Ill begin by talking about Raiden's role. Jack's part in MGR is pretty straight forward. MGR shows us the reawakening of Jack's true nature, what he was he grew up, a cold blooded killer. If you review previous Metal Gear footage, after the fall of the Patriots, and after Snake defeated Liquid (Which was one of the best boss fights tbh), Jack just wanted to live with Rose and his son, just like nothing happened (He also sort of stated this before the Monsoon battle). He joined Maverick to help rebuild the damage done during the war. Until one unexpected event happened. A sudden attack at Africa, exactly where the Prime Minister is, to drive attention to war. And no one else but Armstrong is behind this. He wanted to have a war to "cleanse" the false image of freedom that the people see, to "jumpstart the economy", to "End pointless wars", to make war "a business", most of which I see is true, he wanted to do those, but his methods are wrong. Maverick investigated the matter and thus let Jack do the job. When N'mani was kidnapped, after taking down the Ray he goes after Sundowner, which then kills and leaves Jack to Sam.
And we all know what happened after that. His true nature was awakened later in the game and he took down World Marshall. Now's the interesting part. Jetstream Sam's part in the game. I'm going to begin by telling a bit of background about Sam, and then his DLC, and then the main part of the game. So starting off, after recent events of his life, he decided to be a vigilante and take down all criminal groups he comes by. He then realizes that what he's doing isn't useful at all for a new criminal group always replaces the previous one. So he now had no idea why he fights, his only reason because that's the only way to live that he can manage. So he comes upon World Marshall, he decides to "Join" them so he will have a reason to fight. Then after going through a few tests World Marshall arranged for him, Armstrong calls Sam and tells him to go to the very top of World Marshall Headquarters for his "Final Interview". When Sam gets there, he discovers that his "final interview" was a one on one battle with Armstrong, if he can take Armstrong down he's hired. As Armstrong gathers his nanomachines, Sam literally just smiles and claps, enjoying the explosions. And then they fight, Sam manages to take Armstrong down, so Armstrong tells him that he's accepted. But knowing the real plan of World Marshall, Sam attempts to kill Armstrong, first attempting to amputate Armstrong's arm. Armstrong blocks most of his attacks but Sam manages to cut of Armstrong's arm, but what he didn't know was that the remaining part of the Senator's arm had a sharp edge, so Armstrong concentrates the nanomachines there and stab's Sam's arm, heavily damaging it, and that's the reason why Sam has an artificial arm. He then "accepts" Armstrong's offer and "join's" World Marshall.Take note that all this has happened before Jack encountered Sam on the train. Now for the climax of the story, the reason why Jetstream Sam IS the main character of MGR. Before this, take note, SAM NEVER TRULY JOINED AND COOPERATED WITH WORLD MARSHALL.
he encounter's Jack on the train, he was ordered to kill Jack. Sam then fight's Jack, but not to kill him, but to TEST him, to TEST his skills, and that's why he spared Jack on the train even though he could just easily killed him, he just made it look like he's insulting Jack so that his cover won't be blown.After those events, he basically was monitoring Jack's movements throughout the mission to see if he can do something useful. So when Jack was nearing World Marshall Headquarters, he decided to lecture Jack about Jack's cold ways, he made him realize that the cyborgs did not choose being sent into battle. After a big realization, Jack became emotionally unstable, JUST AS SAM PLANNED. Now you may think he just helped World Marshall by weakening Jack, but no, he did that for 2 smart reasons. 1 - To make Jack analyze his past actions, and generally his past. Sam knew that making Jack think deep, will make Jack realize his true nature, who he has been when he grew up, who he has been when he was a child soldier. Sam knew Jack will eventually awaken, and become Jack the Ripper again, which made Jack WAY more powerful! 2 - To make World Marshall think he's helping them. So Jack the Ripper awakens and Sam wanted to fight him, only to be stopped by Monsoon. So Sam leaves with a sort of disappointed face. Now fast forward to Badlands Showdown. This is the ultimate battle between Jack and Sam, and Sam losses. When he falls to the ground, instead of groaning and dying with a defeated face, he smiles and winks at Bladewolf. Bladewolf then insists that he will keep the sword instead, as a reminder of Sam's existence. But the true reason behind Sam's actions are stated below. -He spares Jack on the train because, as I said, he just wanted to test Jack's skill. -He awakens Jack the Ripper so Jack can be more stronger, A LOT stronger. -He finally fights Jack on a duel to the death. -Sam told Wolfy to keep the sword, and he decides what happens next. This event Sam really timed, because he knew Jack was going to Pakistan to rescue the President. The reason Sam set the timer of the lock of his sword to "a few hours" is so because Jack wouldn't use it immediately. And here's the reason. Sam knew Jack was about to face Armstrong, for he knew World Marshall's plans, and he knew that his sword can damage Armstrong. The reason for the timer is if Jack used it immediately, it would've been damaged by the Excelsus or damaged when Armstrong was beating down Jack, Sam knew that would happen because he knows Marshall's plans. He wanted Jack to use the sword at the right time. And the right time is the one on one with Armstrong.So thankfully before Armstrong beats up Jack again, the beeping sound of the unlocked sword woke Wolfy, and thus Wolfy brought it to Jack, and Jack killed Armstrong. JUST AS SAM WANTED IT TO BE. Now you may say, sure you informed us about Sam's perspective but where's the proof that Sam is the main character?" I told you all this so you can better understand the why Sam is the main character. And the Main summary of this is below.. Sam trained Jack to be good enough to kill Armstrong, in the final duel of Sam and Jack, if Sam beats Jack, then he basically enhanced his own skill and thus will attempt to take down Armstrong, but if Jack beats him, he's sure Jack is good enough will give his sword at the right time to help Jack kill Armstrong.He did all these not only to take down World Marshall, but mainly to get REVENGE on Armstrong. That's why the game is titled "Metal Gear Rising: REVENGEANCE" for the game tells the tale of how a former vigilante (Sam) succeeded at taking revenge on someone he wanted to take down. The game tells the tale of Sam's REVENGE on Armstrong. And thus, even though you play as Jack,Jack is just another guy that Sam used to get revenge of Armstrong. And thus, the true story of the game is stated in it's very on title, "REVENGEANCE". The REVENGEANCE of Sam on Armstrong.
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