It's safe to say Hideo Kojima isn't a big fan of the new direction his former franchise is heading. IGN reports the game creator called out Metal Gear Survive during his Death Stranding presentation...

"The Metal Gear games are about political fiction and espionage, where do zombies fit in with that?”

Kojima also denied any involvement in the idea for the new direction, citing he had "nothing to do" with the games shift in focus.