@prouddegenerate @LukeAlmighty this isn't talked about much but Kojima really didn't do a whole lot of writing for mgs compared to the co-writers. He also had literally nothing to do with mgr, which is imo the best game in the series even though it's a spin-off.

You can really see how apparent it is that his writing is bullshit with death stranding and I'm honestly kind of glad silent hills didn't end up happening.

It's a similar problem as Neil Druckmann (Naughty Dog) only making good/decent stories when paired with Bruce Straley as a director. Kojima needs someone like Fukushima. A lot of highly creative (and/or egotistical) people need a strong backbone or they let personal ambitions get the better of them and it's only the people who feed into that ego that end up actually liking the end product.