Metal Gear Solid 4 Review - UK Official Playstation Magazine

conjurdevil - 605 days 9 hours ago

despite haters and fanboys this game is going to deliever one of the finest experiences a game can!! for me its just 30 days away!!

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Genesis5 - 605 days 9 hours ago

My biggest fear now is I won't been done GTA IV, before this game release.

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rushbd - 605 days 9 hours ago

:D:D:D:D:D:D

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badz149 - 605 days 8 hours ago

As happy I'm that this game got its 1st 10, I'm worried that it may have problems like the one with GTAIV but I hope not! 2 perfect 10 games in less than 2 months! how long was the wait for the magic 10 before GTAIV arrived again? I knew MGS4 will somehow get a couple of 10's but various sites like cough*gamespot*cough will find a way to ditch it from 10 as the game's PS3 exclusive! but congrats to Kojima production and consider a 1st day snatch from me! hats off!!

ps: I'll buy MGS4 anyway even without the 10's simply because it's MGS and Kojima!

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Gunner_Ali - 605 days 8 hours ago

NO WAY more like GAME OF THE CENTURY!

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Shadow Flare - 605 days 7 hours ago

Its great its received a 10/10. But even if it recieved 8/10 i couldn't care less. That's the thing about the Metal Gear Solid series, the gameplay is always great in itself but it also has one of the best stories ever written. It's gets so freaking deep aswell...i don't even understand some parts. MGS2 just blew my mind with the story, who are the patriots? (btw i know now) Its so cool. Thats why im really excited for MGS4 cos it'll wrap everything up. And aside its fantastic story, it always has brilliant characters, excellent humour that cracks me up with every game (aka sticking a c4 on a soldiers back whilst he goes to the mens to do the do, and then detonating)..."what was that noise?"..lol.

I saw an article yesterday about the MGO beta closing too, and i couldn't comment at the time but i was really bummed about it. I read alot of people saying they didn't think it was that great, and seriously i thought the same. I thought it was a bit slow, the aiming was a little wierd and i didn't play it for a few days after my first try. Until i tried it again and its what i've been playing most lately. I freaking love that game, its actually one of the best online games i've played, yes it is. Its very tactical, teamwork based. I think it was the moment i realised you could play Snake that i couldnt put it down. I think its simply the CQC system that makes it so great. Yesterday i played a team deathmatch and hid round a corner, enemy came round, i grabbed him and while grabbing him i shot another enemy running towards me, then chucked the enemy i had to the ground a shot him...what other game does that? Its wicked.

And it keeps to the MGS theme very well. You can either play like its COD4 or you can play it like MGS, stealth. Like you can hide in a box or barrel and an enemy will run by and you just take shots at his melon. Really its one of the best online games out there, but you have to give it a chance. Sorry for that life story of a comment

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Marceles - 605 days 3 hours ago

You really wouldn't care if the game got 8/10? The thread would have 300 comments of mostly 360 fans taunting the game and probably saying it would've gotten a 10 if it was on the 360 lol...I'm glad as hell it got a 10, it should keep this thread peaceful.

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Shadow Flare - 605 days 3 hours ago

If MGS4 got 8/10 sure i'd be a bit like...(wtf?), but so many of my favourite games have received crap scores. For instance on ps1 there's a game called Fantastic Four. Now i won't lie, yes that game is garbage, yet i absolutely love it. I can see why IGN gave it a 4/10 but i laugh my ass off whenever im playing it, the musics brilliant, the characters are 2D in a 3D world...the game stinks but i love it. And thats why reviews don't matter. I know what the MGS series means to me, and no-one elses opinion (aka reviews) will change that.

Resistance and Heavenly Sword...what scores did they get 8/10 and 7/10 respectively if i remember. So...i guess they're gonna be a little duff then. Uh no, i love both games. Resistance's gameplay is some of the best i've ever played, i love the weapons. And Heavenly Sword is epic, if a tad repetitve. If people listen to reviews too much, they will miss out on so many good games

PS. some games get 10/10's when they don't deserve it frankly. Yet some games which i feel should have like Final Fantasy VII didn't get across the board 10/10's.

