So, the PS3 finally has what one could call a must-have title. A defining piece of software that truly justifies the existence of the hardware. More than a bit late in coming, if you ask me. But, better late than nothing. As for MGS4 itself...well, I want it. I know I've said that I was going to get it AND a PS3 on the same day (which was the launch of the former, of course) but...to be honest, I balked. I adore the Metal Gear Solid franchise, and love every single one of its installments (save for Twin Snakes...it's the MGS equivalent of FFVII). But, I don't love it enough to warrant my purchase of a multi-hundred dollar piece of equipment soley so I could play it. Do not mistake this as me saying that I am underwhelmed by MGS4. I am anything but. It looks phenomenal in every sense of the word. A fitting and worthy conclusion to a game series that has been with me sense I commenced gaming many years ago. But it is not nearly so captivating that I will spend three hundred dollars (or more) on a PS3. Many of you know I rank that machine on the bottom of totem-pole, and I am very open about it. I do so because it really has not presented me with a library of games that catch my interest. Yes, it has quite possibly the defining game of this entire generation...but that does not make up for the overall lack of titles that I want to play. It's akin to a child version of myself (who was a bug maniac, mind you) being presented with two jars of fireflies. One of these jars holds a plethora of healthy, illuminating insects. The other, holds a single, yet exceptionally bright firefly. I would have undoubtedly chosen the former. The PS3 may have that extremely bright 'firefly', but it is still a solitary and lone firefly no matter how bright it is.