Chris Buffa, Senior Editor at GameDaily, has responded to criticism over his review of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which he scored an 8/10.
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.
thinks he's a hero because he gave MGS4 an 8, LOL. Typical attention-whore game journalist using a dated review system.
hahaha. Gamedaily? If it was edge complaining i could understand...but game daily. The site that named X360 greatest console of all time. Not of this gen...ALL FVKIN TIME.
No matter how many faults you point out, you cannot deny the title its greatness. If you don't admire the greatness then score it and shut up.
Basically, all the 10's are unjustified and gamespot, ign and all the others dishing 10's were just kojima worshipers. As a reviewer, stand by your review no need to point out other reviews and claim theirs as wrong to justify yours. Reviews are a matter of opinion and i'm sorry gamedaily but you have proved time and time again that your opinions aren't worth $hit
I wouldn't care if Hilary Clinton had made this game... the game is awesome....
i think the question that should be made is:
Free low scoring because is a ps3 game?
That's what comes down to..
but that's with every high profile title with a massive following these days. You can literally predict which games will garner good scores before they're even out. Halo 3, and GTA4 along with this game were my picks for this year, and quite frankly, it's sad that one person can predict such a thing.
This isn't to say that the games are bad,(I ordered the limited edition from Gamestop,as well as owning the essential collection) however som reviewers are either too pressured or bribed(in some way, shape, or form, doesn't necessarily have to be with money) to give certain games less than favorable scores.
To me, it just goes to show how crappy gaming journalism has become, but it's a direct reflection of how broken the gaming community is IMO. Media outlets shouldn't have such close ties to gaming companies. What do you see when you go to IGN or Gamespot? A whole SLEW of game advertisements from particular companies. These ads keep these websites afloat, and good scores keep exclusive previews, content, and media flowing into these sites which in turn gathers up more hits.
Put two and two together folks. I'm not denying that MGS4 is a great game, I'm dying to play it, however, I think one would be FOOLISH not to think that some or many of the glowing reviews haven't been inflated. It's like assuming that there's no such thing s cheating in professional sports, no rigged elections, and no collusion in the corporate world.
Like I said, this isn't just a Kojima/MGS thing, it's the entire industry. Gran Turismo 5 will NEVER get lower than an 8, Halo 4(if it's made by Bungie and comes out), WON'T get below an 8, FF13, WILL NOT score below an 8. That's just the reality, and until journalism gets an overhaul, it's only gonna get worse. We've seen the discrepancies between critical reception and gamer reception when it came to Halo 3 and GTA4. It's only gonna get worse, I guarantee it, and the sheeple who get pissed about their favorite little games getting unfavorable scores from people who they don't even know or care about are only helping to make things worse.
If his "theory" is true then isn't it true to all the great games out there like Halo, Brawl, Mario, GTA... Did these games get high scores because they are the Halo the Mario of the world? I don't think so.
"...because he is Kojima" Really? Does he know that Kojima is responsible for arguably the best franchise in gaming in MGS?