

Over time I became more comfortable with the existence of Survive and I kept my mind open to the chance of this game being something rather than nothing. To see Konami come along a while later and announce Metal Gear Survive, a seemingly out-of-trend zombie survival game built on the shambling corpse of Metal Gear Solid, all I could do was laugh at the absurdity of it and wish ill on Konami for their misguided attempt to keep the franchise relevant. When I found out about his harsh departure from Konami, I felt a sea of awful emotions crash against me.

I have a lot of love for MGS, and the artistry that director Hideo Kojima put into each of those titles. The messy relationship between Konami and the Metal Gear Solid series is perhaps one of the most heartbreaking video game stories of recent years.
