It is pretty good actually. Maybe not the best MGS but it pioneered a lot of elements that Peace Walker improved on like building a stronghold from enemy recruits which dictate what gear you get. The story is pretty good but you can tell Kojima didn't work on it and it does feature a few retcons that bother me, the boss fights are also a bit underwhelming but I felt that away about Peace Walker as well. Overall, I found it to be a pretty fun game minus the hiccups.

I actually prefer recovering enemy soldiers in this game over Peace Walker because it created new challenges, you had to personally drag the bodies back to the truck that brought you there so it was always amusing trying to drag an enemy guard away without getting spotted. Even more fun was that enemy guards (as long as they were the right type of uniform) could actually wander through stages unmolested as long as they didn't physcially touch other guards or get spotted doing something fishy.