MGS4 was all about closing all the MGS storylines.
Half the time you spend fighting the Patriots to end the MGS2 thing, half the time you spend fighting Liquid to end the MGS1 thing, and at the end you get the whole Big Boss thing for MGS3.
If you look at the entire series from a top-down perspective, the real heroes are Big Boss and Ocelot. MGS4 did pretty much push MGS1 and 2 to the side, so if MGS3 wasn't your favorite, I can see how get annoyed with how MGS4 dealt with Snake. But then you have the problem of MGS3 not being your favorite...
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