A lot of people said that Metal Gear Sold 4 wouldn't be worth getting a Playstation 3, and they're definitely right about that. I picked up the special edition with the artbook and chronologically retrospective blu-ray disc, and after four days of no eating and little sleep, I'd completed the game. Totally finished the only game that I was lookinv forward to on the PS3. That having been said, it is definitely not worth the price of a PS3 alone. However, it is without a doubt the most fun I've had with a next-gen game yet. I'm not going to write a full review on it just yet because I feel like I need to play it more even now, but MGS4 gave me something that most games these days do not: an almost amazingly intelligent and gripping central story.
Games these days are way too focused on online play. While that's great and all, I feel like it's become a vehicle for absolutely substance-less games. I mean, what's the need for a good story if you're heading straight to Call of Duty 4 multiplayer? Not to say that I'm certainly not guilty of it myself, but it was one of the greatest experiences I've had gaming recently if only to see the amazingly over-the-top Metal Gear Solid saga, a series which I've loved for over a decade now, come to a close in such show-stopping ways. The gameplay is beyond phenomenal, the day of clunky controls and singular directions are gone, replaced with sandbox-style battlefields taking place in dauntingly huge environments.
Even though everyone I've talked to about it is sick of hearing me say it, I feel bad for anyone who just started playing Metal Gear Solid games with MGS4. There is no way you can catch the full effect of this game - even with the stellar game-play - without having been an almost devoted fan. It's a pity, though. If only for the fact that Laughing Octopus might've been the closest I've ever come to wanking off over cut-scenes
Seriously. Anyway. kind of a smaller update, but I'm afraid sick Ryan is sick. So, I'll be writing a bit more later.
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