@@yermein4670 I mean it is how it went with his story. from suppressing his past to embracing it. unleashing the Ripper onto his foes. It's been a while since I played any of the games so the detail could be off.
Geckos are really terrifying if you think about it. The fact that they bleed, combined with their appearance and design, it's just something from a sci-fi horror movie.
Dr. Scarlet there are lots of quick time events Raiden does with gekkos in MGR right here, like the one with the tires and when he pass through the middle of Gekko's legs in an Arc movement
Platinum saw Raiden throw Gekkos with his legs by breakdancing and said "Pffft, watch this." Cut to MGR:R with Raiden giving torque and physics a fat L as he throws a Metal Gear RAY. By the blade. IN THE GODDAMN PROLOGUE. I love Metal Gear in general but I especially love that game :V So much over-the-top fun
SILVER MX it’s the only logical way since it’s the only non kojima game in the series to be good (portable ops is subjective and also only half canon anyway so it doesn’t count). If konomi wants money then that’s the way to go
@@maddoxio *inhales* The time has come to an end Yeah -- this is what nature planned Being tracked by a starving beast Looking for it's daily feast A predator on the verge of death Close to it's last breath Getting close to it's last breath *RULES OF NATURE*
@@jmsta.romana4660 AND THEY RUN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP! WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE ( *ALIVE* ) FOR A WHILE ( *NO CHOICE* ) GOTTA FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE WILD! ( *ALIVE* ) WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE ( *NO CHOICE* ) OUT HERE ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE!
It just dawned on me When Vamp is dragging his knife across Raiden's chest, he stabs him on both sides where a heart could be. Cause in MGS2 Fortune's heart was Born on the opposite side. Vamp not knowing Raiden's body is now a synthetic replacement from his lower jaw and down, it's interesting to now notice such a small tip of the hat to a detail from games ago.
Eh... this is probably the most insecure and troubled version of Raiden as well. He had a lot of inner demons here. He basically relinquished himself to war, totally and completely. It made him interesting and humanized his character. Kojima himself probably doesn't realize what a save this was. Raiden was hated by nearly everyone when he was first revealed in MGS2.
Here’s a thing this is a huge improvement in Vamps case? remember his fight in mgs2? Wel you sorta just shot him,In MGS4 now both are fighting at equal grounds
@@PrincessTwilightdash the point is if he were fighting raiden as he appears in MGR, Raiden would just dice him into tiny pieces before vamp could even throw his first knife
@@boldone66 Snake didn't kill Vamp, he fought him and took away his power with a nanomachine suppressor. After that Raiden fights him and barley won, then Naomi kills herself and Vamp with the nanomachine suppressor.
Solaire of Astora I would pay full price for a full DLC of just him kicking the shit out of other politicians on the floor of the senate for weak ideas, uttering patriotic one liners and things about nanomachines.
MGS 2: *Raiden Is playable* Fans: Nooo, We Want Snake to be a player character MGS4: *Raiden is Not playable* Fans: Oh Come On MGR: *RAIDEN IS THE MAIN CHARACTER* Fans: FINALLY
Because Kojima actually gives a shit, and has decided to be creative as fuck. No memory of him doing stupid TV tropes such as that evil guy monologue etc.
Actually, all of the scenes could be explained, but if you are talking about MGS4 Ocelot, then that's because he needed to trick the AI, but needed snake alive.
They make this sound to bait soldiers and play with their empathy. Same for this fake red blood. You take this machine for an animal so it's more hard for a soldier to shoot it
I know people give the Gekko a bad rap because of the mooing and stuff. But if you think about it, it's actually genius and terrifying. They're in the middle-east technically, so bovine are pretty much everywhere. That'll start to screw with you after a while. Walking down a street and suddenly you hear mooing. Is it a cow? Or is it a Gekko? The cicada noise is particularly terrifying, considering they make that sound mainly at night. So you're out on patrol and you hear cicadas because IT'S DARK. Suddenly your buddy gets his brains mushed in. Not a fun time.
Duh Doy how is this impressive for his "previous" cyborg body ? even Gray Fox could do this. Your comment definitely would make more sense if you were talking about Vamp by saying "it is impressive how Vamp can keep up with Cyborg Raiden considering Human Raiden beated him twice in MGS2"
I know a fair amount about MGS story and I don't even know why that monkey's there. Guess that's what you get when you haven't played the first or fourth game.
Good for you, since most people hated Raiden in MGS2 (Feel free to flame me now). Raiden sure got more interesting in MGS4 and MGSR. All it took to make him badass was a cyborg body, a katana, a more masculine face, different hair ( admit it, long sleek blonde hair does not work on a male, most of the time ) and a total change of personality. So in short, the raiden most people enjoy in MGS4 and MGSR have pretty much nothing in common with the raiden in MGS2, except for his name and some background story. Woo, good character design 101.
Same here man, i liked Raiden in MGS2 and i still like him, i don't know why people hated Raiden back in MGS2, maybe because he replaced Snake as the playable character? at first i was pissed off too, but i ended up liking Raiden as a character almost as much as Solid Snake but Snake is still my favorite character.
o27001 I think it was not just how Raiden replaced Snake as a playable character but how the character was presented as, let me see if I can put this the right way, some awkward pretty boy that was out of place in Metal Gear Solid. Raiden was really a hit or miss kind of character for most people.
I feel like Kojima made raiden super cool in this scene just to not make him playable (TWICE) because of the fan's initial backlash against him being a protagonist in MGS2 to poke fun at how they didn't want to play as raiden then so they can't play as him when he's super badass (until rising i guess lol)
Im sorry but that part got me out of the scene. I have nothing against sci fi as long as it respects its own rules and here apparently laws of physic should be the same as in our real world. Its hard to believe he is just swinging around 3000kg robots with his legs when he weights... 80 kg?
