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Portable Ops is the only "canon" entry I haven't played at all, I remain curious about it due to the return of characters like Paramedic as well as a young Campbell.
You can tell Kojima had absolutely no interest in PO since he discarded all of those characters before Peace Walker.

The game is very derivative. Everyone is from a previous game or, in the case of Gene, a pale copy of Big Boss. Each thrown in the mix with no rhyme or reason. Even the recruitment system sucked; which is why the Fulton was such a godsend.
 
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You can tell Kojima had absolutely no interest in PO since he discarded all of those characters before Peace Walker.

The game is very derivative. Everyone is from a previous game or, in the case of Gene, a pale copy of MSX Big Boss. Each thrown in the mix with no rhyme or reason. Even the recruitment system sucked; which is why the Fulton was such a godsend.
And yet the irony is PO had an influence on the series that lasted all the way to The Phantom Pain, it was the game that started the whole idea of Big Boss recruiting NPCs.

Young Poonhound Campbell > Poonhound Bisexual Miller
Sokolov showing up for 5 minutes > Otacon Clone

Also whatever happened to Amanda, Chico and that French Woman in MGS V? Kojima couldn't stop just discarding characters the further he went.

The fact the game is derivative is why it's not such a fucking mess compared to every other post MGS3 game Kojima has made tbqh. That being said, it's not something I think you'd enjoy Dom. Storyline is very light, it's a very gameplay focused game and the gameplay in Peace Walker outside grindy boss fights is much better. I mean play it if you can get the chance but I wouldn't go out and find a PSP just to play it.
I still have my old PSP but the battery got fucked up and I think the screen had some dead pixels, if I played it I'd probably emulate it but it's a question of whether I care enough.
 
And yet the irony is PO had an influence on the series that lasted all the way to The Phantom Pain, it was the game that started the whole idea of Big Boss recruiting NPCs.
This is the one time I'll give him credit for improving on an idea. There is a skeleton of a game in PO.
 
Also whatever happened to Amanda, Chico and that French Woman in MGS V? Kojima couldn't stop just discarding characters the further he went.
Chico was killed when the rocket hit the helicopter and Amanda is alive but is an abandoned character.
Chico was killed in Ground Zeroes.
Amanda and Cécile are not seen again in the franchise.
 
Chico was killed in Ground Zeroes.
Amanda and Cécile are not seen again in the franchise.
Amanda gets mentioned in MGSV.

Cécile fucked off back home before the inspection. Since she didn't get betrayed or vagina bombed or set on fire or cloned or browbeaten by an AI girlfriend or anything, I think Cécile might be the winner of the entire franchise.
 
Amanda gets mentioned in MGSV.

Cécile fucked off back home before the inspection. Since she didn't get betrayed or vagina bombed or set on fire or cloned or browbeaten by an AI girlfriend or anything, I think Cécile might be the winner of the entire franchise.
That's because she was chosen by god himself. no, seriously it's a cutscene on Peace Walker


The japanese version is even more insane.
 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PqS18aj6Vishttps://youtube.com/watch?v=_Rk6eIwIA5UNot sure those were entirely necessary things to know, or even desirable. Humorous, enjoyable, and campy, and entirely in line with the weird Cold Wars pulp theme the game has, but really, that's the infamous Big Boss, evil genius and mercenary mastermind?
One thing I disliked about MGS4 was that it wasn't very funny. It had its moments like at the end but my overall memory of it is that it wasn't very funny and I always appreciated the silly humor.
 
The game is very derivative. Everyone is from a previous game or, in the case of Gene, a pale copy of MSX Big Boss.

To be fair, I always found that contrast quite unique. Big Boss fighting the man that resembles the one he will become. Kind of poetic if you ask me, as in "Beware the one that fights monsters...."

One thing I disliked about MGS4 was that it wasn't very funny. It had its moments like at the end but my overall memory of it is that it wasn't very funny and I always appreciated the silly humor.

Meh, MGS 4 just wasnt built for humor. I think with all that it has, humor would just be so out of place. I legit dont know how you could add humor to a story where Snake is dying and is just barely capable of pulling this mission off without the help of a muscle suit to compensate for his degrating body.
MGS 4 is just meant to be lowest point of the series, the beginning of the final act you could say. Its the end of the whole saga, so humor by that point wouldnt add much. Thats all my opinion at least, I love MGS humor but Im glad it wasnt all over MGS 4 specifically.
 
Les Efants Terribles was ripped off from the world renowned Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Twins.
My dude, you are preaching to the choir. From elsewhere on this board:
I need to watch that again; from what I remember, this sounds really plausible.
Speaking of now-obscure 1980s movie references, though:
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No kidding.

I was chasing childhood memories via home video a few years ago, and it'd have to be a huge coincidence how much
  1. clone angst
  2. completely plausible and well-researched explanations of genetics and biology
from Twins just went straight into MGS1.

1988, don't know how well the movie did in Japan, but you cannot dissuade me from my theory.
 
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