Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:54 am
now this dude is thinkin the same way I was tracking out my theoryDarkTetsuya wrote:I guess in a way Kojima was fufilling many players' second fantasy; they've been Solid Snake, but they might have been curious what it would be like to fight alongside the legendary hero. The player only knows what he's told. (which is why we don't even know if the whole Raiden chapter was real in the first place, or just the 'inside Arsenal' sequence, or what)Jonathan Ingram wrote:To account for Solid Snake in the 'dream' theory of MGS2...
If we take Raiden to be the player, then Snake is what we really want to see, so it is fitting that since we have assumed the role of protagonist, Snake assumes the role of deuteragonist, simply out of necessity. We WANT Snake in there somewhere, so he has to appear, and appear he does, in a light much better than that of our 'hero' Raiden. I would draw your attention to 'Fight Club' here - to quote Tyler - (perhaps not accurately) 'I am everything you want to be' - literature shows us that the 'hero' can dream of being something different, better (check out Poe's extensive use of the doppelganger theme, amongst others) - and that is in comparison to us, or, Raiden.
Campbell's interjections of 'this isn't according to the simulation' could merely be to goad us on in our 'rebellion', compelling us to complete the mission รก la the simulation.
I am drunk, so anything I write is therefore qualified by that.
On a side note, I think the 'm-mission' thing was designed to lead on that things aren't as they initially seemed...
Maybe I'm wrong... geez its like they should have a phd just for this game...
DT
