Sorry(S)Aint it just does my head in the way people moan about the best title to come out on the ps2. The problem was that Hideo Kojima was trying too please everyone, he didn't want to put to much emphasise on mgs1 for people who hadn't played it. Raiden was a bit of a mook but he was the newbie finding out about solid snake like all the newbies playing the game. With the new mgs Snake eater he hasn't done this, Kojima's gone back in time to the beginnings of the "snake", and Sheringham316 you play as Big Boss in the new game it's set during the 60's during the cold war I think! And if you don't know why Big Boss and Solid snake look similar play mgs 1.