1UP - The broken promises of gaming's most ambitious demo.
Raiden was introduced in Metal Gear Solid 2 to the ire of some fans. In this opinion article, we argue that the character didn't deserve the backlash that was received upon release.
He just wasn't interesting sadly and to have Snake in the game, even playing him for a bit then give us the old switcharoo was just bad.
Put it this way, he was so bland they had to make him a cool cyborg ninja in the 4th game.
i also has mixed feelings about Raiden.. First reason was because I didn't even know he was the main character in the game (I only bought gaming magazines once in a while) and I had a MGS 2 demo in the bunker which was starring Snake.
Second reason I won't say he is uninteresting but just overshadowed by Snake.. the gameplay in the end of the game with the double analog sticks saber slicing was nice and I liked Raiden for that reason (improved in MGS Rising).
Playing with Solid Snake was just a wow moment every time in comparison.. Only Naked Snake could stand against Solid Snake for me..
He definitely grew on me as the game progressed but I was initially pissed because I was expecting to play as Snake. It was the old bait-and-switch lol.
Maybe. But his dialogue and voice acting didn't do him any good. No offense to the voice actor, he was much better in mgs4, so it's not his fault. Raiden was extremely whiny and just not interesting.
I didn't mind Raiden, in part 2. I never cared for rising but it was way more action heavy and at the time its not what I was looking for in a mgs game. I would retry it though these days
I enjoyed doing cartwheels while holding my balls on a giant warship, haha! Definitely a great character. I also enjoyed his spinoff game, it was short and simple but they did a good job putting it together.
Earn all of the new and old Trophies/Achievements in MGS2 with the help of our Metal Gear Solid 2 Trophy & Achievement guide!
From VGC: "Today marks the 35th anniversary of the original Metal Gear, and the official Japanese Metal Gear Twitter account posted a tweet celebrating the occasion.
However, awkwardly, fans still can’t play many series entries on modern consoles due to them having been pulled from storefronts last year. Konami said on Wednesday the games would soon return.
“The Metal Gear series, launched on 13 July 1987, celebrates its 35th anniversary today,” the tweet reads. “We are preparing to resume the sale of titles that had been temporarily suspended.”"
Hoping MGS 1, MGS2,3 and 4 come to PS+ Premium and MGS1 have trophies that would be great.
That would absolutely make my year if MGS1 was. 2 not so much, one of my all time favourite games but damn the trophy list was a pain 🤣
I wanted one a long time ago, then Twin Snakes happened. Hopefully if the do a remake, it’s a proper one.
I want a real remake, not another TS. No backflipping off missiles and spinning sniper shots. A real Solid Snake MGS
Bring Metal Gear back to PS Now…Premium
MGS2 & MGS3 may have gotten delisted, but MGS4 & MGR:R just disappeared from the service when they were longtime staples
If any Metal Gear game should be delisted it should be Metal Gear Survive
I hope they also bring MGS1 & MPO to PS+ Premium with trophies so my set can finally be complete for the whole franchise
I don't trust Konami doing anything new with the series but I hope they become available in a proper way on the PSN hopefully PS4/PS5 will both be able to access these games, really want to replay MGS4 and since it's been delisted the only way right now would be to emulate it which I'm not a fan of tbh, it's also not emulated properly yet, there's still bugs etc. =[
Don't really have the spare bucks to buy a PS3 + the game again just for MGS4, especially with this news it seems like if I wait a while it might show up on PS again, it used to be on PSNoW and I'd rather sub to PSNOW for a bit to have some other titles playable besides just MGS4 for the same price or even cheaper then going the route of buying a PS3 and the game
I understand I also played mhs4 via ps now about a year or so ago. However I did buy a PS3 40gb for £25 last year as well as a copy of the standard edition of MGS4 for £3.
The Tanker part was the best part of the game. The rest of the game was meh. Kojima dropped the ball on that one, but MGS3 more than made up for it.
'The broken promises of gaming's most ambitious demo.'.
Which are??
The author briefly moans (predictably) about the main character being Raiden, but that's about it.
Also, let's face it, it's not really a demo, but a fully functional chapter of the game in its entirety.
Ultimately, the game is exactly the same whether you are playing as Snake or Raiden. Get over it.
Lame article, and over ten years too late.