In prep for my first game jam, I watched a video that said I should make the game easy - easier than I think. So the first level reflects that. I worried the second level with its limited FOV and random movement that it might bump the difficulty curve too much (I slowed down the robots by ~10% before I submitted).
Unfortunately, I never got a chance to play MGS (grew up a PC/Nintendo gamer), so that's a nice coincidence.