It's each to his own, by my taste in games is different to others which is why i don't always follow reviews. If i did, i'd have missed out on some of the titles that are classics to me. MGS4 is no exception

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ps. you know how i feel about xbox fans talking shat about the ps3 lol. I'd be in my element if that ever happened

"it would've gotten a 10 if it was on the 360"

-you missed out a word there. It should read,
"it would've gotten 10 discs if it was on the 360"

take it easy

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Marceles - 605 days 2 hours ago

lol shadow, thats the spirit :P

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pharmd - 605 days 1 hour ago

im all for this game, please dont get me wrong....

but doesnt this go back to the whole discussions earlier about how it seems no game should get a 10/10 when we were all talking about GTA4. i know this will be better than gta but its the same principle about calling a game "perfect", how will we score future games if this one is perfect yet others come along down the road being better?

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ThatArtGuy - 604 days 22 hours ago

10 does NOT mean perfect! It means extremely well executed. What's the point of having a 10 point system if 10's don't exist? It's like never giving out 4 star ratings for film because the "perfect" movie can't exist.

Should 10's be rare? Yes. Should they never be given out? No.

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gaffyh - 604 days 21 hours ago

OXM will give this 1/10 lol. I definitely think this should be GOTY and not GTA4, even though GTA4 will probably get higher sales.

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ikkokucrisis - 604 days 21 hours ago

...and I'm starting to get withdrawals,
1 More Month Aaaaaahhhh!!

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glastic - 604 days 17 hours ago

$10 says this game will only get 10's from Sony affiliates, like OPM, Gamesradar, PSU, and if Shane Bettenhausen does a review EGM. The MG series is way over-rated.

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samfk - 604 days 14 hours ago

i want this game as much as the next man .i bought a ps3 4 mgs4 but cmon review 4 who for feckin ants!! i just hope the single player is better than the beta ive been playing cus thats less than impressive.that said sing plyr looks top from what ive seen . enuf poxy posts like this tho grrrrrrrrr

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IzKyD1331 - 604 days 17 hours ago

i wish the review was more in-depth

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Dark_Vendetta - 605 days 9 hours ago

I predict a 9.5 (average)

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anh_duong - 605 days 9 hours ago

actually OPM are very critical to a lot of PS3 games. check their reviews of all the ps3 exclusives if you don't believe me.

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Fishy Fingers - 605 days 8 hours ago

Oh, I don't doubt it. But I couldnt blame them for being slightly bias, especially as they're probably all big MGS fans.

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LSDARBY - 605 days 8 hours ago

Ive only known OPM give out 3 10/10s to ps3 games. COD4, GTAIV and now MGS4. COD & GTA were deserving imo.

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SPARTAAN - 605 days 7 hours ago

they gave
gow2 8/10
resistance 7/10

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DJ - 605 days 4 hours ago

=]

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Maddens Raiders - 605 days ago

...As time rolls on, I get older
The World grows darker
and the PS3 gets better & stronger.

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crunchie101 - 605 days 8 hours ago

I personally think this mag's reviews are of the hihgest calibre. They're witty, but not offtopic, they tell you what you need to know, rather than concentrating on boring aspects of the game, and they're pretty much always spot-on.

Though I would disagree with their 9/10 reviews of Ratchet and Uncharted.

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yanikins111 - 605 days 8 hours ago

it will average 1.4/100 over those three sites.

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crunchie101 - 605 days 8 hours ago

If Greg Kasavin were still at Gamespot, he'd give MGS4 its justified score

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MK_Red - 605 days 8 hours ago

Not GameSpot, they've lost all crediblity.
IGN, GameSpy, EuroGamer and maybe GI and GT for me.

crunchie101, I fully agree with you except for Ratchet which I believe deserved that 9.
Greg Kasavin... wish he hadn't gone. After his departure, one of the best game review sites ever became one of the worst.

