2. Humour(?!)
Metal Gear is weird; its not Splinter Cell or something of the like. Its a series that embraces over-the-top antics or villains, and breaks the fourth-wall when it feels like it. After seeing the footage for MGS5 (Ground Zero and Phantom Pain) I am a little bit worried The game might completely shed its goofiness in favour of seriousness. Now I normally would be like Hey thats cool but I have slight problem with it, and if youre a HUGE Metal Gear fan you might want to skip the next paragraph. The games are not what I would call Masterpieces of Writing, they have great personality, deep characters, and some pretty cool lines...the writing just isnt at the level where I would say they could drop all the silly. When you get down to it as a serious piece, its like Escape from New York (my favourite movie) not Schindlers List. It has a lot of original ideas that can grab your imagination, but I think as soon as Metal Gear sheds its craziness and attempts to be 100% serious it might look a bit limp next to Bioshock or Spec Ops The Line. I think an even better comparison would be to Inception, it has themes, an interesting plot, and fun characters but when we start talking about how those things are handled its often heavy handed and not as clever as Nolan fans might believe. I may have pissed off at least 3 groups of people there, just remember I love all of the things previously mentioned above. I am just attempting to analyse these things; obviously I could be completely wrong. Metal Gear Solid 5 could make BioShock Infinite look like Godfather Part 3, I am just sceptical.