For me, besides the OG on PS1, Snake Eater was by far my favorite MGS.
I think it is just, I mean I hated 2, I know yall like it or whatever, but I still feel it was a huge bait and switch playing as Raiden instead of Snake. MGS2 is like my TLOU2. I never got over the betrayal, and would never give any bullshit "points" a chance after I was betrayed. I'd rather play a full God of War game as Boy than play another MGS game as anyone but David Hayter.
I felt like 3 was a return to form and an answer to those criticisms and it just worked out perfectly. It is a perfect game. There is no better moment than overlooking that base with Snake in profile. The music, the story, the ENDING, Snake Eater is truly one of my goats, so if it is just a 1 to 1 copy of that with bad facial animations, I'm still in. What a game. What a thrill. Snake Eeeeettaaaaaaa.
This game is almost too good to screw up, so I'm not that worried. Silent Hill 2 on the other hand...I hope it's good.
I agree that Snake Eater is the absolute GOAT. Expect for some pacing issues here and there, not only the story is absolutely fantastic and charming, the character study prowess is unmatched, plain and simple. And it's not just one character in focus, it's all of them. Yeah, and best boss fights ever and stuff.
But please, don't put Sons of Liberty and Tlou2 in the same sentence. Sure SoL left many "dissapointed" at the time because of Raiden, but, after the dust settled, the characters, themes, God damn prophetic nature of the narrative, were all done masterfully. Truly an experience for the ages. Ffs, peolpe are still writting essays on this one after more than two decades.
Tlou2, on the other hand, while interesting in theory, lacked the subtle obsever and competent writer/director to make the characterisation and important plot threads believable and ultimately meaningful. It's pretty though.
Silent Hill 2 remake has narrative issues too serious to ignore, as amply shown in the threads. Who knows, maybe, just as Konami listened to The Boss design critiques, those peiole with the Sh2Re team will to, though i doubt that.