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Hands-On: New hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 4

GamePro writes:

"Nestled in the snowy heart of Naru, Japan, Konami and Kojima Productions recently held a secret "boot camp" where the companies showed off a nearly complete version of the anticipated PlayStation 3 action-epic Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Only a handful of gaming insiders were invited, but GamePro was there to get exclusive access to an enormous portion of the game. This is our report, complete with extensive hands-on impressions.

You thought Gears of War looked amazing? Think again. Metal Gear Solid 4 will blow you away with its ultra-detailed characters and intricate environments, painting some of the most gorgeous graphics seen this side of Crysis. In motion, the graphics look so realistic that your eyes begin to register the visuals as a movie rather than a game. From what we saw, MGS4 puts its 50GB Blu-ray disc to outstanding use."

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THE TITLE IS: Hands-On: New hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 4 Kill the flamebait, niall77, TriggerHappy and gaffyh: please cancel your approvals before this fiction gets approved.
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Where is this in the preview? "Looks Better Than Gears"
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decapitator5864d ago

Ahh..Sounds great. I love the smoke effect in the videos.

sonarus5864d ago (Edited 5864d ago )

GamePro.com for late-breaking updates on MGS4, and check back next month for more detailed hands-on details of what is quickly shaping up to be the top game for 2008.

The graphics: You thought Gears of War looked amazing? Think again. Metal Gear Solid 4 will blow you away with its ultra-detailed characters and intricate environments, painting some of the most gorgeous graphics seen this side of Crysis.

So there you have it MGS4 looks better than gears of war. (At least in game pro's opinion)
Like i said gears graphics can't hold forever. The unreal engine isn't the most advanced engine on the market anymore

Truckasaurus5864d ago

"You thought Gears of War looked amazing"

Was this supposed to be a joke Gamepro?

Who the hell would use an old Unreal Engine 3 game as some sort of 'graphical benchmark'?

Fishy Fingers5864d ago

In future perhaps we could use the headline from the actual article? Admittedly you might not get the same "heat", but rules are meant to be rules.

fenderputty5864d ago (Edited 5864d ago )

because there's a good portion of the internet population that are 360 supporters who feel Gears still hasn't been matched. I tend to disagree but, saying this puts the quality of the graphics into scope for large amounts of people. Even the ones with blinders on.

wageslave5864d ago

Nice flame-bait title you created there;

The article's proper title is:

"Hands-On: New hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 4"

How did this one get approved:
"Metal Gear Solid 4 Hands-On: 'You thought Gears of War Looked Amazing? Think Again'- GamePro"

sonarus5864d ago

Screw everyone that complains about the title. Is this the first time important info from the article is included into the title?? No and no one usually complains but now all of a sudden it is flame bait. No need to cause any flame bait anyone who thought gears would remain the best looking game forever is a little "slow". The game is almost 2 yrs old so there is nothing wrong with it.

Spinner5864d ago

Oh come on wageslave, there are other things to take your jealously and rage out on.

Maybe you can keep hoping for "MGS4 for 360 CONFIRMED!!11"

GiantEnemyCrab5864d ago

he does it all the time. Someone needs to have their posting priveledges removed because he obviously cannot follow the posting guidelines and when he is called out on it he hides.

I would suggest sending a user feedback report to the admins about him. I will send one as well.

Amanosenpai5864d ago (Edited 5864d ago )

1) Its a quote... so... what's the problem?

2) MGS4 = 2008 best game

rexor07175864d ago

But then came Uncharted, the best looking console game which dethroned Gears. But MGS4 looks so good. It looks like im watching a movie, kinda like...UNCHARTED! But really, wow, that is some fine game.

barnes3and15863d ago

I've never been a MGS fan. However, the buildup to this game makes it a must purchase just to see what the fuss is about. I still have to say uncharted set my graphics standard followed closely by COD (either system)

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cellypower5864d ago (Edited 5864d ago )

When I seen this game I had to buy a ps3. Lol disagrees are funny because its my opinion.

jwatt5864d ago

I know some people don't like games to get hyped but based on the april fools video and the hands on articals this is going to be another great mgs game. I just have that feeling that I'm going to enjoy mgs4 as much as I did mgs3.

TriggerHappy5864d ago

Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ake....lol...Epic. WANT.

scrillakiller5864d ago (Edited 5864d ago )

well it should seeing thatuncharted took a dump on gears of war a couple months back

Unreal engine was only most adavnced engine on 360.ps3 doesnt need ue3 lokk at ratchet uncharted now this.ue3 is bottom of list on ps3

GiantEnemyCrab5864d ago

Please don't insult Gears by mentioning DudeRaider and that jaggie mess that is R&C to Gears.

TriggerHappy5864d ago

Jaggies in Uncharted ? GiantEnemyCrab you FAIL so horribly. He isn't insulting Gears, he just saying UE3 is better suited for 360 whiles in-home engine works best for PS3.

Amanosenpai5864d ago

He didnt insult GeOW, he just said that UE3 was designed for 360, and not for PS3.

