MGS4.. thoughts and concerns

I am playing Metal Gear Solid 4. According to my save file i am...5 hours in... but actually, its longer... but i will come back to that.

more and more recently i feel like i am "missing" something in a few videogames. A good friend of mine Chuck has told me time and time again how awesome No More Heroes is. I know several others like Catherine and Oli who share the same opinion. I played it. But... Just didn't get it. I did not have fun playing the game and struggled to see how others could find enjoyment in it. I have been feeling the same about MGS4. Which incidentally, the previously mentioned friends also enjoyed.

they have all had attempts at convincing or at least explaining it to me. I have heard things like "its more about the atmosphere" and "it wraps up the story completely" or "its a bit artsy" but i cannot shake the fact that it feels like a bad design and not fun. This kinda makes me feel like a classical musician hearing rock and roll and saying "this isn't real music". I don't want to dismiss it so i am struggling to find the "wow" factor in this game and understand it myself.

What follows are some thoughts i jotted down (hopefully no spoilers) as i played MGS4.

"war has changed".. it has? oh ok... so what i am i meant to be doing?...

WAR HAS CHANGED.. yes... so... uhm.. where do i go?

"Snake.. .this is a sneaking mission!"... really? SNEAKING? i am a combat veteran with years of experience and you are explaining to me that this is a "Sneaking mission".. not stealth... not espionage.. not even covert. No. Sneaking mission... :/ translation? In Joke? who knows.

Why does snake always repeat the last word each person says as a question? is he forgetful or crazy?
SNAKE - "Crazy?!"
Yes snake! its when people lose their grip on reality...

there is a girl cooking eggs. What?...
22 minutes later and i dont know what i am doing still
And now... i am meeting a monkey... wearing pants... and a guy.... called.... drebin.... and.... all.... of ..... the cutscenes... have................. really...
...long... pauses....... between each word..........- CUE SNAKE - "Each word?!"

OH I SEEE!!!! i am using LAST GENERATION NANOMACHINES!!! *slaps forehead* OF COURSE!... no.... wait... i still have no idea what is going on.

the guy with diarrhea... is in a special forces group.. and is a ten year combat vet!...rookie... with the safety on... :/

I meet Meryl! the colonels daughter! and she is leading...The UN's RAT TEAM! - *everyone poses*...
I am sure all military units strike a hero pose when they announce themselves

An elite unit of crazy ass beast robots are dispatched to kill the immediate threat of.... 6 guys and a bulldozer... :/  really?...(reeeeeeleeeeeeeeeeee?)

that was the end of my first play session. I had enough. it got too crazy. So i thought i would pick it up another day.

that day was yesterday. and it was not a good experience.

I learned as i tried to load my game that it needs you to SAVE MANUALLY!
thats right.
the only save i had... was JUST after the intro. :(
this DID however teach me something amusing. When skipping ALL the cutscenes and running through the levels without due care and attention, i covered about 3 hours of the game in 15 mins.

Having caught up to where i was i SAVED. then i thought, hey, lets get on with it!
I played for 10 more minutes before... the game told me it was installing and to wait a few minutes.
Mid game installs. really? REALLY MGS4?!?


In short, this is a struggle. I am not enjoying it. but will complete it out of spite.

Feel free to explain to me why its a great game as i really want to like it. It just hates me.

:(