Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Trophy Patch now available for download !

[erowe83]

Someone needs to give some impressions of the game.

[Blu-Style]

You might know these kind of guys who say "must have" to every 2nd. PS3 game ?


Well, this time IT IS SO TRUE!

The first real must have title for every PS3 owner is MGS4! no doubt!


This game will go down in history!

[Mxr5150]

This work day couldn't move any slower, 5 more hours. Did anyone else get the headset and try it out?

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by Mxr5150

This work day couldn't move any slower, 5 more hours. Did anyone else get the headset and try it out?

+1 million

Atleast I'm leaving in an hour and a half to go home.

[DefTechPioElite]

Originally Posted by Poonking

Getting mine at 10 a.m. just got my onkyo 606 and my klipsch sub 12 so it's gonna be sounding real good.

dude you have no idea. the PCM track is effing retarded!!!!!! Just the Dolby intro is sick, but then the game itself is insane! The use of rumble is better then I have EVER felt in a game too. But again, the sound design DESTROYS every other game out there.

[Mxr5150]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

+1 million

Atleast I'm leaving in an hour and a half to go home.

Lucky

[dk3dknight]

I shall now post my story...

I decided a scheme I would go to sleep when I got back from work...
wake up at 9p my buddy would come over at 10pm and we would leave
at 10.45pm, get there at 11pm.

The gamestop opened at 11pm, welcomed the camping folks and well we
made our last part of the purchase (pay the other half of what we owed)
and made our way to a single tv with a ps3 as it installed mgs4...

Eventually more people came... in total there were 30 people, 29 guys and 1 girl that seemed to stand away from everyone else I could see distrust in her eyes.

We were blown away by the opening and eventually the gameplay rolled
none of them had played mgo so they had no idea how to play and would
just get owned..

Later the special dudes came in and the player gave up.. more people tried,
attempting not to get squashed... well they eventually did make it.

I was able to touch the controller twice the second time was cut short with them asking everyone to go outside and then we got game and left..

Got my copy at 11.57pm went home played it till 5.04am then went to sleep.

Woke up at 5.44 and got ready for work.

I started writing posts at blu-ray.com...

Anyway that was pretty much what happened.

Originally Posted by erowe83

Someone needs to give some impressions of the game.

What kind of impressions did you want.. so far my impressions of the game is that
it is the best game ever made...

[erowe83]

haha that works. I cannot wait... getting my from Amazon Prime today...

[stockstar1138]

I played for 6 hours last night and Ill give a mini-review.

Its a masterpiece, an absolute masterpiece.

I had to tell myself more than once, that I was not simply watching some amazing Hollywood movie. That this is a videogame, that I was playing, and that this is how Metal Gear Solid comes to an end, in such an amazing way. This game does not feel like Metal Gear Solid to me, it feels like something more.

The story is riviting. Of course, the big stuff won't be revealed until near the end, but Ive already ran across 1 or 2 intresting things, that just keep you begging for more.

[Show spoiler] Roy Campbell and Rosemary are married

[Show spoiler] Liquid claiming that they were not replicas of Big Boss

[Show spoiler] The Patriots aren't human

The characters are very well developed and many of their motives remain very unclear, which just captures you.

[Show spoiler] Drebin is much more of a big figure than I thought he would be

[Show spoiler] I am especially keeping my eye out for Sunny and Drebin

My only complaint is whoever did the voice acting for Sunny is awful, she is annoying and Im taking into account that she is a little girl.

Johnny isn't my favorite, though he is humorous

[Show spoiler] The pooping and farting is stupid

On top of that, the gameplay is without a doubt, the greatest gameplay I have ever experienced.

The weapon leveling system is as brilliant as Niko's cellphone in GTA IV. The amount of customizations you can make to your weapons and how you earn them is awesome and it actually makes sense.

Octocamo is very cool and the amount of "moves" Snake can do, just makes the game feel like you can do anything.

The Solid Eye is a much needed improvement over having to use binocolers or thermal goggles.

The levels are kind of linear, but they are large and there are so many nooks and crannies to find things and try to figure out how to go, it feels very open, its kind of like a 3-d maze in some places.

There are more than 1 install points (sorry if you consider that a spoiler, but I dont). After each install point, the game seems to get tougher, so if you find the first part easy, it is going to get more difficult and stealth will become a bigger part of the game.