DUDE RAIDER? go to the open zone... DUDE

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niall775864d ago

... thats not why Im playing MGS4.

gambare5864d ago

It made me thought about Socom 4, it doesn't looks like a graphic benchmark but it's Socom, it will be a blast in online playing.

spandexxking5864d ago

i wanna find what/who the patriots are

sonarus5864d ago

Socom confrontation is NOT socom 4. As far as i know socom 4 hasn't been announced yet, but i am sure zipper is working on it.

Amanosenpai5864d ago

Psyche gauge and his Stress Gauge... new features will be AMAZING

Kain815864d ago

last year it will be out in 2009

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2 cents5864d ago

I don`t even need to read the articles about this game cos i know it`ll be huge and is a day 1 for me no matter what reviewers say. Have played all previous and i`m a huge fan. Same goes for GTA and GT.

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

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.

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OtterX45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

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!!

Rude-ro45d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7245d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_45d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga45d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2345d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200045d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin45d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole45d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix45d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198945d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

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 😱

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Michiel198945d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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One Last Smoke - The significance of Snake's cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4

An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

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Hideo Kojima laments that Metal Gear Solid 4's digital battlefield 'is no longer science fiction'

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).

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Dirty_Lemons356d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde355d ago

To this day, it's one of those games where I refuse to skip the cutscenes, no matter how many playthroughs I've done.

But if you ask me...MGS2 was bloody prophetic and has aged like fine wine. That game was blasted as the weakest entry, and yet it's so enduring. I replayed it some time last year and it was remarkable.

sadraiden355d ago

Heed not the lamentations of people that say that MGS2 is bad because of the Snake/Raiden bait and switch. Every MGS game has its own merits, and while most people consider 3 to be the best, they all shine equally in my opinion.

porkChop355d ago

@sad

I would generally agree but with the exception of MGSV. It had truly excellent gameplay/combat, but dull and largely empty open world(s), and a narrative that is literally only half finished.

I really wish Kojima hadn't tried to go open world with MGS. It just wasn't right for the series. But I get it. He didn't want to make MG anymore but he wasn't allowed to make anything else. So he had to experiment within that franchise. Still, it was the wrong direction.

Santouryuu355d ago

I have been thinking about this a lot, MGS2 being the weakest and getting blasted.
My conclusion, for some years now, it's my favorite game of the series.
Going from MGS1 to MGS2 was such a big leap, in graphics, mechanics, etc.
And now it's even more relevant for being 'bloody prophetic' as you stated.

Maybe dust of my vita and play it again...

porkChop355d ago

It's a shame we never got a remaster of MGS4. The original game only rendered at 1024x768, and it ran anywhere from like 20fps to 60fps depending on the area. A remaster could have very easily cleaned up the visuals and performance. It's such a great game. I just want to play it again but in its best possible state.

MIDGETonSTILTS17355d ago

I agree, but they did all sorts of tricks to make use of the ps3’s cell processor….they’d probably have to rebuild the game in order to make it run on another machine. And, if that involves remaking those cutscenes somehow, then itll never happen, unfortunately.

porkChop355d ago

Nah. There have been plenty of remasters of PS3 games and they've turned out fine. It can be done.

ANIALATOR136355d ago (Edited 355d ago )

You can get near enough 4k 60 with it on RPCS3 these days

FallenAngel1984355d ago

War... war never changes. Or does it? The war has changed ...did it? The answer is no! Unless it is yes! No, of course it is! Is war! Yes! No! Yes?

PitbullMonster355d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989355d ago

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.

Eidolon355d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

Tody_ZA355d ago

All that was literally the themes and core story of each game, so not surprising he learned that from MGS. Metal Gear Solid 2 in particular is so relevant today, it was more than a decade ahead of its time and a work of genius. Kojima saw what the digital future was going to become when it was in its infancy. Even MGS 5 despite being unfinished and less of a traditional Metal Gear Solid game with regards to story, had a fair bit to say about language and control over it that is relevant today.

It's a highly acclaimed series for a reason, and one of my favourite.

Eidolon355d ago

I've watched my brother play the MGS games, but I only beat MGS1 myself on the PSP in 2014, and MGSV in 2016. I took the themes and plots as lore, tbh.. trying to piece together the story of MGS rather than relating them to our current times.

Tody_ZA355d ago

It's definitely social commentary, Eidolon. You should read the "themes and analysis" section of the Wikipedia page for MGS2: Sons of Liberty for a start! Game was heavy on this.

Eidolon355d ago

I'll take a look, thanks. Actually might pick up MGS2 again (PS Vita), It's been years since I last played. Might start a new game tbh.

sadraiden355d ago

MGS2 literally predicted digital manipulation of information that we see today all the way back in 2001. MGS2 became Zucc's playbook.

Knushwood Butt355d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989355d ago

Yes back in 1998 when I was 13. Throughout the years more information has been shown on this subject matters, but go back to early 2000s and information wasn't as prominent. Kojima was ahead of the game

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MaxiPower90355d ago

He was on the ball about many things. A true visionary.

sadraiden355d ago

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.

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