Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6431205-20130423195835/@comment-1672596-20130705102601

Mr. Grave wrote: I like the idea of having MGR2 into a prequel. The story would likely follow his transformation to a cyborg, and then him working for EVA to retrieve Big Boss' remains. It's not like I am against a direct sequel to it, I just like the idea of having to see recurring characters like Vamp, Ocelot, Snake, Naomi and Otacon one more time through Raiden's eyes.

Also, from what I've seen in Revengeance, I don't think Raiden's personality can't get any darker. Maybe the game can get (you know, get rid of the ninja cats and perverted Solis employees), but for Raiden's personality to get any darker, we'd have to turn him into a villain. We don't really want that. Yeah, he'd probably have to become a villain for Raiden himself to become darker. He's already barely straddling the line by the game's ending as it is. The plot can be darker, but Raiden himself is already dark enough by this point. Make him any darker, and we might as well label him a villain protagonist.

Besides, the events involving his transformation into a cyborg as well as the immediate aftermath were already long overdue as it is in terms of how it is shown. Would have occurred in Metal Gear Solid: Rising, but you know, they had to cancel the game after the story, script, and boss concepts were finalized due to difficulties in developing the game, so MGR2 being MGSR's original concept is definitely necessary at least. They can't keep the events in the dark for much longer anyways. We definitely need to play as his human self for the prologue, though, as obviously there has to be a perior prior to the cyborg surgery beforehand. Actually, come to think of it, since EVA was somewhat acquainted with Raikov in MGS3 (at least in terms of being a fellow Groznyj Grad personnel member), I wonder how she'd react to meeting Raiden, since he bore an uncanny resemblance to Raikov in his human form? Especially seeing how she nearly hallucinated Solid Snake as Big Boss. No need to make it a plot thread. A throwaway line would suffice enough.