Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Nintex]

Kojimas "views" on women in his games seem to mostly be based on the perspective of his characters.

- Naked "Jack" Snake, the hero soldier of Snake Eater clearly has mommy issues and gravitates towards tragic strong women like The Boss and Eva.
Even though he knows they're not trustworthy and walks right into their traps he believes he can change and 'fix' them like he can fix anything else.

- Otacon the anxious otaku of course falls head over heels for science waifu Naomi who is just like his animes

- Raiden wishes for nothing more than a stable relationship with a calm mid cute GF to escape from his fucked up life

- Solid Snake takes from his 'fathers' tastes of strong yet tragic women as he clearly feels for Sniper Wolf and believes he can fix her

- Old Snake lives in a world where everything is exploited even soldiers are just cogs in a war economy, obviously the women he meets are exploited too, except for those from the past like Eva (whom he (like his father) thinks can be saved) 

- Venom Snake is in a state of mental confusion and Quiet is another perfect embodiment of this, something is "off" but he can't quite figure out what

If women in MGS were created through Kojimas views on women, they would all be very one dimensional. However, their characters and relationships within the cast vary greatly.

Any critic leveled by RE tends to be very superficial. Like they apparently also have a problem with Fragile from Death Stranding and yet I have never seen an argument that goes beyond "she's in her underwear in that one scene"
What an embarrassing fear of nudity. That Norman Reedus is naked several times of course doesn't matter

I believe nudity is part of Kojimas attempt to include every aspect of the "human experience" in his games.
Panic attacks, mental breakdowns, crying, pain and torture, laughing, mutilation, betrayal, giving birth, sexyness, showering, pooping... there is no topic that is 'taboo' for him to put in his games.

That's why things like curing and tending to your wounds, blindness, deafness or ageing only end up in his games because the buck doesn't stop with being fit and shooting.
A community like ResetEra should celebrate his efforts to push the medium forward to deliver more "diverse" experiences.

You shouldn't complain about "white male power fantasies" if you don't recognize the real attempts to change the typical videogame conventions.