History TearJerker / MetalGearRisingRevengeance

* The Jetstream DLC ending. The content itself doesn't hurt, but when you listen to "The Only Thing I Know For Real" again... everything starts to make sense about Sam's character. FridgeBrilliance and FridgeHorror kicks in a lot when you look over "Collective Consciousness" and [[spoiler:Armstrong's]] cutscenes.
** When [[spoiler: Armstrong]] extends his hand toward Sam and welcomes him to the team, Sam looks down and starts laughing... but the way his shoulders shake and his facial expression makes it look like he's weeping because he just had the last bit of hope crushed from him.
* There's something about the way Blade Wolf pleads for you to stop attacking him just before you finish him off in his battle. He barely has his own life, but he doesn't want Raiden to take it away. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Raiden has Doktor fix him up later on]].
* [[spoiler: Sam's death]].
** For that matter, [[spoiler: his]] song, "The Only Thing I Know For Real", while sounding awesome like [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the rest of the soundtrack]], has some rather depressing lyrics lending insight to who he is. The song reflects on his life of bloodshed and lack of an identity beyond that, the hardships that have brought him towards this moment, how all he knows and understands anymore is fighting, [[spoiler: how he and Raiden parallel one another, and how their DuelToTheDeath will either become his [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redemption]] or his [[MoralEventHorizon crossing]].]]

* [[spoiler: Armstrong's death]] ends up being this. Rather than cursing Raiden, begging to be spared, or resisting until the very end, [[spoiler: Armstrong]] instead laments how "war will continue as an institution" and that people will be fighting for reasons and causes that they don't understand or believe in themselves, [[spoiler: before naming Raiden as his [[TakeUpMySword successor]] in regards to their beliefs and methods, and reflecting on [[NotSoDifferentRemark their]] similar natures in his last breaths. Raiden's expression reflects this, with him bearing a ThousandYardStare as Armstrong dies]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Armstrong]]''': "[[spoiler: Heh...deep inside we're...kindred spirits, you...and I.]]"

* [[spoiler: Armstrong's death]] ends up being this. Rather than cursing Raiden, begging to be spared, or resisting until the very end, [[spoiler: Armstrong]] instead laments how "war will continue as an institution" and that people will be fighting for reasons and causes that they don't understand or believe in themselves, [[spoiler: before naming Raiden as his [[TakeUpMySword successor]] in regards to their beliefs and methods, and reflecting on [[NotSoDifferent their]] similar natures in his last breaths. Raiden's expression reflects this, with him bearing a ThousandYardStare as Armstrong dies]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Armstrong]]''': "[[spoiler: [[FamousLastWords Heh...deep inside we're...kindred spirits, you...and I]].]]"

* There's something about the way Bladewolf pleads for you to stop attacking him just before you finish him off in his battle. He barely has his own life, but he doesn't want Raiden to take it away. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Raiden has Doktor fix him up later on]].

** For that matter, [[spoiler: his]] song, "The Only Thing I Know For Real", while sounding awesome like [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the rest of the soundtrack]], has some rather depressing lyrics lending insight to who he is. The song reflects on his life of bloodshed and lack of an identity beyond that, the hardships that have brought him towards this moment, how all he knows and understands anymore is fighting, [[spoiler: how he and Raiden parallel one another, and how the DuelToTheDeath will either be become his [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redemption]] or his [[MoralEventHorizon crossing]].]]

** For that matter, [[spoiler: his]] song, "The Only Thing I Know For Real", while sounding awesome per [[AwesomeMusic the rest of the soundtrack]], has some rather depressing lyrics lending insight to who he is. The song reflects on his life of bloodshed and lack of an identity beyond that, the hardships that have brought him towards this moment, how all he knows and understands anymore is fighting, [[spoiler: how he and Raiden parallel one another, and how the DuelToTheDeath will either be become his [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redemption]] or his [[MoralEventHorizon crossing]].]]

* [[spoiler: Armstrong's death]] ends up being this. Rather than cursing Raiden, begging to be spared, or resisting until the very end, [[spoiler: Armstrong]] instead laments how "war will continue as an institution" and that people will be fighting for reasons and causes that they don't understand or believe in themselves, [[spoiler: before naming [[spoiler: Raiden]] as his [[TakeUpMySword successor]] in regards to their beliefs and methods, and reflecting on [[NotSoDifferent their]] similar natures in his last breaths. Raiden's expression reflects this, with him bearing a ThousandYardStare as Armstrong dies]].

* Codecs with Sunny reveal that while she'd like it if Otacon settled down, he's been keeping women at a distance – despite becoming more popular with the ladies. This seems innocuous until you realize that Otacon is ''the'' poster boy for the CartwrightCurse, and you realize that by this point, ''he'' probably knows it too.

* When [[spoiler: Armstrong]] extends his hand toward Sam and welcomes him to the team, Sam looks down and starts laughing... but the way his shoulders shake and his facial expression makes it look like he's weeping because he just had the last bit of hope crushed from him.

* Codecs with Sunny reveal that while she'd like it if Otacon settled down, he's been keeping women at a distance – despite becoming more popular with the ladies. This seems innocuous until you realize that Otacon is ''the'' poster boy for the CartwrightCurse, and you realize that by this point, ''he'' knows it too.