@@orlandocarrillo7132 Did you miss the part where Raiden - deflects machine gun fire from multiple guns at once to cut away a Metal Gear RAY's armor at speeds impossible for the human eye to follow - parries the Metal Gear RAY's skyscraper-size Heat Blade with what is in essence a technologically enhanced katana - literally throws the same RAY hundreds of feet into the air - jumps onto the RAY while it's in midair - slices both the giant blade and the right wing of the RAY into several pieces - cuts through more of its armor at speeds impossible to follow when it retaliates - leaps off of dozens of missiles fired by the RAY to chase it down once it retreats - again slashing through armor at impossible to follow speed to cut off its other wing in one slash - getting thrown into a (concrete, I assume) clock tower hard enough to put a crater into it only to shake it off like tripping over a jump rope - *literally running vertically down the tower while dodging missiles to cut the rest of the Gear in half* Like yeah, I know all this happens _after_ MGS4 but my point is that you're sorely underestimating the power of cyborg bodies here
@@novidas1613 its not about the power of the Cyborgs body. Its about the laws of physics that are valid in MGS4. Apparently are the same laws of physics that we have here in our world. He can be as strong as you want, but that break dancing with 10 ton attached to his feet, should not be possible even in MGS4 world. Its not coherent. And as I said, it has nothing to do with power.
The windmill to 90 combo while smashing those machines was amazing. Great choreography. Then the flare on the sword. Awesome - from a breakdancer who has never played a Metal Gear game in his life lol. Senator Armstrong brought me here.
(6:08) Raiden: "I am so glad the Patriots have Break-dancing indoctrinated into their training." (7:16)Raiden: "I am so glad the Patriots have a tap dancing Program." (7:53) Raiden: "Dammit! Why don't the Patriots have a Ballet training Doctrine?"
This will always be one of the most badass Metal Gear moments, regardless of what you think of Guns of the Patriots. I love how it seems like they are dancing with each other.
It's crazy how well Platinum did with Revengance. The moves you can only watch Raiden do in this cutscene of MGS4 are not only do-able but are much more impressive in Rising.
Darkhound probably because the majority of nudity in media is portraying a woman, I think they wouldn't rage if we saw some more naked dudes in movies and tv. I'm a straight dude, and even I find it strange how few male oriented nudity there is in media. I dont so much believe in the whole "They pressure us to obtain an impossible physique" bullshit, because one glance at any kind of shaving commercial, beer commercial, cologne, underwear, etc etc etc shows shirtless dudes that have unnaturally impossible to obtain six packs and biceps. But I guess body acceptance just applies to fat bitches.
This is the kind of Raiden I wanted to play as in MGR but didn't get. IMO MGR Raiden was too over the top and too strong. I would have liked the game to have had this Raiden and some actual strategy to take down enemies.
That was how it was before the reigns were passed onto Platinum games. Personally, I would have preferred the original build but I'm happy with what we got.
If you didn't know about it, Vamp's movements are based on Joaquín Cortés, a Spanish flamenco dancer. Those turns he does on top of Raiden are very common in flamenco.
playing MGS4 "oh wow hes making it look so easy" after playing MGR: Revengeance "hes making it look so hard, he could have killed them much faster than this"
Ok seriously the choreography of this fight is so GODDAM insane and beautiful and yet somehow the fact that this choreography would most likely be found in anime works so well in a realistic form Like seriously hot damn
Watching this made me realize the "last hope" theme present throughout MGS4, especially in its cinematic atmosphere. Every faction; Philanthropy, RATPATROL, Paradise Lost, Ocelot; all believed that they were basically the last hope in saving the world from The Patriots.
I think it's pretty cool how they gave Raiden's cyborg body a sense of weight in the animation. Like, when he lands from the rooftop, it feels super heavy, like that body low-key weighs a ton or something. This fighting sequence between Raiden and Vamp is fucking amazing. Kojima really turned it up when it comes to Cyborg Ninja fighting sequences >^
like, how is that even intimidating? Giant robot about to annihilate you with lasers rockets and crush you "moooooo".... I'd get killed but I'd laugh and point while I get shot at.
Not sure if you know this, but Gekkos, along with the UGs that would be developed later in the timeline, have a neuro-matrix that allows them to learn from mistakes made, which in turn makes them act more like living things than simple machines.
+HorrorLover98 Well, to be fair, I guess some people would say there is little difference between the two, especially when the opponents are masters at their style. But come on, Raiden's got that epic body! He ought to show off what it can do! Although I cannot defend what Vamp was doing at 6:12. Perhaps he was dancing there from being so overwhelmed by how awesome that was?
No. The first time you saw this you creamed in your shorts and shit your tighty whities. Be honest. This was the coolest thing you had ever saw up to that point and immediately afterwards looked into having your name legally changed to Raiden Lightning-Bolt Action. You know it. I know it. They all know it. Hell, this scene is the reason you joined ballet and took it more seriously than many of the 7-10 year old girls you attended classes with.
Holy fuck, the raiden vs vamp fight has to be my all time favourite video game fight scene. Its actually insane how well paced everything is, from the damage taken to the cable that got attached to raiden that he uses in creative ways. Just mindblowing choreography and continuity that most movies cant beat. Not to mention the soundtrack :D
This choreography is insane. No crazy battle music, no crazy attack. Just 2 people fighting with their combat styles and horror-game like music with close camera shots.
