Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter has revealed that he only found out about Metal Gear Solid 2's Raiden twist while in the booth recording for the game.
Metal Gear Solid 2 may be beloved now and correctly cited as one of the best games ever made, but at the time, people were upset. It's not entirely an understatement to say it was the most anticipated game of its time, with all the pre-release (and even the box art) material showing Solid Snake on a new mission. Only for the game to come out, have Snake 'die' after the first two hours, and have the player be Raiden, who wasn't quite as cool, calm, and collected as his predecessor.
