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First Metal Gear Solid 4 Online Review - 9/10 - by HardGame2

HardGame2 writes (This story has been translated by Google translator pages):

" Mr Hideo Kojima, as almost always, it was the bar very high, but once again, has done what was promised. We find ourselves with a new Metal Gear Solid superb, you look where you look, with one of those stories that trap us from start to finish, our emotions, with enormous possibilities playable, with the great online mode and, above all, capable of offering sensations that few games can achieve.

Perhaps his only weakness is that, basically, it's really just a new Metal Gear Solid, an (great) evolution of what we had not seen so far, but not a revolution as was once the Metal Gear Solid of PSX.

The feeling that you have left once you've finished it played something big, very big, you can be engraved on the retina, but that if it were not for all their previous releases, maybe it would not have gone from being "a title most outstanding ". If you have not played any of the above, might not have just discovered all his greatness.

The best: The story, graphics, OST, depth playable, sound, includes a comprehensive multiplayer mode ... basically, almost everything.

The worst: The little bug that Konami has left us not count (it unveils the June 12). Graphically, it could be somewhere more refined. If you never liked the philosophy of Metal Gear, this is not going to make you change your mind. If you do not have the baggage of the previous games, might not know all appreciate his greatness.
Updates:
It is the first online review of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Not about Metal Gear Online.
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Published: 566 days 5 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3
 
 

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Batusai - 566 days 5 hours ago
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9/10, No bad. MGS4 will be my first PS3 game on 12 of june
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Breakfast - 566 days 5 hours ago
1.1 - Good first choice.
Im gonna leave this topic by itself...

...but, i do have one thing to say....conspiracy.
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sonarus - 566 days 5 hours ago
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lol conspiracy indeed. Spanish bastard rated it lower because of no spanish voice over...its not kojima's fault blu ray couldn't hold the data.
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Nostradamus - 566 days 5 hours ago
1.3 - @ butasai
This is not MGS4.
This is MGSO.

In case you missed it.
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LenHart - 566 days 4 hours ago
1.4 - @BATUSAI
this is not the review of MGS4

this is the review of MGO

metal gear online
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PirateThom - 566 days 4 hours ago
1.5 -
The best: The story, graphics, OST, depth playable, sound, includes a comprehensive multiplayer mode ... basically, almost everything.

The story?

The fact it "includes a compreshensive multiplayer mode"?
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chaosatom333 - 566 days 4 hours ago
1.6 - Metal Gear Solid 4 Online
They are giving online a 9/10?

what are they going to give the game?

20/10. lol.
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BulletToothtony - 566 days 4 hours ago
1.7 - Actually they gave it a 9 because the game doesn't come with the spanish language
which isn't right... i mean i understand that they wanted spanish.. i knew i would if i hadn't learned english.. (i am spanish) but it's not a reason to bring down the score because you don't understand a game

If it was in spanish they would've understood the game batter and i'm sure they would've given it a higher score..

i also didn't like the nit picking.. saying that when they zoomed in into textures it didn't look very realistic... and i'm sorry but that video where hideo is playing the game and he zooms in the textures look better than anything to date. (killzone beats it but not out yet)

either way, like i said their biggest complain was the lack of the spanish language, so nothing we have to worry about
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Bathyj - 566 days 4 hours ago
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How can they review the on line portion separately? Its not a separate game. Surly if MGO got 9 by itself the whole package deserves better.
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Imalwaysright - 566 days 4 hours ago
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No this is the review of MGS Guns of the Patriots not MGO (i understand spanish). According to this website MGS4 is just as good as NG2........ interesting..........hmmm im starting to believe in those conspiracy theories!!
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gambare - 566 days 3 hours ago
1.10 - guys
that 9 was because the spanish people LOVES translated games, if a game doesn't come with spanish translations then it demerit the game. I know because I lived in spain for 6 months, and they got almost all of their games and movies in spanish.

so expect that to be the only low score for MGS4.