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I never thought this video would get almost 1 million views holy shit
Tommy Hennigar I've seen this about 10 times now
And people hated Raiden lol
I still prefer Grey Fox
Aequitas887 It's a good thing Gray Fox was Venom Snake in MGS5.
Lol that's awesome man! Thank you so much for the upload bro!
Player : so we play as raiden now?
Kojima : no, just watch
Got to admire this lovely scene
Metal Gear as a whole is a movie where you occasionally get to shoot something.
@@ianfinrir8724 It’s one of my favorite visual novels
Watch and drool...
"Didzu rike et??"
...yes.
Platinum Games watched this scene and said “we can make a game out of this”
And they have done a great job
@@mariodisipio157 they have done shitty clunky game which has no right to call mgs or even slasher
@@vitalygangster lol
@@vitalygangster lol
@@vitalygangster yes but I still like the game anyway
mgs2 raiden: copycat of snake with silly moments
mgs4 raiden: mysterious cyborg ninja with a sense of honor
mgr raiden: RULES OF NATUREEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Rules of memes
*MEMES OF NATURE*
Nero Hello Nero! Are you still a deadweight?
Sakataにゃん THAT BASTARD CALLED HIM DEADWEIGHT
AND THEY RUN, WHEN THE SUN COMES UP!
“You too immortal?”
“No, I just don’t fear death”
*starts breakdancing*
Tha fact that it's basically what happended 💀😭
Least insane mgs scene
RULES OF NATURE!!!
Anime Stuff
@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 Just Japanese mentality
2009: We've managed to avoid drowning!
2014: I just don't fear death
2018: I THINK IT'S TIME FOR JACK TO LET 'ER RIP!
Sounds like he's about to shit in the last one
@@christophercharles6671 Or have a beyblade duel
Literally a descent into madness lol
@@yermein4670 I mean it is how it went with his story. from suppressing his past to embracing it. unleashing the Ripper onto his foes. It's been a while since I played any of the games so the detail could be off.
@@anonguy772 6:12
"Practice breakdance ya know, could've gone pro if I hadn't had joined the foxhound"
Eyyyyy
TRY UNIVERSITY OF VR TRAINING!
At some stuffy Liberian PMC...
"I'"m not one of those styleless cyborgs
@@michaelj.caboose3187 I could've break the Snake in two... with my bare legs!
“Snake, it’s my turn to protect you.”
*Gets saved by Snake a few moments later*
Lmao
@@vamrack8344 you like your own comment cringe
The funny thing is that you think Raiden couldn't have gotten out of that.
@@Superdarkcloud666 yeah I mean he would have just used his moon walk and beat vamp
@@alpejohnson491 When did the Metal Gear fanbase become nothing but mobile gamers and meme addicts?
Geckos are really terrifying if you think about it.
The fact that they bleed, combined with their appearance and design, it's just something from a sci-fi horror movie.
can’t take em seriously with the fucking moos
Liquid is a man of culture for giving 'em thicc artificial muscle thighs
Add thier sounds
Yeah they are like prototypes of living things with cyborg fiber muscles and blood but if you think about it they have no soul, they are just AIs.
moo
Raiden: Why don't you die?!
Vamp: Nanomachines, son.
Armstrong:" bitch that's my line"!
They harden in response to physical trauma.
imagine dodging nanomachined guy
+warren byrne lol
Vamp really thinks he is inmortal
This scene must have been 100% what inspired MGR to be made.
This Raiden in general is what inspired it.
Dr. Scarlet there are lots of quick time events Raiden does with gekkos in MGR right here, like the one with the tires and when he pass through the middle of Gekko's legs in an Arc movement
Platinum saw Raiden throw Gekkos with his legs by breakdancing and said "Pffft, watch this."
Cut to MGR:R with Raiden giving torque and physics a fat L as he throws a Metal Gear RAY. By the blade. IN THE GODDAMN PROLOGUE.
I love Metal Gear in general but I especially love that game :V So much over-the-top fun
@@anonguy772 Can't forget big boss shoulder pressing metal gear cocoon and also stopping Zeke from crushing him with just his biceps.
@@anonguy772 And that is with his OG body, the body Raiden got after the intro mission is WAY more powerful
Player: Well... When will i am going to actually play ...?
MGS 4: stfu and watch
MGR: ENJOY
@@carso1500 we just need a sequel😔
@@jauspox Maybe
SILVER MX it’s the only logical way since it’s the only non kojima game in the series to be good (portable ops is subjective and also only half canon anyway so it doesn’t count). If konomi wants money then that’s the way to go
@@martinhernandez2065 Thanks Mash
Player: Oh damn, Raiden’s kinda badass! Can we play as him, now?
Kojima: I tHoUghT yOu dIdN’t wAnNa PlAy aS RaiDeN?
Metal Gear Online.
@@donkeykongisytpooping3002 MGO
Player: Well, that was when his character was a bit whiney and we expected Snake! He's great now!
Kojima: ...fine, you get ONE more Raiden game.
@@maddoxio *inhales*
The time has come to an end
Yeah -- this is what nature planned
Being tracked by a starving beast
Looking for it's daily feast
A predator on the verge of death
Close to it's last breath
Getting close to it's last breath
*RULES OF NATURE*
@@jmsta.romana4660 AND THEY RUN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP!
WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE ( *ALIVE* )
FOR A WHILE ( *NO CHOICE* )
GOTTA FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE WILD! ( *ALIVE* )
WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE ( *NO CHOICE* )
OUT HERE ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE!
Raiden literally impaled himself just to attack Vamp, seriously what a badass.
Yoshimitsu style
I just imagine Raiden screaming "it's nerf or nothing" while he does this
@@glitchxedfix134
Raiden: "It's nerf or nothing!"
