Returning to MGS4 in 2025: A Retrospective

[BigBrother]

I've really enjoyed these Nate. MGS4 is, if nothing else, unashamedly bombastic. It does help if you don't think too much about it, I personally have found it really hard to accept it for what it is as opposed to what I wish it was (as well written and considered as MGS2 is, MGS4 being...not that...has always been really jarring). The last act especially feels like the Charlie Always Sunny Pepe Silvia meme, it's insanely convoluted.

I try to hang on to playing it as a 17 year old and the chills/goosebumps when the credits stopped on 'Big Boss' and how that made me feel, because I don't think time and replays are very kind to MGS4.