I recently replayed MGS1 for psx and then MGS2 for PS2. I just started up MGS3 and I cannot get into it.
I think I often read that people love MGS3, but I think MGS1 has the most interesting story and levels. I also think the bosses in MGS1 were much more fun than they were in MGS2.
Am I in the minority here? What other games would you recommend that capture the MGS1 vibe?
Which was arguably the point. The ten-dollar term is “ludonarrative assonance.” The blunt explanation is that MGS2 is a long-form middle finger to the player. It’s not Hideaki Anno levels of dickish, but it is unmistakably Kojima looking you in the eyes and asking, “So you want another one, huh?”
It just sounds like an excuse for a somewhat poorly designed game.
None of these games lacked time, skill, budget, or thought. All of their jank is deliberate.
It served a purpose besides making you happy.