Vamp: "what?"
Raiden: *stabs himself*
Its kinda dumb strategically speaking, actually. But to each its own, I guess.
Vader: impressive... most impressive.
It just dawned on me When Vamp is dragging his knife across Raiden's chest, he stabs him on both sides where a heart could be. Cause in MGS2 Fortune's heart was Born on the opposite side. Vamp not knowing Raiden's body is now a synthetic replacement from his lower jaw and down, it's interesting to now notice such a small tip of the hat to a detail from games ago.
huh never noticed that i thought he was just being a sadist.
That actually makes a lot of sense, since Vamp only asks if Raiden is immortal after he has stabbed both sides.
Say what you want about MGS4, there was love put into it
@@ianfinrir8724 Unlike that spin off wanna be MGSV
@@vulcanspirit2585
HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT D-DOG
Seeing raiden with so much self confidence in mgs4 after being used basically his entire life is amazing I'm so proud of him lol
Not forgetting about mgr
@@tarekcat1 mgr happens after mgs4
@@real_moment yes
And after MGR Raiden became not a tool, but a fucking double edged blade
Eh... this is probably the most insecure and troubled version of Raiden as well. He had a lot of inner demons here. He basically relinquished himself to war, totally and completely. It made him interesting and humanized his character. Kojima himself probably doesn't realize what a save this was. Raiden was hated by nearly everyone when he was first revealed in MGS2.
Girls: Oh my God walking in heels is terrible!
Raiden: Pathetic…
His heel is a tool of justice
Not used in anger
He's not so sure about it now
And besides, that isn’t his heel
Let's dance
Imagine if Vamp was fighting Revengence Raiden
The fight would be over before it even started
Here’s a thing this is a huge improvement in Vamps case? remember his fight in mgs2? Wel you sorta just shot him,In MGS4 now both are fighting at equal grounds
@@PrincessTwilightdash the point is if he were fighting raiden as he appears in MGR, Raiden would just dice him into tiny pieces before vamp could even throw his first knife
But how does Raiden kill him? In Son's Of Liberty Snake says only complete vaporization would kill Vamp with his nanomachines.
@@GeneFOX70 Vamp isn't dead at the end of this scene. If i remember correctly, Snake's the one to kill him in a boss fight.
@@boldone66 Snake didn't kill Vamp, he fought him and took away his power with a nanomachine suppressor. After that Raiden fights him and barley won, then Naomi kills herself and Vamp with the nanomachine suppressor.
To think:
In MGS2 Raiden was one of the most unpopular characters made, now look at him.
Are you trying to tell me...
*Armstrong game is coming?*
RandomLord777 Upgraded energy based lifeform Omega Dark Souls...
Solaire of Astora
I would pay full price for a full DLC of just him kicking the shit out of other politicians on the floor of the senate for weak ideas, uttering patriotic one liners and things about nanomachines.
PorkFork nanomachines, son
Solaire of Astora if that happens, i'll be sure to \o/
I love how disciplined Raiden is here. Despite nearly dying and about to have a seizure, he calmly cleaned his sword and put it away in stance.
MGS 2: *Raiden Is playable*
Fans: Nooo, We Want Snake to be a player character
MGS4: *Raiden is Not playable*
Fans: Oh Come On
MGR: *RAIDEN IS THE MAIN CHARACTER*
Fans: FINALLY
It's Kojima's Revengeance
Tho they did later gave us the Raiden we wanted to play
Character development
@@ninjazxlol5817 *Kojima's Revengeance
@@TheNaz_O5-15 boi i was gonna say it
notice how vamp isn't giving a bad guy's speech, but directly stabs to kill
yeah i love it
Because Kojima actually gives a shit, and has decided to be creative as fuck.
No memory of him doing stupid TV tropes such as that evil guy monologue etc.
@@estoylaroca What about Ocelot? lol
@@nhifuu In what scene?
Actually, all of the scenes could be explained, but if you are talking about MGS4 Ocelot, then that's because he needed to trick the AI, but needed snake alive.
When you realize that a Metal Gear Rising sequel is the only way the Metal Gear franchise can be saved from Konami.
Don Cheadle, you might be right.
As hack and slash fan rising was a very pleasant surprise and I wouldn't mind another, even though its not really "metal gear"
@@fabianavila733 yeah but it has metal gears! And you can chop them into hamburger. What else is needed?
Yes! It has to be this way!
Yeah your right! What was I thinking!?
i can’t take those mechs serious with their cow moo’s, i just can’t
ikr, there was also a bear and elephant.
They make this sound to bait soldiers and play with their empathy. Same for this fake red blood. You take this machine for an animal so it's more hard for a soldier to shoot it
@@steelwix It's hundred percent ineffective
@@justsomeguybuyingtime7078 not for Raiden at least
Imagine the audience gonna cheer /scream about Raiden appearance
I know people give the Gekko a bad rap because of the mooing and stuff. But if you think about it, it's actually genius and terrifying. They're in the middle-east technically, so bovine are pretty much everywhere. That'll start to screw with you after a while. Walking down a street and suddenly you hear mooing. Is it a cow? Or is it a Gekko? The cicada noise is particularly terrifying, considering they make that sound mainly at night. So you're out on patrol and you hear cicadas because IT'S DARK. Suddenly your buddy gets his brains mushed in. Not a fun time.
Well shit. Coming from the countryside, this does make sense.
@@H.U.R. same
I am genuinely scared of them in mgr revengeance
Oh, you mean the foot fetish tanks? oh they're fi- holy shit there's 4 of them I'm fucked
(This is revengeance difficulty in a nutshell)
The mooing acts like a camoflague. Targets would think it's the cows until shots are fired.
