7 Video Game Sequels That Mocked Mechanics Fans Hated
4. Raiden Is A Badass, Actually - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
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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.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
