MasterP said:
Never really liked MGS, mainly due to the whole 3rd person thing. Played the original on PC and some of Twin Snakes on the Gamecube, neither were terribly exciting compared to other stealth and PC shooters at the time. While the PC and Gamecube had better FP and 3P shooters at the time, the Playstation did not and I think that’s why the series has been so successful. Kojima’s plot writing was a little excessive as well, and still is.
Then again, I really liked the original Rainbow Six games, the ones that made you actually use stealth, made you take your time, and had realistic damange IE you die in 1 chest hit instead of crouching behind a magically bullet-proof wooden desk for 10 seconds while you auto-heal.
“I’mma let you finish, but Hideo Kojima is one of the best story-tellers of all time.”
Seriously though the man is a genius when it comes to telling a story. I will admit that the MGS series might not be for everyone, since a lot of times cinematics take up a lot of play time, but I personally enjoy that kind of stuff.
If you want a total immersion of MGS play MGS4 on the PS3 it is the only one that does the series complete justice as it has everything there. If you didn’t like the series from the original though it is doubtful that you will ever like it.
Everybody has their own thing though and there are definitely some third-person shooters that I can’t stand too, like I personally can’t stand Gears of War 1 or 2, something about it I hate. Anyways, Red Dead Redemption multiplayer is genius and I love it, that is all.