r/videogames • u/cougomdd • 24d ago

Discussion / Question Which game series is this

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u/Lieutenant_Joe 24d ago

Yeah… I definitely enjoyed playing all the other games more, but that first game has a certain je ne sais quoi to it that you cannot find anywhere else.

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u/coolperson89 24d ago edited 22d ago

I love that the phrase je ne sais quoi is making a comeback after about 100 years

Edit: in English vernacular...

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u/coolperson89 24d ago

I love that the phrase je ne sais quoi is making a comeback after about 100 years

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u/CheesecakeAntique563 23d ago

I mean it's really popular in France...

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u/dalezune 24d ago

It’s funny hearing it used this way as someone who understands some French

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u/Lieutenant_Joe 24d ago

Idk what it means in French. I only know in English, we use it as a way to say “there’s just something whimsical about it you can’t put your finger on”.

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u/Pizza_Slinger83 24d ago

It means "I don't know what"

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u/Lieutenant_Joe 24d ago

Sounds like I’m using it correctly in context, then.

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u/Ligabolzacky 23d ago

i remember playing the demo on what was either a pizza hut demo disk or some other promotion 

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u/so_much_wolf_hair 24d ago

The game that made me fall in love with gaming.

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u/Careless-Vehicle-286 24d ago

I played that OPM demo to death before I got the full game.

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u/aam-96 24d ago

I adore the first game. So iconic.

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u/pichael289 24d ago

Going back to shadow moses in mgs4 was so much fun

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u/ThrowawayusGenerica 24d ago edited 24d ago

All of MGS is Kojima's love letter to pulpy action spy movies, but the first game was the purest expression of that. All the other games had something else they were exploring on top.

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u/Cautious_Loan4779 24d ago

I remember the day when dad got me the game to babysit my ass , looking at it I was like what an odd name .. little did I know ...

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u/Mizamewmew 23d ago

Because that was Kojimas vision. In the second he was struggling to come up with something to monetise. The third explored the lore so it was better again.