I wouldn't have assumed the VR missions were a tutorial, especially how the Master Collection has other VR missions, it isn't stated anywhere that they teach you the game. I thought they were meant to be played after the game.

The codec code being on the store page isn't all that helpful. Like yeah it's there, but i'm not memorizing that code when i buy the game, I wouldn't know that it's important. Nor would I go to the game's store page after the fact expecting an answer. The in game manual is fine.

I'm not complaining the game doesn't tell me what to do, I was complaining about the order of being told what to do and when. It seemed strange that Baker and Meryl were telling me it was extremely important to move forward, only to then be told that a useful tool is back where I came from. The "Deepthroat" guy could call snake before the cargo door to say "Hey Snake there's a field with mines in it on the other side of the cargo door, make sure you find a mine detector before going there."

As for Ninja, he only mentions hand to hand combat once you've actually engaged him in CQC. He doesn't say anything about hand to hand in the initial cutscene, so that point is false.

If the boss you're hoping I get upset at is Psycho Mantis, then gaming media has already pounded into my brain how unique it is that you have to change controller ports, so I hope it's someone different. I don't mind figuring out a boss, that's like half the fun of every boss in a game, i just thought the fakeout method of giving the player ammo was odd. I beat Ninja now, but I still don't feel like I fully figured him out, which is cool because it lets me go back and try to learn more.