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ShadowPirateX wrote: Evil Tim wrote:

The Ace of Razgriz wrote: I agree with you though that Armstrong was a dumb idea for a final boss. I mean really, a US Senator? Why couldn't they just make him the leader of World Marshal and leave it at that. Well come on, is it really that much dumber than fighting a US President who is somehow (a) a Les Enfants Terribles clone (b) a former leader of a unit of child soldiers from Liberia and (c) Doctor Octopus?

Raiden just seems to attract ridiculous political figures. Solidus really was a ridiculous guy. Also, Metal Gear games usually had a final boss who was at equal skill and power as the protagonist. Solidus was no where near being equal to Raiden (i blame the rocket boots). If one thinks about it, Armstrong actually comes way closer to being Raiden's equal, than Solidus ever was. Now that I think about it, everything that happened in Arsenal Gear was 3x more ridiculous  than Senator Armstrong. So yeah, point taken.