Fake American: Alastair Duncan, who is Scottish, voices the very American Senator Armstrong.The reason for its exclusion in the English version wouldn't become obvious until months later, when Konami announced they would be replacing David Hayter with Kiefer Sutherland as the voice of Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain reusing Hayter's voice clips would make the transition even more jarring, while Sutherland is too expensive for such a small joke role. ![]() Dummied Out: The Hebidamashi, a wooden sword that speaks with Solid Snake's voice, was only included in the Japanese version of the VR Missions expansion pack.God of War: Ascension followed not more than a couple of weeks later. Dueling Games: The game came out one month after fellow Hack and Slash games Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge and DmC: Devil May Cry.This is alluded to in several Codec calls revealing that he met Raiden at Area 51, the place Raiden was turned into a cyborg, and he helped Raiden and the Paradise Lost Army rescue Sunny from the Patriots. Development Gag: The character of Boris was featured in the original version of Metal Gear Solid: Rising that was set prior to the events of Metal Gear Solid 4.The Danza: Philip-Anthony Rodriguez provides the English voice for Samuel Rodrigues.Not to mention that things were already shitty before the Patriots, which means that its really more of same. Which was foreshadowed by Drebin during the end of MGS4.The E3 trailer narration also implies that the route that Sunny took when finishing up FOXALIVE actually resulted in things being even worse without the Patriots in power than when the Patriots were in power.The subtitle of this game being Revengeance doesn't really help much either- who, exactly, is Raiden getting "vengeful revenge" for?.Considering Raiden has been killing people since he was able to walk, it's possible that this applies to him - being loaded with cybernetics would at least give him an off switch. Except there are Real Life examples of Shell Shocked Veterans who are so irreversibly fucked up that they are psychologically incapable of returning to civilian life - one memorable case is a vet who filed assault charges against himself, as he nearly killed a family member who was moving around the house at night.Sure if Raiden really has lost his family due to his warrior lifestyle then it would be an effective illustration of war being hell, but you can't make assumptions like that without knowing more about the story. Soldiers have families too, try telling the millions of service members right now that they can't fight a war and come back home and love their families. I don't see why a man can't be both a warrior and a family man.A Bittersweet Ending at best, but one could find nobility in it. Raiden is a Child Soldier - so, like Big Boss, Grey Fox and all three Snakes, the best he could do was fight for what he believed in. Alternately, he's run smack-dab into the other part of why War Is Hell a soldier cannot exist without battles to fight, and the longer one has fought, the more difficult he finds it to build a new life.Either way, this change of pace does not bode well for Metal Gear's message, as Raiden may have become a Villain Protagonist. If Raiden hasn't quit being a mercenary at this point, and probably not being a role model for his son, he's either snapped as they were killed off or Raiden's gone full PTSD and waved buh-bye to reality. ![]()
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