Definately! Have you seen the making of DVD? It was with MGS2? Kojima is really thoughtful about his games, he tries to add alot of genre codes into his games, like Olga and Snake being like a Cowboy or Samurai film (Tanker fight). Even those it is original and cool, the way he had Jack and Rose, and a sinking ship, to relate to the Titanic film, was kinda odd... I really didnt like Rose, she was annoying, and she talked for way too long (i usually skip her dialogue)
Mega MGS2 Spoiler-
Did Snake ever meet the Colonel in person? Was he ever a real person...or always a computer program? I never understood that part...