i get the feeling im not gonna have much issue with them. i love me some stealth. and turning into rats is pretty damn Dracula
I probably won't mind them either, since I'm so easily satisfied, but I'm surprised a previewer/reviewer actually likes them.
He was making Peace Walker back in the LoS times. He had a good advisor role and helped them with some aspects. They were doing STEALTH and chose not to work with the master of stealth. It was a bad decision. MS could be good action developers but stealth needs years of study, I personally think that mercury's biggest problem is overambition combined with overconfidence. Same case with MoF, you just don't think that you can make a good 2d game because you made a good3d one, completely different beasts.
Mirror of Fate is one of my favorite games ever, so this argument is lost on me.
But again, I point out, who says Kojima would have worked with them anyway? Who says they didn't bring him in once or twice? I mean, I have no idea so I'm not going to try and claim they're being overambitious or overconfident or whatever.