Looking Back: How Would You Rate MGS4?

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.

roddollente

8/10, good game but not as great as everyone makes it out to be. MGS2>MGS3>MGS1>MGS4

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.

roddollente

Probably a 9.5 or 9.6. Fantastically cinematic, but in comparison to it's predecessor MGS3, it lacked some of the narrative surprises and gameplay novelties. I love the game to death, and it's definitely the second best in the series.

[QUOTE="Javy03"][QUOTE="Boogie_J"]

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?

jg4xchamp

Still my favorite game this gen so far.reiv

I didn't play it enough to tell, but I played about 20 minutes, and HATED IT.

I was expecting it to be really awesome from the start, and it was my first Metal Gear Solid game.

When the game was installing, it had all these ridiculous warnings saying how intense the game was, and I was so pumped to play it, and I was like, "Wtf is this?"

it is a VERY good game, one of the best this gen, the story was random at times, it was super cheesy and the cutscenes while awesome were too frequent, but those are my only complaints, it's a near flawless game IMO.

9.5 out of 10. this game is a good stroll through memory lane, and it has its funny moments too

like everytime they call snake his psyche gauge goes down

8.0 - 7.0 gameplay plus a 1.0 bump for the cinematics. I gave up after act 3 due to boredom.

MGS4 was the only Metal Gear game since MSX(sans the iPhone) I did not finish. Even the crappy MG2 on the NES or Ghost Babel on the GBC were more fun. Watch, play a little, watch some more, play a while, watch Snake smoke was just too much.

It was my first Metal Gear Solid game. I really enjoyed it. But it doesn't deserve a 10.I'd say 9.5.It's my 3rd fav PS3 game. The other 2 being LBP and U2. Both always switch places

10. Perfectly brought this gen up to standards, makes everything else looks bad except GTAIV, which is just as good. They are both the standard in which to judge this whole gen.

IMO.

lol @ the people not being able to understand the story, it's not hard, plus the MGS Database is free, so read that too. You just got to play every game to know everything.

I would definitely give it a 10, it's up there with Diablo II: LoD.
The ending was bloody amazing. 8)

9.0 /10.0 I liked the gameplay but you could beat it in like three hours by skipping cutscenes. And the story was such a piece of crap that it was a joke. Couldn't believe the story was from a MGS game.

solid 10 for me. best game i've played this gen.

Still a 9.5 in my book. I loved everything about it and to me is the second best MGS game right next to MGS1.

9.0 /10.0 I liked the gameplay but you could beat it in like three hours by skipping cutscenes. And the story was such a piece of crap that it was a joke. Couldn't believe the story was from a MGS game.

brickdoctor

Easily the best game this gen. The only other game that has a chance in hell at beating it before the next consoles come out is GOW III.

8/10

MGS4, great story, great visuals, great presentation ... but the actual gameplay is just blah in my opinion.

Stealth system is not as good as Thief, Hitman or Splinter Cell, the shooting mechanics are not as good as Uncharted 1-2, Gears of War or a miriad of other 3rd person shooters.

I acknowledge that for others it may the best thing since sliced bread, but for me, strip the story away and just about every aspect of the actual gameplay has been done better elsewhere - Definitely Over-hyped and Over-rated.

In my Opinion the emperor has no clothes

its still a 10/10 for me. i havent played a better single player this gen

I thought the game was a 9.0 or even a 9.5. I don't know if it should've scored a 10 though. It does have great graphics,sound, and gameplay, so I guess that's all that matters. I still haven't got the hang out of playing online though.

I thought it was good, but not 10 good. I would give it a 9.0 back in the day and probably an 8.5 with todays standards. Yes standards have increased since 2007.

I thought it was good, but not 10 good. I would give it a 9.0 back in the day and probably an 8.5 with todays standards. Yes standards have increased since 2007.

Wasdie

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I thought it was good, but not 10 good. I would give it a 9.0 back in the day and probably an 8.5 with todays standards. Yes standards have increased since 2007.

enterawesome

That. And what are these "standards" you speak of? Over 90% of the games from 2009 didn't even come close to MGS4 in terms of quality. Not sure what the hell he is talking about...

9.1/10

Great everything, but the plot falls apart. It also gets boring at some points with too much technical jargon and melodrama.

MGS 4 is still one of the best games this gen imo. I was actually playing through ACT 2 again recently.

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