Twenty-one years ago, the gaming world was introduced to a hero: a soldier that fought alone against impossible odds to save the world. Over time, the hero grew into a legend that changed the gaming landscape and redefined stealth action games with his epic battles. After more than two decades of service, Solid Snake is finally receiving an honorable discharge in the latest chapter in the Metal Gear Solid franchise. While this is Snake's final mission, he isn't going quietly into that good night, nor is he being constrained by previous titles. Indeed, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots shatters the proverbial bar, becoming a technical, cinematic and gaming standard that future action and stealth titles will be judged by. It's been a long time coming, but this game is a true classic and a masterpiece from Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions and Konami. 10/10
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OPM UK: 10/10
Level: 10/10
Gamepro: 10/10
Gamesreactor: 10/10
Famitsu: 40/40
Gameinformer: 10/10
IGN US: 10/10
IGN UK: 9.9/10
OPM US: 10/10
Jeuxvideo: 10/10
1UP: 9.5
Hey look Metacritics 9.4 based on SEVENTEEN reviews http://www.metacritic.com/g...
Famitsu review, Level review, Jeuxvideo review not taken into account. 1UP counted as 9.1 instead of 9.5.
AND PEOPLE SAY METACRITICS IS ACCURATE WHEN THEY LEAVE OUT MOST OF THE PERFECT 10 SCORES?????
A: Yes, it's confirmed as the Best Game of All Time...that was really a great move of IGN...I'm so jealous of you guys, because I do not have the game yet...so sad!
Time to move to the true next-gen.
good tracking, yeah metacritics becoming garbage!!
bubbles for u!
@FAQS
like ur humor! every time i see ur Q's and A's makes me lough!!
bubble for u too!
METACRITICS??? I'll rename them Micro$oftCRITICS!!! ;-D
Next-gen STARTS NOW!!! ;-P
(+Good Bubbles for all PS3 fans!!!) ;)
No! hahhahahahahahhahahhahahahahha hahahahha.
Now i wonder how Eurogamer, Gamedaily and GameTrailers feels.
****ing FANTASTIC!!! After playing this game for 9 hours straight and taking my 3rd break from the game (sad, I know ;) hehe) it truly deserved it.
10 point 0 baby....that's what I'm talking about.
Hopefully GS gives the game at least a 9.0.
you've redeemed yourself for the great sin of giving GTA IV a 10.
not that i follow reviews but still...
finally Kojima gets the credit he deserved, great game!!!
=D
you just can't beat it.
i can admit it's the best game i've played in my entire life, no exaggeration. so very addictive.
i love that saying, i use it all the time....
good call!!!!
most incredible game i've ever played. and i'm not even finished with ACT II yet.
EDIT:
Celtics all the way! Kobe is the best player in the NBA, but he's also a crybaby, punk-ass, fake, lame-ass, b!tch. he's also a horrible teammate and leader. i've never seen a MVP act the way he does. he puts down his teammates and is a poor example at being a superstar.
sorry for the rant. i'll admit that he's the best player in the league right now, but i'd never root for him. he took himself out a playoff game two years ago because he was mad at Phil, he told the police he should've paid off the girl like Shaq does after he caught that rape case in Denver, he doesn't hang out with his teammates, and he let his wife come out the house looking like a clown when he accepted his MVP trophy (seriously did you see what she was wearing wtf!!!). i could go on and on. i'm rooting for those that give their all in every game.
KG ftw!!!
on-topic:
did you guys see that part in the game when the girl was cooking the eggs? i really wondered if that was game graphics or actual video. amazing
Who you rooting for? I'm apart of Laker Nation baby!
but that video review sucked A$$. it didn't review anything. It just said what was already said and sucked kojima's balls.
I don't care if the game got a 10; I'm completely fine with that, but review the flipping game. I think in the whole review the only gameplay mechanic he actually "reviewed" or "criticized" was the instant ammo, which was a bullshit stance on it, because it will completely change the game for the average gamer. People could run through gears using only the chainsaw, but people don't; it's the same concept.
Game deserves a 10, but that review still f@cking sucked.
"Is it possible to give a game an 11? If so, this would be the game that would merit that score."
well deserved.
i've been playing for 10+ hrs and not even finished Act 2 o_O
Game of the FOREVER!
"yeah, i went there!"
I am also on a break for finals game. Lakers for the FTW!:D
they had the balls to give 2 10s in the same year, within 2 months of eachother. even though gta4 is far from a 10.
I'll remember that when the next high profile title doesn't get at least a 9 from them. 9 because it seems that the sheeple, both XBox and PS3, don't tolerate scores lower than a 9 for their favorite games.
Insecurity really rules the roost around this place.
I wonder when gamers are gonna start having fun with their hobby again and quit taking ownership, sides, and pride in games. SNES and Genesis had a pretty fierce rivalry, but at least the owners and fans were down to earth.
CELTICS ALL DAY
down 24 and they still came back to crush the Lakers
oh yea on-topic, i love MGS4
Plus a nice stream of titles for the rest of the year, happy times...
Miyamoto's role in Galaxy was to hold the thumbs up and say "Yes, I'm happy for you to go ahead with that idea."
He was involved at various decision stages, but he didn't come up with the ideas.
Recently Miyamoto has just released attrocities like Wii Sports and Wii Fit.
Well done for getting casuals into gaming, but Wii Fit and Wii Sports are pretty crap.
i will check their site more often now than before!!
damn baby thats a good score from a big site!!
but i still think MGS4 should get 11/10!!!
its the game of the century!!!
