Has anyone played Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker before? I haven’t technically completed it so I’ll save my essay for then, but I have played through the first ending.
I was really enjoying the game and would have argued it may be the best Metal Gear Solid game - to keep it short, it’s had a lot of the fat cut and has very little of the bollocks that leaves you struggling to suspend your disbelief.
I must admit that I ruined the pacing for myself by already knowing that there were five chapters, so I was left thinking “What’s going to be left to do in the final chapter?” as the game culminated to its climax.
But this fifth and final chapter is so bizarre and it’s killing the game for me. You’re just doing side missions, all in the same levels as the first four chapters and sometimes facing the same enemies but with higher difficulty levels, in order to progress the game which is just finding Zandornov who escapes from Mother Base every now and then and is terrible at hiding.
The only bits so far which have vaguely progressed the plot are the tapes EVA sends you about the Boss going into space and a very questionable side mission where you go on a date with a student and end up having sex with her in a cardboard box (no I’m not joking).
I suppose Metal Gear ZEKE is looming in the background but I’ve not really been given any imminent or tangible incentive to take on other Extra Ops to help keep building it.
Has anyone else played it? Is chapter five worth perservering with?
