MGS3 or how to be able to laugh at themselves.

I suppose that there will be more than one that has enjoyed this game that, in my opinion, is a piece of artwork. Hideo Kojima (its creator) has known how to take originality to the videogames world with a game that improve the system of the Metal Gear Solid and adds many new features. But that’s not what I wanted to talk about. I want to comment a curiosity that the game has.

When years ago Metal Gear Solid 2 (MGS2) was released, they introduced a new character, Raiden. In the West, this was found unpleasant although for me was OK. For the fans it was disappointing not to be able to play all the game with Snake, three quarters of it were played with Raiden, an adolescent who did not have anything in his room because it was only a place to sleep, and that man compared to Snake was a person without charisma. It seems that the English dubbing had some responsibilities on making Raiden so unpleasant because, in Japan, Raiden has good popularity. In any case, I have not been able to verify if the voice in Japanese is far better than the English, I do not have the Japanese game so I can’t make an idea about it.

During the promotion of this third part, phrases like "Snake is the true hero" were used to make clear that Raiden was not going to be the character to play. Here the curious thing begins. The history of MGS3 is chronologically previous to the one of MGS2. At certain point of the game we must end Ivan RAIDENovich Raikov, curious detail if we take in consideration that he is exactly like Raiden. In addition in that part there are several details more. In the locker which uses Snake, there is a poster of Metal Gear Solid 2, and in Raikov’s tanga, there’s a symbol of the Lightning. Interesting, isn’t it? But wait, I have not finished. Written in katakana, Raidenovich is read "Raiden no bitch", that translated from Japanese would be "Thunderbolt's bitch". They call colonel Volgin "Thunderbolt". Apparently, Raikov is the gay lover of Volgin, I would say "Volgin’s bitch"

That was the curiosity. For all of those that enjoy MGS3 and hate MGS2, personally, from a gameplay point of view, I prefer Metal Gear Solid 2. Sorry fans of Snake, the Substance is to me more entertaining if I want to push the buttons. And there is no lack of Soliton radar! In addition, I am a fan of the katana. From the point of view of history, without a doubt, MGS3 is awesome, far better than MGS2 and doesn’t have that paranoid argument. I love both of them.

In order to understand MGS2 a little bit better I recommend you to read the following article:
Dreaming In An Empty Room