Shouldnt the 4th game in a series have a complex story and controls

for hardcore games..

MGS4 is a great game, but not for everyone.. isnt that what a 4th game in the solid playstation series (7th overall in MG) is supposed to be..?

The question is should a long standing series (any of them) remain accessible to the casual fan or cater to its longstanding fans that have supported the series?

So you should just alienate anyone new to the series, making it difficult to get into?spinecaton

i see your point.. but it was nice to get a "made for the fans" game for once

The controls aren't really complex , the game isn't all that difficult , and the story can be enjoyed on a surface level despite not knowing who all of the characters are. You don't have to be a fan to appeciate the gameplay and cinematics.

im going to give the political answer here and say theres a happy medium imho.

i think a game should always remain accessable to new comers to an extent, even if its the 10th game in. this means tutorials explaining the basics (no harm in a refresher anyway since it can show some of the new stuff in the game and get existing players up to speed fast) and plenty of help should the player need it. story wise, everything the player needs to know should be explained somewhere OR the stories shouldnt be too tightly linked. EG the metroid prime series....if u start on 3 or 2 then u wont be completly lost as to whats going on.

on the flip side, i dont think a game should cater, or be built, for a different audience to its initial fans..thall just alineate them. EG the elder scrolls. i thought morrowind was the pinnacle of the series...but then i looked at the ambition in daggerfall and basically bethesda have been going backwards. neither norrowind nor oblivion are anywhere near as ambitous as daggerfall was and instead of bethesda building on daggerfall....they have been cutting stuff out. thats a terrible shame.

for hardcore games..

MGS4 is a great game, but not for everyone.. isnt that what a 4th game in the solid playstation series (7th overall in MG) is supposed to be..?

The question is should a long standing series (any of them) remain accessible to the casual fan or cater to its longstanding fans that have supported the series?

wv06

well yes you should try and cater your game to everyone but the problem with your argument in this particular case is that the fanbase this game has is already a very massive group (heck i bought the game and i only own a wii so i borrowed a ps3)

I can't believe so many people are getting rattled by Yahtzee's rant.Lionheart08

The controls aren't really complex , the game isn't all that difficult , and the story can be enjoyed on a surface level despite not knowing who all of the characters are. You don't have to be a fan to appreciate the gameplay and cinematics.

Nike_Air

Really OP? I'd like to see you play on Big boss extreme.

Also, yahtzee was SO wrong on the controls, it leads me to believe if he even played the game.. he said you can't shoot without standing up -__- was he high when did the review?