Check out the MGS4 Demonstration Video here.

It left me nonplussed. The guy says "we're going to sneak through this battlefield situation" and then he starts taking fools out with rocket launchers! It's billed as "tactical espionage action" not "kneel in the middle of the street shooting rockets at everyone".

Basically, what I'm seeing is Splinter Cell with more moves, cooler gimmicks but less fricken sense.

Why is Otacon communicating with you through a stupid fricken robot that you don't know about? Why didn't he tell you he was sending the robot beforehand? Better yet, if the robot is so useful, why didn't you have it from the jumpoff?

What laws of physics allow a metal barrel to materialize and dematerialize around you?

Why are enemy patrols searching a bunch of blown-up buildings with no sign of anything worth protecting or searching for?

I don't care what kind of fancy camo suit he has on, if a 6-foot muscular dude is lying on the floor 3 feet away in my direct line of vision in broad daylight, I'm going to see the dude. Especially if the guy stands up and starts walking towards me.

Who on Earth brings a lads mag into a battlefield during a mission? It made sense when the pinup girls were inside lockers, but in an active battlefield? What are you going to do, drop your pants while being shot at?

Speaking of which, why does Snake seem obsessed with humping things? When he was strangling that first dude, it looked like he was about to rip the dude's pants off and go in the back door, IYKWIM. And don't get me started on the "moving while prone" animation.

Oh here, I'm going to kneel next to this van right out in the open, snipers and soldiers in buildings all around me while I'm stunning dudes with this stupid robot (using my handy Sixaxis :roll: ) and not get shot at. Very realistic. :roll:

I'm sure it's going to be a decent game, but damn, it's like a movie written by a two-year-old, and it's exactly the reason why I stopped liking Metal Gear Solid halfway through the first one.