"Lo peor: Las voces se han mantenido en inglés."

trans: The worst : the voices remains in english

that means the guy who review the game didn't liked the fact the game didn't have spanish voices.
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ikkokucrisis - 566 days 3 hours ago
1.11 - The bottom line is this game is awesome
You can nitpick all you like, but it's still a great game, so buy it when it comes out.
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jwatt - 566 days 3 hours ago
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Based on what I've seen so far and Kojima's track record, this game shoundn't get under a 90.
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resistance100 - 566 days 3 hours ago
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@jwatt

Don't be so sure, while it will average around 94 upwards it will get the odd low review, look at MGS2 gamespot gave that a 8.5
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jwatt - 566 days 2 hours ago
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yea your right.
1.15 vickers500 | 566 days 1 hour ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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skynidas - 566 days 5 hours ago
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This is stupid they gave it a 9 because of the translated spanish version and some textures that looked from a close range look a little blurry...and im not saying that this game will always get 10's but i would like to read some pretty good excuses to not give a 10 to this game
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LenHart - 566 days 4 hours ago
2.1 - This is the review of MGO
not MGS4 campaign

sorry apparently they took off one point just because the DUB is not in Spanish???

OMG are these people crazy or something
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sonarus - 566 days 4 hours ago
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the spanish thing made me laugh the most. Considering the game is highly dependent on story, i think konami should have compromised a bit to fit some of those voice tracks. It sucks to watch a 40min cut scene reading text off the screen
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Bonsai1214 - 566 days 2 hours ago
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sonorus, clearly you don't watched subbed anime. haha.

i can guess the reason why no spanish voiceover was included was because the voice acting was done with 7.1 in mind, and konami didn't have the time, patience, or resources to record it in every language out there.. plus the any audio track in that hq will be several gb per. hence the 50gb disk
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Adriana Lima - 566 days 5 hours ago
3 - this is of course, MGOnline
in before some idiot can't read.
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Breakfast - 566 days 5 hours ago
3.1 -
nope...i was in before you.

...but wait...the multiplayer has a story?
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LenHart - 566 days 4 hours ago
3.2 - @breakfast
It is the review of MGO not MGS4

They didnt talk about the story in full . read again
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gregory247 - 566 days 4 hours ago
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they didnt talk about the story in full because

1. they dont want to spoil it for the reader
2. it is an overall review not story review
3. mult is included (online)

"Multiplayer
As you may know, one of the great attractions of Metal Gear Solid 4 is the inclusion of Metal Gear Online, a multiplayer option of Metal Gear universe, which promises to give much more life to the game once we have finished. Unfortunately, at this moment we have only been able to access the same public beta that many of you already have been able to enjoy, but imagine that the version that will appear in the final version will be similar to the beta.

Thus, we find a way online for a maximum of 16 players, which we will be able to edit our character and get into court battles classic, inspired by maps all deliveries of this saga and a gameplay that suffers an some do not take advantage of the component that it is in stealth mode campaign (except a mode where a player must have control over Snake and the other will have to find it).

Anyway, it is expected that once you've left the game, will be adding new modes, maps and possibilities that will increase even more, all the fun that already offers this entertaining online component."

IT IS PART OF THE WHOLE DAMN REVIEW!!!!! Of MGS4
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resistance100 - 566 days 5 hours ago
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9/10 and what looks like game of the month or editors choice award.

Looks like this will be getting great reviews from everyone, still reguardless of what reviews this game gets i will be buying it!

I think this is a review for both MGS4 and MGO as a package, as why would a MGO have images of MGS4 in the review, and a mark for the story.
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Nitrowolf2 - 566 days 4 hours ago
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oh i hope this game truly lives up to the exspectation
i dont want it to get over hyped and turn out to be a game that gets boring
im still playing the other MGS
I hope it can live up to the hype (unlike GTA4 in my opinion, it was great but not as i expected it to be)
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Breakfast - 566 days 4 hours ago
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I dont know...a 9 in spanish, is still a 9 in english.
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LenHart - 566 days 4 hours ago
6.2 - @breakfast
again trolling

9 for online not the full game
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GiantEnemyCrab - 566 days 4 hours ago
6.3 - Lenhart
This is MGS4 not MGO. Hopefully you can see the Update for this story that it is in fact the first ONLINE review of MGS4.

Once again with you and your wrong comments with all the agree's.
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gregory247 - 566 days 4 hours ago
7 - All of you guys are idiots...
1. it got a 9/10 because they didn't do a Spanish dub (i.e. it is in english with Spanish subtitles)

2. and in the review it says that the online is included so we dont have to pay twice for it...

