Even at the time it came out, mgs1, was cringeworthy. Definitely revolutionary for it's time, but the amount of dialogue and cinematic flair did not match up w

Even at the time it came out, mgs1, was cringeworthy. Definitely revolutionary for it's time, but the amount of dialogue and cinematic flair did not match up with over the top dialogue. It's just kind of not immersive to have a 30 minute conversation and in depth look into every bosses tragic past before getting into a boss fight. Good writers/Game designers introduce all of the above in a more natural way. I also feel a lot of it is just culture. Japanese cinematics tend to be like that maybe? I feel subtitles without dubbing tends to hide a lot of the cringeyness of the whole situation. For example the original FF7 actually works well because it's all text.