You start the game right in the thick of battle (provided you are done with the tutorial). there are three Cyborgs here that need a little working. These enemies shouldn't be too difficult and will likely be killed with some simple light attacks. Just keep swinging your sword at them and moving from one to the other and they'll be dead before you know it.
From here, head to the right and around the corner. You'll approach a barricade with a fence on the left side of it. You'll then be attacked by another set of enemies. There are probably about a dozen Cyborgs here but they only come at you three at a time at most so you have some time to get the hang of what you are doing here. This battle will force you to move around a bit. The enemies all have guns as well as their melee weapons so if you stray to far, they'll start shooting. To counter this, you need to use your Ninja Run which will automatically deflect bullets. Couple this with your slash attack while running and run from enemy to enemy to kill them quickly.
When you are free of enemies, cut through the fence on the left side and then watch the cutscene. After the cutscene, you'll partake in the last part of this battle against the UG (Unmanned Gear) Ray.
Metal Gear Ray
Ray has several ranged attacks that he'll use against you. He'll jump away from you and try to hit you using turrets mounted all over his body and he may also fire homing rockets at the same time. Simply perform a Ninja Run to deflect these bullets and avoid the rockets at the same time. While shooting, it may also open its mouth and then shoot at you with a giant Plasma ray. This is avoided simply by running to the side.
The main points to attack are the feet. Start attacking the feet and after you lower the health of the feet a decent amount, you'll be prompted to use your Blade Mode to attack him. When you activate Blade Mode, Raiden will automatically jump to the proper point so that you can hack off the armor on this side of Ray. By repeating this process, you can also remove one of the turrets on this side. Repeat it on the other side to limit how much he can fire at you but remember to watch out if he lifts up his foot because he's about to stomp on you.
When you've hacked off the turrets on either side, you can continue to hit his feet to deal damage until you lower his health to nearly 0. When you have, get close to Ray and he'll try to smack you with one of his wings. Let him swing and then press the buttons as prompted on screen for a quick time event. These buttons in order are:
- Heavy/Activate
- rapidly tap Light
- rapidly tap Heavy
- rapidly tap Light
This will finish him off and complete these combat section.
Pursuit
Run into the next building and up the stairs. Exiting the back of the building, you'll see your quarry take off in front of you. To chase after him, simply activate Ninja Run and run through the ravine. After you round the corner to the right, cut through the first gate (you can keep running), Ninja Run so you slide under the pipe and then cut through the next gate. Go up the stairs beyond and when you reach the rooftop...
Metal Gear Ray pt. 2
Very likely, Ray will start off by attack with a large Ray attack moving from left to right. Try to slide under this (Ninja Run and then Heavy attack) and then jump over the beam when it comes back from the other direction.
Ray will now start his normal attacks ranging from a turret attack similar to before (Ninja Run). He can also dig his face into the roof to attack which will deal massive damage. If he lowers his arm so that it spans the roof, he's going to shoot rockets from it which you have to destroy by using Blade Mode. Similarly, he can wind up with that arm and smash it into the ground. Finally, he can back up and shoot rockets at the roof which will dig into the ground and detonate after a certain period of time. You'll need to avoid the circles on the ground to avoid behing hit by them.
When Ray lowers his head or attacks with his face plates, avoid it and then attack his face to deal damage. It may take a couple of tries but you'll soon be prompted to activate Blade Mode (notice the character on the right side of the screen, this will be a hint to do this later in the game) and you'll be allowed to hack of Ray's face armor. Note that this will not prevent him from attacking with his face. After that, regular combat will continue and after dealing more damage, you'll be allowed to destroy one of the turrets.
Finally, after another round where you deal damage, Ray will back up and shoot a volley of rockets at you. Rather than entering Blade Mode, use Ninja Run to run across the rockets. When you get to the far side, you'll automatically enter Blade Mode and have to hack away on the armor on his right arm. Once you've cut through, Raiden will severe this arm.
Don't celebrate just yet because Ray isn't quite done yet. He'll toss you to the top of the tower. From here, you'll have to sprint down the side of the tower towards Ray but you'll have to be very careful because if you get hit by his Plasma ray then you'll die instantly.
Start off on the right side of the path until the first beam passes, then run between the pipes and stay in the middle for a moment. Wait until you pass the crater on the left and get to the left side. You'll need to try to avoid the middle because another beam will pass but watch out for rockets because you will likely see one come at you on this side. When you make it to the bottom, you'll finish Ray off.
The Train
Once you catch your train, you just need to Ninja Run to the end of the train. You'll climb up and then drop down. When you climb up again, you'll see your targets ahead and below. Fall off the edge of this box but don't go ahead yet. Turn right first to find Data [0.2]. Now you can run ahead to continue the story.
After the cutscene, you'll be in a fight with Sam. Sam is really tough and it's ok if you lose. In fact, feel free to practice your sword fighting skills. Try and parry his attacks, keep moving and attack when you think it's safe. If/After you lose, you'll have some more gameplay but you just have to see it through and eventually the story will continue.
