Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-86.45.17.40-20150902022025/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150902034830

Interesting that you mention the Grand Game Plan and all the material that got cut. There's evidence now of unfinished material in the game. Specifically, there was to be a battle with Eli. Who knows, maybe we'll eventually see that content. I'm starting to believe Kojima may have wanted more time to expand the game.

I don't like the plot twist, but perhaps Kojima could've made better sense of it with less constraints. He may have intended to show a final battle between Venom and Solid, or even a remake of MG1 if he'd remained with Konami. There also are characters who are absent or were totally brushed to the side. Chico, Amanda, Cecile. We don't get any cut scenes involving them, nor do we see Zero or Eva again. There were some missed opportunties to cameo characters from MG1, considering how Venom's big reveal leads into that game.

The game isn't terrible. It's the story that feels lacking, as if it were rushed and somehow incomplete. There are great scenes and moments of character development, but Big Boss suffers the most. We don't see why he decides to create an army nation hell-bent on war, or what moves him to raise child soldiers.