10 Incredible Video Game Stories That Got Everybody Talking

3. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty

With the now infamous character bait-and-switch, rollerblading demolition experts and the nonsense that was the €˜La Li Lu Le Lo€™, players came out of Metal Gear Solid 2 wondering what the hell happened. Discussion instantly exploded around the game, but sadly a lot of the more sophisticated and well thought out explanations of the plot were silenced between the deafening sounds of internet uproar €“ so pretty much like everything that€™s ever been released in the internet age, then. But once the complaints and hype train derailed and the dust settled, it turns out MGS 2 actually had a rather deep and layered narrative that was more intelligent than its surface silliness suggested. Taking on postmodern themes and using the idea of identity and reality at the core of the story, MGS actually dealt with heavy themes that flew over the heads of most gamers. Every Metal Gear game has something going on under its ridiculous surface and there's always a double-meaning to everything. Sons of Liberty was no different, and the entire game treads territory more akin to a dense academic textbook than a bombastic popcorn spy-thriller.