Like Snake's old cardboard box, much of the game is only here for fan-service - novelty and nostalgia purposes; it really goes above and beyond in that respect. However, if the game's humour and drama is not your style and you don't have the history for the nostalgia, then some pretty polygons, a long-winded story and a bit of generic stealth-action might be all MGS4 has left for 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.
If we can all stop buying into the HYPE for one whole second and be true gamers...I think we can agree that 8.9 is a fairly accurate scoring for this game...for every game has its faults here and there
Do we really need another review of MGS 4 3 weeks after it launched?
I'm getting bored of all the reviews of games for ages after them come out.(Not including User Reviews because of cause they can't play the game before it's out in shops.)
Nuff said.
I dont need other people to convince me how good and epic this game is. This game shiats on every other competitor out there right now and is in a class of its own.
Every technical aspect of this game is awe inspiring. From the water efects in S america to the snowstorm effects in shadow moses to the superb cutscene to gameplay transition to the movie style cutscenes, the stealth element, the action element, the incredibly deep storyline, the superb details and extremely sharp graphics. This game is unmatched.
Anything lower than a 9.5 is in denial. Period. A game this epic with such technical supremacy with a mere 9.5 means you are seriously stupid and obviously have no clue about gaming and developing.
Thats the same as saying that a Ferrari is worth less than a bicycle. Whoever in their right mind would utter such stupid crap anyway.
Whoever gave MGS4 lower than a 9 need to seriously rethink their career options because they are not good at gaming.
It will takes years for other developers to catch up to MGS4 (aka STEAL some of MGS4s formulas) because the earliest game borrowing concepts, have only been started just a week ago at the earliest. For every other game already in development when MGS4 came out, its too late to change now and borrow MGS4 concepts.
Seriously EVERY MGS game is a pinnacle of achievement and is a showcase of the PS brands power. Every one of them. And MGS4 was no exception. It did just that, demonstrate the power of the PS3. This game is not possible on anyother console. Dont let your fanboy fantasy run wild. If you are a developer, which you are not, you would already know that this game is technically impossible on the 360.
I feel sorry for the retards that thought MGS4 was not going to deliver. As if MGS4 was going to fail. As if.
Xbots: "Haha Kojima rated MGS4 with a 1 out of 10! game is fail!"
Xbots: "Haha Kojima dissatisfied with PS3. PS3 is a failure!"
Making true what most people know already: xbots are dense people and probably people who cant afford a PS3 (aka lower rankings of society) and therefore got a 360 instead.
....way too personally....christ...serious ly i mean wtf? oh no a game got rated an 8.9 from one person out of how many reviews.....probably like 100, the rest are pretty much 10/10 so why does this bother you so much?. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion about a game, but to some of you opinions are only allowed when its the same one as yours.
Especially Snake Eater & Substance on the Xbox, but I don't see as of yet what all the raving is about. Maybe it's because I'm not a fan of the series & haven't got all of the nuances that make it so enthralling to others. I still can't stand having to sit through a conversation without being able to do anything else. Movie theaters could charge full admission for the opening scene, & the graphics, while very good, aren't as good as people make them out to be (& no, I'm not playing on a black & white tv. 1080I lcd). I'm only on the part just after you meet Drebin, working my way through downtown. So I know I have a limited perspective. Right now, it's a good game, not great. Perhaps that will change as I get further along. & for the usual skeptic who claims every non perfect appraisal is from an "xbot" who actually doesn't have a PS3, my id is SOONERReign. Bought the MGS4 bundle last week & Arkham is on my friends list.