Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7218168-20140902024919/@comment-64.33.250.214-20140906181904

Paranoid Donkey wrote: Jim Logan wrote: Paranoid Donkey wrote: As someone who played 3, Peace Walker, 2, 1, 4 (I know, I know, sorry), I completely agree that you should play them in release order. Everything will make more sense to you.

If, after that, you want to play them chronologically, I'd definitely advise that too. Why would you be sorry about playing 4? I'm sorry about the order that I played them in, not sorry that I played 4. 4 was excellent. MGS4 was good, but it had issues. Of course, everything depends on personal preference...

1) The game broke records for longest cutscenes.

2) The Beauty and Beast Unit were some of the least popular/interesting bosses in the franchise's history.

3) Raiden became a ninja, which inevitably led to the controversial "Rising" game. Why does every other game have a ninja?

4) Johnny was ruined (imo) by becoming a main character and marrying Meryl.

5) Meryl got married.

6) Otacon and Naomi had sex.

7) Liquid's spirit possession and The Sorrow's parentage of Ocelot is ignored in favor of hypnotherapy, leaving some to believe Liquid's scenes in MGS2 were retconned.

8) Snake smokes so much you'd think the game was one big ad for the Tobacco industry.

9) There are a number of dramatic scenes that are immediately followed by cheese. After you fight the Beauty's, they curl up in a fetal position for unintentional humor. After the epic shootout with Liquid Ocelot on the river, Meryl and Johnny make out. After the Metal Gear battle, Liquid Ocelot skips away like a school girl. Etc.

10) That monkey was kind of annoying.

There's probably some gameplay issue I'm overlooking as well. Aside from these points, I think the game is ace. Just ranks near the bottom of the series for me.