Am I the only one that feels like Metal Gear Revengence falls into the "Great Game but bad *insert brand* game" ?
Im obviously not saying that people who disagree with me are wrong to do. Its ultimately my opinion as it is theirs.
I still hold the opinion that, despite its flaws, MGS 4's ending was very powerful, fulfilling and touching. It left no gaps for sequels (with them outright making Snake pass away from accelerated aging after the game). All the snakes are now resting in peace (except Liquid, fuck him)
but then platinum games went and did a game set AFTER 4. I was really not a fan of that. Now, before someone simps for Platinum Games and say it was ultimately Kojima's decision, yes, Im very aware of this and attritube some of the fault to the K-Man as well.
I really feel like Raiden's arc was concluded by time 4 ended, he started as a tool, then became a weapon but finally became the family man he wanted to become. Unlike Snake, Raiden could reproduce (when he was still fully human that is), so he could have a happy ending with wife and kid. Its clear that Raiden wanted to lay down the sword and move on to raise his family.
Now yes, you can say that Raiden coming back into the mercenary game was inevitable because he just couldnt "adapt" back into society and how that fits with big Boss's philosophy even after his death and yada yada. I dont exactly care, it still should have ended there.
I remember watching Mutahar's video on MGS4 and I agree with him almost everywhere but Im with him especially on his thoughts on revengence, that game shouldnt have been set after 4. It ultimately weakened Raiden's ending in 4.
Besides, Im not a fan on just how cartoonish the game is. Now yes, my friends, Im not gonna act like MGS wasnt ever cartoonishly stupid sometimes but I think Revengence really goes overboard with it. It really feels like an anime now, especially with the giant robot slashing and jumping on rockets at the speed of sound. I honestly think that made raiden too OP in this game, but only on cutscenes (unless the game decides otherwise and now he gets his ass kicked), Raiden can still get killed by regular mooks because gameplay. This game truly accepted that nanomachines are basically magic in MGS and now does whatever it wants under the guise that "nanomachines can do it...somehow." Maybe it was inevitable given how they can do whatever they plot needed more and more with each entry. The dialogue also feels like something out of an anime. I really feels like this game follows the Rule of Cool far too much, while MGS always was able to keep a healthy balance between ROC and our suspense of disbelief.
I could go on and on but I just want to conclude that with 4, Raiden got the ending he deserved. His story was concluded.
With revengence, we got a sequel hook that will never be concluded and thus, Raiden's character never truly got the closure he needed. He remains a weapon, just like Solidus wanted. He simply decided to finally embrace it and use it against the system (even tho the whole MGS series was about the fight against the "system")
It feels redundant and inconclusive.
Welp, here comes the negative raitings....
