Characterising Raiden's adventure as full of pleasantly "over-the-top sensibilities", Gerstmann also finds issue with the game's length, although he does mitigate that by pointing out the replay value offered to those searching for perfect scores. He's also of the opinion that the story, despite going "in some really wild directions" is too thin for the series' heritage, and warns franchise fans that they shouldn't expect the same sort of narrative depth that they may be accustomed to.