Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)

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Customer Reviews:

• 
  2008-09-15
  By A. Burton,
  Obviously my requirements for a game are a little more demanding than most of the reviewers here. I wanted to PLAY Metal Gear Solid 4, sneak through the shadows, traquilizing guards from the security of my bush, dodging security cameras and enjoy the wonderful quirky sense of humour that is Kojima.
  
  The humour's still there - if you can find it buried deep within the 5 million hours of boring monologs, exposition and meaningless rhetoric of the protagonists. I however, have a life, and after an hour and a half of watching this tripe between Act2 and Act 3 i gave up and did something else. After 2 weeks i came back - i've finished all the other Metal Gear games damn it, i'll finish this one too - 10 minutes of play later, my hard work of walking through a room was rewarded with ANOTHER 90 minutes of cut scenes.... Give me strength.
  
  Oh but wait, they re-made Shadow Moses and it looks GREAT, shame they forgot to put any enemies into it. On my journey i met an invincible mech who i wasted all my ammo on, and another one i dodged by crawling through an office.
  
  Kojima has always been ecsentric, but this is the work of a Holywood wannabe director who's seen Titanic one too many times and who's in desperate need of a ruthless editor.
  
  I am bitterly disappointed with this game. During one of my watching sessions I actually checked the box to see if it still said 'Tactical Stealth Action' on the cover, it does, what lies!
  
  They say Kojima got death threats when he said he wasn't making a fourth game. I think i'll send him one if he's planning on making a fifth.
  
  Buy this game if you like watching ridiculous action movies.
  Buy this game if you like looking at guns, lots of guns, in your menu.
  Buy this game if you have a lot of spare time or have trouble sleeping.
  
  Don't buy this game if you want to PLAY your game.
  Don't buy this game if you want to play a SNEAKING game.
  Don't buy this game if you expect more enemies than weapons in your games.
  
  
• 
  2008-09-18
  By gamey1975,
  Well, after owning this game for several months I have come full circle in my opinion of it. First impressions were fantastic, however after a week or two I found the game play almost too involved and difficult to get the most out of the game. Fiddly, complicated and too many weapons to pick from. Cut sequences are long but excellent. Controls are great with a "weapon shop" available within the pause menu. Great styling and great graphics. The frame rate can become impaired in "busy" parts of the game. However I have come full circle and keep getting impressed with this game, it just keeps blowing me away. Once you get used to its intense involvement and finding the correct style to play it, it becomes the most rewarding game I have ever played. Need to slow yourself down in this game (you learn how to go guns blazing early in game, which is handy as a backup) and not run around like a headless chicken...once you have learned the environment and got an idea of whats going on you can get a "feel" of whats required, like stealth or assault tactics. It can also help to have good levels of concentration, snake smokes tobacco, and I undersatand where he is coming from (despite me not being a smoker no longer). This games feel comes in time and enables the player to get something that you can never get from any other game, a feeling of realism. Not realism as in reality but a realism within the game, and understanding of whats going on and whats required. I can only explain it by saying it must be what virtual reality feels like, total control of your environment. Go along for the ride and dont run around like a headless chicken, master the controls and the environment and be a real gamer....
  
  
• 
  2008-09-24
  By Mr. S. J. Reid, United Kingdom
  when i first heard about this game i went insane with joy to find that this epic series was coming to a close and all my questions would be answered.
  
  i pre orded this a month in advance to the release date, you cant pre order something as soon as you hear about it because the date might change.
  
  when i got the game i finished college so i was able to spend every day making my way through this. it took me on my first run about 3-4 days to finish it.
  
  throughout completing this game i had a lot of fun and that was mainly down to the amount of weaponry you could have and sanke's ability to have endless pockets.
  
  i did like how you didnt have to sneak around almost every act as i wanted to have a more guns blazing approach to most MGS games.
  
  gameplay wise its great most of the mechanics from MGS3 and 2 are there with the one added ability to shoot whilst laying down on your back.
  
  all the cut scenes were great but way too long.
  
  after i had completed the game in which it took me 6 and a half hours because of the cut scenes, i went back to do the harder difficulties and still had fun.
  
  im sure that the online play is fantastic but i havent gone there yet and probably wont.
  
  there isnt much to say about the graphics because that has already been aid by everyone else, they are amazing.
  
  all in all its great for the first few times you play through and when you skip all the cut scenes you can complete it in 3 and a half hours.
  
  
• 
  2008-09-25
  By Gov160,
  Being a huge Metal Gear fan i had very high expectations for this game and i was not disappointed it was better than i was expecting it to be it even had me wanting to play it again the moment i finished it.
  
  The gameplay has been hugely improved since MGS3 mainly the controls, they actually work flawlessly and provide a huge degree of style when playing it, you can shoot or sneak your way around or do both, the gameplay has been designed to be adjustable to any players style. You also get a huge supply of weapons to choose from (though you can only hold a few at one time) and nearly all of them can be upgraded and customised with laser attachments, extra stock, grenade launchers etc
  
  The visuals and sound are second to none you get ultra sharp very well detailed character models that are almost at CGI level and the environments are also amazingly well detailed, they are full of extra graphic effects and sounds that makes it very life like. The soundtrack is minimalist to add for effect but in the cutscenes that use the soundtrack it has been done to match the mood of the scene or gameplay perfectly.
  
  The very heart of this game is its story, some people would not like it because the game has at least 5 hours of cutscenes but out of all the MGS games the cutscenes in this one are spectacular. The cutscenes are full of excellent voice acting, motion capture and brilliant camera angles that make these cutscenes look like a vigh high budget movie. I didn't look at the clock once when i was watching them even though the longest cutscene can clock up to about 45 minutes at the very end but it has so many twists that if you get caught up in the story it will suprise you. However you can pause or skip them but you are missing a huge part of the game.
  
  The story itself is heavy handed but full of depth and is detailed enough to be its own movie, the presentation alone shows it. The cutscenes has many humorous moments although sometimes it does try a little too hard too be funny but it can be forgiven. It also has many action moments like two chase scenes (both are mixed with gameplay) and a spectacular bare knuckle fist fight, plus many battle scenes between PMC's. You also can get many sad and even a few romantic moments too that grow between a few of the charcters, This gives the game a huge amount of depth and the gameplay merges with the cutscenes brilliantly making it feel dynamic. The overall backbone of the story however is about how technology has gone to far, theres more to it but i won't spoil it.
  
  Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this game and it is by far one of the best i've ever played, but this game will equire a decent level of inteligance to understand so you will be expected to think whe playing it and although you can skip the cutscenes you will feel dissapointed in the game for skiping them
  
  
• 
  2008-09-26
  By Mr. D. W. Avenell,
  IF YOU'RE A METAL GEAR FAN:
  
  This game is so good it wil make you cry. Up there with Zelda Ocarina of Time for title of best game ever in my opinion.
  
  
  IF YOU'RE A NEWCOMER:
  
  Why are you a newcomer? Go play all the games in order now!!!
  
  
  IF YOU DON'T LIKE METAL GEAR:
  
  Sorry but you will be disappointed by the length / amounts of cut scenes, this game has a lot of em! BUT - you can skip em and play the game, which is still excellent by any standards.
  
  
  The story is there for the fans - and asceneds the game from excellent to one of the all time best games ever.