Unlike previous Raiden games, Raiden V has an extensive story, fleshing out many mainstay narratives in the series that had gone unexplained until then. The story takes some cues from Raiden Fighters Jet, featuring branching story paths affected by player choices.
Stage branching mechanics[]
After Stage 1, Stage 2 has two different variations, while the remaining stages have four. The gameplay remains the same in each version of Stages 2 through 8, but the story and dialogue change. All route changes are dependent on the enemy destruction ratio in each stage[1].
After Stage 2, the following destruction ratios determine which route will be selected next:
- S-route: 98% or above
- A-route: 95%-98%
- B-route: 90%-95%
- C-route: below 90%
When starting at Stage 3-A, the C-route is unavailable for that particular Story run.
References[]
| The story of Raiden V | ||||||||
| S-route | Stage 3-S | Stage 4-S | Stage 5-S | Stage 6-S | Stage 7-S | Stage 8-S | ||
| A-route | Stage 2-A | Stage 3-A | Stage 4-A | Stage 5-A | Stage 6-A | Stage 7-A | Stage 8-A | |
| B-route | Stage 1 | Stage 2-B | Stage 3-B | Stage 4-B | Stage 5-B | Stage 6-B | Stage 7-B | Stage 8-B |
| C-route | Stage 3-C | Stage 4-C | Stage 5-C | Stage 6-C | Stage 7-C | Stage 8-C | ||
| Cinematics | Prologue | Ending: Stage 6-C | Ending C: Stage 8 | Ending B: Stage 8 | Ending A: Stage 8 | True ending | True final ending | |