Metal Gear Solid 4

[TrakMastaTom]

Has anyone played MGS4. I have never liked the Metal Gear games because I think the number one priority of any game developer should be gameplay, which Metal Gear has always lacked, but I heard the new one is great. I have always liked the concept of MGS, just not the practice. I am soon going to inherit a PS3 and MGS 4 (my future room-mate has both) and I wondered if anyone could confirm that the gameplay, as well as the rest of the game, is tight.

Also, will playing it be worthless if I don't really know the back story?

[Squall]

i havent played 4, but i have ALWAYS loved the MGS games (except the GBC one, that was rubbish), but i would play it anyway dude, has the same characters as the first MGS (not MG), and i think it looks great...

but thats just my opinion. form your own, what does it matter :P

[oasis]

I must say I have never played the MGS series but the previews for MGS4 do look good and I want to try it but I cant bring my self to spend 60 bucks.

[Tails]

I must say I have never played the MGS series but the previews for MGS4 do look good and I want to try it but I cant bring my self to spend 60 bucks.
just rent it?

[BRODYMAN]

I must say I have never played the MGS series but the previews for MGS4 do look good and I want to try it but I cant bring my self to spend 60 bucks.


As a long time MGS fan, the $60 would not be an issue. I'm contemplating droping $500 for the 80Gb PS3 package that comes with MGS4...but I know it'll never happen.

[somedude21]

Yeah I read a review of MSG4 in GamePro magazine and it looked A-OK to me.

[Squall]

yeah, a question to anyone who's played this and previous ones: is the gameplay more like MGS1/2? or 3? i like all of them, im just wondering if you have to eat and heal your wounds as well...

[TrakMastaTom]

yeah, a question to anyone who's played this and previous ones: is the gameplay more like MGS1/2? or 3? i like all of them, im just wondering if you have to eat and heal your wounds as well...


From what I have seen it is like none of them. The gameplay videos I have seen make it look like a standard 3rd person stealth/shooter.

[mignelli]

The game is simply unreal. Metal gear online is good aswell. Spend the 60 bucks, without thinking twice about it. Its more than worth the investment.

[Squall]

for me it would have to be at least £335 to get it... that $670... bit too much, doncha think ;)

[TrakMastaTom]

for me it would have to be at least £335 to get it... that $670... bit too much, doncha think ;)


I know dudes that bought a PS3 for this game. I have a lot of friends that are Metal Gear freaks. They always get mad at me when I tell them if I wanted a good story with virtually no gameplay I would watch a movie. :)

[mignelli]

well your getting the best of every world, basically. Every aspect of the game is perfect.

[somedude21]

Lol if you cant fork over 60 bucks but you just HAPPEN to have Brawl, then play as Snake at Shadow Moses Island =P

[Squall]

that was MGS1, MGS4 wont be at shadow moses island... it has the same characters yeah, but not the same location...

[mignelli]

im bordering spoilers on this post, so be wary, but some of MGS4 does take place on shadow moses. Including my favourite boss battle of all time.

[somedude21]

So whats in the background of Shadow Moses Island when it crumbles away?

[mignelli]

metal gears REX and RAY. And the things that jump around like frogs are called gekkos.

[somedude21]

Didnt Gray Fox help Snake defeat Metal Gear Rex?

[mignelli]

yeah, but he died while he was fighting it.