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The Next Metal Gear Game: What Should Change?

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Guns of the Patriots  |  Metal Gear
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is considered to be the last game in the saga. Due to the series' popularity and Konami's heavy reliance on its success, a new Metal Gear title will certainly appear again in the future. So how can Konami improved on an already critically-acclaimed
 series? Here are a few suggestions for the next Metal Gear title.

New Main Character

Many fans were upset when Solid Snake handed over his starring role to Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. This time, they probably wouldn't mind if Snake takes a back seat. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the last chapter in the saga surrounding Solid Snake. Therefore, anything else after the poignant ending will be nothing more than unneeded canon.

The new Metal Gear lead should be a change of pace of the long-running series. Perhaps being the villainous Revolver Ocelot or even Raiden again (in cyborg ninja form) may be the answer for the next Metal Gear game.

New Storyline

Solid Snake's story did not start with Metal Gear Solid. His story began more than 20 years ago in Metal Gear. Because of that, Konami should put the complicated but ultimately rewarding story to rest and start a completely new chapter. Doing so will draw in both old and new fans to the series.

The next Metal Gear game shouldn't have a convoluted and complicated story by filling it with twists and conspiracies like the last one. Instead, they should mainly focus on the series' strongest point: the character development.

More Focus on Gameplay

Putting less emphasis on story would also mean less cut scenes and overly long dialogues. This was actually planned for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots but was later neglected because answering every question in the saga got a bit too grand.

If Konami choose to start from a clean slate, they don't have to worry about any past stories that need long cut scenes to explore. They then will be able to allocate their resources on their excellent gameplay the series is known for in the next Metal Gear title.

Improved Hard Drive Installation

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I do hope that there are not too many cutscenes. I love MGS and like MGS4 a lot, but I did feel like the gaming was secondary to the cutscenes. Even the first Metal Gear back on the NES had a great story but more gameplay than MGS4.
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Posted on 03/28/2009 at 9:03:19 AM

Yea, I agree with the first two comments. Dialogue and story made the Metal Gear series, to cut that down is asking for yet another FPS. Despite what some may think, Metal Gear isn't really for the Call of Duty/Gears of War/Halo audience, it's edged towards those who play western games. One thing you didn't mention, that I'd love to see though is co-op. Without Snake running the show, Kojima can now introduce two lead characters instead of focusing on one, and I know alot of people that love Metal Gear but would prefer to play aside friends than against them.
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Posted on 03/28/2009 at 1:03:21 AM

NO NO the storylien was what made metal gear metal gear take that away and its jsut every otehr fps
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Posted on 03/28/2009 at 12:03:21 AM

The storyline from the Metal gear Solid series was the best part, the convolution and conspiracies are some of the things that made the game for me. It really made the series interesting and it was amazing to see how it developed.
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Posted on 03/27/2009 at 10:03:06 PM

i also think if they do a raiden game...cyber ninja...that the stealth should be more tenchu ish...i d even play it then...because nobody wants snake in raiden skin
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Posted on 03/27/2009 at 9:03:58 PM

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