I've been in love with video games since a long time (14 years, now I'm 23 so do the math), and the name Hideo Kojima came from time to time, inevitably the franchise "Metal Gear" came with the name.
I know MG has been a long-running series of stealth games, I was unimpressed since stealth games weren't really my thing, however I had a short glimpse at Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, played a level and was quite impressed, though not so impressed as to buy a PS2 for the sake of that game alone.
Years passed I bought my x360 I became somewhat a Halo, Mass Effect, and other franchises fan yet, the name Metal Gear never faded from my mind, though still I wasn't really interested in stealth games, since I'm more of an action guy.
Time continued to run, and I was still adding great (and not so great) titles to my collection, until then I was solely an x360 player and my main focus were RPG games, and the occasional FPS which would allow me to have fun online. Never thought I'd ever need, or want, a PS3 but as with many things the circumstances changed and I grew tired of paying yearly for a Gold subscription, when my x360 would break once a year, and it was always because of the disc tray or reading laser, then I would spend 4 months without being actually able to play online, thus presenting Microsoft with a humble gift of 4 months payed in advance but never used.
Many things passed, I got a pretty decent job and was able to pay for my anime and game addiction so I decided to buy a PS3 partly to get rid of having to pay to play online.
About 3 weeks I saw MGS4: Guns of the Patriots in the bargain bin while visiting a popular retailer at my country, actually I was planning to buy Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood -which I bought- and a Sims3 expansion. My logic then tricked me: "PC games are easier to get than PS3 titles, and you're starting to build your collection, besides The Sims is a far more popular franchise, therefore it'll be easier to buy this expansion pack at a later time." Such logic made me buy MGS4.
Once the game finished being installed on my PS3 it was like entering another world, since the opening menu I was mesmerized, that music, those surroundings, that...perfection (can't find any other words to describe it), drew me in.
When I actually started the game, I was left in total awe, since the thematic relates to my studies (Foreign Affairs) and my job, not to mention some subjects that I've been studying for some time now (Security, Intelligence, Terrorism, and PMCs).
The game mechanics weren't that difficult to grasp (probably years of experience playing as a stealth character in almost every RPG I could find, ironic, isn't it?). The more I advanced on the game, the more I became a fan... there was no turning back for me when I finished the game.
There are some works that try to reach a certain level of perfection, I can surely say that MGS is one of those works, something that makes an impact on you, something that reaches deep inside you, I'm at a loss of words to describe all the feelings that flow to me even now a month after I finished the game.
Perhaps I'm just too easy to sway, perhaps I become easily impressed. I don't know, nor do I care; what I really can say is: if you have a taste for good things, whether they are video games, wine, women, men, you certainly understand me, and won't take me as an air headed fan boy.
Just wanted to share these thoughts.
