MGS 3 itself while an excellent game overstays it welcome after you defeat "The End" IMO.
The games that he is well known for at this point are really 20+ years old.
MGS4 and MGS5 were successful but I don't think they were really that good compared to the other games. I am certainly not alone when it comes to thinking that.
The vast majority of praise goes to MGS2 and 3 these days. I think the original MGS should get more praise as it has the better story and at the time it really pushed what was possible.
> Death Stranding franchise is one of the "games that he is well known for" and it is most def not 20+ years old.
It isn't nearly as well respected as MGS 1-3. Metal Gear Solid 3 came out in 2004.
> Dont see your point.
The point is that Kojima work these days isn't nearly as much of a draw as it once was. If fans of the original MGS games like myself aren't that interested in his newer stuff that says quite a lot.
Metal Gear Solid as far as I am concerned ended after I finished 3.
To me it seems like saying "oh no, not another delicious steak today, I couldn't possibly"
I guess people just prefer more novelty than I do?
Otherwise people feel like the parent, that it's just slightly different than before but incrementally improved, and should therefore be a DLC.
Spear of Destiny (also 1992) is not only more of the same game, but an entire new game worth of new content. Great, but it's not part of any conversation.
Then came Doom (1993). Genre defining game all over again, no question.
On the other hand, you have Death Stranding (2019) and Death Stranding 2 (2025). Why did it take six years to make more of the same game?
Even if the succeeding effort is just adding polish and streamlining your previous sound, it's something different in my books.
In any case, in all the music discussion I've been, "artist that keeps making the same album" has always been a strong criticism very much like "one trick pony".
My favorite band started experimenting with different sounds and genres and while I still like their old stuff I don't care for their new stuff much
I would love if they made more that sounded like their old stuff.
Obviously it's their art and I don't begrudge them doing their own thing, but it was a bummer when I listened to it and felt it was no longer for me.