Justin Hutchison of DualShockers.com discusses possible directions for Metal Gear Solid 5 and why the main Metal Gear Solid series should be left alone in the wake of Metal Gear Solid 4's story.
The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.
No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.
Meh
Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.
Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.
I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.
Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.
Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.
Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.
Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.
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These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.
Always loved the Metal solid series Snail is the bestest.
Metal Gear Solid is still very much alive. Its the best franchise ever in my opinion.
Kojima knows best...
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Wow. Great piece. I almost got teary eyed thinking of the end of MGS4 again. That reason alone should be enough for Kojima to just let the series be. I feel that that this series is becoming the "star wars" to his George Lucas, but using Lucas and the prequals as an example, some things should just be left alone. It's a case where the more you add to it, the more it takes away from what made the last game special.
Kojima is full of surprises, so I'm just hoping that this talk of a 5th game is nothing more than a re-naming of Rising. That's just wishful thinking on my part.