Who gives a shit, seriously. I know I don't.
Metal Gear Solid was, in my opinion, the best in the series. There was actual stealth, or rather, "stealth elements". However, there wasn't a moment where you didn't feel like you weren't infiltrating a massive complex crawling with armed guards and their pineapple grenades. The plot was always ridiculous, but escapism was easy to accept back then. Most of us were okay with crazy characters and nutty plots, because it was great to have an *original* game to play for once. Invisible super-secret cyborg ninja assassin.. ? Okay, at least he's just a small character, it's not so bad. At least he made Otacon piss himself.. that was interesting enough.
Look where they've taken Metal Gear now. The latest is a complete action-fest, and there is only stealth if you want to slog the game down to a frustrating crawl. Half of the areas are designed for you to just blast through everything, blowing stuff up. Sneaking seemed like it was added after-the-fact. You were actually punished for trying to be sneaky, and rewarded hand-over-fist for plowing through a level, guns blazing.
Anyway, getting further into it then I really wanted to. All I can say is.. Play as a Cyborg Ninja? Fuck that. Are you kidding me? Why is Every Fucking Game series turning into a pathetic action-crap-fest? Just stop it already, just stop it.. stop.. please. Oh, and let's not forget their card game offshoots... my word, what the fuck?
If folks want to play as a ridiculously ridiculous uninterestingly uninteresting cyborg ninja character, then play something else, there is a ton of games out there for you, even crazy anime if that's your thing.. but please stop supporting the polluting of a once decent stealth-action series.
(What the hell happened to original complex stealth games? Thief, Hitman, etc. Seriously, is there a damn conspiracy to transform every decent game series into a pile of shit?)