Well not here here... I need to set a bit of background on the game before I ramble on and on about it.
This game is a Sequel to Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and possibly to Metal Gear Rising
The game is set 5 years after the Manhattan (Arsenal Gear coming from underneath the Big Shell and crashing into the Federal Hall) incident.
The one where a pretty boy kills the former President of the United States...
War has changed, Now instead of Armies, the countries use Private Military Corps... The world's economy is mostly fueled by war... a world in "Eternal chaos" where soldiers have a place to be... an Eternal Battlefield... This almost sounds like...
-Outer Heaven!?
Great! looks like I have an unwanted Guest!
-Unwanted Guest!?
Great! looks like I have an unwanted Guest!
-Unwanted Guest!?
You can come out of the Box, Snake! As I was saying:
Snake no longer looks SOLID... It looks like OLD IS Snake...
and we're tossed in the Middle East... was this to poke fun at the excessive amount of "war games" set in the Middle East? Probably. First thing I noticed is that Controls have changed... They no longer feel Metal Gear-like... they feel more like MODERN FPS mixed with Metal Gear...
-Metal Gear!?
Snake no longer looks SOLID... It looks like OLD IS Snake...
and we're tossed in the Middle East... was this to poke fun at the excessive amount of "war games" set in the Middle East? Probably. First thing I noticed is that Controls have changed... They no longer feel Metal Gear-like... they feel more like MODERN FPS mixed with Metal Gear...
-Metal Gear!?
Yes, Snake... Now shut up and Smoke... or else I'll have Sunny make some eggs!
As I was saying... The controls might have changed, but this STILL IS a Metal Gear game. Sneaking = Good, getting Spotted = Bad! Basically you're tossed in the Middle east to assassinate...
Uh, Snake? This is the part that you interrupt me to scream LIQUID!! at the top of your lungs...
Well, you are to assassinate Liquid Snake, the talking arm that lives in Ocelot's body. No there is no "I LIVE ON THROUGH THIS ARM!" clip...
Story, Story, Look down, back up! You're in South America now, trying to sneak into a mansion due to Storyline reasons. Some Story later you're in Eastern Europe following some whistling dude across the city. Story stuff... BOOM!
-A Surveillance camera!?
We're back in Shadow Moses! Some plot later We're on... I have no idea where we ended up...
and that brings up my First complaint about the game: It feels too disjointed. Looks like Hideo Kojima got too ambitious trying to cram all these different backdrops into one game. The story is the one tiny thread that binds them together... in some parts barely.
Having the game split up like that kinda feels like a huge PSP MGS game...
Now to the Review part: 1=crap 10= awesome!!!
Graphics:
Obviously since it's a current game and a Metal Gear Solid game, the Graphics are pretty good. Like in The Third Metal Gear Game (Metal Gear Solid) there are some Live action elements mixed with the game (See the Evil Egg scenes) that does throw me off a bit since most of the game uses the same gameplay graphics for the cutscenes... (Not like SquareEnix who loves to abuse the FMV)
9
Gameplay:
This is very important... This and Fun Factor... but FF get's it's own part later.
At it's core THIS IS a Metal gear game, so the standard Elements are there. It does throw a few twists like the Tailing a character which has NOT been seen on a Metal Gear Game since Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. the controls have been tweaked, so it takes a bit of time to get used to. Once you do, It's golden... NOT going to spoil a super secret Boss Battle... the game is a few years old they probably know about it...
9.5
Story: Now this is the biggest selling point for the game... Next to the gameplay. It did brought an end to the story, but it left enough room to wiggle around some prequels... I'm Waiting for my Solidus and Liquid Games... Make it so Kojima! Now the story felt a tad iffy... Especially with Nanomachines being the ultimate scapegoat. I have to admit that ACT 4 was a masterful exercise in pulling the Nostalgia factor up to 100
8
Fun Factor:
While there is a ton of junk to collect, most of the fun comes from messing around with the soldiers... Unless you play Metal Gear Online... You can get some more fun out of that, but as I said before... I'm more of the anti-social gamer... I'd rather play with another player in the same room as I am instead of across the globe.
7
At it's core THIS IS a Metal gear game, so the standard Elements are there. It does throw a few twists like the Tailing a character which has NOT been seen on a Metal Gear Game since Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. the controls have been tweaked, so it takes a bit of time to get used to. Once you do, It's golden... NOT going to spoil a super secret Boss Battle... the game is a few years old they probably know about it...
9.5
Story: Now this is the biggest selling point for the game... Next to the gameplay. It did brought an end to the story, but it left enough room to wiggle around some prequels... I'm Waiting for my Solidus and Liquid Games... Make it so Kojima! Now the story felt a tad iffy... Especially with Nanomachines being the ultimate scapegoat. I have to admit that ACT 4 was a masterful exercise in pulling the Nostalgia factor up to 100
8
Fun Factor:
While there is a ton of junk to collect, most of the fun comes from messing around with the soldiers... Unless you play Metal Gear Online... You can get some more fun out of that, but as I said before... I'm more of the anti-social gamer... I'd rather play with another player in the same room as I am instead of across the globe.
7
Overall: 8.38
I think the game being disjointed and the few issues with the story hurt it's score a bit. Personally the game could've been split into 2 and flesh out each of them a bit more.
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