* Codecs with Sunny reveal that while she'd like it if Otacon settled down, he's been keeping women at a distance. This seems innocuous until you realize that the only women we've seen him have romantic feelings for (Sniper Wolf in [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid MGS1]] and Naomi Hunter in [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots MGS4]]) have all ended up dying, leading to the implication that Otacon thinks he's TheJinx as far as women are concerned.

* When George introduces himself, Raiden's expression goes from determined to melancholy by the mention of the name. It reminded him of George Sears (aka Solidus Snake), the very person who made Raiden the way he is in the first place.

** The tragedy of ''It Has to Be This Way'' is compounded by the fact that, barring a minor miracle, the Metal Gear franchise is effectively ''dead''. After everything Big Boss, Ocelot, Snake and countless others suffered through over the years, all that's changed is The Patriots are gone. People still kill each other over things they don't believe in, causes that aren't their own. This is where the Metal Gear timeline ends. Square one with bigger guns on all sides.

* The ending of ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' states that Snake only had six months left to live ''at most''. ''Revengance'' is set four years after ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', which makes it safe to assume that barring a miracle, Snake is already dead by this point.

* The ending of ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' states that Snake only had six months left to live ''at most''. ''Revengance'' is set four years after ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', which makes it safe to assume that barring a miracle. Snake is already dead by this point.

* The ending of Metal Gear Solid 4 states that Snake only had six months left to live ''at most''. ''Revengance'' is set four years after Metal Gear Solid 4, which makes it safe to assume that barring a miracle. Snake is already dead by this point.

* The ending of Metal Gear Solid 4 states that Snake only had six months left to live ''at most''. ''Revengance'' is set four years after Metal Gear Solid 4, which makes it safe to assume Snake is already dead by this point.

* The ending of Metal Gear Solid 4 states that Snake only had six months left to live, Revengance is set four years after Metal Gear Solid 4, which makes it safe to assume Snake is already dead by this point.

** The tragedy of ''It Has to Be This Way'' is compounded by the fact that, barring a minor miracle, the Metal Gear franchise is effectively ''dead''. After everything Big Boss, Ocelot, Snake and countless others suffered through over the years, all that's changed is The Patriots are gone. People still kill each other over things they don't believe in, causes that aren't their own. This is where the Metal Gear timeline ends. Square one with bigger guns on all sides.

* 'It Has to Be This Way' is far more tragic of a song when you realize it could apply to every game in the series, which basically means that after all this time, ''nothing has changed.'' Compare the number of casualties you'll realize that the only thing that's really changed is the technology used to fight each war, but the alternative is usually far worse. It really does have to be this way.

-->'''Raiden''': But afterwards... Afterwards, it was tough. Especially once I got to the US. I got counseling, an education. But every time I talked with someone normal, [[SurvivorGuilt I felt like all the killing I'd done was gonna crush me]]. And it didn't stop. [[FlashbackNightmare Not in my dreams, anyway]]. I'd hear voices at night, [[ItsAllMyFault calling out all my crimes, but I couldn't shut 'em out]]. The rest of my crew adapted to American life well enough, but I... never could...

-->'''Raiden''': ''There was a time when I wore artificial skin, tried to look as close to normal as possible. I've still got some now - on my face. The tech at the time wasn't great. You still looked pretty unnatural. Maybe you could fool someone from far away, but up close even a baby could tell I wasn't human. Going out shopping, or whatever... You could feel all those eyes on you. I tried to find something to do other than fight... But looking like I did got me two strikes pretty much as soon as I walked through the door.''
-->'''Raiden''': ''...I'm a cyborg, Courtney. What am I gonna do? Drive an ice cream truck? I can pass as normal from a distance, but up close anyone can tell it's artificial skin. Good jobs aren't easy to come by these days, even for non-cyborgs, and I've got a family to feed. Besides... I've been fighting my whole life. ...It's just who I am.''

-->'''Raiden''': ''But afterwards...Afterwards, it was tough. Especially once I got to the US. I got counseling, an education. But every time I talked with someone normal, [[SurvivorGuilt I felt like all the killing I'd done was gonna crush me]]. And it didn't stop. [[FlashbackNightmare Not in my dreams, anyway]]. I'd hear voices at night, [[ItsAllMyFault calling out all my crimes, but I couldn't shut 'em out]]. The rest of my crew adapted to American life well enough, but I...never could...''

* Call Boris after getting Ripper Mode. Despite being in this form, Raiden will speak of his trying to put his bloody past behind him after the Liberian Civil War - and similar to the above not working so well.

-->'''Raiden''': ''...I'm a cyborg, Courtney. What am I gonna do? Drive an ice cream truck? I can pass as normal from a distance, but up close anyone can tell it's artificial skin. Good jobs aren't easy to come by these days, even for non-cyborgs, and I've got a family to feed. Besides... I've been fighting my whole life. ...It's just who I am.''

* [[spoiler: Sam's death]].

* There's something about the way Bladewolf pleads for you to stop attacking him just before you finish him off in his battle. He barely has his own life, but he doesn't want Raiden to take it away. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Raiden has Doktor fix him up later on]].