kojima is a hack.

listen i love the mechanics of his games. the attention to detail, the art direction.

but his stories are kinda crap. his best games were made when he was forced to answer to authority. when given cart balanche he meanders around the plot, gets distracted, dumps the narrative to chase some shinyer meta narrative that is not set up, and never ever pays off. and i have played all his games always hoping to get back to that high of the original metal gear solid, or metal gear solid 3 (fuck you metal gear solid 2). and Death Stranding stole its world building from Blades in the Dark.

i can spend hours dissecting his overrated ass

I agree! Except, Sega had great games, it just had poor timing in the console race with Saturn and Dreamcast.

Kojima isn't much different, sure he loves making games, but he will happily see you part with your money. Sony and the media just turned him into some kind of legend and developed a cult following around him. His games are what you said, his and his teams art, but they don't live up to the hype and anticipation the media generates. They would be well suited as self-published niche games, rather than forced AAA titles.

They certainly don’t seem to give a fuck