Rising is an amazing game, it is just a spin-off instead of being mainline. And it wasn't even made by Kojima's studio. Kojima's team was making an initial pro

Rising is an amazing game, it is just a spin-off instead of being mainline. And it wasn't even made by Kojima's studio. Kojima's team was making an initial prototype, didn't like how it came out, and then handed it over to Platinum Games. PG completely reworked the entire thing, and imo it came out great. For the record, Platinum Games are known for amazing works like Bayonetta series, Nier: Automata, and plenty others. The founders of that studio were also heavy-hitters before forming the studio, with Hideki Kamiya being the director of Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry (the original, not the reboot), Vietiful Joe, and Okami. P.S. Survive is by far the worst game and isn't even comparable to anything else. It was made after Kojima quit though, so it is difficult to even consider it a legitimate MGS game.