Sci Fi Weekly Metal Gear Solid 4 Review

The sons of the Illuminati-like Patriots conclude their clandestine near-future war for the fate of civilization in the closing chapter of the action-stealth series

By Matt Peckham
Instead, pay attention to the way Kojima manufactures a kind of queasy anxiety throughout, as when the camera prowls desiccated desert vistas like a paranoid animal during the intro, picking at the corpses with the crows as trucks filled with PMC reinforcements motor onto the battlefield. Think about indices like the psyche and stress meters that adjoin Snake's health, compromising his aim when they drop and dropping when he's under all sorts of duress-including standing near dead bodies. And consider the way Kojima shrewdly answers aphorisms like Tim Cain's "War never changes" (famously uttered by Ron Perlman during the intro to 1997's Fallout) with "War has changed," followed by a Homeric series denouement that's every bit as sophisticated as last year's BioShock. Like that game, this one raises the bar forever, looking back on occasion only to show us how far it's come.

[Says you]

A perfectionist like Hideo Kojima cause if they were just think of all the PS3 games that would be like this!.

[Veryangryxbot]

Another perfect 10!? And the madness continues.

Another massive deathblow to the bots!

[theKiller]

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 (104%)
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
10/10 from Sl!ceGaming
10/10 from Sci Fi
10/10 from Giant Bomb
10/10 from Maxim Online

[freakyzeeky]

Wow, I didn't see that coming... what's next, C-SPAN reviewing Resistance 2? xD

[clintos59]

Its just hilarious but hey its nothing major but its good to see other peoples opinions aswell on video games as the gaming industry grows.

[BulletToothtony]

imo i think some reviewers were just too eager to finish the game that couldn't appreciate it...

I flavored that game and took it slow and i loved it..

Bottom line people who have played the game think is the best game ever and haters are happy to hear that an awesome game actually "sucks because of the cutscenes"

So if you're interested in buying the game listen to the 99% players who think this is the best game we have played in years

[deeznuts]

Sheeyat they gave us the best show on TV, battlestar galactica (for those who haven't watched it, do so immediately!) id listen to them before most!

didn't watch BSG because I thought it was a cheesy scifi show until a buddy put it on my netflix queue. awesome show!

So when they say MGS4 is an A+, well I didn't need them to tell me that but I would think they would appreciate the cinematics of hideo's vision more than others may.

[kingOVsticks]

but im still waiting for the inevitable Oprah(or harpo what ever the hell she calls herself) review once that happen MGS4 will sell twice as much bcuz of those soccer moms xD\

btw how the hell did the meta review get down to 9.4 at one point? it hasn't had any negative reviews maybe its all those useless n/a's

[bboybobbins]

Whoever contributed that story said it received a 9.8/100.... I think that may have affected the score a lot, as the drop happened around then.

But I may be wrong, not sure how that average is calculated.

[Dethspyder]

LOL Oprah playing MGS thats a funny image

[deeznuts]

The only buttons Oprah's pressing is Gayle's
oh noes I didunt!

[DontH8DPlayaH8DConsl]

EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE has a review of it and around forty of those are 100-10-A+! If we could only get myspace and facebook to do a review then it would sell about 100,000,000 copies!!

[timmyrulz]

Yawn...... its getting a little boring this website when all i have to read are reviews of this game, i think we all know by now thats its a Top game but all these posts are sending it into overkill, PLEASE people post some other news, i have nothing against this game i'm just getting a little bored of reading the same thing over and over again

[Syronicus]

Ok... Didn't know they reviewed games. lol

[Coke-a-Cola]

I am absolutely Blown Away.............I have never played Metal Gear and will go back now to play the rest .
It feels a bit backwards but I am looking forward to all the gems.

[avacadosnorkel]

MGS4 is different