| Ari_Gold said: how could anyone hate MGS. its such a great series. Great gameplay and story. The voice acting is the best in video game history. People like to talk shit for no reason. |
People have different tastes in games. Personally, the gameplay in MGS pisses me off because it feels as if it's stuck in 1997. I didn't mind overhead views with sloppy controls in MGS1... It was the best the industry had to offer. The problem with Kojima is that he got so stuck on himself that he wouldn't admit that games like Splinter Cell and Silent Hill had perfected the console third person action genre and overhead views were becoming outdated. Obviously, I'm not the only one who believes this so it's not just "talking shit for no reason". Look at the sales numbers, the MGS series has been in steady decline. I think this is because of the advancements in gameplay throughout the genre and because there are better offerings out there. The story may be great but interest will still dwindle unless there is gameplay to back it up.
Don't get me wrong, I'm hoping this all changes for MGS4 and that the player is given more license to control every aspect of the character. If so, I'll jump on that bandwagon in a heartbeat but I'm not holding my breath waiting for it to happen. Kojima strikes me as the type of guy (through interviews, presentations, comments, etc) who takes himself a little too seriously and would never admit that he might be wrong about something.
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