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...Not my cup of tea.
I admit it, I've never played any of the previous Metal Gear games, so this review will be more for the first time agnostics than hardcore fans. I know the fans will skewer me, but I don't really care. In my opinion, a game sequel should be just as accessible for veterans of the franchise as it is for non-veterans. Suffice to say, I just didn't get it.
Right off the bat, the controls and inventory seemed overly complicated, and took a long time to get used to. A lot of it involved holding one or two buttons while rotating a joystick, then pressing another button, or other such nonsense. Checking items or swapping weapons required pausing/exiting the game often which took away from the immersion factor. It probably took me about an hour just to figure out how to play the game.
Basically, you have to sneak through various warzones without being spotted. You have all sorts of gizmos to help you do this (most of which I didn't even bother using) including a combat suit that allows you to blend into your surroundings like a chameleon. This was really fun at first, but after a while you realize how little impact it has on the actual gameplay. If an enemy gets too close, they'll spot you regardless. When that happens, your only option is to shoot it out with the enemies and take a ton of damage in the process. Once you kill all the enemies within your immediate vicinity, you just go back to blending in and sneaking toward the checkpoint. Rinse and repeat.
Since you can kill most enemies through stealth, I figured I'd kill everyone standing between me and the objective with them being none the wiser. This seemed like the most intuitive and funnest thing to do, but what I didn't realize is that after you kill enemies, fresh ones are spawned in, so your only choice is to rush to the next checkpoint with the least amount of resistance. There's really no reason to try anything other than this tactic.
When you finally reach a checkpoint you are treated to these ridiculously long cutscenes which can last up to an hour long! Some games are able to blend story and gameplay seemlessly, but this isn't one of them. It's the equivalent of someone pausing the game and showing you a movie (a bad movie) while it's paused. This game is clearly a throwback to the old Dragonslayer arcade game and CD-ROM games from the early nineties. Needless to say, I skipped all these cutscenes.
Overall, this game has decent graphics and decent sound, but that wasn't enough for me to keep playing. I quit in the middle of act 3. Thank goodness I only rented this.
[Thursday, January 01, 2009]
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Amazing
I had never really played any of the MGS solid before (except for a few hours of MGS3), so I was totally new to the franchise. This is one of the deepest games I have ever played, with the best graphics on any console hands down.
[Thursday, January 01, 2009]
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A top game but like other people say too many cut scenes.
I love this gave but for some reason they wanted to make it a movie with video game action in between.
I'm not saying it shouldn't have cut scenes, they give you a break in between goals. They should have been shortened considerably and maybe added an extra level added. After I beat the game and played it again I fast forwarded to the game play and was able to enjoy the game more. The reason I think they had a ton of cut scenes was to try to mesh all of the different Metal Gear's story lines together which don't fit perfectly anyway, especially MGS1 and MGS2. I mean nobody can try to decipher all of the twists and turns this storyline has, it's impossible.
I do think this game was great but I want to see more game and less movie.
[Thursday, January 01, 2009]
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