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MGS4 gets Game of the year award from Swedish LEVEL magazine

The verdict translated via Google translate:

"Very few game developers seriously follow their inner voice and trust that the players understand them. But Hideo Kojima is an exception. With Metal Gear Solid 4, Hideo Kojima made his most uncompromising game ever.

The extremely long cut sequences, the excessively complicated theories about the series roots and the fact that Solid Snake has become a dying old man was controversial decision, but fair play, are the qualities unquestionable. When you get control of the Snake, there is nothing left for coincidence . The merger of slow stealth elements and heavy action has never thought this good, and the game is full of epic battles, astonishing tempo shifts and immortal scenes. Metal Gear Solid 4 is done with the excessive ambitions - yet it works almost perfectly.

And there is certainly not a detail that does not feel one hundred per cent Hideo Kojima. The high tranced story, the gimped jokes, weapon fetish and the playful meta grips are stuff your going to love or hate - but in an industry that is about giving the audience exactly what it wants and preferably peeling away anything that can sting the eyes of the broad masses, this is an admirable capacity to weigh his vision.

Nobody will be surprised if Hideo Kojima returns as director and chief ideologue for the Metal Gear Solid 5. But here and now, it is important that Guns of the Patriots feel like the definitive end of the story of Solid Snake - while it marks the beginning of a new era. For Metal Gear series, for Hideo Kojima, and of the whole action genre."
Caso - contributor
Published: 407 days 17 hours ago | Images | PlayStation 3 | Gaming
 
 

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kittoo - 407 days 18 hours ago
1 - And it certainly deserves every bit of it
Enough said.
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DavidMacDougall - 407 days 18 hours ago
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Totally agree ,there should be many more to come.
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Nineball2112 - 407 days 18 hours ago
1.2 - Yeah,
I don't think this will be the last GOTY awarded to MGS4.
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ultimolu - 407 days 17 hours ago
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Damn straight.
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solsub - 407 days 15 hours ago
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That it does.
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xhairs9 - 407 days 15 hours ago
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Kojima Son for President!!!
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Peter Griffin - 407 days 15 hours ago
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The first of many
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CaptainHowdy - 407 days 14 hours ago
1.7 - that's one down
now for the rest of the reviwers....but LBP will probably get it altogether
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bviperz - 407 days 13 hours ago
1.8 - Amen to that
First of many.
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arika - 407 days 12 hours ago
1.9 - totally agree with you dudes!
1st one out of 100 goty awards! lol...
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sirbigam - 407 days 17 hours ago
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Nice had the game for months with my PS3 MGS pack combo, I finised MGS 1,then MGS 2&3 before I touch it lol.
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Hi-def freak - 407 days 14 hours ago
2.1 - Is anyone really surprised?
The only other contender is LBP!
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arika - 407 days 12 hours ago
2.2 - @hi-def freak
i agree with you hi-def freak. the only one close enough to touch mgs4's awesomeness is lbp. so it's a close call between this two amazing games!
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Bloodshedder - 407 days 17 hours ago
3 - Swedish know there games!
thumbs ups
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running rampid - 407 days 17 hours ago
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well deserved. awesome game.
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LarVanian - 407 days 16 hours ago
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I hope MGS4 wins the most GOTY awards. It really deserves them all.
For IGN and Gamespot it is going to be a tough choice between GTAIV and MGS4 since both games received 10 from both sites. Just remember though, one game focuses on quantity where as the other one focuses on quality lol.
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Steven Colbert - 407 days 15 hours ago
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GTA4 sucks.I rather have any other game this year get GOTY instead of GTA4.
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bviperz - 407 days 13 hours ago
5.2 - Nice to read from ya again Steve ^^
You're right. I got so bored in GTA IV, played it once, traded it in.
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AclayPS3 - 407 days 15 hours ago
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One MGS4 GOTY award from Swedish LEVEL magazine and many more to go.
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solsub - 407 days 15 hours ago
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One in a slew of many to come, I'm sure.
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Jenzo - 407 days 15 hours ago
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Level is a good magazine, much better than GameReactor.
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Why o why - 407 days 15 hours ago
8.1 - are u from that part of the world??
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Jenzo - 407 days 15 hours ago
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Yes, 100% Sweedle. Shocking? =)
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Vito_corleone - 407 days 15 hours ago
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Yes you speak the truth Level FTW, Gamereactor är skräp. :)
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Jenzo - 407 days 15 hours ago
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One could even say that GameReactor suger gammal möglig pandapatte, but that might be a bit överdrivet perhaps ;)
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Fishy Fingers - 407 days 15 hours ago
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I've noticed many people seem to think your from the US, Jenzo. Not sure why, but I imagine because your a big 360 fan.

