Looking Back: How Would You Rate MGS4?

I think enough time has passed to see if MGS4 will be a significant title that people will look back on. Looking back, how would you rate MGS4?

it was a bad movie but decent game

I thought it was interesting, 9.5/10 for me. I enjoyed it a lot, even the god-awful multiplayer.

9/10...the gameplay wasn't anything special and the dialogue was quite cheesy at times.

7.5-8/10. Boring, drawn outcutscenes, so-so shooting mechanics,and adivergence from stealth gameplay mire an otherwise nostalgic experience.

Somewhere between "not a classic" and "masterpiece", this game is only second to MGS 2.

A very enjoyable game but with a piss poor script and a confusing story. Like every other MGS game I have played. 8.0.

A very enjoyable game but with a piss poor script and a confusing story. Like every other MGS game I have played. 8.0.

dommeus

Not a 10 by any means. It's a great game though, deserves a 9 at least.

The last two chapters are 10/10 still (best part of the game).

Overall it always was a solid 9 game for me, and Im a MGS fanatic :)

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Oh and MGS1 is Best XD

Best game this gen, still unmatched in it's "Next Gen" feel, fan service galore. a true masterpiece.

I think enough time has passed to see if MGS4 will be a significant title that people will look back on. Looking back, how would you rate MGS4?

Boogie_J

Still one of my favorite games this gen, on my own scale its a 9.5, simple knocked down by some occasionally wonky gameplay and MP that I jsut wasn't a fan of.

I would just like 1 person to bring up a logical reason why this game is overrated. This game was a masterpiece. Looking back, maybe some people shouldnt be allowed to play video games. MGS had amazing action, technology,bosses, and story.

We have come from naming true games that are "overrated" to I guess name anything that is slightly different from the norm. MGS4 had a lot of cutscenes, that means that Hideo cares about his game. Get over it.

I'd say 9.5. some gameplay elements felt archaic, but the overall package was one of the better games this gen.

I think enough time has passed to see if MGS4 will be a significant title that people will look back on. Looking back, how would you rate MGS4?

Boogie_J

10/10 first game that felt truly next gen for me. Gears was close, but mgs did it.

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I think enough time has passed to see if MGS4 will be a significant title that people will look back on. Looking back, how would you rate MGS4?

Javy03

It's boring...I've tried playing it numerous times, and I just loose interest. I'm not sure if it is the drawn out cutscenes, ( a minute of two for cutscenes is more than enough, 25 minutes...really?) the preachy story, or just the out there premise of the game.

I mean I guess I understand why it received a 10, just because it was the only half way decent game available on the PS3 at the time. I somehow doubt it would get a 10 if put up against the games that are currently available on the PS3. Uncharted 1 and 2 and InFamous alone would stomp the crap out of it.

I would rate it probably at around a 7. Very poor AI, I mean honestly some of the worst on the consoles. I can stand right next to an enemy and they don't see me, but I can be hidden behind a wall in a room with no enemies and one will enter the room and head right to me. How is this not bad? Also not so great controls, and an honestly boring story that no one but a fanboy would really get into. If your a fan of the other Metal Gears or the Looney Toons crawling around in a barrel or under a box stealth then it's your game. This brings up another AI issue. How can I put a rusty 55 gallon metal drum over me and the guard cannot see or hear it when I am moving under it?

I did really enjoy MGS4 but i found it easily forgettable after the first time. So to me it was far from a masterpiece or deserving of 10/10 but still a very good experience and fun while it lasted well most of it anyway.

A masterpiece! The gane was just fun, and had an incredible story. Sure it pissed the xbox crowd off due to cutscenes but hey it's metal gear, a series known for excellent cutscenes with great story and gameplay. It was mad purly for Mgs fans which is why a lot of people new to the series didn't like it. It was pure win for me though. Back in the day games were praised for their amazing cinematic qualities and cutscenes now you have twitch gamers who don't like to watch or read anything. Mgs would not be the same without the cinematics.Midnightshade29

i would rate it 8.5 - 9.0. that opinion hasn't changed from when i first played it. i enjoyed the title a lot, but i personally would not have given it a 10.

7.0-7.5

A great game but dissapointing in several ways. The storyline was good up until the ending which toppled everything down, the core gameplay was fun but there just wasn't enough of it, and it fell into that frustrating, perplexing trap like many sequels where they drop good aspects that were in the previous games for no good reason.

Oh and thank the fans for butchering raiden into such a damn cliche. Atleast in MGS 2 he was a character, he was vagine whipped. But he was atleast a character, someone the audience could atleast connect to. In 4 they turned him into a generic ninja badass. Flashy sure? a good character? F no. Play the fanboy card all you want, but that same card applies to the people defending the game in certain cases as well.

MGS 3 is the best in the series interms of plot(that or MGS 1) simply for how much more focused those plots are. MGS4s attempt to cover every loose end of the series, ended up backfiring if anything leading to a massive clusterfudge that was the MGS 4 plot.

jg4xchamp

the story was amazing. huh. what are these people smoking? maybe they're the ones that say, "hey, Transformers movie had a GREAT story!" yuck.

10 best game this gen imo until tonight at midnight when i have god of war 3 then it will be 2nd

9/10

Epic game but cutscenes were a little too long. Sometimes I had the idea I was stuck (like in the beginning where you can watch the freaky gameshow). Still one of my favorite endings of all time

I'd still give it a 10/10

9/10...the gameplay wasn't anything special and the dialogue was quite cheesy at times.

BURSTIIIFIRE

Honestly, 11/10.

9/10...the gameplay wasn't anything special and the dialogue was quite cheesy at times.

BURSTIIIFIRE

9

MGS3 should've been the one to get a 10.