Maybe the bosses should've explained the backstories themselves.  For example, just before Sniper Wolf died in MGS1, she explained what her life was like without any help.

Nothing screams 'evil twisted demented machine women' like a long monologue!

I suppose it could have worked if they did it before dying, though.

And it would be cool if you could codec Drebin at any point, just to hear his opinion on things.

Or at least see his face when he is busy monologuing.

Even cooler would be some video or screenshots to accompany the story, like images of crying wolf murdering the people of her village.

I love the little fourth-wall-breaking mentions of the PS3 through the game, though

EDIT: He had to curb the FoxDie, though. The game was meant to tie up all loose strings around Solid Snake, and leaving him as a ticking time bomb that could destroy the human race wasn't a very good way to do that. And who would want to see Snake die?

I thought the ending was good enough to negate every gripe you have about the story

why so serious? take a rest

Ok, they weren't that bad.

Beside, she's been in the military for years. What'd you expect.

I love me a powerful woman who can dominate me.

I agree 100%, but I thought I was the only one :P

I agree that the gameplay/controls was the best in MGS4. The gameplay time was pretty short once you remove all the cutscenes and codecs. One hour for each chapter. As for the story, MGS4 was the weakest. The story didn't hook me until Act III. Bringing Big Boss was both shocking and stupid.

Metal Gear Solid 1 remains the best imo. While the story was simple at the beginning, just disarm and save the hostages, it really got interesting. The twists were amazing. It had a good balance of cutscenes and gameplay. There were a lot of epic moments in MGS1. The bosses actually had personality unlike MGS4.

Somebody hates something popular?!?! GET 'EM BOYS!

I disagree

MGS4 was everything I wanted & much much more

{we salute you Kojima, Snake & Konami}