Completed the game 4 times on all but highest difficulty and have never felt the need to use ironsights, in fact I think its worse due to the amount of screen it takes up.
Zero Punctuation - MGS 4
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Completed the game 4 times on all but highest difficulty and have never felt the need to use ironsights, in fact I think its worse due to the amount of screen it takes up.
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First person view for weapons in MGS4 is pretty bad tbo. I only ever used it with the tranq gun. FPS mode would work better if you had a big screen and could see down the iron sights better. I couldn't imagine looking down the iron sights on a sd tv.
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I couldn't disagree more. Plenty of games have done high quality cutscenes and storylines. For me the biggest innovation in terms of telling a story was Half Life 2's attempt to tell a story without the use of cutscenes, leaving the player in control all the time.
Youre joking? That was done before Half-Life 2 and its basically just voice-over. Ive yet to see a cutscene as innovative and well directed as some of the MGS4 ones, they're near hollywood style filming.
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Yes but games aren't films. In my opinion cutscenes remove you from the game and remind you that you aren't in control. With Half Life 2 it felt like things were happening whether you were there/watching at all, I found that really immersive.
I haven't played HL2 before but doesn't that indicate the cut scene is not important? basically you can still understand and finish the game without watching the cut scene, unless it has a very simple story.
Wow! Major props goes to you!
You managed to pick two points in my post and make me look like a fool!
Now if you read what I posted...
Yes, it's an interesting watch and provokes some good thoughts about the MGS series in general. You think it's a poor review? That's your opinion... I thought he does a good job of entertaining me - which to be fair, is all his reviews are really aiming for.
No, I haven't played MGS4 yet... so shoot me
But if you compare a lot of what he said to the other games in the series he's entirely correct, and I very much doubt the core style of Metal Gear has evolved THAT MUCH.
Now please go and act like an arse somewhere else
Theres a story in hl2?
All the storey seems to come from the gman cut scenes the rest just seems to be shooting and occasionally some people talking. which takes me out of the game more as i generally with have to just sit there with cross hairs on the screen and watch them (basically a cut scene with a hud on it, which is annoying), or **** about with stuff around them and ignore them till they let me proceed with the shooting.
All the storey seems to come from the gman cut scenes the rest just seems to be shooting and occasionally some people talking. which takes me out of the game more as i generally with have to just sit there with cross hairs on the screen and watch them (basically a cut scene with a hud on it, which is annoying), or **** about with stuff around them and ignore them till they let me proceed with the shooting.
There is one shoting game that I really enjoyed with good storyline is Max Payne. And Max Payne 2 did it even better.
I still remember the scene where you have to save the girl by sniping those enemies chasing after her, that was tense! This very idea showed up at RE4 as well.
I still remember the scene where you have to save the girl by sniping those enemies chasing after her, that was tense! This very idea showed up at RE4 as well.
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Because the thread isn't about spoilers! The review doesn't contain spoilers.
