It's simple: Kojima's writing and directing are incredibly muddled by videogame standards, and are a complete trainwreck by cinematic standards. This coming from someone who has played all the games in the series and genuinely liked them all. But at this point many, games have pushed the envelope in terms of marrying quality narrative and gameplay together.
MGS4 is stuck ten years in the past and is thoroughly shackled by Kojima's inability to realize his vision concisely.
It's simple: Kojima's writing and directing are incredibly muddled by videogame standards, and are a complete trainwreck by cinematic standards. This coming from someone who has played all the games in the series and genuinely liked them all. But at this point many, games have pushed the envelope in terms of marrying quality narrative and gameplay together.
MGS4 is stuck ten years in the past and is thoroughly shackled by Kojima's inability to realize his vision concisely.