Kenji Saito explains some concepts behind Metal Gear Rising

Kenji Saito uses the Rising blog to explain some concepts of the game, like Blade Mode, Parry and Execution.

[League_of_Draven]

The concept is to ruin everything in a shallow attempt to cash-in on the Metal Gear name. This garbage isn't worth playing even when it flops and hits the bargain bin.

[jeremyj2913]

If Kojima never handed the game over and tried it with his team would you still feel the same way?

[calis]

Love dead heads who trash a game they've never played.

[Hicken]

This isn't Snake's Revenge.

This is Platinum Games, a developer that excels at the hack and slash genre.

It also has Kojima's blessing; he's even gone as far as to express a willingness to work with P* again.

Which part of either of these things sounds shallow? What sounds like a cash-in? What sounds like garbage? What sounds like a flop?