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Britjadg - 605 days 6 hours ago

@ 5.4 yeah have to agree

after certain reviews done by gamespot they are off my christmas list. some of the reviews they have done have been absolute balls.

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levy - 605 days 5 hours ago

I can see gametrailers giving it a 8.5 or something. Maybe they'll say that the grass is not swaying in a realistic manner or something. At least they can't blame it on "TOO good graphics" like they did on the Crysis review.

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jollygoodchap8 - 605 days 3 hours ago

Will use component cables, turn the contrast all the way up, have the entire TV tweaked to ass, and then continue to play in 480i, while recording it a cellphone. So they can put it on the internet saying it looks like crap.

Also the player will run around in circles and shoot at random things and die a lot just to say the gameplay is garbage.

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nbsmatambo - 605 days 3 hours ago

gametrailers will probaby say this game is a must have....................:.:... ........ On the 360 -.- since they apparently don't know which games belong to which console...

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nbsmatambo - 605 days 3 hours ago

Edit: Srry double post

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leeger - 604 days 11 hours ago

I am also looking forward that somebody will count the pixel or whatever of MGS4 to know its native resolution!

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crunchie101 - 605 days 8 hours ago

oh, have you played it?

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thor - 605 days 6 hours ago

I think crunchie was just curious as to whether you'd got a chance to play the game and had some inside info on how great it is, but you're just going on the strength of the franchise and previews/reviews; which is fair as well but I know there's a select number of people who _have_ played the game :)

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KnaveX - 605 days 8 hours ago

Yeah but only thing is the spoiler was in the frikin title!

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crunchie101 - 604 days 23 hours ago

^^^ yes. thankyou. It was a dark day for spoiling. Still nothing is confirmed. nothing is confirmed.

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Montrealien - 605 days 6 hours ago

lol, funny. So wrong on so many levels.

Can`t wait for this game, great score and surely a game of the year contender.

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Montrealien - 605 days 3 hours ago

two disconnected fanbots, enjoy your imaginary world where only one consoles exists, and others die even though 3 million plus bought GTA 4 on boths consoles.

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A_PimpNamedSlikBak - 605 days 3 hours ago

Poor poor MS they've been outsold the whole 2008 and the true @ss whooping has yet to begun.

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Montrealien - 605 days 2 hours ago

sorry, make that three disconneted fanboys. lol

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theredfoxisquick - 605 days 1 hour ago

Montrealien look like there's actually only one disconneted fanboy here.

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PSMonster21 - 605 days ago

My question to you, Montrealian, is why do you bother coming to the open zone? I mean if you dislike fanboys why are you here? Is it because you enjoy calling other people fanboys and getting into arguments? Doing THAT, is almost worse than all the bashing the fanboys do in here. There is no need for it, they know they are fanboys, thats why THEY are in the OPEN ZONE. My suggestion to you is to leave the open zone and its fanboys and stay in the Gamer Zone. You will have a much more civil discussion there.

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zethos56 - 604 days 21 hours ago

How can the 360 almost be dead if it's still ahead of ps3 in sales???? for now anyway

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spandexxking - 605 days 2 hours ago

i was going to insult you then i thought "no wait, il just let the pain of not being able to play mgs4 eat you away" its not our fault your mom spent all her money on your trailer so you could only get the core 360

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PSMonster21 - 605 days ago

adncaced, is that supposed to say ADVANCED??? Look, that was just one butchered word in your totally butchered post. You remind me of that dumb kid named poo, wait, are you the same person? Makes sense, you both are fúcking retarded.

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Blackcanary - 604 days 23 hours ago

PLAYSTATION 3 THIS IS LIVING!!!!

