#portable ops peacewalker and rising do not get a spot on this list but i would say i think peacewalker is cool

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mainline metal gear solid opinions from a guy who watched someone else play the games

mgs: extremely good. the hetero romance is heavy-handed but knowing it crashes and burns between 1 and 2 helps. otacon is at his most loser stage and i respect him for it. naomi is a bitch and i love that for her, she is important to the plot in a way that makes me love to hate her. inclusion of the totally unnecessary otacon ending is just *chef kiss*

mgs2: really solid except whenever rose and raiden are in a call together. jesus christ. shut the fuck up. i wish you could play snake in the main campaign but having him and otacon be super gay just off screen is good. the ending sequence with the AI corruption is so fucking awesome. i stan pliskin

mgs3: i did not think i would care about a game without solid snake and otacon in it. i care SO MUCH. very goofy and also very heart-wrenching. ocelot is a fucking joy to behold. eva is annoyingly sexual but when you find out why it really ties a ribbon on the ending. the sorrow's "fight" is genuinely so cool, what the hell. this one made me cringe away from the screen more than the others but that's bc i'm squeamish

mgs4: suspended my disbelief so hard i felt like i was seconds from losing it entirely, but actually a really good send-off to the story of solid snake. i fucking hate naomi in this one, and not in the fun way. why did she get to solve everything. i am sad about snake's fate but it's ok, i'm writing fix-it fic. this is salvageable. i cannot stand drebin's monkey

mgs5: i'm gonna be real with you the fandom makes this one for me. i haven't seen all of it yet but oh my god it isn't doing it for me. kaz/venom shippers are the backbone of our society (also there's a dog, i love the dog). the chicken hat is fucking evil and i resent konami for it. just program an easy mode you pretentious assholes