3. this is the Metal Gear Solid 4 review... not the online review...

http://translate.google.com...
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LenHart - 566 days 4 hours ago
7.1 - they didnt do a Spanish dub?
then why review the game at all?

a 9/10 from not reviewing the DUB is just LAME
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GiantEnemyCrab - 566 days 4 hours ago
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Hrm. Isn't the online a "starter pack" and then you pay for MGO seperately? I think so.
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GiantEnemyCrab - 566 days 1 hour ago
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To the 6 disagree's:

"From an interview at CES 2008, where Kojima ’s Playstation 3 offering is being demoed to a lucky few, comes the confirmed news that Metal Gear Online will be included with the purchase of the single player game, MGS4. It is, however, an online starter pack."

http://digg.com/playstation...

Is there an additional MGS4 online I'm missing?
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Tmac - 566 days 4 hours ago
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The the reviewer and this review doesn't match up, he seems awfully excited about the game says they do everything right and then nitpicks a 9. Giving a game a 9 because it doesn't have spanish dubs... Wow. Seriously.
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sandip787 - 566 days 4 hours ago
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the best: the graphics
the worst: the graphics could be refined.
please, for our sakes, sort yourself out mr reviewer.

oh, and what the hell, is this the review for the online? or the single player, i dont get it?

AND, almost everything about this game is brilliant, yet it receives a 9, and not a 10. i know its just a number, but a game like this deserves that (not so elusive these days) perfect score
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juuken - 566 days 4 hours ago
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That title ought to be fixed so it doesn't confuse people.
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jackdoe - 566 days 4 hours ago
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Never heard of HardGame2. Also, they have got to be breaking the embargo of MGS4 reviews with this early review.
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jackdoe - 566 days 4 hours ago
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----> Move over. You are not welcome in this Zone. Still kind of funny that you are trying to bash a game that got a 9.
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clintos59 - 566 days 4 hours ago
12.2 - And where is your AAA title that is suppose to give MGS4 some competition...
in june? Oh wait I mean overhyped AAA title?
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sandip787 - 566 days 4 hours ago
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not banjo kazooie, thats for sure.
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juuken - 565 days 23 hours ago
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Cute, but no.
And MGS4 isn't *fun*. It's a kick-ass stealth game that's been getting near-perfect scores as of late.
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clintos59 - 566 days 4 hours ago
13 - I never heard of these guys and there only reviewing MGO not the full game..
I dont think this score will count because its only the online score, where is the full game review, undele before I steal your taco and eat it. :)
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gregory247 - 566 days 4 hours ago
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they are reviewing the full game... the title is just confusing...

all they say about MGO is that they think it will be included with MGS4
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hotshot127 - 566 days 4 hours ago
14 - ohhhhh sh!t. now i knew people would nitpick at mgs4 just to bring down the score but this man
was angry because there was no spanish dubs? are you kidding?

i expected "cutscenes too long"

or "story too complicated for newcomers"

or something of those sorts to pick at but he said spanish dubs.......
somehow i think mgs4 wont be the highest rated game of all time because of silly reasons.......like this one
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GiantEnemyCrab - 566 days 4 hours ago
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Nah, I highly doubt this website is tracked by metacritic or gamerankings. I see more 9's coming for this game in the future thou, nothing to complain about.
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hotshot127 - 566 days 4 hours ago
14.2 - @giantenemycrab.
of course more 9's will come in but i gurantee you will see more 10's then 9's.

this was some serious nitpicking weather they record this review or not.
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thewhoopimen - 566 days 4 hours ago
15 - ....What the hell...
These guys gave Ninja Gaiden 2 a 9/10 as well... Wtf?

NG2
Story: 7
Graphics: 9
Music / Sound: 8
Gameplay: 10
Multiplayer: --
English edition: 7

NG2 Total Score 9

MGS4
STORY: 10
Graphics: 9
Music / Sound: 10
Gameplay: 9
Multiplayer: 8
English edition: 7

MGS4 Total Score 9

Is that BS or what... Even in the review they admitted they only played the MGS4 online beta... so they can draw a conclusion of an online beta with 3 maps?
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clintos59 - 566 days 4 hours ago
15.1 - Thats what I was talking about..
Alot of fanboys in here trying to say they reviewed the whole game. I dont think so because they gave NG2 the same score which already shows there true colors. This review should not count. Yes a 9 isnt bad but comparing MGS4 greatness including Multiplayer online to NG2 which has a crap story and bad camera and graphics isnt much better then sigma and no online multiplayer, how the hell did they come up with the same score? BS if u ask me.
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