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Crazyglues - 604 days 22 hours ago

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!.. . Can't wait for this game.

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wass007 - 605 days 8 hours ago

u mean like how Nazisoft paid most reviewers for Gaylo 3 to get high scores

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Tryst - 605 days 7 hours ago

My god what an XBot you are.

This will be game of the year, with out question.

The 1st true next generation game is upon us.

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SPARTAAN - 605 days 7 hours ago

is that the reason why they gave gow2 8/10 and resistance 7/10

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Montrealien - 605 days 6 hours ago

PP, you re wrong. And as bad as all the sony fanboy/fangirls we have here. Flame on player, flame on.

and to the Sony fanbots, Gears of War was the first true Next gen title of this generation. This is not fanboy crap, this is fact. ;D

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spandexxking - 605 days 2 hours ago

@7.4 being a "fact" is debatable but what are you trying to prove?

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Odonnus - 605 days 2 hours ago

Slightly biased? Perhaps, but historically they have actually been harsh on many PS games as SPARTAAN pointed out...besides go look at how many of the Xbox related sites/mags give out 10's like there's no tomorrow for 360 games in order to inflate them. But yes, you're right, I'm sure being an official ps mag. leaves them slightly biased...just try not being so ignorant in regards to OPM UK

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Xlll - 604 days 21 hours ago

Why are you have PP didn't you sell your PS3 about 6 times in the past 2 weeks to buy an xbox? Or was it the other way around i forget. Keeping you with the lies you post is to much wor, PoG would have a better chance at passing a sanity test.

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Ali_The_Brit - 604 days 14 hours ago

pp,
1.UK OPM, is NOT run by sony and sony cannot change anything or have anything to do with there reviews
2. regardless of ANY rating that gives a very much deserved 10/10 youl just blubber and cry uncontrolably and tell yourself its rigged
3. its well known that nazisoft are the ones that bribe people not sony

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Blackcanary - 604 days 23 hours ago

PLAYSTATION 3 THIS IS LIVING & BEYOND

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Jenzo - 605 days 6 hours ago

Even though it looks really good, it would be naive to think that MGS4 would get more GOTY awards than GTA IV.

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Meresin - 605 days 6 hours ago

It's going to be a very interesting competition between MGS4 and GTA IV, I think. I'm really hoping MGS4 will take the crown, however.

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Jenzo - 605 days 6 hours ago

GTA IV, MGS4, Gears of War 2 or Fallout 3. I do think GTA IV gets most awards though.

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Ace Ventura - 605 days 5 hours ago

I think MGS4 will have more "shock and awe" than the other games. More like wowwwww that was amazing.

MGS4 is going to get ALOT of 10's.

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Montrealien - 605 days 6 hours ago

Hope you felt proud and accomplished as you wrote that. Did you smile and nod as you pushed the update comment button also? ;D

It is a contender for game of the year, I agree with that. But i`m just curious, if this was a review of Gears of War 2 and it was from the Official Xbox magazine, would all you fanboy/fangirls call foul?

I think so...

Hypocracy insues.

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juuken - 605 days 5 hours ago

No, I wouldn't cry foul Montrealien. In case you haven't noticed, I have not bashed not one game on the 360, well not severely that is. Gears of War 2 could be a hit or miss for GOTY. If that game had gotten a 10, I wouldn't have been surprised because despite the graphics not being that impressive, the game does look action packed.

You must have me confused with someone else.

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Montrealien - 605 days 6 hours ago

If that was aimed at me, my mind has just been blown.

edit: nm, I`m an idiot. :S lol

Bubbles for you, good explanation.

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n to the b - 604 days 22 hours ago

why don't you chill man you're giving xbox fans a bad rep with your inflammatory comments.

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Ali_The_Brit - 604 days 15 hours ago

pp, gears 2 goty my ass, where does gta come in on this plan on yours? gears 2 will NOT get goty, and im going to laugh in your 11 year old face when it doesnt

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