METAL GEAR SOLID thread

[stshammgod]

can anyone get me a high res copy of that mgs4 old snake's face wallpaper that is part of the official ps3 theme? It's the image that's on the box art, but it's wallpaper.

 

[Chimera 1]

My MGS online name is chimera_1

Does anyone know how to use voice chat on this?

 

[Starkiller]

My MGS online name is chimera_1

Does anyone know how to use voice chat on this?

LOL, you hold down select to turn it on and off.

 

[Bat Eater]

new maps available late july.....something about eastern europe and some sewer place...... thats what i heard.......

 

[cjk1000000]

WTF! I JUST beat MGS4. Overall, I liked the gameplay, but what the hell is with the long ass cutscenes!? There's only a few hours of gameplay (4-5) and like 5-6 hours of watching to be done! The sad thing is that afterward, I still havent learned anything! I feel that I was ripped off because of this, but the game was decent.

-CJK

 

[Bat Eater]

MGS4 doesnt deserve 10/10, either a high 8 or low 9....same with GTA4

 

[Starkiller]

It's up there...I'd give it a high 9. The last act doesn;t consist of much playing the ending is where the majority of the cuts scenes lay which I don;t mind because after beating it I just wanna kick back and watch what happens..

 

[SOLIDSNAKE]

for me is the best game ever made !
love the story line, best looking game ever made, there is enough gameplay for me.

MGS is more for the fans of the series and all this people are picking up the game with out playing any of the other games and complaining about it.
guys just enjoy it.

MSG4 and GTA4 will be on the WAR for best games of the year.

 

[cjk1000000]

OH yeah! GTA4 was way better in my opinion. But, I will admit that I have never been a fan of the MGS series until I saw 4. And not having played the others DID confuse the hell out of me. Right off the bat they were talking about some Liquid guy, I expected a fricking T-1000 to pop up along the way. I felt stupid as hell whenever I figured out who or what they were talking about!

-CJK

 

[Starkiller]

MGS4 > GTA4


It's going to be quite hard to follow the story if you don't even know who Liquid is.

 

[darren1228]

Game play was great but the story was lacking for me in 4. MGS3 is still my favorite MGS.

 

[Vader AL]

Game play was great but the story was lacking for me in 4. MGS3 is still my favorite MGS.

i thought the story in 4 was great considering they had to wrap all the loose ends up but i didn't play MGS3..ordered it from ebay though for like $12. should be here today or tomorrow...in time for the weekend. glad i bought the 80GB ps3 so i can play the ps2 games...didn't think i would actually use it for that.

 

[Bat Eater]

im returning my MGS4 to gamestop today

 

[Starkiller]

im returning my MGS4 to gamestop today

Holy crap on a stick, why?

 

[darren1228]

i thought the story in 4 was great considering they had to wrap all the loose ends up but i didn't play MGS3..ordered it from ebay though for like $12. should be here today or tomorrow...in time for the weekend. glad i bought the 80GB ps3 so i can play the ps2 games...didn't think i would actually use it for that.

Spoiler

IMO it was really unsatisfying to learn that Ocelot basically plotted the whole thing from the beginning and Solid Snake played right along with it. Also why would he try to kill Snake all these times and make it so hard for Snake then? The Big Boss coming back was also unnecessary to me and felt kind of forced. Yes the game wrapped up all the loose ends but the way they did it was unbelievable to me (even for a video-game). Please don't try and start a debate with me, this is my opinion of the game and I'm not saying it is bad game....I enjoyed it a lot but in the end I felt that it didn't meet my expectations (story wise....I loved the gameplay). Just my 2 cents.

 

[Bardoon]

Spoiler

I finished MGS4 about two weeks ago...yes it took me a while. This was my first playthrough and I think I'll take a breather and come back after I finish GTAIV...which I had put aside for MGS4.

I'm glad to see that MGS4 wrapped it all up.

First off, Solid Snake was the bad @$$ he is always meant to be. Taking gunshots, broken limbs, and burns and the guy is STILL going at it. The "Old Snake" stuff and Snake's advanced degeneration didn't really play as big of a role as I thought it did. You really could've eliminated it and all the slight references in the game to Snake's rapid aging and it wouldn't have any effect on the rest of the story. Ahh well...thats what the young Snake face camo is for right? I think the old age was mostly to depict Solid Snake as the tired, old warrior in a more physical sense than anything else. I don't got problems with it as I used to, but I'd still like to hope that Solid Snake would get his youth back...so many of our action heroes in so many mediums are OLD now...Ford as Indiana Jones, Stallone as Rambo and Rocky...geez.

Raiden is now cool...but not cool enough to be the main character in a MAIN MGS title. He can have his own spin-off. Glad to see Rosemary and Raiden's son all have a happy ending.

I was also happy to see some of the returning cast from Metal Gear Solid like Mei-Ling and Meryl. Meryl was obviously the best coming back and she was no longer the nervous soldier she was in MGS. Her connection with Akiba is a little wonky and corny at times though...especially their shoot-out on Outer Haven. Even EVA's appearance and reveal as Snake's surrogate mother was great to see and hear about.

Also I was glad to see that the Patriots were finally revealed. Major Zero, Big Boss, EVA, Ocelot, Paramedic, Sigint, etc. However, it was slightly disappointing to see that the "modern" Patriots was nothing more than an AI Supercomputer that controlled the world's economy, etc. through war and others. I was hoping that there was a human mastermind (that wasn't confined to a wheelchair) behind it all...perhaps even Big Boss. Though after Big Boss's portrayal in MGS3 and MGS: Portable Ops it's obvious he is now being placed in a sympathetic light as a tragic hero carrying out the wishes of his mentor whose love for her country was brushed aside. So overall there was a great underlying story to it all and the Patriots themselves.

Liquid Ocelot was a great villain, but I have to admit that I miss the actual Liquid Snake though. The touch about Ocelot literally "thinking himself" into being Liquid was interesting and more realistic than being possessed by the will of the arm...though it makes much more sense considering that Ocelot is the son of spirit medium, the Sorrow. However, in the grand scheme of it all...the story behind it to achieve the destruction of the Patriots made it for a classic ending. Definitely one of the best stories ever.

I'm glad to see Snake lives on!!!!!!

 

[JonnyReedie]

for those in the UK who missed out on the UK limited edition, play.com has just put it up again for order for £80, it may go again pretty damn fast, remember they are going for £180+ on ebay,

i got mine!

 

[darth dypshyt]

for those in the UK who missed out on the UK limited edition, play.com has just put it up again for order for £80, it may go again pretty damn fast, remember they are going for £180+ on ebay,

i got mine!

Yeah...I was lucky. I picked up an Australian LE off eBay for $100, which even included the strategy guide.

 

[Wanderer]

The story was a mixed bag...totally exciting and gripping in parts, whilst being corny and confusing in others. However the one constant throughout is the gameplay...perfect in my opinion in so far as it was really fiddly and complex to begin with but soon becomes intuitive and fun once Snake tools up.

In England we have just got the Dual Shock3. Girlfriend permitting i'm planning on playing MGS3, MGS, MGS2 & MGS4 in that order to appreciate the full experience...might take a few months but it'll be worth it!

 

[Sick Boy 82]

A little MGS movie news and some extras from an interview HK at the 2008 VGAs. Couldn't find the MGS movie thread, so I figured I'd wake up the MGS thread!!

Exclusive: Hideo Kojima talks METAL GEAR SOLID Movie