Metal Gear Solid 2

The best game ever. Well-recieved for its excellent plot and philosophical/cyberpunk themes such as censorship, memes, the problems with democracy, information control, and the nature of reality. This time, the player character is Raiden, who wasn't well-recieved by American audiences, but is in fact an excellent character. Besides, he was a trained killer at age 6. Isn't that badass enough?