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My wish for MGR2:

Make Raiden more human. I found it a bit hard to relate to Raiden's story because he came across as somewhat dehumanized.

That might have been the intention what with the Jack the Ripper approach, but it just made him less likable in my opinion. His most enjoyable character moments were in the codec, when he would talk about his family or mention that he's a big movie buff or when joking around with his teammates. All the "human" moments.

His appearance also had a lot to do with it. The bandage across his eye, the other one glowing red and his lower jaw made of metal, with the teeth exposed. It looks pretty cool but on the other hand not having a lower lip obviously makes him less emotive.

I often find myself preferring to play with his prologue skin. The MGS4 body + human face makes him look kinda heroic. So yeah, I hope the next game uses a new design for his body and keeps his human face.

Of course I also understand he was supposed to be darker in this story and the half-finished look of his face stems from the design being brought over from MGS Rising, when it was supposed to be a predecessor to his proper MGS4 body.