yep! After all, how else could it be?

So the game would constantly build up to awesome boss fights, then not let you fight them? You just sit there and watch Snake be more badass than you could ever be.

He'd say whatever was the most badass at the time, then fly in and win the mission for you, because he's frikkin' Solid Snake.

Would he actually give advice, or would he just talk about something only vaguely related to their mission?

Hey it would.

MGS5 should be about Meryl and Johnny kickin' ass and takin' names. I think Snake should be someone they can reach on their codec.

Raiden's alt costume would make him look like the guy on the far right:

Hmmm but I want to play with more manly men, not girly men.

Although maybe if it was a recreation of Raikov, I could get into that.

I've figured out the premise of MGS5. The Raiden in MGS4 was actually a Raiden clone created as part of the Les Enfants Ninjas project, and it aged really fast due to FOX-DIE. In MGS5, you'll play the real Raiden as he takes on Ninja Raiden, all while finding more reasons to be whiny and unliked by the fanbase.

Hmm! I see what you mean!

Try this!

Now imagine you crying as you say it.