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5 reasons why people love 'Metal Gear Solid'

Alex PerryAug 24, 2016, 01:20 IST

Konami

Last week, the video game corner of the internet erupted into chaotic mockery over the trailer for "Metal Gear Survive," the latest entry in the long-running "Metal Gear" series.

For some "Metal Gear" fans, the trailer was a travesty, a grave injustice being carried out against a series they love. For most other people, however, all the new trailer elicited was a shrug; what's so special about the other games that makes this one looks so bad?

Well, as a longtime, passionate fan of the "Metal Gear" games, I'm here to tell you all about why these strange, nonsensical games have garnered so much love over the past few decades: