Definitely an overrated game, although it is fun
User Rating: 7.5 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Platinum) PS3
This game is hailed as one of the greatest ever, but I find myself disagreeing. Sure, it is a pretty good game with great graphics and a good story but it really isn't anything special in my opinion and it doesn't hold my interest long enough to prevent me from playing Killzone 2 or CoD instead. The story is easily the best part of this game, albeit a bit confusing if you haven't played any other Metal Gear games (like me). I liked the character Solid Snake and you could tell this game had some very high production value. That is really this game's problem though, it seems to be more focused on its cutscenes than the repetitive and short sequences of gameplay. The gameplay is fun but after a while it gets old and the scenery in each level gets repetitive after a while. I thought the gameplay was probably the best in the beginning and slowly went downhill while the story started slow but got progressively better as the game advanced. If you want a fun distraction for a little bit with a good amount of production value then by all means pick up this game. But it you want fun in your face non-stop gameplay I might hesitate and ignore the hype on this one. That's my opinion anyway. The multiplayer is really annoying and could have been a lot better if it had been through the PSN instead of through Konami. The connection quality is bad and you basically have to pay for all the good stuff and I just didn't think it was worth my time that much. I feel like even though this was a Playstation exclusive Konami wanted to distance themselves somewhat from Playstation by using their own system and by not putting an Only on Playstation bar at the top of the box, just an inference I made.
Graphics: 9.5 The graphics were amazing for this game, and some of the best I've ever seen on a console.
Gameplay: 7.0 The gameplay is pretty fun albeit a bit repetitive and short sometimes.
Story 9.5 The story was very good and obviously was where most of the effort for this was game was put into, although some parts were somewhat confusing.
Replayability 6.0 After playing through it this game has hardly any replayabiliity at all, and the multiplayer really is not good at all.
Overall (Not an average of above scores): 7.5 This game is pretty awesome but overall not deserving of all the hype it receives. A good game but you may want to consider getting it based on your playing style.
