Okay
I really don't mind the AI thingy prior to the 80's, it's sci-fi after all.
Well Kojima, at least until a few years ago didn't really do over the top things like he did with PW. So you can't really just write it off as being silly fiction. He kept it coherent with modern day tech, but throwing primitive stealth camouflage in MGS3 and MGSPW?
It hasn't been, not even slightly. MGS is the exact opposite of a game that caters to people who play nothing but online FPS games. They don't care about story, convoluted or not, they don't care about stealth, exploring all the hidden details in the environments, or pretty much anything that defines MGS gameplay. They even find the shooting elements extremely boring, from what I've read. I enjoyed CoD for a while as well, but to say it's catering to those die-hard fans is ridiculous, IMO. Although it's clear too many people think adding more action and taking away atmosphere is the way to go, but I don't see MGSV doing that. We'll see, I guess.
Axe MGS completely and move onto something new. It's not even MGS anymore.
I agree too many games are going the CoD route, but I don't agree MGS has done this and is alienating all the original fans (which I'm one of), but obviously you are proof it's alienating many of them. I always expected the story to turn into a mess starting from MGS2, which had several things I didn't initially agree with, like not letting me play as Snake (though I ended up liking Raiden a lot).
I can't argue with that, or your points that the story has turned unappealing, obviously any story will appeal to some and not others. But your point about breaking the 4th wall is key to me.
I can't argue with that, or your points that the story has turned unappealing, obviously any story will appeal to some and not others. But your point about breaking the 4th wall is key to me.
I'm having trouble explaining it, but I feel the reason some are so upset at not playing as Snake, was because we became Snake starting from MGS1, as cliched as that sounds. I think of Psycho Mantis reading our memory cards and that kind of thing. Everyone already knows this, but my point is that for some fans, breaking the 4th wall has had the opposite effect, where I'm not so bothered now by who I'm playing as.
Like since BB looks a lot like Solid, and is actually "related" to Solid, I feel like I'm still playing the same character somewhat (I know that sounds stupid), since I'm still choosing his actions, and all those 4th wall moments reinforced that for me. Even how the NPCs react to how much violence you used in-game made me feel it's more about me than the character I'm playing. So I guess Raiden prepared me for all this.
Still, your opinion is just as valid, and you've invested just as much as anyone into this series. I'm not being hostile to you or anyone, I actually enjoy reading the debates here, I was just reacting to some stuff I've been reading which seemed overly emotional to me, mostly on other sites.
Man I sound like a moron in all that text I just wrote.
I hate to bold just one part of your post, but thanks, sometimes it's good to hear someone say that.It's been dead the last few years yet the body continues to still breathe
You're not a moron at all, this has been a hot bed for heated debates.
MGS2 was a radical departure from MGS1, but I appreciate it for the set up with the Patriots and introduction to Solidus and giving Snake a new face to the series.
But in the same turn I hate how Kojima wanted a drastic change up of the main protagonist. I still find MGS2 hard to stomach since you're stuck as Raiden.
And yeah, I kept wishing that tanker was a little bigger so I could stretch out Snake's part.
