Good !! But still does not satiate my high expectation on the game.
I was so looking forward to this game before I finally bought it. During the installation of the game to the harddrive, I was admiring the amazing graphics of Snake chain-smoking, the smoke, the texture of his suit is so real. The graphics of the game throughout is crisp. Not just the cutscenes and but in real time gameplay too. Sometimes you cant help but to put your controller down to admire the wonderful crisp pictures. The game is capable of running on 1080p, so for those who have a HD TV you will be wowed by the graphics.
For me , the early excitements kinda get built up too much even before the release of the game. The finale. Everybody wants to know how the story ends. Im one of them too. One downfall of this game is its endless cutscenes. There was just too many cutscenes in the game. MGS4 is more like a interactive movie experience, than a gaming-experience. Despite that, it's still a damn fine game. And this time the cutscenes are more informative compared to MGS2, kinda tie the loose ends of all the convoluted storylines the preceding events built up.
Besides the cutscenes blip, everything else is good. The sneaking can be really testing on one's limits in Extreme mode. The boss battles are good especially the one with Raging Raven. However, the last boss fight with Ocelot is damn stupid. When Solid is attempting to sneak past PMCs, sometimes I cant find the logic when the PMCs are already engaged with the local militants in battle and the former caught sight of snake, they would risk themselves in the line of fire just to get to Snake. Not too bright on the AI.
The game has lots of replay value especially for Metal Gear fanatics to acquire all the emblems after completion of the game. And a lot of humorous conversations too between Otacon and Snake.
I have not had the chance to try out Metal Gear Online due to lack of broadband.
Overall, the game is SOLID !!! VERY SOLID !!