I can honestly say I have never played a Metal Gear Solid game, so take this question as you will but what do you mean by nothing cool or good happens? Like, nothing new or interesting? Or just boring in general? 'Cause I feel like I should try playing one at some point, but I have no idea what I would be getting into.
Maybe they took the game really literally, so Snake was wounded enough where he is now mostly in a robot body (Like, a solid body of metals and gears. 5 gears to be precise.
) and it is his exploration of the phantom pains he feels for his old body? Cause that seems like it would be an interesting game.