"Given Platinum's heritage, it's shocking to discover that Raiden starts Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance without access to a dodge," opens Edge's piece. "Our protagonist has no Bayonetta cartwheel, no Viewtiful Joe evade poses, none of God Hand's lightspeed bobs and weaves. You'll get one eventually, admittedly, but this is a bold opening statement: Platinum wants you to understand right from the word go that this is not a game of escaping danger, but of facing it head on."