Snake Eater is like the MGS game with actual politics in it. The Cuban Missile crisis is mentioned along with LBJ and Khrushchev, the entire point of operation Snake Eater is the USA taking out a rogue wet work unit that were former heroes of WWII to clear their name with the soviets. Naked Snake works for the Fox Unit which is a splinter of the CIA, the GRU is there too. Like there's actual history in the game along with the fictional elements, it's probably one of the most grounded games in the series in terms of using pseudo-historical elements.
The gameplay's really nice even if it manages to wear out its welcome due to the game's padded length. Unfortunately outside of a handful of main missions the game mostly takes place in two boring open world environments with copy pasted enemy outposts that REALLY start to feel old by the end.
It's still vastly better than 4 in terms of its "enjoyable MGS gameplay to gimmicky bullshit" ratio
Yeah 4 was a mess all around, it had great ideas mixed in with terrible execution. I'm still a sucker for an old and dying snake back out again on a battlefield that's changed though, that core idea is great but the rest? eh not so much.
Snake Eater is like the MGS game with actual politics in it. The Cuban Missile crisis is mentioned along with LBJ and Khrushchev, the entire point of operation Snake Eater is the USA taking out a rogue wet work unit that were former heroes of WWII to clear their name with the soviets. Naked Snake works for the Fox Unit which is a splinter of the CIA, the GRU is there too. Like there's actual history in the game along with the fictional elements, it's probably one of the most grounded games in the series in terms of using pseudo-historical elements.
I really loved Peace Walker for carrying on the pseudohistorical stuff, then MGSV proceeded to not give a single shit about the 80s setting
Fuck that game
MGS V was just so disappointing. I really have no desire to play it at all from what I've seen/read.
The gameplay's really nice even if it manages to wear out its welcome due to the game's padded length. Unfortunately outside of a handful of main missions the game mostly takes place in two boring open world environments with copy pasted enemy outposts that REALLY start to feel old by the end.
It's still vastly better than 4 in terms of its "enjoyable MGS gameplay to gimmicky bullshit" ratio
Yeah 4 was a mess all around, it had great ideas mixed in with terrible execution. I'm still a sucker for an old and dying snake back out again on a battlefield that's changed though, that core idea is great but the rest? eh not so much.