METAL GEAR SOLID 4:GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
The general presentation of guns of the patriots is very good. Menu are well designed and the interface is pretty sleek and very well polished. Graphics are one of the best out there. The character models in particular are very well done, they look distinct and natural. The environments are not only highly detailed they are greatly varied too, The environment varies from cityscape to jungles to dusty middle eastern city. The frame rates hold even with heavy onscreen action. The game also boast a good physics engine so locomotion and movement feels natural. The animations are equally impressive. A lot of attention has been paid to the overall polish; In short Guns of the patriot is a visually stunning game.
The sound is an important asset of the game. The game features a great original score, some very good sound effects and the return of some of the series best music. The voice acting is no exception. The sound direction in general is much better than most games on the market
The series has always offered compromised game-play and the forth installment is no exception either. Greatly varied and unique game-play is on offer here. Top notch stealth mechanics blended with third person shooting complement each another well. The experience is rewarding and satisfying. Excellent vehicle/chase sequences and set pieces remind you every now and then that the game is well ahead of the pack. The boss battles are simply awe-inspiring, very few game even come near to what is on offer here, each battle has a unique taste. The controls have been improved a lot too. The camera is fully controllable this time around and more importantly the controls feel responsive. You can do much more while pressing fewer buttons. The controls have been greatly improved.
A powerful and moving yet a little over-the-top story wraps-up the saga. The characters are memorable. I played the game twice, but I can see my self revisiting the game to gain the highest rank. I don't know much about the online component.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the patriot is perhaps the best action adventure I have played ever. It has a mature story and the game is genuinely fun to play. Highly recommended to fans of the action adventure genre.
Played the game on a 29 inch SDTV.
The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.
Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱
An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
Game creator Hideo Kojima is and probably will always be best-known for his creation and stewardship of the Metal Gear series at Konami, which since his departure has been more-or-less on permanent hiatus (don't mention Survive). In his almost three decades these games evolved to the point where they predicted certain problems of the information age (MGS 2), took aim at contemporary topics like Guantanamo Bay (MGS: Ground Zeroes), and ended on a profound sense of sadness about our species' inability to break the cycles of global conflict (MGS V).
It's not clear what sparked this reflection, but Kojima's been thinking about Metal Gear Solid 4, an entry that was (and unfortunately still remains) a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In that entry the player controls an aged Solid Snake in the year 2014, caught up in a civil war being fought between Private Military Companies (PMCs).
He was always ahead with this series. MSG1 taught me about the importance of passing on our genes into future generations but in a responsible way, for they are bound to what we experienced in our lifetime. Sons of liberty taught me about global control and simulation runs to test society in a grand scale, the importance and dangers of control of information. MGS3 taught me about patriotism and how that can blind you into doing things you never would have otherwise, all for the sake of politicians who only see you as another pawn in their grand scheme of things. MSG4 taught me war is inevitable and always orchestrated because it's great for the economy. Soon simulation systems will start dictating who goes to war and why, all run through proxies. Privatization of military company are already here. We already started to see how a small group of elites dictates everything that happens. Nothing is done, nothing happens without strings being pulled.
If it wasn't for the retconning of how FOXDIE works, including clunky scenes with Naomi and Liquid, MGS4 would be a perfect game. There are so many gameplay options. It felt like us PS3 owners got something truly unique and special.