MGS4 Gameplay video Options

[donkeybeatz]

Just checked out the gameplay vid on IGN.
And holy crap its awesome!

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/714/714044/vids_1.html

15 minutes of awesomeness.

[Crushinator]

I'm doing a little MGS-retrospecticus of my own to warm up for MGS4. I finished MGS1 a few days ago, and just beat MGS2 now.

MGS1 still holds up IMO, the voiceovers are great, and the cutscenes still have an awesome cinematic appeal. The gampeplay is tight and the action doesn't really let up. The stylized look keeps the 10-year-old graphics from holding it back too much. The only real lull in the game happen when Otacon tells you his shitty life story which seems to take like 15 minutes (my japanese ANIMEEEES) and the temperature changing of the PAL key card. Playing it now feels like they just threw it in to make the game like 20 minutes longer or some crap.

MGS2 on the other hand... damn. The gameplay is still solid (lol punz) as ever, but goddamn they went WAY too overboard with the cutscenes. You literally play the game for maybe 5 minutes a stretch, then some asshole interrupts you with a 5 minute codec. I timed it and the wait from when you finish the tanker chapter to when you can actually touch the controller again and play is no less than 20 damn minutes. And it only gets worse during the Plant chapter. Then the finale of the game is a huge letdown compared to the cavalcade of nonstop action you get in the final moments of MGS1 and 3. You get a way-too-easy battle against the Rays (Followed by 20 minutes of bullshit) and then a short battle against Solids and then its GAME OVER. Gimme a break! I used to look on MGS2 with rose (lol more punz) tinted glasses, but shit man this game is pretty unbearable. Just stick with substance VR/Alternative missions for the actual gameplay.

Onto MGS3 later this week!