Maybe I just don't get into the games the way you do, but I never felt disconnected from Venom Snake while listening to the tapes. I also didn't have to stop playing the game to listen to a lot of those tapes, I did it while fucking around in the open world. I do get the point you're trying to make though, but I don't feel like it's as ruinous to the game as you do. Difference of opinion, I guess.