Breakdancing for self defense:
"Let's say some gangsta is dissing your fly girl...You just give them one of these:"
*Shoots 3 times from a double barreled*
@@WEndro333 Six times. Note both barrels firing.
*Starts dancing with a high frequency blade
Lol moe
What a great comment
I never realized Vamp actually breaks his own neck to dodge the sword at 7:05. Awesome.
DDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After all these years I just found out about this
Raiden shot first.
JEEEEEEEEEEEESUS
Stupid if it is
The fact he did this with his older and vastly weaker body is even more impressive
Duh Doy he’s partly cyborg
Duh Doy who are you talking about ? vamp or Raiden ?
theone itself
Raiden.
Duh Doy how is this impressive for his "previous" cyborg body ? even Gray Fox could do this. Your comment definitely would make more sense if you were talking about Vamp by saying "it is impressive how Vamp can keep up with Cyborg Raiden considering Human Raiden beated him twice in MGS2"
theone itself have you played Rising?
Mgs fans: cool fight kojima
Me who knows nothing about mgs plot: cool fight kojima but why is there a monkey in a diaper
I know a fair amount about MGS story and I don't even know why that monkey's there. Guess that's what you get when you haven't played the first or fourth game.
Alien monke
Because of nanomachine son
That monkey appears in response to plot twists...YOU CAN'T UNSEE IT, REUBEN!
Even if you knew the plot u prolly still wouldnt know why its there
The dorky protagonist becomes this cyborg killing machine, puberty hit him hard
Unfortunately Not on his Face
And yet he still looks like a 16 year old.
not puberty he just got better armour
Yeah taking down 26 mg rays is nothing lmao
@@iroquoisv yeah breakdancing with a sword on his foot is all a part of the armor
Konami: So how many knives should we give Vamp?
Kojima: Yes.
Kojima: also fuck off
Konami: How many knives should we give vamp.
Kojima: Dio
@@mdr1696 KONO DIO DA!!
MDR what’s that mean? Dio?
LudicrousKid it’s a JoJo reference.
i don't care what anyone says. I like Raiden. I like MGS2. I like that cyborg ninja shit
Good for you, since most people hated Raiden in MGS2 (Feel free to flame me now).
Raiden sure got more interesting in MGS4 and MGSR. All it took to make him badass was a cyborg body, a katana, a more masculine face, different hair ( admit it, long sleek blonde hair does not work on a male, most of the time ) and a total change of personality.
So in short, the raiden most people enjoy in MGS4 and MGSR have pretty much nothing in common with the raiden in MGS2, except for his name and some background story. Woo, good character design 101.
Mavis Yeah I would say Raiden took a huge level in badass compared to how he was in Metal Gear Solid 2.
Same here man, i liked Raiden in MGS2 and i still like him, i don't know why people hated Raiden back in MGS2, maybe because he replaced Snake as the playable character? at first i was pissed off too, but i ended up liking Raiden as a character almost as much as Solid Snake but Snake is still my favorite character.
o27001 I think it was not just how Raiden replaced Snake as a playable character but how the character was presented as, let me see if I can put this the right way, some awkward pretty boy that was out of place in Metal Gear Solid. Raiden was really a hit or miss kind of character for most people.
Mavis just no
I feel like Kojima made raiden super cool in this scene just to not make him playable (TWICE) because of the fan's initial backlash against him being a protagonist in MGS2 to poke fun at how they didn't want to play as raiden then so they can't play as him when he's super badass (until rising i guess lol)
I don't know if this is true or not, but I will take any mock against Raiden haters :)
Any people who hate Raiden aren't true fans of the series. Because Raiden's the best part of it.
@@Superdarkcloud666 Can agree
@@Superdarkcloud666 Agreed. Extremely likable character.
I think that’s why he was the way he was in mgs3 too. Just kojima delivering as many fuck you’s as possible when it comes to raiden
Raiden was originally supposed to replace Snake, but he ended up replacing Gray Fox instead
Pretty much, but hey...
*I'm not complaining.*
He ended up replacing both of them.
If he can lift a whole-ass Metal Gear, he can go against the entire U.S. Government, I'd say.
@@ajeshtantri9816 wouldnt say he replaced snake, there's not that much sneaking in mgr
We just gonna ignore how Raiden just kinda breakdances to throw some Gekko's around?
That's the only part I explain to people who haven't seen it.
Im sorry but that part got me out of the scene. I have nothing against sci fi as long as it respects its own rules and here apparently laws of physic should be the same as in our real world. Its hard to believe he is just swinging around 3000kg robots with his legs when he weights... 80 kg?
@@orlandocarrillo7132 Did you miss the part where Raiden
- deflects machine gun fire from multiple guns at once to cut away a Metal Gear RAY's armor at speeds impossible for the human eye to follow
- parries the Metal Gear RAY's skyscraper-size Heat Blade with what is in essence a technologically enhanced katana
- literally throws the same RAY hundreds of feet into the air
- jumps onto the RAY while it's in midair
- slices both the giant blade and the right wing of the RAY into several pieces
- cuts through more of its armor at speeds impossible to follow when it retaliates
- leaps off of dozens of missiles fired by the RAY to chase it down once it retreats
- again slashing through armor at impossible to follow speed to cut off its other wing in one slash
- getting thrown into a (concrete, I assume) clock tower hard enough to put a crater into it only to shake it off like tripping over a jump rope
- *literally running vertically down the tower while dodging missiles to cut the rest of the Gear in half*
Like yeah, I know all this happens _after_ MGS4 but my point is that you're sorely underestimating the power of cyborg bodies here
@@novidas1613 its not about the power of the Cyborgs body. Its about the laws of physics that are valid in MGS4. Apparently are the same laws of physics that we have here in our world. He can be as strong as you want, but that break dancing with 10 ton attached to his feet, should not be possible even in MGS4 world. Its not coherent. And as I said, it has nothing to do with power.
