Greatest game of the decade.

......What do I have to say.......


This game is FAAAAAAR from "Greatest game of the Decade". In fact it's no where near close.

This was my first MGS game and all I see is a bunch of shit that makes no sense, only because I haven't played the other games. There are a bunch of characters that are not introduced, because they were introduced in the last game, but even then they never showed a flash back or anything.


So here I am fighting against Liquid and I don't know who he is or why he is a bad guy. Now I have to rescue a "Naomi" and again, I don't know who or why. Usually I would know, but they apparently explained all of that in the last game. The only reason you are going after him is because "he is the bad guy" and then they explain what he is doing later.

Even worse is that they keep adding MORE and MORE characters. It's a fucking ORGY of old MGS characters that I've never seen before but everyone keeps calling out names like "Meryl!" Or "...Naomi?" Or "VAMP!". Who the fuck these guys are? I don't know, and they don't tell you. I guess you have to go find out on your own. Keep wikipedia handy if you haven't played any other MGS game.

The game is 90% fan service. From pleasing every fucking MGS fan from the Meryl fappers to the Raiden fappers. They even have a character put in for the lulz. He has diarrhea, lol! Oh wait, no! Let's make him shit himself too! And make him an Akiba cultured geek, oh and get this! Everyone will dub him "Akiba"! LOLOLOL! Funny! Yea! Oh yea, and let's not explain how he is uneffected by the bad guys, when everyone else is, and HE saves the day, making Akiba nerds feel good about themselves. Even though that wont translate well into any other culture, anywhere.


The other 10% is the good stuff. The game play. Which I have to say, was fucking fun as hell! I had a blast wandering around beating the fuck out of things. Just being all around bad ass in super tights and a major wedgie. I especially enjoyed all of the Mac advertising.

yea, i think it helps to actually PLAY the other games in the series, so you might wanna go do that then, itll probably change your mind a bit

If my friend saw your posts (Ranma), he would cry. But on a much lighter note, I personally LOVE the MGS series because of it's story. And yes, many critics say MGS series/MGS4 is just a story with little actual gameplay, but to me, that's what makes it great. It feels like your playing a movie, which to me, and a lot of other people haven't experienced yet.

Me and my aforementioned friend are actually going to have a MGS party where we play all the MGS in order from start to finish non-stop (3,1,2,4 (3 is a prequel)). That will be the first time that I play MGS4.