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The video above is what I watched. Credits to the YouTuber who made it as I thought it cut a lot of fat and did a great job summarizing all the important details in three hours.
Metal Gear Solid V and parts of Peacewalker are the only two games in the series I haven't played - perhaps I can count the first two for NES as well as it's been decades since I touched those.
I always thought the Metal Gear universe was exceptionally appealing and I did love a lot about it, but once Metal Gear Solid 4 came around, I grew to really dislike where the story headed. I attribute most of my disdain by that point to the excessively long cutscenes and exposition that game had. Not that the series wasn't known for that quality before, but 4 really was more absurd than I ever expected.
As for V and Peacewalker, although I never played them, I did look up their stories several years ago. I found both to be satisfactory and the twist with Venom Snake enjoyable.
But whenever I consumed Metal Gear narrative, I did so in isolated bursts by playing the titles far in time from one another. It never really dawned on me just how sprawling and crazier it would be to see it all it one sitting.
Well, now that I have, I'll say that this series has got to be the most narratively ambitious video game series with some of the dumbest and coolest fucking things I've ever seen. Watching a three hour video that chronicles the entire series really puts it more into perspective the ambition and thought that went into it, even if I dislike a lot of choices.
Ocelot undergoing hypnotherapy to feign Liquid's control is probably what throws the baby out with the bath water - I hate that one thing the most. I understand V tries to reinforce this technique, what with Venom undergoing something similar in order to fulfill his role, but god damn will I always dislike the execution of it with Ocelot.
On the other hand, I still think the Sons of Liberty is one of the best titles in the series for all the existential questions and role of AI and technology it brings, all of which seem relevant today. A damn shame that Solidus wasn't featured more as he was seriously a formidable foe.
What do y'all think of the series?
The video above is what I watched. Credits to the YouTuber who made it as I thought it cut a lot of fat and did a great job summarizing all the important details in three hours.
Metal Gear Solid V and parts of Peacewalker are the only two games in the series I haven't played - perhaps I can count the first two for NES as well as it's been decades since I touched those.
I always thought the Metal Gear universe was exceptionally appealing and I did love a lot about it, but once Metal Gear Solid 4 came around, I grew to really dislike where the story headed. I attribute most of my disdain by that point to the excessively long cutscenes and exposition that game had. Not that the series wasn't known for that quality before, but 4 really was more absurd than I ever expected.
As for V and Peacewalker, although I never played them, I did look up their stories several years ago. I found both to be satisfactory and the twist with Venom Snake enjoyable.
But whenever I consumed Metal Gear narrative, I did so in isolated bursts by playing the titles far in time from one another. It never really dawned on me just how sprawling and crazier it would be to see it all it one sitting.
Well, now that I have, I'll say that this series has got to be the most narratively ambitious video game series with some of the dumbest and coolest fucking things I've ever seen. Watching a three hour video that chronicles the entire series really puts it more into perspective the ambition and thought that went into it, even if I dislike a lot of choices.
Ocelot undergoing hypnotherapy to feign Liquid's control is probably what throws the baby out with the bath water - I hate that one thing the most. I understand V tries to reinforce this technique, what with Venom undergoing something similar in order to fulfill his role, but god damn will I always dislike the execution of it with Ocelot.
On the other hand, I still think the Sons of Liberty is one of the best titles in the series for all the existential questions and role of AI and technology it brings, all of which seem relevant today. A damn shame that Solidus wasn't featured more as he was seriously a formidable foe.
What do y'all think of the series?
