Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
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.
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. 
Old timer Snake returns for what is slated as the final installment in the Metal Gear series. View larger. |
New and old characters abound in MGS4. View larger. | 
PMCs have run amok and the world is at war. View larger. | 
Octacamo will help Snake blend into surroundings. View larger. |
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. MGS4 is a next-generation adventure set in the aftermath of MGS2: Sons of Liberty. The concept behind the latest Metal Gear Solid project is "no place to hide," and this edition in the series will force Snake into unexpected circumstances with an all-new storyline that breaks away in some ways from the previous MGS franchise entries. We don't want to spoil it for you, but, producer Hideo Kojima did reveal some very juicy tidbits about the game and the storyline when it was first announced at E3 of 2006. "Until now," said Kojima, "we've released two entries of the MSX2 Metal Gear series, and three entries in the Metal Gear Solid series. Add to this Portable Ops, and you get a total of six titles. All mysteries will be cleared up in Metal Gear Solid 4." Kojima was very clear about the finality of MSG4, leaving gamers to wonder, "Will Snake die?!" When asked if the story will come to this sort of an end, Kojima responded without the slightest bit of vagueness, "It will come to an end." The MGS4 E3 trailer showed a number of characters from the Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid histories. This final installment is sure to deliver loads of cameos, in fact, it is rumored that nearly all the characters from the series will make an appearance. In addition to a return of classic Metal Gear Solid characters, the gameplay systems from part three are also expected to make a comeback. The camouflage system from part three will make it into MGS4, with the addition of "OctoCamo," Snake's most advanced stealth suit to date. The name appears to be formed from the words "Octopus" and "camoflauge," and players will be awestruck by the chameleon-like camo that changes with the surroundings. OctoCamo allows Snake to blend in with his environment as it digitally manifests nearby textures in real time. Think if it this way, if Snake is standing next to a wall worn out with holes, he too will appear to be riddled with holes. It has also been revealed that MGS4 will have online play, but no specifics have been released. Although very little information is known about the game's visuals, rumor has it that MGS4 is expected to be the finest representation of console graphics on the PS3, and it is expected that they will just get better and better as the game nears its release date.
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Reviews
I think this is a great game. I bought this game for my fiance and I really enjoyed watching him play the game. The graphics are also very detailed and look incredible. It's full of excitement and you get very attached to the characters. The story line is excellent for both genders.
Simple as that. Take a couple more, another cinematic. Overall, its a pretty good game despite its long videos. Gameplay is fun, you are just inandated with long.long.long sequences of video. 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. Between campaigns there is almost 30 mins of cinematic. Often times in-game you take a few steps only to watch a cinematic. The fact that you can skip them and get to the makes up for that flaw, but keeps this review from 5 stars.
I bought the game to shoot stuff.
When that happens, your only option is to shoot it out with the enemies and take a ton of damage in the process. Thank goodness I only rented this. A lot of it involved holding one or two buttons while rotating a joystick, then pressing another button, or other such nonsense. Basically, you have to sneak through various warzones without being spotted. In my opinion, a game sequel should be just as accessible for veterans of the franchise as it is for non-veterans. If an enemy gets too close, they'll spot you regardless.
When you finally reach a checkpoint you are treated to these ridiculously long cutscenes which can last up to an hour long. There's really no reason to try anything other than this tactic. Rinse and repeat. It's the equivalent of someone pausing the game and showing you a movie (a bad movie) while it's paused. 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.
Right off the bat, the controls and inventory seemed overly complicated, and took a long time to get used to. This game is clearly a throwback to the old Dragonslayer arcade game and CD-ROM games from the early nineties. I know the fans will skewer me, but I don't really care. Suffice to say, I just didn't get it. Once you kill all the enemies within your immediate vicinity, you just go back to blending in and sneaking toward the checkpoint. Overall, this game has decent graphics and decent sound, but that wasn't enough for me to keep playing. This was really fun at first, but after a while you realize how little impact it has on the actual gameplay.
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. Some games are able to blend story and gameplay seemlessly, but this isn't one of them. I quit in the middle of act 3. Needless to say, I skipped all these cutscenes. It probably took me about an hour just to figure out how to play the game. 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. Checking items or swapping weapons required pausing/exiting the game often which took away from the immersion factor.
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.
I love this gave but for some reason they wanted to make it a movie with video game action in between. They should have been shortened considerably and maybe added an extra level added. The reason I think they had a ton of cut scenes was to try to mesh all of the different Metal Gear's story lines together which don't fit perfectly anyway, especially MGS1 and MGS2. After I beat the game and played it again I fast forwarded to the game play and was able to enjoy the game more. I do think this game was great but I want to see more game and less movie. I mean nobody can try to decipher all of the twists and turns this storyline has, it's impossible. I'm not saying it shouldn't have cut scenes, they give you a break in between goals.
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