an awe inspiring dramatic game that ended the series with a bang!

User Rating: 10 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Platinum) PS3
By bigboss1203 | Review Date:
I can't begin to say the sense of amazment i felt when i first pressed the "Start" button on this game. The whole Metal Gear series was always a series that never siezed to amaze me, and Metal Gear Solid 4 was no exception. Im going to start with the graphics. The Metal Gear series has always had graphics ahead of its time but i never thought i was going to ever see a game look this good. The envirment is far much better than previous installments, the combat in the background made the game feel much more realistic and fun. But it doesnt stop there. There are five acts all together, each presenting a new and exciting envirement. first act is a war in the middle east, second act is war in a mountain area, act three is a well designed and highly detailed town in Europe, act 4, the most amazing of all, is a dramatic, reconstructed Shadow Moses from the original Metal Gear Solid, and the final act takes place on a ship run by liquid snake.

Gameplay- Lets face it, as amazing as the Metal Gear series is, the gameplay is the same everytime (except mgs3, thats a different story), you sneak past guards and run into obsticles and boss fights, nothing wrong with it, its a fun type of gameplay, but Metal Gear Solid 4 brings new types of gameplay into the series: You have your standard stealth based game, where you use the octocamo to blend in with your envirments to flee from the enemy, typical metal gear game. but on top of that, you can play it as a classic shooter, since there is a huge variety of weapons in mgs4, and shoot any enemy possible, it works best in act 1 and 2, i highly dont recomend it in act 3 lol. Or in the first two acts you can join either the milita or rebels and fight those PMC bastards! Regardless of the gameplay, mgs4 delivers great variety.

Enemies and bosses (may contain spoilers!!!)- One of the major changes in enemies in mgs4 is that there are unmanned robots calles gekko, huge powerful machines that kill anyone possible, but can be brought down with a tranquilizer shot to the legs. And then there are Scarabs. The most annoying, most **** irritating creatures ever, act 4 with the reconstructed Shadow Moses and all, would have been perfect if they didnt appear all over the god damn place! They are little mini gekkos that appear in large doses and wont stop **** with you!. But enough of the complaining, because im going to explain the boss fights. If you are familiar with the previous mgs games you will know who most of them are. They are more adavanced, female versions of the bosses in mgs1. There is Laughing Octopuss (Decoy Octopuss), Raging Raven (Vulcan Raven), Crying Wolf (Sniper Wolf) and the most rememorable of them all Screaming Mantis (Psycho Mantis makes a comback!). The final boss fight is a fistfight with liquid. Probably the greatest boss fight ever, because there are 4 stages in the fight, each resembling every other metal gear game, the health bar changes as well as the music from those games!!!

Conclusion- Of course i cant explain the whole game without spoiling the plot and fun. But i will end it with this. If you want a unique game with a plot greater than most hollywood movies, get mgs4! If you want great gameplay and graphics, get mgs4. If you want to witness the closing of a great game series and possibly the greatest game of the decade. GET MGS4!!!.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
10 solid snakes out of 10

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