Poll: MGS Peace walker, the worst MGS i've ever played.

[Elite Guard Lethleane]

I loved MGS and the sequels. And while I admit it didn't make any sense in the middle of the series, when 4 set out to explain everything, it left me totally satisfied. But Peace walker has negated all the good of the series with every bugbear I have found in gaming.

Quick time events are the worst idea in gaming (only Resident Evil 4 did it right) in my personal opinion, with a cutscene, fundamentally taking a break from gameplay, now forcing pointless button bashing upon the player. Furthermore the tedious acting, scripting and story itself needs little to make the Peace walker experience any worse (David Hayter seems truly bored throughout). Kojima set out to tell the untold story of the Cold war, without realising that there was good reason the events of 1974 hasn't resonated through the 21st century.

Gameplay is slow paced and repetitive, with the destructible scenery only resulting in the game having collision detection equivalent to that of a PSX title, pre MGS1. Perhaps my expectations were too high, the initial gleam of the metal textures and Big Boss sporting some decent tranfer maps looking to have really optimised the questionable choice of platform.

This is the series that not only got me into gaming, but even inspired me to study 3D animation. But this title has left a sour taste, and a opinon of Big Boss being a weak character surrounded by a cast that only benefits him by being truly awful.

 

[Kair]

Have you ever played Metal Gear Solid 1? I swear it must be one of the best games ever designed.

 

[-Seraph-]

It's not the worst game in the series, not by a fucking long shot, and most of your complaints sound terribly petty.

I mean really, quick time events? aside from one particular one where you had to mash triangle, they are fine and actaully make the game more engaging. People gotta get over themselves when it comes to QTEs, they're fine and the ones in peace walker worked and weren't intrusive.

The gameplay is like every other MGS game with a few different thngs here and there but calling it repetitive is sill and you might as well condemn the rest of the series as well with that point. If you are complaining about how its broken up inot missions. well it's a god damn portable game so it works better. Besides, the mission based structure makes it a lot easier to pick up and play.

The visuals are great, it's a god damn PSP game so I have no clue what the hell you were expecting. That's all I gotta say to that complaint.

As for the story, it's one of the better in the series by far. The story is very clear cut and doesn't pull too many stupid bullshit plot twists that hardly make any sense. It's not bogged down by tedious exposition and repetitive dialogue (most of that shit is optional). Aside from a specific plot twist that i found kind of "meh", the story was good all the way through and is far better written than some of the other games. Really, you are honestly calling THIS game to have the worst story of them all when it's probably one of the better written ones in the series?

I really can't see where you get this "worst MGS ever" vibe and the complaints come off as hollow and somewhat petty. Maybe if you elaborated on it more but even then, it's leaps and bounds better than some of the other games. I'm no Metal Gear fan either, I'm rather indifferent to the series most of the time but I can easily say this is one of the best MGS games.