Everybody's gangsta until Raiden breakdances.
"Its just like one of my Japanese animes"
Lmao takes me back to ps1 yo lol!
Metal Gear games are Japanese
@@carsenmaxwell3336 it's a quote from Otacon in MGS the Twin Snakes
@@codyscales4849 And the original mgs1
@@05r41 lol, I keep forgetting that twin snakes is a remake
5:10 Proof Kojima is way ahead of his time, we had Morbin' time before we even knew it was a thing.
4:12
"Snake... Its my turn to protect you."
I still rmber when the MGS4 trailer first came out, this quote elevated the hype to galactic reaches
same here fo real!
Biggest hype I've ever felt from what I remember
Love how Vamp is just being simply fabulous while fighting.
Nanomachines make him fabulous
+Ulisses Zambrano Nanomachines, son!
RAIDEN : dance for me darling
where do you think raiden learned that "Let's dance" catchfrase from sam? hell no he wanted to say that since he fighted vamp duhhh XD
I'm A Mother F*****g Snake he must have gone to the James from team rocket school of acting
Where are the Raiden haters? Oh yeah, they dissapeared after this scene
Kazuhira Miller nobody hates Raiden, I think.He is awesome.
Raiden has been my favorite metal gear character for quite a while now
Kazuhira Miller
Miller ? What you doing here ?
You may call it a ''Jamais Vu'' but I traveled in time to see mah boi Raiden slaying some Patriot ass
Kazuhira Miller i honestly never hated Raiden.
The windmill to 90 combo while smashing those machines was amazing. Great choreography. Then the flare on the sword. Awesome - from a breakdancer who has never played a Metal Gear game in his life lol. Senator Armstrong brought me here.
Ayyy a breaker, respect
The ultimate battle: Break dancing vs Ballet.Which is superior?!
Answer: Werewolf Queen it's always Werewolf Queen
What the hell i find you everywhere!
Me?
How do you find me everywhere
***** what one video
Raiden always had trouble with muscular latinos
Vamp is Eastern European.
Reference to Sam. Neato.
Vamp is a Romanian
He was born in Romania
@@potatospeedwagon3994 sam is brazilian japanese.
(6:08) Raiden: "I am so glad the Patriots have Break-dancing indoctrinated into their training."
(7:16)Raiden: "I am so glad the Patriots have a tap dancing Program."
(7:53) Raiden: "Dammit! Why don't the Patriots have a Ballet training Doctrine?"
XDD Oh god
I'm glad im not the only one who sees it!
The ballet thing is wrong it is in 7:37
Niccolo Agujo No it's not.
xXTheTyRantXx Look at your left in the vid plsssssss.
In 7:37
This will always be one of the most badass Metal Gear moments, regardless of what you think of Guns of the Patriots. I love how it seems like they are dancing with each other.
In MGS 2 they made Raiden, in MGS4 they made Raiden COOL and in MGSR they made him a fucking badass.
He's already a fucking bad ass here. Anyone who can defeat Vamp along with multiple Geckos at the same time earns that title haha
Shadow Fox well, he got even more "fucking badassery"
+Shadow Fox he defeated 20! rays in mgs2
+Randomness Compressed and Incarated What about in MGS3, what did they make Raiden? lol.
llanbull they made him go away xD
It's crazy how well Platinum did with Revengance. The moves you can only watch Raiden do in this cutscene of MGS4 are not only do-able but are much more impressive in Rising.
They arent doable in mgr though
bro replied to a 8 year old comment just to be completely wrong 😂😂
search up weapon showcases on yt if you wanna see his moves
@@Kazdumb why cant i parkour on gekkoes if every move is in mgr
@@SolidusCurncer Skill issue
@@Kazdumb shut up
Wait, people complain about the lewdness of Quiet's outfit. But here we see Raiden completely fucking naked.
+garfoonga1 ..Where is he completely naked?
well i mean, if we are going to be completley honest, not right now but in mgs2 he did go streaking
+wolvez28 Ugh, I remember. That was a bad time for me to show up with his equipment.
+Dimitris Kokkaliaroglou Poor you. I guess that's why some of the people ship you and Raiden...All because of that!
Darkhound
probably because the majority of nudity in media is portraying a woman, I think they wouldn't rage if we saw some more naked dudes in movies and tv. I'm a straight dude, and even I find it strange how few male oriented nudity there is in media. I dont so much believe in the whole "They pressure us to obtain an impossible physique" bullshit, because one glance at any kind of shaving commercial, beer commercial, cologne, underwear, etc etc etc shows shirtless dudes that have unnaturally impossible to obtain six packs and biceps. But I guess body acceptance just applies to fat bitches.
“I just don’t fear death”
AGGRESSIVE BREAKDANCING
This video just proves breakdancing can be deadly
na it doesnt because you would tear your legs off if you woult have the power to swing tanks that heavy.
DatVocals! Breakdancing can be deadly. Nuff said
João Lucas naaah :P
DatVocals! Yeeeaahh :P
***** yup. and capoeira =/= breakdance. only the breakdance stuff on the floor is strongly inspired by capoeira.
I love how even with a basic cyborg body Raiden can still do all of the cool shit he does in MGR
\Enthusiasm/ heck if you coffed up the dlc money you could keep doing the awesome things in MGR with his basic body -chuckles-
This is the kind of Raiden I wanted to play as in MGR but didn't get. IMO MGR Raiden was too over the top and too strong. I would have liked the game to have had this Raiden and some actual strategy to take down enemies.
the original vision of MGR was precisely that however. It was really different.
