After Konami's numerous stellar MGS titles to date, I really expected more out of this. You may have heard people say that this game is basically just a movie, and they would be absolutely correct. It's a very solid story, which is all that saves it from a 1.0 rating really, because the game has very little gameplay, and has thrown what made the earlier titles popular completely out the window. I could never recommend this game to buy, but maybe rent it if you like a good movie. This game suffers from the famous 'rush to review' syndrome, where it gets great scores from reviewers who haven't spent enough time with the game. Apart from the drawn out cutscenes, which get to be exasperatingly dull towards the end, replaying this game would be like watching a murder mystery for the second time. There's no replay value at all, in other words. I like Metal Gear Solid, and I've really enjoyed the earlier games, but this is a game that falls way too short of the series' standards, and I'm disappointed that it was released with so little game in it.
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