why is it hard for you to accept that people are entitled to their own opinion?summer_star17x
While of course everyone is entitled to their opinion if we cannot debate and argue against their opinions on things then there is no point in having form of discussion. Just becase people are entitled and have their own view of things, doesn't mean they can't or shouldn't be chanllenged in fact I think the opposite holds true, especially if there is to be any form of conclusion to a discussion. Obviously ignoring what other people have to say isn't the way to do things either.
I played every MGS game, even if I couldn't finish force myself to finish #3. The story in the game is wordy and extremely cheesey. Listening to 5 minutes of inane talk between people every time I save the game is not my idea of fun. What's bad about the story? Everything...including a Fat guy on roller blades, spraying hair spray to defuse bombs, comic book eletricity shooting cheese enemies. The worst thing about the story is not just how bad it is (alot of games have bad stories), but how much time they take showing it to you. They actually think that it is good, but it's painful.
I'm not against a big story either....I like the Final Fantasy games. They blast you with long cut scenes, and can definitely be cheesey, but it's actually done fairly well. That is NOT the case with MGS....the story is bad in every way.
The characters are shallow and boring. Snake has a mullet, smokes cigarettes and looks like he came from a trailer park. It's borderline racist that this is some Japanese game designer's view of an American character. Oh, and Snake is the 'cool' character, lets not get started onRaiden.
The gameplay elements are pretentious if not just outdated. In Metal Gear you hide in closets and under boxes, while games like thief and Splinter Cell have used lighting and real cover for years. MGS's gameplay really hasn't changed since the PS1 era. I'm not a fan of Splinter Cell, but its 'stealth' elements actually make sense.
Finally, the whole series rides on hype. MGS 2 sold twice as many as MGS 3.....so there were obviously alot of disappointed people. Compare that to a game like Halo, also overhyped, but Halo 2 sold alot more than Halo 1 and Halo 3 is on track to way outsell #2.
Just my opinion though....Hulabaloza
Eh? I completely disagree with your sentiment, having beaten all three games multiple times (and owning multiple versions of the game, including Twin Snakes). Most of the stories have always managed to achieve the perfect balance between reality and science fiction, with enough HUMOUR thrown in to make things interesting (if you don't enjoy the series humour, that doesn't make it cheesy).
You says whats bad about the story, listing Fatman, the bomb difussing mission and Volgin, while clearly omiting some of the most breath taking scenes from the game. Snake jumping off from the Brooklyn Bridge, Gray Fox fight with Metal Gear Rex, the Halo Jump in Snake Eater, not to mention some of the BEST bosses both in terms of design and character design from any game, The End, Psycho Mantis, Fortune, Gray Fox, just to name a few.
Hate the game all you want but credit, where credit is due. MGS has created some of the most iconic and prolific characters in video game history together with an increadible mythos and excellent bosses. To focus on elements or characters you may not like is to ignore the whole series for what it is.
Characters shallow & boring? I suppose thats what you get when you don't have the attention span to listen to the codec sequences or even watch the cutscenes. Again I suppose someone like the Master Chief or Sam Fisher are somehow deeper characters... please? Games like MGS3 fleshed out the characters beyond anything Splinter Cell or Halo have ever done and have raised both moral and ethical questions that far surpass the scope of what one might consider to be found in any video game.
Also if you knew anything about the inspiration for the design and creation of the character you would know that he is based on many American block buster action heroes/movies, the most prominent being Kurt Russell from Escape from New York. I suppose Sam Fisher obviously a way cooler and less stereotypical hero? Not to mention the character depth portrayed by Snake and his various incarnations make him anything BUT a stereotype.
Also pretentious gameplay? I'm sure that just making sure your meter shows that your hidden in light or dark, is much more advanced than what any MGS game could hope to achieve... please. Sons of Liberty bosted some of the most advanced and FUN interactive AI seen in a video game when it came out and the gameplay has always managed to be FUN and accesible, allowing for any st-yle of gameplay you want to impose on yourself. Want to run and gun? Go for it? Want to stealth through without killing a single enemy? Bam, done!
Also you compare MGS2 to MGS3, fair enough quite a few people were dissapointed with MGS (for whatever reason), however the series has still managed to maintain itself as one of the strongest selling franchises around, with a rabid fanbase and a following that would do most games shame. You compare to Halo which is THE biggest selling game the Xbox has to offer, apples and oranges.
Yes you do have an opinion and you are entitled to it, but its based on a narrow minded perspective of the game as a whole with an obvious deficit regarding the games goals and aims, not to mention the overall mythos surrounding it. You choose to ignore and avoid those points of the game which you think don't support you argument. MGS isn't for everyone, but to lay such shallow negatives against it, is to not see the game for what it is, and it is different things to different people and something much more prolific in the grand scheme of things than say Splinter Cell. Its like trying to compare Mario to any other platformer...
Long post, but I wanted to cover all points. Thanks for reading if you did
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