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METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY
Metal Gear Solid 2 might be one of the finest cases of deliberately using misleading marketing to enhance a gaming experience. Audiences were collectively blindsided by the game’s pivot to Raiden, who took over the role of main protagonist from Solid Snake to everyone’s complete surprise. That complete upending of what the game was built up as, combined with how technologically ahead of its time it was, turned Metal Gear Solid 2 into a colossal surprise for many.
