Truly one of those rare games that do not come out nearly often enough.
The graphics are the best i have yet to see on any game. Only the videos of killzone 2 look to posably out shine them. if that. With only a hand full of textures from time to time to point out as less than great. the art style goes for the realistic and does it well, while at the same time showing us some cool futeristic mechs. The weapons are mostly current real life tech. with a few things the devlopers dreamed up. an almost perfect bleand of realism and fantasy/sci-fi.
The game play is a mix of action and stealth. in most case's the player can choose wich style they wish to use. There are four stander diffuculty levels. my first play threw was on the easyest level and it was a breeze. i cant see any one with any exp with gameing haveing a hard time at all on that level. my current play threw is on the next up from easyist and its noticibly more diffcult. But not to the point were i have had to realy work at it. from what i can tell the options for diffuclty is made to order and adjustble for any gamer.
The sound is the best i have heard yet in a game. the sound effects are rich and belevable . the voice acting is spot on and in some case's worthy of an award. All though some of the scripting is on the corny side.
I have yet to try the online so im not going to include that in my score but fear not MGS fans becasue even if it didnt have online i would not count off for it as i am not much for online play.
The story is a bit hard to follow as there are so many things going on. this is do to the game being something of a wrap up and tieing up all those loose ends from the past 3 games. But its top notch no less. has a few twist and a nice paceing.
The cut scenes are bar none the best i have ever seen and for better or worse thay are a LOT of LONG cut scenes. at times i feel im watching a movie more so than playing a game. But hay it would be a great movie so lol. to be honest if i had my choice i would have like to have had more game play time than cut scenes. That is realy the only negative i have with the game to much time watching and not enough time playing. in fact When you skip the cut scenes i find the game to be farto short.
There are a TON of extra things in the game. one of my favroite is the I-pod. you can find new songs and even down load real podcast from the devlopers. Its alot of fun hearing them talk about the game as im playing it. There are alot of weapons in the game and most are customizable. I wont go into great detail on that as im sure any one reading this will have heard enough about the spacifics in game site reviews.
this game is with out a dout one of the best games i have ever played. while I cant say its my #1 game of all time i will say it would have to be on my top 10 list. And most likely THE best of the current gen consoles.Do your self a favor and pick this gem up ASAP.