Sapphire Dreams
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I loved Metal Gear almost ever since I loved gaming pretty much (if it wasn't obvious from my avatar lol), my first console was the PS1 and while it had a amazing library, no game ever managed to hit me like Metal Gear Solid, the game was NOTHING I ever played was ever like it, with it's gameplay, graphics (for the time at least) , music and story. Snake was my hero when I was 11 years old and I still regard him as one of my favorite characters in the medium. I played MGS1 like 9 times and I never got bored of it. It made me love stealth games and look for nay game like it.
Metal Gear Solid 2 is the reason I got a PS2, I can still remember the days where I was anticipating the game's release and reading all about it in good old Gamespot. I was thrilled to play the game and surprised when that I found out that snake wasn't the actual protagonist of the game, it was disappointing but I still really loved it, and still graphically impressive for a PS2 game not to mention is was 60FPS... most of the time. A lot of great gameplay additions like handing on ledges, first person aiming among other things which gave you more options to use strategy.
Metal Gear Solid 3 was just as amazing as the other two in the series but with a new protagonist which is Big Boss himself, the new and ambitions additions to the series like the stamina meter which made you not aim properly not to mention an extensive health system which made you made keep an eye on different parts of your body separately which reminded me of the original Deus Ex. The final confrontation between Big Boss and the boss were one of the most memorable moments I experienced in gaming.
Then there was Metal Gear Solid 4, the game had more emphasis on action than stealth but I still liked it, loved the octocamo system and the MK II and while a lot of people see it as a bad thing, I liked that we went into 5 different environments throughout the whole game but I liked it personally because it was different that the rest of the series. And yeah I didn't mind the ending that much because he is trying to tie all the loose ends of a very story heavy series. And that freaking final Boss fight was freaking amazing.
Hell, I even liked Twin Snakes, but don't get me wrong there are some legitimate complaints like how they updated the gameplay but never changed the level design that much so the game was piss easy compared to the original, but I really was never bothered but the cutscenes that much.
And then we have Peace Walker.I like PW, it's just not that good by MGS standards, the story isn't all that great either with some retreads of Big Boss turmoils but it was a good side story to add to series.
And then there is MSGV... For the first time I have no enthusiasm for this game, no anticipation, speculation , no ... anything.
Now look, I like the series as you have read through my words, but it seems like the reason is that, it feels unnecessary. It is set after MGS3 and Peace Walker but Before the rest of the series, so we know all that would happen next in the canon of the series, we all know how it started in MGS3 and how it'll end and how all of these issues will get resolved in the future. Big Boss isn't as interesting as Solid Snake and the MGS series weren't about him. It is obvious that the only reason that this game exists is that Konami wants to make money off the MGS name. Yeah I know every commercial game exists to make money, I am not delusional. But if you looks back at the main series you'd realize that every game has it's place in the series and the series would be incomplete without all the games together, the upcoming game feels like it doesn't have anything interesting to say about the universe or character. Even the open world aspect of gameplay doesn't draw me at all. I'd like to be proven wrong though.
And honestly, I'd be fine with the series continuing in the Rising route and let Kojima do something new.
Thanks for reading
Metal Gear Solid 2 is the reason I got a PS2, I can still remember the days where I was anticipating the game's release and reading all about it in good old Gamespot. I was thrilled to play the game and surprised when that I found out that snake wasn't the actual protagonist of the game, it was disappointing but I still really loved it, and still graphically impressive for a PS2 game not to mention is was 60FPS... most of the time. A lot of great gameplay additions like handing on ledges, first person aiming among other things which gave you more options to use strategy.
Metal Gear Solid 3 was just as amazing as the other two in the series but with a new protagonist which is Big Boss himself, the new and ambitions additions to the series like the stamina meter which made you not aim properly not to mention an extensive health system which made you made keep an eye on different parts of your body separately which reminded me of the original Deus Ex. The final confrontation between Big Boss and the boss were one of the most memorable moments I experienced in gaming.
Then there was Metal Gear Solid 4, the game had more emphasis on action than stealth but I still liked it, loved the octocamo system and the MK II and while a lot of people see it as a bad thing, I liked that we went into 5 different environments throughout the whole game but I liked it personally because it was different that the rest of the series. And yeah I didn't mind the ending that much because he is trying to tie all the loose ends of a very story heavy series. And that freaking final Boss fight was freaking amazing.
Hell, I even liked Twin Snakes, but don't get me wrong there are some legitimate complaints like how they updated the gameplay but never changed the level design that much so the game was piss easy compared to the original, but I really was never bothered but the cutscenes that much.
And then we have Peace Walker.I like PW, it's just not that good by MGS standards, the story isn't all that great either with some retreads of Big Boss turmoils but it was a good side story to add to series.
And then there is MSGV... For the first time I have no enthusiasm for this game, no anticipation, speculation , no ... anything.
Now look, I like the series as you have read through my words, but it seems like the reason is that, it feels unnecessary. It is set after MGS3 and Peace Walker but Before the rest of the series, so we know all that would happen next in the canon of the series, we all know how it started in MGS3 and how it'll end and how all of these issues will get resolved in the future. Big Boss isn't as interesting as Solid Snake and the MGS series weren't about him. It is obvious that the only reason that this game exists is that Konami wants to make money off the MGS name. Yeah I know every commercial game exists to make money, I am not delusional. But if you looks back at the main series you'd realize that every game has it's place in the series and the series would be incomplete without all the games together, the upcoming game feels like it doesn't have anything interesting to say about the universe or character. Even the open world aspect of gameplay doesn't draw me at all. I'd like to be proven wrong though.
And honestly, I'd be fine with the series continuing in the Rising route and let Kojima do something new.
Thanks for reading