Snake's Revenge

lol

Is this really THAT bad? Or just Kojima fanboyism? Looks pretty similar to the original Metal Gear after all.

It really isn't that bad. Yes, obviously Kojima's sequel was better, and yes, the sidescrolling sections suck (specifically those god-awful water segments with the electric buoys), but overall this plays pretty close to the original game. In fact, I'd say it's biggest flaw is that, other than mixing in a couple interesting locations like the ship and the train, this is a pretty by-the-numbers sequel. It'd be a travesty if every subsequent Metal Gear game had gone on to be as formulaic as this one, but given that the series evolved the way it did this is a perfectly harmless iteration on the original formula.

It really is that bad.

i mean i think from what i heard and i could be wrong about this, the big issue besides not really being a canon metal gear is that, its like a stealth game that doesnt wanna be a stealth game, the 2D games kinda had that issue in general though.