Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6431205-20130423195835/@comment-1210805-20130719083101

Christengo wrote: If Konami is going to make a Metal Gear sequel in THIS era, they REALLY oughta downplay the cybernetics schtick. Tbh, it seemed rediculously unrealistic that ANY military, private or national, would even have the funds to have THAT many cyber soldiers and still be alive and kicking. Fine, I know it needs to be kept interesting. But most of us didn't fall in love with the Metal Gear franchise for over-the-top, cyberorg ninja action. We fell in love with it because of the stealth action, surreal gameplay and storyline, which touched on modern-day issues. In sum, I think it should focus more on humanity in regards to a sequel. After all, let's face it, most people can't relate to the idea of fantastical cybernetic warfare. As a plot element, they should just say that the PMCs and national governments just flat ran out of funds to sustian any more cyborgs and extra fleets of UAVs and UGVs since someone like Raiden kept killing them just as easy as any normal soldier, jet, or tank. Hence, making them much less cost effective. It's benignly close to reality, and I think I speak for all the fans here when I say that it'd be all the more appealing to play. First of all, never try to claim you speak for all fans, you're just opening yourself up for attacks. Your opinion is yours, that's it.

Now, Rising was created with the potential of creating another Metal Gear series. Its focus is action, while Solid will remain stealth. The whole reason for the cyborgs is to prevent the game being banned. If you just fought standard enemies there would be no challenge, and the game would have some issues in many regions including but not limited to Japan, Germany and Australia. Being able to cut enemies at will is fairly taboo if they're human, not so much if they're cyborg.

Now the point of expenses is valid, but Rising used the justification of the enemies all being from the wealthiest PMC of them all. They even made the point that cyborg law enforcement was done through this PMC and that others could not afford the same things. So there is, in theory, room for other games in this era without having so many cyborgs, as long as the enemy is not World Marshall.