Shit got real on this page, huh?
One thing I noticed that valkyre posted while glancing through that I wanted to address, the section of MGS2 where Raiden is naked while sneaking through Arsenal Gear isn't played for laughs. It serves a dual purpose, it not only symbolises his brutal revival as a character after we have just learned about his true past as a child soldier, but it's also the moment Raiden begins rejecting our inputs as the player. Think about the scene where he meets up with Snake afterwards and the codec conversation where he talks about 'image training'. Snake completely dwarfs him in this scene as the perfect picture of what we ideally wanted to see in a sequel to Metal Gear Solid. It not only makes a mockery of Raiden, it makes a mockery of us.
EDIT: Shit got real on the last page then.
One thing I noticed that valkyre posted while glancing through that I wanted to address, the section of MGS2 where Raiden is naked while sneaking through Arsenal Gear isn't played for laughs. It serves a dual purpose, it not only symbolises his brutal revival as a character after we have just learned about his true past as a child soldier, but it's also the moment Raiden begins rejecting our inputs as the player. Think about the scene where he meets up with Snake afterwards and the codec conversation where he talks about 'image training'. Snake completely dwarfs him in this scene as the perfect picture of what we ideally wanted to see in a sequel to Metal Gear Solid. It not only makes a mockery of Raiden, it makes a mockery of us.
EDIT: Shit got real on the last page then.