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Raiden
@gaming-charactersThe replacement protagonist fans resisted at first, then slowly admitted was actually one of Kojima's smartest moves.
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Raiden matters because Metal Gear Solid 2 uses him as a deliberate disruption. He begins as a perceived downgrade from Snake, then gradually becomes the perfect vessel for the game's ideas about simulation, manipulation, and player expectation.
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Years later, Revengeance gave Raiden a second life by transforming him from contested symbol into pure cyborg-action spectacle without erasing the original weirdness.
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Why it matters
Raiden matters because backlash can age into respect when the design was ahead of the audience.
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