The problem is that the E3 2010 Trailer showed what could of been a pretty cool action game with the ability to slice almost anything in the environment. That coupled with what looked like very "real" and visceral effective one hit kills along with the typical Kojima sillyness of the watermelon made me think Kojima Productions were onto a really cool game with the original Rising that would of really made you feel like the cyborg ninja.
It might not have been simply as good as it originally seemed, techonology issues, or production issues could of all been the reason for the shift but still its disappointing. My problems aren't with Raiden or really even with Platinum Games the game just now no longer looks interesting and just looks like another modern hack and slash. IMO it would of been a lot more badass manually slicing soldiers and cars in half with the vibro-sword then hitting
EVERY SINGLE GUY with several flashy cuts before they go down while tossing a metal gear ray like its Devil May Cry. This isn't even getting into the total change in story from between MGS2 and MGS4 to now significantly after MSG4.
Although Rising was certainty always going to be very different it still looked and felt like a Metal Gear game, this doesn't and a lotta people may love that but I don't.
Hopefully its an awesome game because it looks like it might be a fun action hack'n slash however I'm still disappointed "Lightning Bolt Action" no longer looks like something new but rather more of the same.
Who knows maybe I'm just in fanboy bitchy mode for the moment about this but I was really looking forward to some sort of announcement after all the buildup to this and I am left severely disappointed.