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4. Raiden Is A Badass, Actually - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is one of the best entries in the Metal Gear series, but it debuted to a divisive response from hardcore fans.
The decision to replace longtime protagonist Solid Snake with Raiden was met with praise and criticism - mostly criticism, but it's a change that was vindicated in the years following Sons of Liberty's release, as longtime fans began to reappraise the title, and Raiden embarked on a resurgence of his own a decade later.
Platinum Games' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance focused on Raiden's most striking qualities, mocking the initial backlash the character met by turning him into a veritable badass.
Revengeance's Raiden contrasts greatly from the one seen in Sons of Liberty, and that effort to change the character could only have been accomplished with a knowing glance in the direction of MGS II, where he was often indecisive and timid.