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Accel_R8 posted...

I don't see MGR Raiden as berserk literally 24/7, he has scenes of being rational after the "let er rip" bit, its just that a majority of that game has you fighting child abducting superterrorists and he's just sick to death of them. Like, he interacts with Sunny, a child, without issue.

Also, doesn't the personality change also correspond to a game mechanic that you actively toggle on/off? Implying he's not literally a hothead that is actively destructive to his environment all the time.

Not quite. The gameplay corresponds to Raiden turning off his pain inhibitors, but his mentality switch is persistent once he's done getting broken down by Monsoon. There's multiple codec conversations after where you can hear he's still in Jack the Ripper mode, across every chapter. I think one of them even has him talking about Sunny and noting how alienated he feels from her? It's also implied that's why he leaves for parts unknown in the epilogue -- because he feels like he doesn't belong in normal society anymore after 'awakening' to his old persona.