That was how it was before the reigns were passed onto Platinum games. Personally, I would have preferred the original build but I'm happy with what we got.
the graphics difference doe , the orginal is the beast compare to mgr
Metal Gear Solid is a game about war, political conflicts, and that sort of things.
Yeah man, look at all this war and political stuff with two ballerinas fighting.
@@xen268 Just because you're surrounded by death and destruction doesn't mean you can't be fabulous
@@ianfinrir8724 exactly
If you didn't know about it, Vamp's movements are based on Joaquín Cortés, a Spanish flamenco dancer. Those turns he does on top of Raiden are very common in flamenco.
Going back and watching this after playing mgr, it's so neat that a lot of raiden's moves in this cutscene are his combos in rising
Right? so cool
Dio Sama!
And vamp got the headshot wound
8:14 That Mikiri Counter though
lol
I like monkeys plot armor can do that in a lot of fights.
I don't know what that is but its awsome anyway
@@akirathewildcard9625 May I direct your attention to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?
@@akirathewildcard9625 it's a reference to sekiro, a game that heavily utilizes parries. Made by from software. the same devs from dark souls
2022 and I still get chills watching this.. this is the hardest cutscene ever and it wasn't a bad game
true
So many people mention Raiden's heels, but nobody mentions his nails like daaaaaaamn
Tactical Acrylics
@@magensenior6195 Raiden in MGS 4 gives off massive "Yaaaas Queen Slay" vibes
Girlboss
Fr
Why is his body every design that way? It's surprising he's even able to use sword techniques
I can imagine the fight between Raiden in his upgraded Revengence body vs Vamp. He would be turned to ground beef.
And the HF Murasama
@@pork087 With jack the ripper mode activated.
Cuts it 5 times before it hits the ground
@@alejandroverdin9445 5? You meant 500
@@tidussquaal or 5000 given if the producers create the Game equivalent of jjba's 7page mudas
playing MGS4 "oh wow hes making it look so easy"
after playing MGR: Revengeance "hes making it look so hard, he could have killed them much faster than this"
Doesn't MGS4 take place before MGR. And we know how Jack v Sam turn out.
MGR takes place a few years after MGS4, Raiden takes up a job at a PMC and thats how MGR starts.
@@Wawza14Gameplays MGS4 takes place on 2014, MGR takes place on 2020
Raiden has been upgraded quite a bit by Doktor
@@sddlol19 I thought MGR took place in 2016
6:12 Raiden breakdancing always gets me lmao, plus whatever the hell vamp is doing
Vamp looked as if he was moving like a seaweed
Capoeira? lol
@@yesidthecolombian is free will a myth, and is religion a joke?
@@Suguru_Geto69 Indeed, and we are pawns controled by something greater
MEMES, THE DNA OF THE SOUL
Its increadible how all versions of Raiden look extremely badass even when the next one will always make the previous one look like shit in comparison
while that is true, in my opinion MGS4 Raiden will forever be the best Raiden
I don’t know, I still kinda like his MGS2 look best honestly.
Though, if we aren’t counting main designs, Mariachi Raiden for life.
Anyone new to MGS would probably think this was a battle between Genji and Dio Brando's European cousin.
that's exactly what i thought
lol damn spot on
Lewidion CRYING
i mean that is what it is, right
Vamp still looks a bit like Hanzo though
4:10 "HOROSHO!! Veery good! But do not rest easy just yet!"
What? Where is this from?
@@Gadget-Walkmen From Metal Gear Rising, after Raiden beats the RAY for the 1st time
Tritonewt gotcha!
Oml I wanna play it again after beating it for the 5th time on hard
Actually that's more at 9:15. Raiden does this against RAY in Metal Gear Rising with wiping the blade on his arm bit
it's amazing how this 2008 game still looks pretty good today. and that's not a cinematic it's all in game
A world where simultaneously Guns of the Patriots existed, and Revengeance did not. What a dystopia.
Atleast those memes wouldnt exist, fair trade
@@SolidusCurncer no
dam that neck crack knife dodge move was awesome
I know
Nanomachines son
+SoSeo nanomachines...
+SoSeo 😀
jason bourne if you didnt know what is that move he talking about its at 7:05
I love how his gear powered down temporarily and zoomed in to eventually unmask to say “Snake, it’s my turn to protect you”
Badass moment. And that sound effect of the gear helmet tech lifting was awesome
Behold the terrifying Gekko! "moooo" ...Damn it bob i told you to make it sound intimidating!
Are They cows?
Ale 1507 Well... they use bull's sounds to intimidate.
The Blind Man ....and their fuel is red bull :D
Not only that it gives them wings
Emil C They drink their on pee
6:13 "They're break dance fighting!"
The Dancer of The Boreal Valley from Dark Souls 3 ain't got shit on Raiden and Vamp. Matter of fact, all three of them need to have a dance off.
lol
raiden would win, he does ballet (when duel wielding his sword and knife) spins on the ground with his legs, and jumps on top from place to place
Dance till you hollow
Ok seriously the choreography of this fight is so GODDAM insane and beautiful and yet somehow the fact that this choreography would most likely be found in anime works so well in a realistic form
Like seriously hot damn
Raiden: Performing fancy spinning attacks and a tornado stab to the ground. Doesn't land a single hit.
Vamp: K I C K
Watching this made me realize the "last hope" theme present throughout MGS4, especially in its cinematic atmosphere. Every faction; Philanthropy, RATPATROL, Paradise Lost, Ocelot; all believed that they were basically the last hope in saving the world from The Patriots.
