
Of course, an overwhelmingly negative fan reaction hasn’t stopped a game from succeeding before. This is what people have been zeroing in on since day one and many are even saying they’ll refuse to support any Metal Gear game that doesn’t have Hideo Kojima on the team. In the end, its a game claiming to be part of a series that it really has nothing to do with. The pieces are in place for something that is actually pretty decent, but the fact that Konami lacked the temerity to make a new IP and instead chose to rely on the Metal Gear name is the one hurdle that Survive likely won’t be able to clear.

In an assessment I wrote after spending some time with it, I referred to Metal Gear Survive as a victim of its own franchise.
