Metal Gear Solid 4

[Ó Flannagáin]

Picking my copy up first thing in the morning. Those of you without a ps3 that are gamers are missing out what's in the running to be the game of the decade.

[poops4president]

Game of the decade my ass! Best videogame to film adaptation maybe. 45min cut scenes tho... That shat is CRAZY. And u know people will interupt u cuz its "just a game" and not give it the respect it deserves.

[Ó Flannagáin]

People who really respect the game/story telling aspect will be blown away. I've been playing for a couple hours now and the cutscenes are amazing and really keep the energy going in it. So, amazing story + amazing storytelling + unbelievable gameplay = possibly best game of the decade.

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not to mention you can pause or skip the cut scenes altogether.

[poops4president]

I have no doubt that is an amazing game... and does it have online play now or is that a stand alone?

but for the un-initiated it seems like way to much to take it... or does it present things in a way that u dont need to know the difference between liquid and solid? I watched my friend play threw the entire first game and was entertained fully... and that was just watching... but after that i was so lost with the story i made it hard to like.

[Ó Flannagáin]

Here's the beginning of a review I've started writing after 7 hours of gameplay so far:


Metal Gear Solid 4 goes back to the roots of [hard to think of a proper adjective] gaming. The last time I sat and played a game this long on the day of purchase was Final Fantasy VI (3 in the US). I have never played a Metal Gear game before, but I am aboslutely blown away by the story. So much so, I almost forgot how awesome the gameplay is. I never had a playstation system until the playstation 3, so I missed out on the metal gear series. Now, about 1/4 of the way through the game, I'm feeling the need to go back and play the rest from beginning to end. The story is deep, twisted and a bit confusing, but not so much that I can't keep up with the gist of it. I did the Joystiq.com primer for Metal Gear virigins and it let me know enough about the primary characters that I feel involved.
The script is fabulous, the acting is top notch, the animation phenomenal and the graphics... nothing like it. I just watched a rattlesnake eat a guinea pig in a forest and I thought I was on the discovery channel for a minute. I just found myself accidentally skipping some of a cut scene.. probably the last two minutes, but I restarted the entire ps3 just so I could see what was said and done.