Yay! Snake is back! (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3))

Member Name: englishdavid

Product:	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
Date:	31/05/09 (10 review reads)
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Advantages: Will appeal to most gamers. Looks fab!

Disadvantages: Cut-scene overolad!

Snake is back!

I recently picked this up quite cheaply and now I can sorta understand why people are raving over the game so much. The PS3 renders the MGS world fantastically: Crawling along a dusty street with your Camo adapting to the environment while a fire-fight takes place and bullets fly over your head left and right never gets old! The array of weapons available is amazing and many of those can be further modified with add-ons such as sniper scopes, laser sights, etc. But to me the real joy of the MGS series is that you can play them exactly how you want to. Get tooled up and wage war on everyone if you like, creating total carnage. Not your style? Well try to get through the entire game with minimal kills. Both approaches have their own challenges and rewards.

It's not all good news though! As EVERYBODY comments, the cutscenes are WAAAYYYYY too much! I know the designers probably set out to make Guns of the Patriots as a playable movie, but I lost interest with the movie sequences pretty early on and found myself just clicking through them for the large majority of the game. I don't feel this hindered my enjoyment of the game too much though and I did view the last few sequences (no, I won't spoil your enjoyment by telling you what happened) and I enjoyed those. They were actually surprisingly touching, in fact.

Anyway, very few gamers will fail to gain some enjoyment from this. It's the end of a great franchise and definitely goes out with a bang.

Summary: Deserves a place in any PS3 gamer's library