Competition is positive. It brings variety and creates space for different types of experiences. In the case of GOG, what they offer is greater care for the games they release, putting much more weight on old video games. Not allowing them to die, they make a particular effort to preserve them, pamper them, and ensure that they are always available to the public. That’s why they recently rescued the PC edition of Resident Evil from oblivion, and today they added a masterpiece to their catalog.
GOG surprisingly added Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance to its catalog on Thursday, July 4th. With a 40% discount to celebrate its release, it’s an excellent opportunity to get one of the most underrated games in the Metal Gear franchise. Besides being one of the best hack’n’slash games of all time.
If you don’t know Metal Gear Rising, you don’t know what kind of journey you’re getting into. In the game, we control Raiden, a cyborg ninja who must stop a global conspiracy that seeks to create a state of perpetual war. This will lead him to intense battles against robots, ninjas, and giant robots where he can use parries, dodges, sword strikes, and also the zaibatsu: the ability to slow down time to shred his enemies with quick and deep cuts into their flesh. So if you’ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to tear apart a cyborg ninja who wants to kill you, this is your game.
The most fun thing about this release is that Metal Gear Rising was already available on Steam. It’s not a lost game. But what’s more, the game doesn’t shy away from making it noticeable. Not for nothing, this reissue even makes a call to the Steam API, returning a false confirmation of the game to approve its execution. Basically, the GOG version is, so to speak, an official cracked version of the Steam version. Something that demonstrates the laziness of Konami’s work, but also how hilarious video games can be sometimes.
That being said, why buy it on GOG instead of Steam? Because it is DRM-free. If you buy it on GOG, the game will be yours forever. Regardless of whether the store closes, the game will still be yours. If you want to take the game, compress it, and pass it on to a friend, you can do it. It’s yours and you can do whatever you want with it. And that’s the other great virtue that many of us love about GOG. And why we celebrate the arrival of Metal Gear Rising to the store. Because games are always better without DRM.
