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My Life While Installing 'MGS4' - MTV Multiplayer

The following describes the install of MGS4, there are no story spoilers but if you fear spoilers regarding to the install do not read on. :)

"On Monday night I installed "Metal Gear Solid 4" on my PlayStation 3. Installation is mandatory. And some people have worried that it's a hassle. So I thought I'd liveblog the process and my life during it. And I did.

I couldn't publish what I chronicled until the game was released, which brings us to now. Read on, if you want to see how it went, how I dealt with the installation. But, do bear in mind a warning: I am spoiling the installation for you…

9:34PM Booting game. Excitement building. Pressing X button

9:35 PM Autosave warning. I clicked X. Loading screen. "Ready to install game … the installation process will take approximately 8 minutes."

9:36 PM Game is installing. Snake is smoking. A health warning is warning me about how to be healthy. This is just like what the Wii does, if the Wii warned about depositing cigarettes in ashtrays.

9:37 PM Trying to not pay attention to the installation anymore but I think one of the health warnings just warned me to only use this game disc with the PS3. At this point, this is the greatest game installation of the year. So it is declared.

9:38 PM Doing something else. Taking shrink wrap off of new "Bourne" game. Interesting that they sent me the PS3 version. Publishers never do that.

9:39 PM More smoking warnings during the installation. Think I just missed a "stealth warning."

9:40 PM I believe at this point in "Devil May Cry' 4"'s mandatory PS3 installation, the game had looped its re-telling of the "DMC" saga twice

9:41 PM Just tried all the buttons on the DualShock 3 to see if the installation was interactive. Sadly, it's not. Still, it's pretty entertaining!

9:42 PM The health warnings are now repeating. So even the incredibly creative folks at Kojima Productions can't keep an installation fresh. That's ok, because merely one minute remains.

9:43 PM This is it. The 8 minute mark. And installation is…just…about… complete! That wasn't bad at all."

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jamilion6229d ago

9 minutes only? What was the big fuss i was hearing about so many days ago about install times. Sheesh! And since its MGS its well worth the wait!

Condoleezza Rice6229d ago

It took the author more than 8 mins to write and host the article.

thesummerofgeorge6229d ago

Picking my copy up in 3 hours and I can honestly say not once since the game was announced to this very moment have I been concerned about installing the game... In fact I've been looking forward to it. Can't Fcking wait.

Ri0tSquad6229d ago

The regulars on this site spend more then 20 minutes on here. Lol, if you actually read the article, then read the comments, then decide to post or reply to a comment then your probably spending more then 15 minutes on here.

ice_prophecy6229d ago

people complain about the installation times...

I started the installation, then proceeded to enjoy the manual that came with the game.. by the time I was done reading the major bits of the manual - the installation was done. It didn't even cross my mind that it took long...

OH yea, I did look up a couple of time to enjoy the installation screen with Snake Smoking his ciggie.

Not too shabby actually...

kevin11226228d ago

if only we all read slowly :)

Whoooop6229d ago

Had a laugh reading that.

mesh16228d ago

guys what better changing disic which take 40 seconds on cgi heavy games or having a 10min to 20 min install for every game that is released on yur systems ps3 fans fail tbh they twisting these installs into a good thing so tell me what better changing dics for jrps that take 40 seconds or having to install games that take 20 mins aka dmc4

juuken6229d ago

I lol'd. And the installation was such a HUGE fuss among silly anti-Sony people.

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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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OtterX480d ago (Edited 480d 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-ro480d ago

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

darthv72480d 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_480d ago

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

Cacabunga480d ago

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

Profchaos480d ago (Edited 480d 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

seanpitt23480d 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!

Iceball2000480d ago

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

Father__Merrin480d ago

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

InUrFoxHole480d ago

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

Marcus Fenix480d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989480d ago

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

1Victor480d ago (Edited 480d 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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Michiel1989480d 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).

Dirty_Lemons790d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde790d 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.

sadraiden790d 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.

porkChop790d 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.

Santouryuu790d 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...

porkChop790d 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.

MIDGETonSTILTS17790d 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.

porkChop790d ago

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

ANIALATOR136789d ago (Edited 789d ago )

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

FallenAngel1984790d 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?

PitbullMonster789d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989790d 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.

Eidolon790d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

RNTody790d 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.

Eidolon790d 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.

RNTody790d 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.

Eidolon790d 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.

sadraiden790d ago

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

Knushwood Butt790d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989790d 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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MaxiPower90790d ago

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

sadraiden790d 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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