He's not a very good designer and a very bad screenwriter (plus, he's narcissist). I guess it's because he did a good job on the first Metal Gear Solid and the people writing reviews were players back then. I'm not sure.
But yes. Considering that Metal Gear Solid 4 got 94 on Metacritic, I'm sure everything he does, don't matter how bad it is, will always get universal praise.
I think The Phantom Pain is a good game, but far from a 10, more like an 8. I also agree with all of your complaints.
I like Metal Gear Solid series because those are "joke games", something to play when I'm bored of more mature and serious stuff like Deus Ex, but I'm not blind, I know all of those games are far from perfect.