Only at one point did I think an enemy should have seen me, but didn't. Other than that, the enemies are very sensitive, you have to be very sneaky, which is a good thing.

The aiming and 3rd to 1st person views are much better than in previous Metal Gear games. Its seemless, accurate and responsive. I always thought the gun combat was second best to the Resistances, Halos, etc. Thats not the case in this game, it is right up there with the best shooters (and this game isn't even a shooter, thats how good it is).

The mechanics are a lot smoother and seemless before.

They have equipped the correct amount of time that you need to be in alert, evasion, and caution mode for the severity of what you have done. It doesn't bog down the game, but keeps you in check from just being able to do something, run, hide, caution is up, and then not be sneaky at all and repeat the process

The graphics are top notch.

Given the scale of the game, the level of detail is incredible.

The framerate is rock solid, however it seemse slower during cutscenes for some reason, don't know if its just me or what. However, it never hiccups.

There is no screen tearing whatsoever.

Vegetation is very well rendered, which is usually a downfall of many games graphically.

The sound is awesome.

Metal Gear Solid has always been one of the best series/games out there, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, takes things beyond a typical Metal Gear Solid. It is the epitome of cinematics, graphics, and gameplay, all mixed into one amazing, perfect, 10/10 game so far. The game is flawless.

Load times could be improved, if you want a negative out of me. But the beauty is well worth the wait.

Now for some spoiler/questions.

[Show spoiler] What the hell was Snake doing saluting Big Boss' grave at the beginning?

[Show spoiler] Drebin's comment about how they were hunting Solid Snake, but he (snake) didn't look like Solid Snake, more like Old Snake and that the B and B having to rid themselves of The Pain, The Fury, and The Sorrow to be at peace, really kind of has me wondering if the main character is really Solid Snake

One last thing, the "flashbacks" don't explain jack crap to anybody who is new to Metal Gear Solid, good luck understanding anything if you have never played or don't know the plot line(s) to MGS. The story is complex, not as bad as MGS 2 though, but it will probably get that way before its all over.

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by erowe83

haha that works. I cannot wait... getting my from Amazon Prime today...

I miss it, already but its so far away from me now :sniffle.. oh well work pays the bills.. rofl

[mainman]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

First question.

Are you hooking up with HDMI cables?

Second question, what does it say when you hit the 'Display' button on your PS3 remote in the upper right of your screen? It should say PCM while playing the game.

Ye, with HDMI cable.

It is saying PCM, but everything is saying PCM. PS3 decodes it first. I can only confirm if something is Dolby Digital, PCM or TruHD by using the select button during movies.

During games, I dont have such an option.

[Amon37]

Originally Posted by kx11

MGO had an update today ((damn fast)) v1.01

you can dl the update via bittorent or http ((only bittorent worked with me))

That was there during the beta, I don't know why they didn't have 1.01 ready for the real release.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by mainman

Ye, with HDMI cable.

It is saying PCM, but everything is saying PCM. PS3 decodes it first. I can only confirm if something is Dolby Digital, PCM or TruHD by using the select button during movies.

During games, I dont have such an option.

Oooooo thats right!

Well if your movies are coming in PCM (HD Audio) then the game will as well.

[CptGreedle]

I think I will take this opportunity to go back to the previous games, and play them again. Maybe refine my stealth skills and shooting, work on the remembering the story and characters better.... maybe I'll play Uncharted again and work on my headshots .

But I will not be going back to this thread or other MGS threads until I have the game in my hands. Which will be sometime next week.

On another note, I did hook up my PS3 to a movie theater projector, in a real movie theater. It holds 92 people, and I managed to get the screen to show my PS3 in 1080i. Looks great. I will be holding a bachelor party there for my brother in a few weeks so i will be sure to take pictures and upload them this time. I will try out a Blu-ray and games, and I hope MGS as well. (not online since no internet there).
Look out for my theater post at the end of the month.

[Bageara]

INSTALLING NOW!
Suspence is killing me, think ill join snake for another cigerette

[shatta]

HAA whata sign of relief...got mine...now reading the handbook thingy that came with the limited edition the aart book that is...so is the game in 1080p or just the bd features

[dk3dknight]

Well when I ask my tv it says 1080p, it seems to play at the highest resolution of your tv.

[stockstar1138]

guys its not native 1080p, its upscaled.

[yagami]

Installing..... 3 mins to go

[kx11]

^^^
yes but i bet it's higher than 720p