Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-209.220.66.20-20140131165820/@comment-1504072-20140204201446

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Jim Logan wrote: Well besides having Boss meat Campbell, and Gray Fox, and showing how Boss got the money for MSF, no nothing story-wise happened. What about Zero founding the Patriots, or revealing The Boss was set up? MGS3 indicated that the CIA Director was the founder of the Patriots, and that the US was forced to sacrifice her due to very bad planning regarding a mission. Last I checked, those were story developments revealed in MPO. Zero founding the Patriots was only confirmed in MGS4. The Boss being "set up" was never actually confirmed at all. MGS3 only implied that the U.S. Philosophers became the Patriots, rather than being replaced by an almost identical organization (which was indeed just a change in name, ultimately). MPO only made hints towards these things but provided little answers, which is why one could skip the game and not miss any major developments in the overall saga. Big Boss's character development and mercenary beginnings are retold (more effectively) in Peace Walker.

Anyway its just my opinion. I actually liked MPO's story, but it just doesn't hold up to the other Solid games.