Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake has a great story. After that, though...
...the Metal Gear franchise went cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
Anime-like stunts, supernatural elements, a clone reveal, Big Boss becoming some awesome misunderstood martyr, bloated cutscenes, and so on.
Bleh.
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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .