Why is the whole gaming journalism on Kojima's d***?

[MTZehvor]

ghettoglamour said:

MTZehvor said:

If his points are so ridiculous, you should have no problem rebutting them easily. This sort of dismissiveness accomplishes nothing.

A number of his points are valid, too. The story is a huged missed opportunity, one that didn't need 10 minute cutscenes to tell. A story dealing with a hero's descent into villainy with an unending quest for revenge would have been really compelling. And he's certainly not wrong about the recycled missions either, though most of them are optional, the game does a very poor job of explaining that they are optional.

They are? The main ones? Which ones?

Or better, how can you tell by yourself?

All of the ones that are repeats of past missions are optional. If it's got Extreme, Substantiation, or Total Stealth by it, it's optional. 

Again, the game does an awful job of explaining this. I don't know why these weren't put in the side ops list, at the very least.