAesop: The game's stance towards violence is somewhat odd, considering how the [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker previous title]] kind of promoted non-violence. Though the series takes the tack that war is probably inevitable, it doesn't regard that as good, nor the idea that one enjoys killing as a good reason to fight. The main theme of this game is Raiden's Katsujinken, and if it is legit even if the user has strong personal feelings like rage or bloodlust. Another alternative is ''Right needs Might'' as expressed [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-social-satire-of-metal-gear-rising.html here.]]

* AluminiumChristmasTrees:
** The title of the game, "Revengeance" was massively mocked as being a ridiculously edgy GratuitousEnglish portmanteau of "revenge" and "vengeance" when it was first announced, such as in [[http://lparchive.org/Metal-Gear-Ghost-Babel/Update%2045/ this]] ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'' LetsPlay. It is in fact a real word, although it's considered archaic. [[http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/revengeance The word has been in use in some form or other since the 13th century.]]
** Most people thought Abkhazia was a fictional {{Ruritania}} made up for this game, like the unnamed {{Bulungi}} at the beginning. [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18175030 It's actually a real place]], and the Codec calls about its history are pretty spot-on.

** "Hot Wind Blowing" - Khamsin's theme is a creed, displaying his pride about being a part of the Winds of Destruction, and stating his desire to bring freedom to otherwise forsaken countries in need of it.

* DubPersonalityChange: A slight but noticeable one with Armstrong. While his definition of what constitutes a "weak" person is left vague in the English dub, it's spelled out much more explicitly in the Japanese script. Among those he considers weak are "[[StrawVegetarian herbivores]] and [[{{Camp}} metrosexuals]]", making his Japanese version a bit of a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, which consequently makes his Social Darwinist agenda more overtly discriminatory.

* GuideDangIt: Some of the Data Storages can be extremely tricky to find: one of them requires you to cut down a passing Slider; and another is dropped by the very last enemy on an exploding elevator that's basically impossible to escape once you get it.