Note - SPOILERS AT END OF REVIEW
360-Entertainment Writes: "This is a game that really changes your views on games. One that pulls you in in such a manner that you can feel your heart beating faster, shocks you with it's revelations and has you on the edge of your seat for 17 of the 18 hours that it took me to complete. I never thought I could get so attached to a game as I have been since I played Final Fantasy X a few years ago, but this game has to be one of the greatest games ever, not only visually, but for the emotional attachment it subjects you to.
I will have to go and agree with other review sites on this one, a perfect score of 10/10 from me, the biggest problem this game has? The ONLY big downfall I have come out of the game feeling? The fact that it finishes - But what a finish at that.
To Hideo Kojima and all the staff who work on Metal Gear Solid over the last 20 years, you sirs, are geniuses. Thank You."
The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.
Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱
An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
Game creator Hideo Kojima is and probably will always be best-known for his creation and stewardship of the Metal Gear series at Konami, which since his departure has been more-or-less on permanent hiatus (don't mention Survive). In his almost three decades these games evolved to the point where they predicted certain problems of the information age (MGS 2), took aim at contemporary topics like Guantanamo Bay (MGS: Ground Zeroes), and ended on a profound sense of sadness about our species' inability to break the cycles of global conflict (MGS V).
It's not clear what sparked this reflection, but Kojima's been thinking about Metal Gear Solid 4, an entry that was (and unfortunately still remains) a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In that entry the player controls an aged Solid Snake in the year 2014, caught up in a civil war being fought between Private Military Companies (PMCs).
He was always ahead with this series. MSG1 taught me about the importance of passing on our genes into future generations but in a responsible way, for they are bound to what we experienced in our lifetime. Sons of liberty taught me about global control and simulation runs to test society in a grand scale, the importance and dangers of control of information. MGS3 taught me about patriotism and how that can blind you into doing things you never would have otherwise, all for the sake of politicians who only see you as another pawn in their grand scheme of things. MSG4 taught me war is inevitable and always orchestrated because it's great for the economy. Soon simulation systems will start dictating who goes to war and why, all run through proxies. Privatization of military company are already here. We already started to see how a small group of elites dictates everything that happens. Nothing is done, nothing happens without strings being pulled.
If it wasn't for the retconning of how FOXDIE works, including clunky scenes with Naomi and Liquid, MGS4 would be a perfect game. There are so many gameplay options. It felt like us PS3 owners got something truly unique and special.
Nice one.. I just read the preview (I didnt finish the Game, play really slowly becuz I dont want to see the end)
correct me if Im wrong.. is it the first time Metacritic average is getting better after releasing the game ?
EDIT:it seems MGS4 got seven 8.0s from Cutscene haters who didnt understand the story :D..
I remember SSBB,GTA4,CoD4,GeOW,Halo3 ... Metacritic number for all of them was getting worse after release date (9.9 > 9.8 > 9.5 > 9.4 ..)
MGS4 perfect reviews from!
10/10 from kombo
10/10 from gamespot
10/10 from IGN
10/10 from Playstation Official Magazine UK
10/10 from GamePro
10/10 from Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
10/10 from Game Informer
10/10 from Gameplayer
10/10 from Console Monster
10/10 from PSX Extreme
10/10 from AceGamez
10/10 from Famitsu
10/10 from MeriStation (Spain)
10/10 from PlayStation Beyond
10/10 from Empire Online
10/10 from neocrisis
10/10 from Rise of Games
10/10 from pocket-lint
10/10 from gamespot(UK)
10/10 from JeuxVideo.FR
10/10 from bingegamer(BG)
10/10 from PSU
10/10 from Dubious
10/10 from 411
10/10 from X-Play
10/10 from PlayStationLifeStyle.net
10/10 from Eurogamer Portugal
10/10 from Loot Ninja
10/10 from PST (www.psturkiye.org)
10/10 from ME (megamers.com)
10/10 from 360-Entertainment
10/10 from jv.org
10/10 from Level 26
10/10 from PSM (Italy)
10/10 from Playr (bravo uk)
10/10 from ReelGamers
thanks resistance!! i added them now!
Good review.. I agree, I never wanted the game to end.. Havent had that feeling since Uncharted.. Its rare games that give me this feeling.. MGS4 simple an amazing game that everyone should enjoy..
Its a Gamers Game Period
For me, MGS 4 is the best game in this generation. Its way too epic. Only other big games like FF 13 could have a chance IMO
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots = GOTY