5 reasons why people love 'Metal Gear Solid'

Last week, the video game corner of the internet erupted into chaotic mockery over the trailer for "Metal Gear Survive," the latest entry in the long-running "Metal Gear" series.

For some "Metal Gear" fans, the trailer was a travesty, a grave injustice being carried out against a series they love. For most other people, however, all the new trailer elicited was a shrug; what's so special about the other games that makes this one looks so bad?

Well, as a longtime, passionate fan of the "Metal Gear" games, I'm here to tell you all about why these strange, nonsensical games have garnered so much love over the past few decades: