Ideas have no intrinsic value at all. It’s up to every individual person to decide which ideas they value and which they don’t. I think it’s fine if you don’t l

Ideas have no intrinsic value at all. It’s up to every individual person to decide which ideas they value and which they don’t. I think it’s fine if you don’t like it. But I disagree with the critique that somebody telling the story they wanted to tell, rather than the story I (or you or anybody else) would have told, is a wasted opportunity. Kojima makes unique games, and his best work has come from him forging ahead with his own ideas of how to do things. You risk mass appeal by doing things that way, but if you want a mass appeal product, there’s really no shortage of them. Personally, I liked the handcuffs. Long-winded and contrived exposition is part of Kojima’s style, so I knew what I was getting in to. I liked the game in general. I even thought the product placement was hilarious. I liked God of War too, and the latest AAA FPS Game™. I’m happy they all exist.