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MGS4 review - Swedish LEVEL #26 (NO SPOILERS!)
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nelsonroyale
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okrim said:
in resident evil at least, I think that was another aspect geared to add to the players horror during playthroughs
Pop On Arrival
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So are we still talking about how "shitty" MGS2's story is in this thread or have we moved on to something else?
Gizmo_Monkey
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Personally I'm just gonna not click on MGS4 topics once its closer to release, they'll contain gameplay spoilers which is bad enough. At least this place is moderated in topic titles and not full of kids unlike some places (gamefaqs)
Jason's Ultimatum
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Green Shinobi said:
Crack kills.
Kiriku said:
There was around 70 journalists who played the game at Paris(TTP was one of them). Only EU journalists i think.
Some weeks after the event, most generalist gaming site publish their preview, and i didn't read a single complaint about the Frame Rate (and TTP already stated MGS is 30 Fps, but smooth 30 Fps)
A quick summary plus some excerpts:
- Very bleak, somber game, not just by MGS standards.
- The character Snake has never felt so believable. The briefing scenes show how frail he really is.
- Controls are incredibly refined and allow for much more options during the combat sequences.
More about how free and open the gameplay is:
- Amazing graphics and sound
Some small nigglings:
- Some of the bosses are a bit too easy.
- The game can be a tad confusing a times. One section took more attempts than wanted.
- Some skirmishes suffer from what seems like enemies spawning in.
- Some plot twists feel a bit silly.
- Notes that these details are still minute stuff that only stand out in a game like this.
- Very bleak, somber game, not just by MGS standards.
- The character Snake has never felt so believable. The briefing scenes show how frail he really is.
- Controls are incredibly refined and allow for much more options during the combat sequences.
More about how free and open the gameplay is:
- Amazing graphics and sound
Some small nigglings:
- Some of the bosses are a bit too easy.
- The game can be a tad confusing a times. One section took more attempts than wanted.
- Some skirmishes suffer from what seems like enemies spawning in.
- Some plot twists feel a bit silly.
- Notes that these details are still minute stuff that only stand out in a game like this.
Red Blaster
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Ceb said:
Standard Metal Gear "issues". Though the respawning bit is interesting. Unless it's a misconception by the reviewer or it's specific to the scenario, it seems the alerts might have reverted back to the MGS2-style attack teams that were infinite in numbers.
Pop On Arrival
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Ceb said:
I always knew that this game would have insane amount of variety in the levels and gameplay, but that review is making me think that it's gonna exceed my expectations.
Thanks for summarizing.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Ceb said:
Hope it's maybe just the first, or two.Perfectly fine. Seeing how much I'll explore and fool around. In the worst case, they're always Otacon to save me!Ceb said:
As long as they don't "spawn" in the direct sense, that's cool.Ceb said:
"METAL GEAR?!" :lolCeb said:
Yoboman
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No, that's not the case at all. They come in squads but its not infinite (based on the demos). I think he's talking about specific instances like for example in MGS3 there's an area called Svyatogornyj (the area they showed in one trailer, where BB shot two guys at once through a window) where you can get on a turret and face a huge amount of respawns.
Sounds like something perfectly remedied by codecCeb said:
Worm_Buffet
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Hero of the web?
Lion Heart
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Yoboman said:
Im going to assume you looked that up...
Red Blaster
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Doc Evils said:Belgian gaming magazine called "Chief" gave MGS4 9.7.
Yurop loves MGS!
Someone at metalgearsolid.org summarized it. Haven't seen it posted in these parts, so here it is:
They don't divide the score in graphics, sound, etc. But they give some 'facts' about the game with the scores, nothing to take serious I think
Metal Gear Solid 4 is...
62% Hideo's perfect closure
20% picking up memories
15% saying goodbye
3% too much incomprehensible bullshit in between for the not-fans
Some stuff from the review text:
-They describe the gameplay as being perfect. It plays very refined and extremely nice.
-The combination of a wide gameplay, brilliant AI and fantastic design leads to previously unknown brilliant highlights. They consist of 'old school' situations were you go through bases and small corridors and options that get offered by the new generation (battlefields).
-The review describes the graphics as the best ones he ever saw in game. Not just about the detail in the models, but the total package of facial expressions and animations, enviroments and the number of details that every other game of this generation should be jealous about.
-MGS4 is much more then a game, more then just finishing levels. It's an experience, a closure of a legendary epos, one with about 50% of great cutscenes, very strong dialogue and not to forget: emotion. Maybe I'll create a better view of this when I say that after 3 days of playing I looked behind and I saw grown-up men really crying during the credits. Normally I would call them crazy, but this time I respected it, cause even this machoman was sad after finishing the storyline that had me in it's power for so long.
-Exacly for that reason Kojima deserves credit. The way the story is told, the way the plot takes a few last, very special turns; the way in which the trusted characters did their last trick; the way the motives finally fell into place and on top of this all: the tragic hero that finally takes care of his ultimate destiny.
-The way the gameplay is combined with the storytelling raises this game way above each other media experience. This is so much deeper then and experience through books or movies, so much deeper then other games. This is the true power of Metal Gear Solid: Guns Of The Patriots.
hydragonwarrior
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boom blox is almost at MGS4 level awesomeness
Has it been stated in any of these reviews approximately how long a play-through takes? It's been tradition with my friends since MGS2 to gather and play through an MGS game in a day or two, but I'm wondering if that'll be possible with MGS4.
Either way, the people will be gathered.
Either way, the people will be gathered.