“PlatinumGames made sure the lyrics would kick in at the height of the boss battles,” explained Christopherson. “They used a game audio engine called Wwise.”Īs noted in this PlatinumGames article, this means the studio itself was responsible for how each part of Christopherson’s work came through during boss fights. “PlatinumGames should get all the credit,” said Christopherson.
Whilst Christopherson was in charge of Revengeance’s soundtrack, it was PlatinumGames who was in charge of mixing and layering Christopherson’s stems (the individual instruments and melodies of a track) into the final product. In some ways, they’re very poignant and meaningful, and in another way they’re meaningless.
“It’s fun to see different people interpret what we wrote in different ways, because that was kind of the point of the game, and then the lyrics can be interpreted differently too, depending on who’s playing or reading it. “There’s a duality in the lyrics just like how the game discusses the duality of war, right? We tried to leave it up to interpretation and have multiple meanings,” Christopherson told me.
Revengeance was unique at the time, and still is, for how it used lyrics in boss fights to reflect each opponent’s inner thoughts, providing the fast-paced game with not just a kick-ass metal soundtrack, but a way to expand on its seemingly one-dimensional characters. So, the lyrics are very kind of fanciful and poetic in a way.” “While I did want it to be specific to that boss, I also wanted it to be left to interpretation a little bit. “We wanted to get the character of the bosses into the songs,” explained Christopherson. NME sat down with Christopherson to ask all about the iconic game’s revitalisation, and how its music came to be in the first place. To live up to Revengeance’s frankly bat-shit story, characters and premise, developer PlatinumGames wanted each boss to have their own lyrical track, so the studio enlisted composer Jamie Christopherson – who’d previously worked on a number of games for Capcom – to define the game’s sound. READ MORE: How Metal Gear Solid’s timeless yarn raised the standard for video game storytelling.Outliving its initial release in 2013, Revengeance is back in the collective consciousness and bringing with it over-the-top dialogue, colossal story beats, slice-and-dice action, and an incredible soundtrack that really puts the “Metal” into Metal Gear Solid. It's a great and short experience.If you’ve seen a cyborg attempting to beat the shit out of an American senator recently, then you’ve been exposed to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. If you're not sure if you should buy the game, I see no reason for you NOT to. The only complaint I have is that, for a game that shines on fast-paced combat, there should be more animation cancelling options, such as, inputing dash or a certain attack before another attack finishes will cancel it and let us evade anything that's coming. They're not just punching bags, they're part of an artpiece. That's exactly why so many people feel connected to these characters. These enemies are ACTUAL humans in the sense that they're extremely realistic in their thoughts and feelings. Sometimes, the protagonist feels like the evil guy, or more like an anti-hero. Forget about the whole "Evil guy, good guy" thing. They make us thing about our path and our ways. That said, these bosses are incredibly well-made and have such a deep story that it's actually impressive they were able to make 'em. There are regular battles but the bosses are the main plot points and what most people are interested in. It may seem not too important, but the soundtrack CARRIES this game for me. Not saying it has the best songs of any game (although that could be true as well), but no other game has made the OST such an integral part of gameplay, storytelling, and atmosphere as this one, or at least without turning into a rhythm game. Here's an opinion of a recent fan that is not based on the wave of memes and posts that this game has been getting lately.Īs a music lover, this is the best soundtrack integration in a game ever.
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