Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Walkthrough/R-01: Coup d'Etat

The following is a walkthrough for R-01: Coup d'Etat (pronounced "coo-day-tah"), the first stage of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

Walkthrough
The stage begins on a beach with many objects which can be cut, a perfect opportunity to test Raiden's new abilities. It should be obvious that the entire HUD has been changed, including a new bar marked "FC" under the health bar. This shows the Fuel Cell energy which now powers Blade Mode; as long as the bar is blue, Blade Mode will slow down time when activated and provided a substantial strength boost, and also highlight enemies' weak spots with a red box.

Select / Back can now be pressed to access the Codec menu, which includes entries for several support team members; Boris typically provides combat related information, Kevin general background, Courtney a save function and small talk about things like local food dishes, and Doktor information about cyborgs. There is a Trophy / Achievement for listening to the majority of Codec dialogue, which requires the player to Codec the support team frequently; whenever Raiden enters a new area, whenever facing a new enemy type, and so on. Some of the easier-to-forget Codec conversations will be noted. The game autosaves after most important actions, including picking up important items and dying, and the main use of saving with Courtney is saving heard Codec conversations or save / load scumming for BP chests.

The Codec screen also provides access to the Customise menu where Battle Points (BP) earned in gameplay can be spent on upgrades, new moves and new equipment; for now, upgrading Raiden's FC capacity and the HF Blade are good priorities, though it is unlikely the player will have many BP to spend from the first chapter. BP earned in VR missions also count towards this total.

The final option is VR missions; at present Raiden has two tutorial missions available (the two accessed by selecting "yes" when starting a new game). The remainder are locked.

Using the latter two options will return Raiden to the last checkpoint when the player returns to the game.

Pressing Directional Button Up / D-Pad Up will activate Augment Mode, a special vision mode which highlights pickups and chests, colours objects which can be cut in blue and highlights enemies in red, even through walls.

There is also a small Easter egg on the beach in the form of a "ninja cat" which will backflip away from sword strikes.

Once done messing around on the beach, Raiden can either proceed up the stairs, or, if the player has destroyed the stairs, he can Ninja Run up a section of the wall. Proceed forward to encounter...

Ranked battle #1
On difficulties up to Hard this consists of three standard cyborgs with machetes and grenades, while on Very Hard a Mastiff runs out of the building ahead to join in.