This review contains spoilers
While this game can have glimmers of MGS1's charm and didn't annoy me nearly as much as 2's Big Shell, I found the game to be good but not great.
Probably the most damning aspect of the game is its gameplay and how little any of it actually matters. While the game probably shines in gimmick runs on harder difficulties, if you're just a schlub who wants to simply beat the game on it's normal difficulty, you can just walk forward with little to no resistance no matter how alerted guards are. It is a little funny to see how little of a fuck you can give about anything and still manage to clear areas, but that sense of joy won't cover the game's full runtime.
The story also gets a lot of praise but outside of some wacky moments and enjoyable cartoon characters, I found it hard to get invested in any of it? I blame this feeling on the various Kojima trademarked exposition dumps, especially the final cutscene vomiting out a bunch of character motivations when I was mentally checked out at like... the motorcycle segment where I chucked stun grenades at enemies for like 30 straight minutes four hours prior to the end.
And speaking of the motorcycle segment, this game has a lot of story beats just ripped off from the first game which is absolutely hilarious considering the second game's entire meta gimmick and it's probably intentional hack writing and I'll give it up, fuck it.
The real takeaway I'm getting out of this game is that Kojima will never make something as funny or charming as the original Metal Gear Solid for me and I am in no rush to see how it all unfolds, even though I heard four is everyone's favourite.
Probably the most damning aspect of the game is its gameplay and how little any of it actually matters. While the game probably shines in gimmick runs on harder difficulties, if you're just a schlub who wants to simply beat the game on it's normal difficulty, you can just walk forward with little to no resistance no matter how alerted guards are. It is a little funny to see how little of a fuck you can give about anything and still manage to clear areas, but that sense of joy won't cover the game's full runtime.
The story also gets a lot of praise but outside of some wacky moments and enjoyable cartoon characters, I found it hard to get invested in any of it? I blame this feeling on the various Kojima trademarked exposition dumps, especially the final cutscene vomiting out a bunch of character motivations when I was mentally checked out at like... the motorcycle segment where I chucked stun grenades at enemies for like 30 straight minutes four hours prior to the end.
And speaking of the motorcycle segment, this game has a lot of story beats just ripped off from the first game which is absolutely hilarious considering the second game's entire meta gimmick and it's probably intentional hack writing and I'll give it up, fuck it.
The real takeaway I'm getting out of this game is that Kojima will never make something as funny or charming as the original Metal Gear Solid for me and I am in no rush to see how it all unfolds, even though I heard four is everyone's favourite.
Lightningboalt
2 years ago