Metal Gear Rising Revengeance is easily one of 2013’s most refreshing action games. While it is a bit on the short side (it takes about three-something hours to finish the first run through), the hidden VR missions and painstakingly difficult harder modes will keep you coming back for more punishment.
To help you in unlocking all the great Achievements in the game – regular and Secret – we’ve put together a list of everything you can earn in the game. Some won’t come easy – in fact, some of the Secret ones will take a lot of time to chip away at – but unlocking them all will make you a true sword master. (Or whatever weapon you feel like brandishing.)
Best of luck, and, obviously, spoiler alerts ahead, so run through at your own risk.
The first ones are rather basic, as you unlock them for beating levels…
File R-00: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Guard Duty.
File R-01: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Coup d’Etat.
File R-02: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Research Facility.
File R-03: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Mile High.
File R-04: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Hostile Takeover.
File R-05: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Escape From Denver.
File R-06: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Badlands Showdown.
File R-07: Status- Closed (15 points) – Complete Assassination Attempt.
But then you have ones that get a little trickier, as they require you to complete certain goals…
Become a Lightning God (50 points) – Complete story mode on Revengeance difficulty with all S rankings.
Steel Tail (15 points) – Cut off Metal gear RAY’s metal tail during File R-00 (usually when he swings it around towards the near end of the fight).
No Flash Photography! (15 points) – Destroy all the Gun Camera in File R-01.
Dwarf Raiden (15 points) – Incapacitate all the soldiers in File R-02 using a Dwarf Gekko (that weird hand robot thing – use its shock move to do so).
A Walk In the Dark (15 points) – Complete the sewer sequence in File R-03 without using AR Mode (night vision).
Menace To Society (5 points) – Cut off the finial at the top of the pagoda in File R-04.
Great Escape (20 points) – Complete File R-05 in less than seven minutes.
Surprise Attack! (20 points) – Arrive at the objective in File R-07 without being spotted.
The next few focus on destroying enough enemies over the course of the game. On Normal difficulty or higher, this shouldn’t be a problem…
Anti-Cyborg Sentiment (5 points) – Destroy a total of 100 Cyborgs during story mode.
The Bigger They Are… (10 points) – Destroy a total of 100 Custom Cyborgs during story mode.
Demilitarized Zone (15 points) – Destroy a total of 100 Heavily Armed Cyborgs during story mode.
Herpetophobia (20 points) – Destroy a total of 10 Gekkos during story mode (you should be able to do this in Escape From Denver by itself).
Silverback (15 points) – Destroy a total of 10 Mastiffs during story mode.
Extinction Level Event (20 points) – Destroy a total of 10 Raptors during story mode.
Pond Scum (20 points) – Destroy a total of 5 Vodomjerka during story mode.
Wolf Hunter (20 points) – Destroy a total of 10 Fenrirs during story mode.
Slider Strike (15 points) – Destroy a total of 10 Sliders during story mode.
Jumping the Shark (20 points) – Destroy a total of 10 Hammerheads during story mode.
Looking Out For the Little Guys (5 points) – Destroy a total of 30 Dwarf Gekkos during story mode.
Tearing Away the Disguise (20 points) – Destroy all of the humanoid Dwarf Gekkos during story mode.
Datsu Right (15 points) – Successfully complete 50 Zandatsus during story mode.
Let’s go back to the objective-based ones, this one specifically pointed towards type of kills…
What Doesn’t Kill You… (20 points) – Successfully parry 10 attacks in a row in one minute or less.
Assassin Behind Closed Doors (15 points) – Successfully complete 30 Ninja Kills during story mode.
You Don’t Run From Chance (15 points) – Successfully complete 50 Executions during story mode.
A Lover, Not A Fighter (20 points) – Successfully complete 10 No Kill battles during story mode.
Assault With a Deadly Weapon (20 points) – Dismember three enemies during Blade Mode with a single attack. (Try to get them close and you can pull this off.)
Rip ‘Em Apart! (15 points) – In story mode, kill 10 enemies by cutting them with Blade Mode.
Love At First Sight (15 points) – While remotely operating a Dwarf Gekko in story mode, find and communicate with all Dwarf Gekkos. (Yes, you can communicate without killing them.)
The other regular Achievements involve completion tasks, so dig in deep and get these done…
Ich Liebe Kapitalismus! (20 points) – Acquire all customization items.
A Big Fan of Lefties (20 points) – Acquire all enemy officers’ left arms. (Blade mode is the way to go with this.)
Amateur Radio Operator (50 points) – Listen to most of the codec conversations.
Peekaboo (20 points) – Discover all of the soldiers hidden in cardboard boxes.
Data Mining (20 points) – Acquire all data storage devices.
Humanitarian Assistance (25 points) – Rescue all the civilians.
Analysis Complete (20 points) – Unlock every VR mission. (Look for the hidden mini-computers on each stage.)
VR Master (30 points) – Complete every VR mission.
Virtually a God (50 points) – Set the highest score on every VR mission. (Warning: this will take some time.)
Last but not least, there are the Secret Achievements, and these will truly take some skill. That’s because each one requires that you take on bosses in the game on Hard difficulty, while not taking any damage whatsoever. Good luck with these.
Prodigal Murderer (30 points) – Defeat Mistral.
Genius Destroyer (30 points) – Defeat Monsoon.
Truly Human (30 points) – Defeat Sundowner.
Chosen by History (30 points) – Defeat Samuel.
The Politics of Silencing Foes (30 points) – Defeat Senator Armstrong. (This is a HUGE challenge, because he literally throws everything at you.)
Some of these are at the top of the heap when it comes to unlocking these Achievements, but if you’re good – heck, if you’re masterful – then you can get it done. Good luck.
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance is available now for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
