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ashenberry · 3 months ago

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yeah yknow while i dont think portable ops serves that well a bridge between even mgs3 & peacewalker much less mgs3 & mgs4 I do think giving players more time w/ zero, paramedic, sigint, and even campbell to an extent was a good call given their increased importance to the story in 4 yknow, kind of give more of the hints to the roles they would play it wouldve been a bit jarring if they just had the 1 game that doesnt really hint towards any of thi[looks at the execution of the mgs1/2 casts inclusion] ah shit

#ashen.rambles #idk how to explain this other then like. beyond snake and otacon alot of these solid era characters inclusions feel like shallow fan servic #WHICH I DONT THINK THEY SHOOOULD BEE #uh snake otacon and Naomi but. holds Naomi girl what did they do to u #BUT LIKEE mei ling is just. there! vamp is just. there! i like that meryl wears a bandana now to show the impact snake on her dont get her #motivations and her group plays an embarassingly small role in reality despite how much the game pretends otherwise #rose is just. there! raidens in his emo boy arc and i respect that he says europe and dies. idk his b plot couldve been done better #hes really just here to be grey fox again #<- AND ANOTHER THING. THE REFERENCES TO SHADOW MOSES IN THIS W/ THE BOSSES DOESNT FEEL CLEVER #like it does in 2 bc like the whole point of 2 is that theyre doing shadow moses again to test raiden #here its like. look its shadow moses but we made them women! sad women! sad women where drebin will explain their tragic backstory to after #u put them down #look! its the sorrow! and mantis! look its the ufo line from 2! look look! and its like augh #lotta these characters deserved better #i get that its trying to tie up alllll da loose ends. didnt do a good job lol

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