Its sad If you didn't already know this. "Solid Snake, makes the impossible possible."

lets try not to think too much about this stuff...lol
kojima was stuck between trying to make a game and a story that some aspects dont make sense...

Metal Gear Ray... I would love a model of that one. T_T

metal gear ray being built as an "anti metal gear", and therefore could not stand up to infantry, is a dumb idea.

you spend billions of dollars on a machine that can be destroyed by one guy with a portable missile launcher, just so you can defend against other big robots? what's the point of producing the big robots then, in the first place?

lol kind of reminds me of this

In the case of REX, to be able to launch a nuclear missile from any location.

In the case of RAY, to be able to kill 'more simple/older' Metal Gears with ease, in case they're going to attack 'The Big Shell'.

And like someone else already said in this thread, Raiden didn't kill all these Metal Gear Ray robots, he only damaged them.

I would like to rename the thread

"Why is metal gear so awesome....yet so stupid"

I don't know how anyone can take these games even halfway seriously, they are hilariously bad B movie quality shows. I don't know how many facepalms I've given playing this series. I really like the series, I own the whole series, but my god it's so stupid.

I mean in MGS3 in the first half hour or so, Somebody in the 1960s takes a nuke out of a brief case, launches it from a shoulder mounted rocket launcher, from nearby helicopter, and watches the nuke go off from the helicopter, and then flies off. HOW MANY THINGS ARE WRONG WITH THAT SCENE?

This, I love the games but the story is ridiculous a lot of times and full of plot holes, which makes it very sad when people claim it's the best VG story ever.

Dude don't you know Snakes a G?

I won't argue with you that the story of these games is sometimes ridiculous, but what, in your opinion, makes 'the best VG story ever'? Does it really have to be a 'realistic story' to be good? Besides, what is a good story? Doesn't that also have to do with personal preference?

I'm not saying MGS games have the best VG stories ever, but the great thing about MGS, at least for me, is that cinematic feeling, the storytelling, the tons of interesting characters with their own storie and motivations, the conspiracies...AND of course the humor and gameplay. And yes, even how ridiculous the story of MGS games sometimes can be, i love the story in these games. It's an interesting mix of conspiracy-theories and science-fiction in real world settings.