"You, too... immortal?"
"No. I just don't fear death"
Yes, we all heard and read it..
Nano-machines son
I love how in Rising this scene is referenced when you break the Gekkos' grabs with the wires and you start spinning it around just like he did here.
Meanwhile, on today's episode of "Extreme Breakdancing"...
Lmfao
King Metal Sonic next time a on dancing with the ninjas
i dont accept cursing
King Metal Sonicp
On today's episode of Dancing With the Stars
9:14 "Horosho, very good, but don't rest easy just yet"
I think it's pretty cool how they gave Raiden's cyborg body a sense of weight in the animation. Like, when he lands from the rooftop, it feels super heavy, like that body low-key weighs a ton or something. This fighting sequence between Raiden and Vamp is fucking amazing. Kojima really turned it up when it comes to Cyborg Ninja fighting sequences >^
5:38
Raiden: Now, you have Aids.
Vamp: Yes... could you be the one to finally finish me?
😂😂😂😂💀
Lmfao
Woulda gotten an S rank if he just used Ripper Mode and spammed Zandatsu
He forgot his Infinite Wig B back at Area 51.
This was before Rising.
shadow98004 I know, it was just a joke.
shadow98004 No shit
He didn't have muramasa with him
Naiomi: "takes off heels to run"
Raiden: "Let me show you how to dance!'
1:15 here we go again
I think you mean ah shit here we go again
@@ZoniferConundrum the character in the video said "ah shit" so he said "here we go again" he continued...
still can't get over mooing robots no matter how many times i play this game.
I still don't get it, oh Japan.
like, how is that even intimidating?
Giant robot about to annihilate you with lasers rockets and crush you "moooooo"....
I'd get killed but I'd laugh and point while I get shot at.
i really thought i was the only one.
Not sure if you know this, but Gekkos, along with the UGs that would be developed later in the timeline, have a neuro-matrix that allows them to learn from mistakes made, which in turn makes them act more like living things than simple machines.
And they pick a fucking moo, really? Learn from their mistakes my ass.
First time I saw this I was like is this a fight or a dance off?
+HorrorLover98 Well, to be fair, I guess some people would say there is little difference between the two, especially when the opponents are masters at their style.
But come on, Raiden's got that epic body! He ought to show off what it can do! Although I cannot defend what Vamp was doing at 6:12. Perhaps he was dancing there from being so overwhelmed by how awesome that was?
No. The first time you saw this you creamed in your shorts and shit your tighty whities. Be honest. This was the coolest thing you had ever saw up to that point and immediately afterwards looked into having your name legally changed to Raiden Lightning-Bolt Action.
You know it. I know it. They all know it.
Hell, this scene is the reason you joined ballet and took it more seriously than many of the 7-10 year old girls you attended classes with.
+DOOMED ! Well don't get me wrong, Raiden was bad ass, but still.
+HorrorLover98 Or?
+HorrorLover98 The real question is do *they* know if it's a fight or a dance off?
- А вы за Райдена играть даёте?
- Нет, просто показываю.
- Красивое.
-Мы вам давали играть 6 лет назад, вы сказали шлак!
-Тогда мы были не правы, сейчас можно сыграть?
-Через 4 года можно.
.... am I the only one who was screaming "He's down Riden CUT OFF HIS VAMPIRE HEAD! IT'S THE ONLY WAY!!!!"
Supernatural lol
Gunningyoudown "yes yes split it wide open"
Gunningyoudown in this time his body was unable to detect weak points
for some reason i read "stop that blade!"
-and you know what happends next-
The scene with Vamp doing his weird Voldo shit always makes me giggle, because he honestly could have just ducked and sat still
Yeah he could have, but straightforward was never his style.
"weird Voldo shit" is the best way to describe whatever Vamp does lol, its a perfect description
Kojima is so fucking epic that he made Raiden into a awesome badass that the fans now love.
What a mad man!😱
Holy fuck, the raiden vs vamp fight has to be my all time favourite video game fight scene. Its actually insane how well paced everything is, from the damage taken to the cable that got attached to raiden that he uses in creative ways. Just mindblowing choreography and continuity that most movies cant beat. Not to mention the soundtrack :D
Everybody gangsta until Raiden starts breakdancing with 8 tons of metal with his legs.
WHY DO THE MACHINES HAVE BLOOD AND A BREAKDANCING DUDE WITH HEELS IS KILLING THEM METAL GEAR SOLID IS SO AWESOME BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT
I was wondering it! Also, the dude is named Raiden.
+Hector Wilson Little robots, junior.
+Hector Wilson The gekkos are semi-organic.
***** I knew someone will say it
FLOURISH SK Me too!
Vamp: You, too immortal?
Raiden:No, i just dont fear death
Raiden's thoughts: Of course, I'm immortal, bitch!
8:09 probably one of the coolest things i seen in a game 😂 Raiden deflecting Vamp's knives and Vamp catching them and throwing them back
Planning/designing the choreography for this must have been insane, what a perfect scene.
Vamp: you too...immortal?
Raiden: No...I just don't fear death.
So badass.
5:39
Snake: ew wtf brouh
"Did I spot some GAY in there?"
This choreography is insane.
No crazy battle music, no crazy attack.
Just 2 people fighting with their combat styles and horror-game like music with close camera shots.
It's funny how MGR makes this look slow and clumsy in retrospect
Raiden: Y'know I have killed this guy before, three times actually, maybe I should cut his head off just to be sure (geckos show up) naa time to go.
13 years and this is still one of the coolest scenes in gaming