A lot more concepts and themes I vibe with in this one. Raiden is a great stand in for Snake. I like just about everything except for Rose and some pretty dodgy treatment of women characters. I also love the aesthetic and think Big Shell is a really solid setting, I don't know if I prefer it over Shadow Moses but it hits the same notes while being very different.

Dead Cell is also a good set of bosses, I didn't have much issue with how any of them were fought and was engaged throughout when I fought them, an issue I had with MGS1 was that the bosses aside from their personality kinda fell flat for me gamewise (exceptions being Vulcan Raven and Sniper Wolf, some of Liquid Snake)

Overall, the other Metal Gears have some tough competition.