Kojima has hardly had any influence on the game whatsoever, so its not about what 'he wants', he already made it clear in an interview that had it been down to him it would have been an entirely different game. His team however did want the change and they collaborated with Platinum to see it through.
MGS is Kojima's baby, so I think he feels that MGR is a clear example of something that has alienated him from what he created and loves with a passion.
I didn't tell you not to like Raiden, but it's pretty clear that I've had some kind of profound influence on your life enough for you to start a debate about my personal preferences, for first of all, thank you for caring what I decide to play and what I should decide to like and dislike, but 'experience' is subjective.
Secondly, for me, characters play an important role in 'immersiveness', for me to feel 'involved' in any way I need to first give a shit, if I don't give a shit then I can't feel involved and thus the developers have failed to capture my attention and keep me gripped, this doesn't always have to be a character, but can also be the atmosphere the game creates and the stories unfolding around.
I didn't like Raiden because I felt he ruined the gripping moments of gameplay with pointless whining, and no matter how hard they tried to make him more likable in MGS4, it just ended up looking like he was making up for something, trying too hard. There wasn't anything to like about his personality in my opinion and fancy flips and chopping people up with his feet doesn't make him any less annoying.
I wouldn't mind so much if he 'featured' in a game, but when a whole game is based around him I'm lead to believe that my experience 'may' not be as enjoyable as I would hope.
These are my opinions, if you like any old tat people throw at you and call it character development, that's your business, just goes to show you have no standards. As for wasted time
I wouldn't say he downright hates Raiden, but I think he sees it the way I do, Raiden was just a new younger take on MGS2, sort of like the bonus skin option you get for competing a game, but became a joke taken too far and deviating away from the legacy that Solid Snake founded, Kojima wants to return to Snake, Konami and younguns are like "nah, actually, lets give this Raiden guy a go and see if we can appeal to a younger market", Kojima sighs "but guys, Raiden was a bad joke, its stale now", to which they reply "no, no, we'll see how this goes" Kojima says, "Fine, lets see what the youth can do" halfway into development Kojima drops out of aiding the creation of MGR and refuses to be associated with such a game, lol.
Lol, this is just my comical take on what happened, slightly exaggerated.
By all means, I couldn't agree more, its never in our favour, but then lack of exclusives doesn't work in console favour, they would then have to compete tech wise instead of gaming wise, and what we'll have is a mishmash of useless features we will probably never use just to get a one up on the competitor, resulting in one company tasting the bitter taste of defeat and thus potentially bankruptcy.
It's platinum game's take on it, the ones responsible for making all those Sega games like Bayonetta, thus the quicker and more action pace of this game reminiscent of Vanquish.
Kojima wanted to originally be part of it but as he isn't particularly fond of Raiden, it wouldn't have featured Raiden or that pacing whatsoever, it would have been stealth with a sword, but slower and more refined, starring Grey Fox and with Kojima's....erm...interesting storylines. lol
Nice though that is, I doubt it will cover up his whining, unless of course he doesn't whine as much this time. I'll reserve that thought until I play the game myself.
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