Finished.
And by that, I mean reading this
whole thread. Thats right, it wasnt easy but I managed to do it (Ill admit, I fast scrolled here and there) and it was so I could wash the awful taste this game left in my mouth.
Basically this.
Plenty of posters have expressed my disappointment so succinctly, so Ill avoid reiterating what has been said so many times and concentrate on a few personal notes of mine~
- I expected Skull Face to turn out to be Gene, since I remember Kojima saying Skull Face is who you think he is but nope, he turns out to be the shittiest villain of the whole saga. Come to think of it, given Kojimas descent into full ham, Im glad Gene is not Skull Face
- I cannot believe just how hard Kojima needed to bend over backwards in order to justify Quiet speaking English. The amount of contrivances that had to happen is just awful
- Huey becoming an absolute dirtbag of a human being. This is one, if not the biggest, proof that Kojima is a hack writer. His go-to-answer to create drama is to pluck out an established character and have them do sick shit with very little build-up (ParaMedic cutting up Frank Jaegar, etc) Im waiting for the next game where it turns out that Kaz was actually killing those children by putting them into grinders to serve as meat for his chain of Burger joints.
- Speaking of which, words cannot express how I was torn over the Burger tapes. Kaz doesnt sound like a cartoon (take a listen, its the only place in the game where he doesnt growl like Wolverine) and the story arc had me basically shouting Yess! This the MGS I fell in love with!
This explains so much.
As highlighted by these two posts:
The writing has become increasingly spiteful, full of anger that seems to be directed at the player on occasions.
I am aware this will piss off the biggest of Kojima defenders but I am ready to embrace a post-Kojima MGS. Considering that my favorite storylines are MPO, AC!D and Ghost Babel, it won't be a big loss.
Go away, Kojima. Just. go. away.