Truth is, I had never played a Metal Gear Solid game before, despite being somewhat familiar with the games and Kojima (I had to do a paper on Metal Gear for uni in 2018), and I gotta say I really loved this game. Imma be honest, it's very intimidating to try and talk about this purely because of the sheer amount of lore of the MGS universe so I'm gonna keep it short and sweet.
Story was great. Obviously I'm ignoring the whole 'Konami being assholes to Kojima and not letting him finish the game' thing. I think what we got was amazing, and I'm just incredibly sad that we didn't and probably will never get, a proper ending, or any other MGS game with Kojima at the helm. I mean, never say never, right? One can hope.
The Boss says like 5 words the whole game, but somehow conveys all the emotions you need him to. The story gets surprisingly emotional at times too, which is a good thing because it humanizes the characters, especially the Boss.
Gameplay was great too. The stealth is fuuuun and smooth. Fultoning soldiers for no reason is also fun.
Also, did Kojima need to put credits at the start of every mission? Because it's giving very 'Produced by Hideo Kojima, written By Hideo Kojima, directed By Hideo Kojima, starring Hideo Kojima' vibes.
Story was great. Obviously I'm ignoring the whole 'Konami being assholes to Kojima and not letting him finish the game' thing. I think what we got was amazing, and I'm just incredibly sad that we didn't and probably will never get, a proper ending, or any other MGS game with Kojima at the helm. I mean, never say never, right? One can hope.
The Boss says like 5 words the whole game, but somehow conveys all the emotions you need him to. The story gets surprisingly emotional at times too, which is a good thing because it humanizes the characters, especially the Boss.
Gameplay was great too. The stealth is fuuuun and smooth. Fultoning soldiers for no reason is also fun.
Also, did Kojima need to put credits at the start of every mission? Because it's giving very 'Produced by Hideo Kojima, written By Hideo Kojima, directed By Hideo Kojima, starring Hideo Kojima' vibes.
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Yeah my bachelor's in Game Art, but we had Game Design and Game History classes too in the first and second year of the course. Don't remember what class it was for, but we were writing papers on videogames by decade. When it got to the 80s, I chose Metal Gear out of curiosity. Got deeply acquainted with Kojima and the game that way! Twas fun.
thephilosopher
10 months ago
Explain.