Regarding article: MGS is a worthy winner, would be my pick for GOTY, haven't played for a while (waiting on trophies) but completed it over 25 times now and that first play through blow my mind.
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Vito_corleone - 407 days 14 hours ago
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Haha, Jag tycker du beskrev Gamereactor perfekt..
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Why o why - 407 days 13 hours ago
8.7 - Jenzo
ha ha

bubble for better English writing skills than MANY on this site who claim its their first language.

ps i dont blame you for ikea furniture:)
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Jenzo - 407 days 13 hours ago
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Thx guys!

@Why o why - I'm just happy as long as they don't make consoles =)

@fishy fingers - "I've noticed many people seem to think your from the US, Jenzo. Not sure why, but I imagine because your a big 360 fan."

I thought it was because I'm fat, arrogant and stupid. BIG J/K!

All I need now is a green card to make my 360 fanboyism complete!
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druqs - 406 days 22 hours ago
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@Jenzo
"I thought it was because I'm fat, arrogant and stupid. BIG J/K!"

hahaha jenso, mycket roligt!
I´m usually annoyed by your lame pro 360 comments but this made me laugh out loud :)
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Jamie Foxx - 407 days 15 hours ago
9 - WHAT WAS RUNNER UP?
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WANNA GET HIGH - 407 days 15 hours ago
9.1 - Jamie Foxx
Gears of war 2.... ;-D
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 407 days 14 hours ago
9.2 - seriously?
I don't think Gears 2 should get GOTY from anyone. It was a good game, but nowhere close to the emotional intensity of MGS4 or the extremely refreshing gameplay of LBP.

MGS4 should get game of the year and there's nothing else to say on the subject.
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Arsenal4Ever - 407 days 15 hours ago
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They've already started. Guess it has a good chance of getting GOTY.
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PirateThom - 407 days 15 hours ago
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The first of many, no doubt.
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cereal_killa - 407 days 15 hours ago
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Congrats to MSG4 lets hope for many more to come.
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itchy18 - 407 days 14 hours ago
13 - woah! yes!
Good job kojima, good job! MGS series FTW!!!!!!!!
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richierich - 407 days 14 hours ago
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Best game I played this year for sure
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Ap3theBad - 407 days 14 hours ago
15 - of course
MGS4 AND kojima have allready started eccepting awards..
and resistance 2 as well,it won an award allready for the bad@ss visuals it has... so ya see,ps3 is allready ahead of the game.

weres 3fixme at?? gears2? fable2? L4D ne 1? ... na.not yet,it hasnt started yet,only nominations for gears2 have arrrose,but ps3 have allready won a tad bit of theres for starters.

im sry but gears2 and 2 others got nothing on MGS4,LBP and R2.
PS34LIFE!!
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LegendarySWE - 407 days 14 hours ago
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I agree mgs 4 goty
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cmrbe - 407 days 13 hours ago
18 - Well IGN and Gamespot
will most likely give it GOTY as well. IGN said in their review that if they could give 11 they would give it to MGS4. Gamespot and IG also gave MGS4 100%. LBP and GTA4 especially will be the main rivals for MGS4 for GOTY 08.
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darkdoom3000 - 407 days 13 hours ago
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nice really deserved it!
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GWAVE - 407 days 12 hours ago
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It definitely deserves it. There have been plenty of great games this year, but IMO MGS4 and LBP are the two that will stand the test of time. Gears 2 will be overshadowed by Gears 3. Resistance 2 will be overshadowed by Resistance 3. Even Fallout 3 had its flaws and people will probably like Fallout 4/Elder Scrolls 5 more.

LBP and MGS4 -- on the other hand -- will still be remembered fondly even when newer games come out.
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callahan09 - 407 days 11 hours ago
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This is the most true statement I've ever read from a user on N4G.

People forget about timelessness.
Metal Gear Solid 4 deserves to be the game of the year because it is timeless. Regardless of how many MGS games ever come out from now on, that game will still be worth playing beceause future iterations will not have the same characters, story, locations, etc. Games like Gears 2 and Resistance 2 are great NOW, but in a couple of years nobody will be want them because the new "bigger badder" versions will be out. There is nothing about the games that scream "timeless" they're just fun romps for the here and now and they'll be overshadowed by prettier fun romps in the future, just like Resistance 1 and Gears 1 already have been trumped.
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Madgunner - 407 days 12 hours ago
21 - YES
every MAG and website should follow suit.. u deserve it Kojima-San
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lojtis - 407 days 12 hours ago
22 - Great !
Totally agree with my fellow countrymen!!

MGS4 is the 2nd greatest game this decade.
(Greatest is MGS3 In my opinion)

Måste spela om en gång till :)
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Deee187 - 407 days 12 hours ago
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MGS4 is the GOTY imo
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LeGenDx - 407 days 12 hours ago
24 - congratz
now bring me some trophies! =]
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heroman711 - 407 days 11 hours ago
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deserves it. absolutely loved that game
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