Quote Originally Posted by Forsaken Lover View Post
What else...there's a lot of things just plain bad about the game, both conceptually and in execution. Namely Meryl/Johnny. In fact, MGS4 really is the biggest case for "Kojima has issues with women." I detest the type of people who try to say a work of fiction is a look into an author's mind. Especially when it comes to saying that author is sexist or whatever. I defended Kojima's depiction of women before MGS4 because Meryl was okay, I liked Olga and everyone liked The Boss. But MGS4? Meryl has to marry someone because she's a woman, the B&B Corps are literally the most superficial and worthless villain group in the series, Naomi's character is ruined forever, and our last shot of Mei Ling is her desperately trying to catch a bouquet. None of these things would be damning on their own but THAT'S ALL THERE IS.
On that note, Meryl's very first depiction in Policenauts had a minigame where the player would try to beat her score in the shooting range, and if they won, the player would be allowed to grab her chest. Plus you could harass the flight attendant on a plane to pass the time during a timed section. I didn't get much farther than that before playing a different game.