http://ps3.ign.com/articles/881/881472p1.html "Is it possible to give a game an 11? If so, this would be the game that would merit that score. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a title that exceeds all of the hype that was attached to the title. Regardless of whether you've seen every trailer and screenshot, read every preview and heard every interview, you won't get a full sense of how phenomenal this title is unless you sit down and experience it for yourself. Legends die hard and deserve a heroic story that lives on when they are gone. Metal Gear Solid 4 is such an ending for the legendary warrior Solid Snake. Not only does it sum up the full franchise of Metal Gear, its depth and its complexity, coupled with its technical prowess, make it one of the best games of the year and, indeed, one of the best games ever made. Get some well earned rest, Snake. You've earned it. We salute you." http://www.gamespot.com/metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/platform/ps3?tag=result;title;0 "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the most technically stunning video game ever made. It's also a fine example of storytelling prowess within its medium, combining gameplay and narrative so slickly and beautifully that it's impossible to extricate one from the other. It's likely you will emerge awestruck from your first play-through, wishing the experience would continue yet nonetheless satisfied with its conclusion. It's difficult not to sound hyperbolic when discussing MGS4 because every part of its design seemingly fulfills its vision, without compromise. There is no halfway." All the big critics think MGS4 is the best game ever made: http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/06/21/metal-gear-solid-4-big-three-says-best-game-ever-made-on-all-systems-ps3-xbox-360-and-wii/ Reviewers have saidMetal Gear Solid4: Guns of the Patriots is one of the bestvideo gamesever made, and that includes this-gen systems such as PS3 and Xbox 360 all the way back to NES. To review such a game is simply impossible. Not a single person lives or will ever live that is worthy of playing, experiencing Metal Gear Solid 4, let alone review it and any attempt to do so is a falsum and flawed by nature. And yet, by some miracle somehow I found myself happening upon the privilege of playing it, it was a strange and wonderful experience. Like shagging a super model, all the while you cannot shake the feeling of shame and guilt, the feeling that this should not be happening, that you are not worthy, that she is too good for you, but damn it if you are not going to enjoy it for as long it is going to last anyway... With that being said, yes MGS4 is factually the best game ever made, whether you like it or not. Also; hatred originating from disreputable gentleman shall continually persist..
Yes haters, Metal Gear Solid 4 is the best game ever made
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There you are again, unable to form and support your own opinions. I can find ridicululous gushing reviews for plenty of games, but it doesnt mean sh*t.
Anyways, the other thread was locked so I'll just copy/pasta what I said and see what you have to say.
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As for the single player how does it hit every note?
- By telling a horribly written, horribly paced story that contradicts prior events in the series?
- By ruining characters that were well established throughout the series and ignoring their prior developments?
- By retconing major points in the series?
- By caving in the universe and trying to connect dots were they dont meet?[spoiler] Like boiling down the Patriots to being the MGS3 support team? By acting as if Zero had the same love for The Boss as Big Boss did even though there was never any prior development or reasoning for that to be true? By saying that Paramedic is Dr. Clarke even though we knew that Dr. Clarke was a man and that Paramedic stood against all the types of atrocities that Clarke committed? There was NO development to even lead to such a conclusion that Paramedic transforms from a kind female to an insanely immoral man lol. Then Sigint is the Darpa Chief Yeah, the age, personality and voice surely line up, right? Oh and then Madnar has to get random mention out of nowhere for no reason as well. Horrible. Oh and lets bring in Big Boss for no reason and completely diminish his role both in life and in death from the previous games. [/spoiler]
- How bout them Nanomachines, huh? They fix EVERYTHING! Lets forget that Liquid had two heartbeats in MGS2 and knew things that Ocelot couldn't. No, lets just chalk it up to Nanotherapy. And how bout that Vamp? So nanos made him heal so fast that he can recover from a bullet to the head? ok. How did nanos explain the fact that he could float around in low buoyancy liquids? Control people by their shadows? Read body movements well enough to dodge bullets? Run on water and up the sides of Big Shell? Oh, nanos, ok. Oh and here's one out of left field! Hey guys Naomi has Cancer! Lets see her die instantly after taking the injection while Otacon cries to her through an LCD screen side mounted on a robot. YES!
- How about the mountains of pointless sh*t? For example. Why does Raiden, who is strong enough to hold up Outer Haven just minutes later, decide to chop off his arm to get out from under some rubble? And then why does he let himself get crushed under Outer Haven instead of just grabbing Snake and getting the **** out of there? The game is riddled with pointless nonsense like that.
- How about that crappy TPS gameplay? No need for stealth tactics, just shoot everything you see and hit up Debin on his pager when you need more guns, nades, rockets, silencers, etc.. Oh you want to play it stealth you say? Cool. Just crawl around in your Octocam from point a to point b. DONE. Thats what happens when level design is an afterthought.
- Oh and those levels
Hey guys here is Shadow Moses! Hope you like nostalgia because the level is devoid of any soldiers, or meaningful design. Feel free to run straight through throwing down the truckload of Chaffs you came across. Oh and have fun in Outer Haven! We know its the last stage of "the final" MGS, but we took it upon ourselves to make sure it is 1000x more primitive in design than the Tanker from MGS2! Oh and hope you like Europe, because on every replay you will have to do the same damn thing even though you know exactly were to go. Awesome! - How bout that enemy AI that doesnt even match up to MGS2 and 3?
- How about those bosses that basically have no involvement in the story and just boil down to generic shooter bosses in terms of gameplay?
- Where are all my codecs and easter eggs? What happened to the incredible amounts of detail and thought that went into fleshing out the world you play in?
Worst part is I havent even scratched the surface. I wont even bother breaking down the horribly cheesy, vomit inducing moments in detail. You know what they are. Johny + Merryl. Snake + Raiden. lol
Its not even the best MGS lol forget about the best game ever. Every time i think of MGS4, this annoyance come to my mind
This creature has ruined the game for me.
That article is so old, that TC was not even born yet.
If it's the best game ever, then why doesn't it have a higher MC or GR then SMG2?
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