Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
From Konami

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Product Description

Marking the return of Hideo Kojima's legendary tactical espionage action series, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots features a cinematic experience and visual masterpiece that will redefine this landmark franchise as a revolutionary game for the PLAYSTATION3 system.

The game is the final chapter in the saga of Solid Snake that sends him around the world in pursuit of his arch nemesis, Liquid Ocelot. Armed with new gadgets and abilities, Solid Snake must shift the tides of war into his favor, using the chaos of the battlefield to infiltrate deep into enemy territory.

In his globetrotting final mission, Snake must sneak deep into enemy locations in the Middle East, South America, and other corners of the earth to foil Liquid Ocelot's. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots includes Metal Gear Online "Starter Pack", which is the full and complete multiplayer component of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #87 in Video Games
* Brand: Konami/ Kojima Productions
* Model: 20160
* Released on: 2008-06-12
* ESRB Rating: Mature
* Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
* Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

* Although little is known, MGS4 is being touted as the final installment in the Metal Gear Solid series.
* Chameleon-like camouflage system, Octacamo, blends Snake into his surroundings.
* Loads of characters from previous Metal Gear Solid installments will return in this final chapter.
* Slated for simultaneous worldwide release in June 2008, Konami has released very few details about MGS4.
* Built for the PS3, the game is expected to be the finest representation of the console's graphics

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, is a next-gen experience complete with top-of-the-line graphics and surround sound designed for the Sony PlayStation 3. Featuring the most revealing display of Kojima Production's premier title, MSG4 details the world where Snake must under go his final mission.

In a world overrun by private military companies (PMCs), wars are no longer fought over nations or ideologies. Instead, the wars of the future are micro-managed by overarching PMCs, right down to the bullet. New gadgets and abilities fuel Snake's journey deep into the enemy domains of the Middle East, South America, and beyond.

New gear includes "Metal Gear Mk. II," the ultimate reconnaissance tool, and "Solid Eye," which gives Snake real-time information on enemies and his surroundings.Joined by a familiar cast of characters, Snake must once again return to the battlefield to confront his lifelong rival, Liquid Ocelot, who is manipulating the world's wars from the one world where soldiers will always have a place.

But Liquid Ocelot is not the only one who will be able to manipulate the world's wars--Snake can destabilize opposing forces by working behind the scenes, supporting the local militia as they fight PMCs, creating a smokescreen that allows Snake to move freely within the war-zone.

Customer Reviews

Fun game, but too much cinematic
Simple as that. Often times in-game you take a few steps only to watch a cinematic. Take a couple more, another cinematic.

Gameplay is fun, you are just inandated with long...long....long sequences of video. Between campaigns there is almost 30 mins of cinematic. At least you can skip through them. I get about 10-15 mins in, occasionally I've watched the entire thing, but I end up skipping. I bought the game to shoot stuff.

Overall, its a pretty good game despite its long videos. The fact that you can skip them and get to the makes up for that flaw, but keeps this review from 5 stars.

...Not my cup of tea.
I admit it, I've never played any of the previous Metal Gear games, so this review will be more for the first time agnostics than hardcore fans. I know the fans will skewer me, but I don't really care. In my opinion, a game sequel should be just as accessible for veterans of the franchise as it is for non-veterans. Suffice to say, I just didn't get it.

Right off the bat, the controls and inventory seemed overly complicated, and took a long time to get used to. A lot of it involved holding one or two buttons while rotating a joystick, then pressing another button, or other such nonsense.

Checking items or swapping weapons required pausing/exiting the game often which took away from the immersion factor. It probably took me about an hour just to figure out how to play the game.

Basically, you have to sneak through various warzones without being spotted. You have all sorts of gizmos to help you do this (most of which I didn't even bother using) including a combat suit that allows you to blend into your surroundings like a chameleon. This was really fun at first, but after a while you realize how little impact it has on the actual gameplay.

If an enemy gets too close, they'll spot you regardless. When that happens, your only option is to shoot it out with the enemies and take a ton of damage in the process. Once you kill all the enemies within your immediate vicinity, you just go back to blending in and sneaking toward the checkpoint. Rinse and repeat.

Since you can kill most enemies through stealth, I figured I'd kill everyone standing between me and the objective with them being none the wiser. This seemed like the most intuitive and funnest thing to do, but what I didn't realize is that after you kill enemies, fresh ones are spawned in, so your only choice is to rush to the next checkpoint with the least amount of resistance. There's really no reason to try anything other than this tactic.

When you finally reach a checkpoint you are treated to these ridiculously long cutscenes which can last up to an hour long! Some games are able to blend story and gameplay seemlessly, but this isn't one of them.

It's the equivalent of someone pausing the game and showing you a movie (a bad movie) while it's paused. This game is clearly a throwback to the old Dragonslayer arcade game and CD-ROM games from the early nineties. Needless to say, I skipped all these cutscenes.

Overall, this game has decent graphics and decent sound, but that wasn't enough for me to keep playing. I quit in the middle of act 3. Thank goodness I only rented this.

Amazing
I had never really played any of the MGS solid before (except for a few hours of MGS3), so I was totally new to the franchise. This is one of the deepest games I have ever played, with the best graphics on any console hands down.

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