IGN UK Reviews MGS4 (no spoilers)
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So what do you want exactly? All games reviewed by fans of the series, thus giving them undeservedly high marks like GTA4, or have them reviewed by people who aren't died-in-the-wool converts, and may actually mark the game somewhat objectively, but then doing your beloved games a supposed disservice?
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Mass effect's story is inferior to their previous efforts particularly when compared to knights of the old republic. Mass effect lacked many of the twists and turns knights had and most characters had interesting backgrounds. The gameplay in mass effect is much better but is no where near perfect. Hopefully its sequals will surpass it.
Im I the only person who didnt dislike the idea of playing as raiden in mgs 2?
I could easly see what kojima was talking about in the making of dvd that came with the game how he wanted players to see snake from a diffrent angle.
MGS 2 is one of my fav games of all time I have completed about 10 times and I still remember every single little detail.
MGS 3 I didnt really like that much. I think it was because of the 1960s theme I prefer the more futureistic setting of the other metal gears so I only completed that one 3 times and I dont remember much of it.
I could easly see what kojima was talking about in the making of dvd that came with the game how he wanted players to see snake from a diffrent angle.
MGS 2 is one of my fav games of all time I have completed about 10 times and I still remember every single little detail.
MGS 3 I didnt really like that much. I think it was because of the 1960s theme I prefer the more futureistic setting of the other metal gears so I only completed that one 3 times and I dont remember much of it.
Cancelled my pre-order as I want to wait until the fans have given their verdict rather than read biased reviews which Konami have given guidelines on what can and cannot be said.
If as has been rumoured it does contain 2 x 90 mins cutscenes then unless you can pause those and resume where you left off think I will be giving this a miss as still recovering from those poor GTA4 cutscenes!!
If as has been rumoured it does contain 2 x 90 mins cutscenes then unless you can pause those and resume where you left off think I will be giving this a miss as still recovering from those poor GTA4 cutscenes!!
That has been discredited so many times, it isn't true.
If that is true, then I don't see how the heck this game is going to be immersive at all...
I'm one of the "Jesus Christ, I haven't Preordered this yet" crew as well
Huge Metal Gear fan and I honestly can't believe this isn't on my list.
Gotta finish GTAIV first though, I just can't find time to play it often enough
The only thing konami have said shouldnt be mentioned is the story, length of cut scenes and install details. Much better than the GTA4 reviews which most was done in a hotel with rockstar PR there and only based on the first few hours. Im not sure wich reviews you have read that are biased, the only one i can think of is the Eurogamer one written by a self confessed "hater" of somethings MGS, that review was very poor imo. No real mention of gameplay, no mention of the improved camera and controls, just a small paragraph saying its better, but mostly moaning about the cutscenes, complaining about cutscenes in mgs would be like complaining about shooting things in Halo or jumping on platforms in mario. The cutscene length complaints seem dumb when you can skip and pause them at will, just seemed an excuse to me.
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I think Nokkon was referring to the presentation of the story, rather than the story itself.
Having to sit through extensive cut scenes can detract from the immersion factor of the game. Even with GTAIV's relatively short cut scenes, nine times out of ten, they're skipped anyway. I hope MGS4 is a different kettle of fish with me, but after getting bored with 3's multiple cut scenes and giving up, I'm not too confident. If they're skippable, I'm happy
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Shame you skipped the cutscenes in gta4 as the story so far is one of the best in the series. I take it no one here likes watching a good film.
Edit: anyway it's the last metal gear Kojima is directing so cutscene haters will probably cheer ; though I hope he continues to direct and make more unquie games.
Edit: anyway it's the last metal gear Kojima is directing so cutscene haters will probably cheer ; though I hope he continues to direct and make more unquie games.
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While the game is fun, the real impact of the games come from their stories, at least thats how it is for me, that and some usually amazing boss fights.
MGS3 was amazing, and so was the original MGS on PS1.