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Metal Gear Solid 4

Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

- MGS4 is not the game it could of been, nor the game it should have been if you believed the early trailers
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The only early cutscenes I remember are the E3 announcement trailers where snake ran around looking for a seat and other people kept jumping into his and some other stuff happened. I think we saw raiden and then he pulled his mask off and it was snake or something as well.... and the first trailer using the real game i saw was i think the announcement of the game Konami made in Japan and the video i saw had some American bloke from Konami talking about how their game was truly next gen and used a lot of features not seen in other games.

So from those 2 vids, i cant really say i would have any big expectations of how the final game could and should turn out.

After that i saw a few cut scene style vids which if anyone thought the final game would play out like, they'd need their head looking at.

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I'll pick this up either on release day or i might order online. And i'll post what i think then. I'm not a MGS fanboy as well so im pretty sure i wont be coming here and shouting 'omg gearz too is teh gay, dis is da real nex gen game!'
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

I think you will see alot fo 2nd hand copies of this a month after release, so I would hold on till then and pick it up cheaper. I havent read the Edge review yet, but 2 90min cutscenes, man that is crazy!
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

That's what I'll probably do, Holio. I haven't really played MGS games much before and it sounds like the game just wont be as good (obviously) if you haven't completed the other games.

I'll get it cheap in a month or two I reckon.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Preordered mine today and got the Saga DVD with the backstory on the three Snakes.

Cannot wait till next week.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Since I cant play this I'm going to have to find some clips of the cutscenes to complete the story. Am a huge fan of the series. Dags, the story starts from the NES with Metal Gear 1 and 2, then to the PSX, then PS2, and now on PS3. So the story is quite deep!
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Yep Stef, I just haven't gotten into them to be honest. I played MGS on the NES for five minutes, played a lot of MGS2 I think (never completed it if I remember rightly) and didn't play any other MGS games.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Milanista said:
Since I cant play this I'm going to have to find some clips of the cutscenes to complete the story. Am a huge fan of the series. Dags, the story starts from the NES with Metal Gear 1 and 2, then to the PSX, then PS2, and now on PS3. So the story is quite deep!
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Msx actually. The NES ones are terrible 'dumbed-down' ports.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Yep, Msx titles, cartridge ones. And very very good for that time standards...
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Milanista said:
Since I cant play this I'm going to have to find some clips of the cutscenes to complete the story. Am a huge fan of the series. Dags, the story starts from the NES with Metal Gear 1 and 2, then to the PSX, then PS2, and now on PS3. So the story is quite deep!
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There is still a PSP version that tells alot about the story of BigBoss and when he met Frank Yaeger (Gray Fox).
Check the Metal Gear Retrospective on Gametrailers.com.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Seems like I was to late when pre-ordering the metal gear solid 4 special edition in Norway, anyone of you guys who knows about any English sites that sell the special edition? Dont expect I will get it though, bummer :ROLL:
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

2 x 90 min cutscenes? The longest I play is an hour at a time! Can you save in between cutscenes? Wasnt sure about this, enjoyed mgs 1 and 2 but got a bit sick of the codecs on msg2. Think I'll give this is miss till its cheap in the bargin bin.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

MGS4 is out here already. Too bad i don't have a ps3.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Sods law - cancelled my MGS4 pre-order with ShopTo a week or so back after hearing about the 90 min cutscenes.

Just got an email from ShopTo to say they have processed and shipping the order today :(

Might keep it and sell some other games to subsidise it as I was going to get it eventually.

I have no idea why I'm telling you all this... :( I'm bored.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

pboreham said:
Sods law - cancelled my MGS4 pre-order with ShopTo a week or so back after hearing about the 90 min cutscenes.

Just got an email from ShopTo to say they have processed and shipping the order today :(

Might keep it and sell some other games to subsidise it as I was going to get it eventually.

I have no idea why I'm telling you all this... :( I'm bored.
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You're bored? You're not the guy without a console to play who has to wait until after his exams to get a new one. :((
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Aboutreika18 said:
You're bored? You're not the guy without a console to play who has to wait until after his exams to get a new one. :((
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LOL, I know, its terrible :)

I'm actually at home working, with my consoles all tucked up wanting to be played, so I know what it feels like!
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

pboreham said:
LOL, I know, its terrible :)

I'm actually at home working, with my consoles all tucked up wanting to be played, so I know what it feels like!
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:LOL: I've always been a fan of the MGS series but this time I think they have gone too far with the 90 minute cutscenes and making it PS3 exclusive. But my friend will be getting it anyway so I think I'll just go over to his and play it when he does.

Regarding my new console, I may be able to get it at the weekend if I try, but this period of waiting to get a new console is starting to bore me a lot. :TD:
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

has the 90 minute cut scene been officially confirmed? all ive read is speculations
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

jonneymendoza said:
its been officially denied that's for surer:LOL:
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Strange, as GamesTM (i think), mention there being 'at least 2 cut scenes approaching the rumoured times' but due to Konami's review embargo they couldnt specifically say.

I got Edge yesterday in which they reviewed it, but I'm yet to read it...
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

Yep, I've heard a lot of places say there are two 90min cutscenes.
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

pboreham said:
Yep, just read the Edge review and it was actually in there...

"...two cutscenes in particular approach the perilous 90 minute mark..."



Or the pillow :(
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na the cutscnees from past games where not boring at all. and i expect these cutscehens to be better then some of the crap holywoon put out atm like hulk, indiana jones etc :LOL:
 
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) on 12th June 2008

jonneymendoza said:
na the cutscnees from past games where not boring at all. and i expect these cutscehens to be better then some of the crap holywoon put out atm like hulk, indiana jones etc :LOL:
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Yea, thats fine, you're probably right, but I personally dont have 90 minutes to sit and do nothing except watch a video game cut scene. I work from home and my job is really busy (hence my posting on here etc etc - I know! It gives me a quick break) - plus I have a house to run and a partner to share time with.

If Kojima wanted to tell the story and close MGS off, then release a seperate DVD of the cutscenes and allow the game to be played. I'm going to have to skip the cutscenes and miss out on a story (which to be fair I have little care in!).
 
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