Last month Kojima Productions showed off Metal Gear Solid Rising at E3 2010 and many fans of the series witnessed a fast-paced action title that didn’t resonate with the rest of the franchise. A lot of people were both impressed and disappointed that Rising looked like a completely different franchise than the one they grew up with and adored. However, on the latest edition of the Kojima Productions Podcast, the team behind the game clarifies that Rising is still a stealth game at heart.

“It’s not your typical Metal Gear, where you have this arsenal of guns, it’s a completely different potion now,” says host Sean Eyestone. “One thing we do want to emphasize though, is we’re not forgetting stealth…We wanted to show the new Zandatsu (cutting) system, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to abandon stealth, but it’ll be faster paced stealth.”

Whether the fast-paced stealth style will appeal to the original fans of the title or not is another story, but it does bode well with me to know the stealth element is still going to be an integral part of the game. Have your concerns been alleviated or do you still feel they’re straying off course too much?