THE GREATEST GAME TO GRACE ANY CONSOLE PAST, PRESENT, AND EVEN IN THE FUTURE (minor spoilers)
GRAPHICS
Without a doubt the greatest graphics I have ever seen. The character models look so real and the attention the creators put to detail is just simply amazing. The scenery will just make your jaw drop and make you feel like you're in the middle east, south america, etc. Before I got my HD cable for the PS3 I thought this game looked amazing, but after hooking it up with the HD I was mesmorised. No game to date can even think of comparing itself to this game, this game blows all others away easily.
SOUND
Music has always been instrumental to making those Metal Gear moments truly something special, from when Snake and Otacon did their handshake in MGS2, to when Eva explains to Snake about what really happened with The Boss in MGS3. It hasn't failed in this game. The musical score by Harry Gregson Williams is just truly amazing, even Oscar worthy. The music just grasps the mood, and brings to life every part scene by scene. The greatest though being at the end when Snake and Liquid fight at the end, to have the score come, giving you the feeling that this long and brutal battle is finally coming to a finale, that everything is coming down to these final moments. All in all, just epic.
GAMEPLAY
Metal Gear Solid games in my opinion had great gameplay, but this game improves what was great into excellence. The 3D cam really helps out with the stealth, and even more seeing as there is no solitron radar. The OctoCamo is a real upgrade to the camo system in MGS3 in which you had to keep going to the menu over and over again just to change your camo, and seeing as how big that game was, you had to do it often. The OctoCamo though adjusts by itself whenever you lean against a wall. The over the shoulder shooting system is a great addition also, it makes the fighting a lot easier this way if you're ever caught you can fight your way through troops a lot better than in the old Metal Gear Solid games.
This game is by far the greatest game of all time without a doubt. It has everything you can ever want: superb story, excellent gameplay, and a great musical score that is film worthy. It was our pleasure to be able to play such a perfect game, as far as me to say, this is the game to end all games.