History Trivia / MetalGearSurvive

* FanNickname:
** "''Metal Gear Survive''''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance ance]]''", for the game as a whole and its status as a spin-off.
** "''Metal Gear Will Not Survive''" and the like. This is due to the dislike of this game and the numerous events that have torn the Konami and ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' fandom apart, as many detractors use these names to mock its title and existence.

* WriterRevolt: Within a week of the game's release, players discovered a hidden message in the game's first cutscene calling out Creator/{{Konami}} for their infamous mishandling of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise and mistreatment of Kojima. On a list of MSF operatives beginning with "Vengeful Mosquito"[[note]]I.E., a disgruntled low-level employee,[[/note]] the first letters of the second word in each codename reveals that "MG"[[note]]"Metal Gear"[[/note]] is listed as "KIA", with the following ten letters spelling out "KJP FOREVER".[[note]]"Creator/KojimaProductions Forever".[[/note]] The last two codenames in the list are the AWOL soldiers "Bastard Yota" and "Cunning Yuji"[[note]]"Cunning" is somewhat of an insult in Japanese, typically implying underhandedness or treachery[[/note]] -- referring to Yota Tsutsumizaki and Yuji Korekado, the game's director and producer, respectively; both veterans of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise who stayed on with Konami.

* WriterRevolt: Within a week of the game's release, players discovered a hidden message in the game's first cutscene calling out Creator/{{Konami}} for their infamous mishandling of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise and mistreatment of Kojima. On a list of MSF operatives beginning with "Vengeful Mosquito"[[note]]I.E., a disgruntled low-level employee,[[/note]] the first letters of the second word in each codename reveals that "MG"[[note]]"Metal Gear"[[/note]] is listed as "KIA", with the following ten letters spelling out "KJP FOREVER".[[note]]"Creator/KojimaProductions Forever".[[/note]] The last two codenames in the list are the AWOL soldiers "Bastard Yota" and "Cunning Yuji"[[note]]"Cunning" is somewhat of an insult in Japanese, typically implying underhandedness or treachery[[/note]] - referring to Yota Tsutsumizaki and Yuji Korekado, the game's director and producer, respectively; both veterans of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise who stayed on with Konami.

* WriterRevolt: Within a week of the game's release, players discovered a hidden message in the game's first cutscene calling out Creator/{{Konami}} for their infamous mishandling of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise and mistreatment of Kojima. On a list of MSF operatives beginning with "Vengeful Mosquito"[[note]]I.E., a disgruntled low-level employee,[[/note]] the first letters of the second word in each codename reveals that "MG"[[note]]"Metal Gear"[[/note]] is listed as "KIA", with the following ten letters spelling out "KJP FOREVER".[[note]]"Creator/KojimaProductions Forever".[[/note]] The last two codenames in the list are the AWOL soldiers "Bastard Yota" and "Cunning Yuji"[[note]]"Cunning" is somewhat of an insult in Japanese, typically implying underhandedness or treachery[[/note]] - referring to the game's director and producer, respectively; both veterans of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise who stayed on with Konami.

** "''Metal Gear Will Not Survive''" and the like. This is due to the dislike of this game and the numerous events that have torn apart the Konami and ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' fandom apart, as many detractors use these names to mock its title and existence.

* WriterRevolt: Within a week of the game's release, players discovered a hidden message in the game's first cutscene calling out Creator/{{Konami}} for their infamous mishandling of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise and mistreatment of Kojima. On a list of MSF operatives beginning with "Vengeful Mosquito"[[note]]I.E., a disgruntled low-level employee,[[/note]] the first letters of the second word in each codename reveals that "MG"[[note]]"Metal Gear"[[/note]] is listed as "KIA", with the following ten letters spelling out "KJP FOREVER".[[note]]"Creator/KojimaProductions Forever".[[/note]] The last two codenames in the list are the AWOL soldiers "Bastard Yota" and "Cunning Yuji" - referring to the game's director and producer, respectively; both veterans of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise who stayed on with Konami.

* WriterRevolt: Within a week of the game's release, players discovered a hidden message in the game's first cutscene calling out Creator/{{Konami}} for their infamous mishandling of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise and mistreatment of Kojima. On a list of MSF operatives beginning with "Vengeful Mosquito"[[note]]I.E., a disgruntled low-level employee,[[/note]] the first letters of the second word in each codename reveals that "MG"[[note]]"Metal Gear"[[/note]] is listed as "KIA", with the following ten letters spelling out "KJP FOREVER".[[note]]"Creator/KojimaProductions Forever".[[/note]] The last two codenames in the list are the AWOL soldiers "Bastard Yota" and "Cunning Yuji" - referring to the game's director and producer, respectively; both veterans of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise who stayed on with Konami after Kojima was fired.

