Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6431205-20130423195835/@comment-1672596-20131122123953

Jim Logan wrote: There's a difference between flashbacks of Raiden's childhood and playing through Raiden's childhood. They've done the flashback thing to some extent in MGS2 and MGR:R, and it was...alright, I couldn't care less about Raiden and I hardly paid attention.

If they make a game around Raiden's childhood it most likely wouldn't make it past developmental stage, I mean who would want to play as a child soldier murdering people, and watching as other child soldiers are slaughtered around you because they suck at being soldiers? If you want to get technical, we already saw Raiden beheading ten POWs due to Solidus telling him to "blow out the candles" in the DGN, and we did see Chico participate in direct combat in Peace Walker (specifically, when storming the base). If those could get through the censors, as well as Raiden's flashbacks to Liberia in the Make it Right trailers, they can do it here.

Though yeah, Raiden as a child soldier will have to wait. If they are going to make a sequel, they're either going to reuse the original concept of Metal Gear Solid: Rising (ie, have it take place between MGS2 and MGS4) or otherwise focus on the aftermath of MGRR, especially considering what was going on in the post credits scene.