Oh jeez, I just got a major flashback to, like, 2003 here
People still hating on Raiden and calling him teh gei?? lol XD
Metal Gear Solid 2 is a postmodern masterpiece, and in my opinion one of the most masterful pieces of storytelling I've had the joy of taking part in. Kojima went into a huge experiment of constructing and then deconstructing expectations to leave the player on bare feet throughout the story(which symbolically is meant to put one in a spot where the player and Raiden are basically in the same situation).
For those that can say nothing of MGS2 but "It sucked because I had to play as Raiden, I came to play as Snake.", Kojima made you his *****, really. He was making a point about Raiden representing the fanboys of snake that MGS fans were turning into. So congratulations, he just proved you suck as much as Raiden. No, no, but really I'm exaggarating here, but I wish people would give this amazing game a chance, rather than saying "lol gay".
I made a bit of an insult that I didn't really mean up here. I will make one that I mean now. If you played Arsenal Gear around 2001 when the game came out, and that game didn't in some way either freak you out or at least impress you(for OTHER reasons than nude Raiden), you're dead inside. Sorry. You are. XD