8 Great Video Games Remembered For ONE Thing

8. The Raiden Twist - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Even though just about everyone agrees that Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a masterful sequel from a gameplay perspective, while boasting a story and themes that were wildly ahead of their time, pretty much all discussion about the game begins and ends with that twist.

In what is surely the Hideo Kojima troll-job to rule them all, despite the marketing leading fans to assume they'd be once again playing as Solid Snake for the entirety of the game, Metal Gear Solid 2 actually ditches Snake after the tanker-set prologue sequence.

After this, players are given control of a new protagonist, Raiden, for the rest of the game - a character rather derisively referred to as an "effeminate wet blanket" at the time of MGS2's release.

While some respected Kojima's ballsy decision to pull the rug out, many more were disappointed that Snake was relegated to a small supporting role while they were left playing as a decidedly less-badass and more annoying new lead.

Even though MGS2 has aged extremely well and Raiden became a far cooler, more interesting character in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the protagonist bait-and-switch continues to dominate the discourse surrounding the game, ensuring it will remain a heavily contested sequel until the end of time.