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RE: Have your thoughts on the series changed over the years? - VerySolid - 18-05-2026
(18-05-2026, 09:21 AM)Dirty Duck Wrote:Basically it was me grow out of my fanboy phase vs what fandom thinks it is. Im tried to talk about this game flaws with people without rose tinted glasses and had a bunch of toxic replies like you do not understand this gem and a bunch of links on essays. For me such behaviour is antithesis to the game message.(18-05-2026, 09:16 AM)VerySolid Wrote:(18-05-2026, 09:11 AM)Dirty Duck Wrote:(16-05-2026, 02:22 PM)VerySolid Wrote: My opinion about MGS 2 drastically changed due to how much people wank its predictions and message. Greatest game ever made group think actually damaged game entire message.
I understand the fanbase of something being annoying, but why do you feel they've actually damaged the games message? Do you not think it exists in its own right regardless of what fans say about it?
Mindlessly praising mgs2 as greatest game of all time ignoring serious flaws in both story and gameplay.
Yeah I got what you were saying, but you said they damaged the game's entire message. But what about them "mindlessly praising" actually affects the game's themes and messaging? People mindlessly praise new films and the likes all the time but it doesn't actually damage the film as an artefact, even if it annoys you personally. Something like Fight Club on the other hand where people miss the messaging and misrepresent it is an example of people potentially damaging the film's message in my opinion. Do you think that is what's happened with MGS2 or are you just saying people glaze it and you find that annoying?
RE: Have your thoughts on the series changed over the years? - BigBrother - 18-05-2026
I think my opinion of the overall story has diminished after every installment. You can pin the blame on either MGS3 or MGS4, it's the refocus on the story from being about Snake to everything revolving around BB, which started in MGS3 but became the driving force in 4.
MGS1 and MGS2 remain unblemished to me.