* WriterRevolt: Within a week of the game's release, players discovered a hidden message in the game's first cutscene calling out Creator/{{Konami}} for their infamous mishandling of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise and mistreatment of Kojima. On a list of MSF operatives beginning with "Vengeful Mosquito"[[note]]I.E., a disgruntled low-level employee,[[/note]] the first letters of the second word in each codename reveals that "MG"[[note]]"Metal Gear"[[/note]] is listed as "KIA", with the following ten letters spelling out "KJP FOREVER"[[note]]"Creator/KojimaProductions Forever"[[/note]]. The last two codenames in the list are the AWOL soldiers "Bastard Yota" and "Cunning Yuji" - referring to the game's director and producer, respectively; both veterans of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise who stayed on with Konami after Kojima was fired.

* BTeamSequel: The fact that the original creator did not have a hand in the game permeates all of its aspects

** "''Metal Gear Will Not Survive''" and the like. This is due to the dislike of this game and the numerous events that have torn apart the Konami and ''Metal Gear'' fandom apart, as many detractors use these names to mock its title and existence.
* FollowTheLeader: It's been accused of latching on to the popularity of both survival-crafting games and zombie horror games and bolting them onto a ''Metal Gear'' game, with strong resemblance to Videogame/{{Fortnite}}.
* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/HideoKojima confirmed at Tokyo Game Show 2016 that he's not involved with the development of ''Metal Gear Survive''. Yoji Shinkawa, the former primary character and mechanical designer of the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, also denied having any involvement with the game at the same event.
* WriterRevolt: Within a week of the game's release, players discovered a hidden message in the game's first cutscene calling out Creator/{{Konami}} for their infamous mishandling of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise and mistreatment of Hideo Kojima. On a list of MSF Operatives beginning with "Vengeful Mosquito"[[note]]I.E., a disgruntled low-level employee[[/note]], the first letters of the second word in each codename reveals that "MG"[[note]]"Metal Gear"[[/note]] is listed as "KIA", with the following ten letters spelling out "KJP FOREVER"[[note]]"Creator/KojimaProductions Forever"[[/note]]. The last two codenames in the list are the AWOL soldiers "Bastard Yota" and "Cunning Yuji" - referring to the game's director and producer, respectively; both veterans of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise who stayed on with Konami after Kojima was fired.

* FollowTheLeader: It's been accused of latching on to the popularity of both survival-crafting games and zombie horror games and bolting them onto a ''Metal Gear'' game, with strong resemblance to Videogame/{{Fortnite}}

* FollowTheLeader: It's been accused of latching on to the popularity of both survival-crafting games and zombie horror games and bolting them onto a ''Metal Gear'' game. And worse, both of the above are also widely considered to be, if not necessariy DeaderThanDisco, then certainly a bit played-out by the time of release.

** "Metal Gear Will Not Survive" and the like. Due to the dislike of this game and whole loads of events that have torn apart the Konami and Metal Gear Fandom apart, many detractors use these names to mock its title and existence.

** "Metal Gear Will Not Survive" and the like. Due to the dislike of this game and whole loads of events that have torn apart the Konami and Metal Gear Fandom apart, many detractors use these names to mock it's title and existence.

* FanNickname: "''Metal Gear Survive''''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance ance]]''", for the game as a whole and its status as a spin-off.

* FanNickname: ''Metal Gear Survive''''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance ance]]'', for the game as a whole and its status as a spin-off.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Metal_Gear_Wiki Metal Gear Wiki]].

** Though at the same event Yuji Korekado, who had worked with Kojima since Policenauts and has worked on every major metal gear title since the first Solid game, was revealed to be the producer of this game.
* The first time in the series that bows and spears have been usable by the player.

* Though at the same event Yuji Korekado, who had worked with Kojima since Policenauts and has worked on every major metal gear title since the first Solid game, was revealed to be the producer of this game.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/HideoKojima has confirmed that he's not involved with Survive's production. Yoji Shinkawa, the character designer for the ''Metal Gear'' series since the release of ''Metal Gear Solid'', has similarly made a point of denying any involvement with the project.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Hideo Kojima has confirmed that he's not involved with Survive's production. Yoji Shinkawa, the character designer for the ''Metal Gear'' series since the release of ''Metal Gear Solid'', has similarly made a point of denying any involvement with the project.