Believe me, I'm a huge, huge MGS fan, and I agree with the score IGN gave the game, but I don't allow my opinion to be as easily swayed as you lot. People need to start thinking for themselves and enjoy their games, regardless of what the "professionals" think. The magical ability to think for ourselves seems to be a dwindling quality these days, which is a damned shame.
Reviews mean nothing. Why? Because no matter what a game scores in reviews, it doesn't change what comes on the disc, and you're still going to be playing the same bloody game.
By non-biased, you mean someone that agrees with you? Ha... that is funny. They write something you don't like, you flame. They write something you do like and they are the saviors of gaming journalism. So funny. lol
I agree with you both. A site isn`t biased just because it dosn`t give your favorite game a 10. Seems some people have forgotten that a 9, or even 8 is a good score. If one game should get a 10 though, i`m sure MGS4 would be qualified for it.
But i do feel a lot of reviews aren`t very consistent with their reviews and subtract a lot more for some games over small issues, and let others slip by without remarks. I often feel that the score dosn`t always match the things they highlighted in the reviews either, which is why i read reviews too and not just look at the scores. I do feel that if one wants to criticize a review though, they should start with arguing why that aspect is scored unfairly, than just saying sites are biased.
Nothing beats playing the game for themselves though as LJWooly said. I actually can`t play MGS4 because none of the stores had a PS3. They had MGS4, but not a PS3. So close, but yet so far, i suppose. Hope all who has both a PS3 and MGS4 enjoys it though. I`ll just have to wait some more :(
iight lemme calm down but, yes excellent review, didnt even read cuz im currently in the middle of the game (got it on Big Boss mode for u chumps) and having the time of my life. MGS FTW
Remember when he gave Haze that 4.5 and every PS3 fanboy hated him? Well, talk about a love-hate relationship!
Woohoo!! Well deserved score!!
That avatar is PHAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. +ONE MILLION BUBBLES!!!!. LOL!.
It's just some chick sucking on a hose...Te He...
Excuse me,I have to go laugh at GameDaily.
where is that sorry B***h the Mart at?
oh yeah, hopefully you guys all got the bundle too. It's pretty hefty.
I only had to wait in a parking lot in front of target for an hour to get it.
Pretty anti-climactic. No one showed up but me....until I bought the bundle...then about 4 kids showed up. They got 8 in total, which was better than the 5 systems so-called "gamestop" said they were getting.
Go Target, Go Kojima.
XBOTS ARE SILENCED.
If you haven't heard by now the G.O.A.T has arrived!!!
Thats what im talking about baby! Come on GS its ur turn now. You know u wanna give it that 10. Don't take the money, do it for the gamers!
"Buy this game. I don't care if the gameplay in the past titles didn't appeal to you, I don't care if long cutscenes scare you, and I don't care if you're broke." - IGN
lol
im taking a breather and letting old snake health regenerate to say that is AWESOME! It freaking deserves it, i wasn't expecting ign to give a 10 but a 9.8 or 9.9 but a 10! "what a twist!".
so know it looks like ign gave two games in 10 years 10's both being on the PS3:) sony must be doing something right.
MGS4 is the best game I ever play its bloody awesome in WOW everything about it there not a single fault with it. I just cant believe how awesome it is. Its the best game I ever play yes and I've played gears of war its in a league of its own and I will say it again its bloody awesome in gob smack Wow factor.....
EDIT: if ur gonna disagree at least say why, i didnt retract from any other title im simply stating what i personally feel about this gaming experience
Can you say Game Of The Year??
P.S I love the dramatic song and the way he talks in the review :D.
I never thought I would see the day.
Edit: Sorry I didn't mean to reply to your comment, technical problems
Game of the Freakin' Year.
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whoops wrong zone... oh well!
your statements are only the truth. anyone who plays this will be forced to agree.
the game is amazing in every sense of the word.
"Hi. Have you received MGS4 for the 360?"
I had to chuckle....
i joke. where is he anyway?
the store shouldve went on emergency shutdown override Defcon 6 for the mere utterance of those words.
hi i would like to purchase metal gear solid 4 for the xb360
the guy looked at him like if he was stupid
How could they not give the future GOTY a 10?
The PS3 now has the highest rated exclusive...
That might be the truest thing i have heard on this site.
Have a bubble sir
*Writes Xbox 360 in notebook*
Defenitely a great game. Can't stop playing it.
but aren't you supposed to be dead.....
back to MGS4, simply GOTY
The game is the real deal. For every MGS fan this is gold.
I'm enjoying every second of gameplay, every cut-scene, every detail, every environment.... everything.
Every PS3 owner with interest in this game, should get it.
Game Informer, IGN (US), Game Pro.... 10
Edit @below: yes, but this one is carrying exclusive weight.
ah nvm you edited most of your post now
simply put: wow.
and to those "reviewers" who were nagging about long cutscenes: go f#ck yourselves! (especially the idiot from eurogamer. he should apologize to konami and kojima. then he should quit his job. he clearly is incompetant) the cutscenes are brilliant. i take in every second of the video and hang on every word for fear i'll miss something.
edit: at agent x (comment 21) why do you feel it's over-rated? have you played it? just curious.
this game is a treat beyond any and every expectation. if this isn't game of the year; then there shouldn't be one.
and i gotta go back to the game as ive now ran outta zealous bubbles
GOTY!
edit: And I mean exclusives...yes both PS3 and 360 got a 10 for GTA IV.
Epic game.
Truly deserves the praise, well done to Kojima and his team.