Well, the one thing to consider, is that Kojima's a Japanese man who's writing a war story on American soldiers. Just based on that alone, it becomes extremely tricky to relate to characters from a different cultural background. But, despite that, he was very well grounded in in his direction for MGS 1, which had a very "Westernized" feel in its storyline - and even though there was a giant mech and a cyborg ninja, it was a storyline that Americans and others in the West could relate to, because it reminded us of the action movies that we saw in cinemas. It's a stark contrast to what's been happening in recent years with MGS, as the plots have exceeded levels of ridiculousness with gratuitous amounts of sci-fi tech that shouldn't have existed in the 70s. In other words, MGS has gotten too "Japanese" for its own good.
It's pretty obvious that he has lost his way with this series and I don't think you're wrong to refer to him as the George Lucas of gaming. Honestly, I'd wish if MGS would just end, and have Platinum develop more futuristic games for MG Rising.
Not if the remakes are shown through Big Boss's perspective, with Snake as the main antagonist
. I wouldn't be surprised if it goes in that direction.
