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[Shadowfox]

I wish I could come up with a Die Hard joke...but I can't.
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[Abicion]

[Taiyz]

Actually Izanagi wasn't talking up gameplay as a saving grace, but it's obvious that you'd rather keep arguing about a new story that nobody really knows much about.

[Jimbob the Shameful]

ha yeah guys imagine thinking gameplay is important in my video game

[Taiyz]

That's not what I was saying either. Why are you suggesting that we have to choose one or the other?

I guess what I was trying to say is, this is a story-focused franchise, and even if the game does kick ass despite a mediocre story, it won't redeem itself in the eyes of people like Abicion.

But the core point remains that we really don't know enough about said story to really be debating what will come about.
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[Jimbob the Shameful]

I was mocking Abicion for outright dismissing gameplay as an important element of... a game. That's all.

I will shed a great tear if Revengeance turns out to ruin the integrity of Metal Gear Solid's inane intellectually bankrupt anime storyline.

[Taiyz]

That's the funny thing, Abicion is actually arguing for a logical conclusion for once. It's Revengeance that's throwing Raiden back into the fray and bringing back the craziness.
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[Gouto-Douji]

Logical or not, it still ridiculous complaining about it's story all the while being a condescending jackass to those who are looking forward to playing it before it's even out. Am I saying I'm going to love the story? No, because I don't know what will happen throughout it, just like how I didn't know what was going to happen in The 3rd Birthday's story beforehand. I'm sure you all know how I feel about that game too.
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[Taiyz]

Raiden's family is inside a giant watermelon and you have to cut the melon to beat the game.
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[Gouto-Douji]

I was thinking they might kill Raiden's family, since that sure as hell would put him in a messed up state of mind. It also would give some meaning behind the subtitle "Revengeance".
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[Taiyz]

Yeah that was my immediate thought after Abicion's initial complaint. It's like, well that's the obvious thing to do...

Hope they do something more interesting, but whatever.

That's also what made me think of Die Hard. (Speaking of; gonna go see the new one on Saturday!)
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[Jimbob the Shameful]

[Taiyz]

Well okay, you're missing quite a bit. Anybody else reading this, this post has MGS4 ending spoilers. You've been warned.

http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Raiden#Post-Big_Shell this section right here serves as an answer to your insanity remark. The important bit is that it was his choice to get a synthetic body. Most of his head and his entire spine are still organic.

The last paragraph of the following section summarizes his part of the ending, but I'll put it in my own words as well.

Basically, he left Rose in the first place because of guilt from his downhill slide caused by PTSD, and never returned to her since he heard that she had a miscarriage and eventually married Campbell ("Colonel") which only added to it. During MGS4 he stopped caring about himself and put his life on the line for others; rescuing Sunny, protecting Snake numerous times in scenes you've probably seen on YouTube due to how over the top they are, and so on.

He manages to survive the events of the game and is visited by Rose in the hospital. Basically, the miscarriage and marriage to Campbell were both a cover-up because if Raiden was still associated with Rose or his child, they would've gotten involved in the conflict. They had to leave him out of the loop because, well, the super evil mega-AI they were fighting against would know even if he tried to hide the fact. Rose basically wants Raiden back as her husband so they can properly start a family (and I personally think that Raiden's selflessness across the game has a lot to do with this request.) Raiden finally gets a new reason to live in the end.


I'm sure my explanation isn't the best, but as MGS goes it was a nice resolution to his character arc. It's unsurprising that he would go on to become a military adviser or something, but the fact that he gets in one fight and immediately goes OKAY TIME TO GET ALL MOODY AND **** **** UP AGAIN is a little disconcerting. At the start of the game he seems pretty cheery and normal, like you would expect after MGS4.

Abicion's perspective is valid, but I think he's making too big a deal out of too little information. I think that there's a lot more going on than Raiden simply being wounded and thinking IT'S GO TIME.
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[Abicion]

[Gouto-Douji]