Comments on: First MGS4 reviews point to major hit http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11340 Blerk Wed, 28 May 2008 15:25:02 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11340 "One of the greatest games of all time", says GamePro. Blimey. http://tinyurl.com/4tean8 “One of the greatest games of all time”, says GamePro. Blimey.

http://tinyurl.com/4tean8

]]> By: bueatifulraven http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11234 bueatifulraven Wed, 28 May 2008 00:14:15 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11234 I understood MGS2... I also understood the end of The Matrix movies... I'm insane... MWUAHAHAHAHAHA I understood MGS2…
I also understood the end of The Matrix movies…
I’m insane…
MWUAHAHAHAHAHA

]]> By: butters http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11223 butters Tue, 27 May 2008 20:28:52 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11223 Blerk: i think you may want to play MGS3 to pick up on the Eva storyline (Big Mama). that's my guess from what's already been posted many times. Blerk: i think you may want to play MGS3 to pick up on the Eva storyline (Big Mama). that’s my guess from what’s already been posted many times.

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11220 morriss Tue, 27 May 2008 19:16:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11220 @Shatner: You should give it back! ;) @Shatner: You should give it back! ;)

]]> By: whoelse http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11219 whoelse Tue, 27 May 2008 19:07:25 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11219 Excellent! Excellent!

]]> By: Shatner http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11202 Shatner Tue, 27 May 2008 16:15:54 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11202 Metal Gears have always moo'd anyway. I just can't wait to have David Hayter do the most intense end-of-the-world voice over again. He's so intense, if you stuck a lump of coal up him, in two weeks you'd have a diamond. Yes. I stole that line. "Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!" Metal Gears have always moo’d anyway.

I just can’t wait to have David Hayter do the most intense end-of-the-world voice over again.

He’s so intense, if you stuck a lump of coal up him, in two weeks you’d have a diamond.

Yes. I stole that line.

“Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!”

]]> By: Spiral http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11191 Spiral Tue, 27 May 2008 14:58:01 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11191 You forgot that they were all dead as well. You forgot that they were all dead as well.

]]> By: Killerbee http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11189 Killerbee Tue, 27 May 2008 14:55:28 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11189 Oh believe me, I love all the sci-fi/fantasy stuff - the cloning and the conspiracy theories that form much of the MGS back story: great. It's just that the ending to MGS2 really didn't (and to a large extent, still doesn't) make any sense to me at all. It was all "A ha! He was double-crossing them who were actually double-crossing him back (gotcha!), and he was actually her in disguise (and who the hell's she!?); and this guy here is still himself, except of course he isn't because his personality has been taken over by this other fellow and maybe it was all a dream anyway! Post-modernism-lol!!!" And for that reason I found it a little bit unsatisfying. The first and third games, on the other hand, I loved to bits. Oh believe me, I love all the sci-fi/fantasy stuff – the cloning and the conspiracy theories that form much of the MGS back story: great.

It’s just that the ending to MGS2 really didn’t (and to a large extent, still doesn’t) make any sense to me at all. It was all “A ha! He was double-crossing them who were actually double-crossing him back (gotcha!), and he was actually her in disguise (and who the hell’s she!?); and this guy here is still himself, except of course he isn’t because his personality has been taken over by this other fellow and maybe it was all a dream anyway! Post-modernism-lol!!!”

And for that reason I found it a little bit unsatisfying. The first and third games, on the other hand, I loved to bits.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11187 patlike Tue, 27 May 2008 14:47:05 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11187 His stupid headband's a bit of a giveaway as well. His stupid headband’s a bit of a giveaway as well.

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11186 Psychotext Tue, 27 May 2008 14:45:22 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11186 You should remove all notions of serious when you first find yourself among the mechs that moo. ;) You should remove all notions of serious when you first find yourself among the mechs that moo. ;)

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11185 patlike Tue, 27 May 2008 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11185 If only, if *only*, someone would make a game with a story that wasn't insane. Maybe then it wouldn't feel as though all games are made for 12 year-old boy-men. If only, if *only*, someone would make a game with a story that wasn’t insane. Maybe then it wouldn’t feel as though all games are made for 12 year-old boy-men.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11180 Blerk Tue, 27 May 2008 14:41:15 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11180 If you think about it, 95% of video game stories are batshit mental, tbh. It's only the fact that MGS looks a bit like a "serious military simulation" in screenies that makes people go o_O when they start seeing giant robots and cyborg ninjas and severed arms taking control of peoples brains. I think some people come to it expecting it to be all serious n' that. If you think about it, 95% of video game stories are batshit mental, tbh. It’s only the fact that MGS looks a bit like a “serious military simulation” in screenies that makes people go o_O when they start seeing giant robots and cyborg ninjas and severed arms taking control of peoples brains.

I think some people come to it expecting it to be all serious n’ that.

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11177 Psychotext Tue, 27 May 2008 14:24:56 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11177 Mmm... that I agree with. I have no real issue with people enjoying the story, even if it is a bit nuts. I don't generally agree with people claiming it to be a masterpiece of fiction though. =) Mmm… that I agree with. I have no real issue with people enjoying the story, even if it is a bit nuts. I don’t generally agree with people claiming it to be a masterpiece of fiction though. =)

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11176 Blerk Tue, 27 May 2008 14:12:45 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11176 It wouldn't be MGS if it wasn't batshit mental. It wouldn’t be MGS if it wasn’t batshit mental.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11174 patlike Tue, 27 May 2008 13:52:19 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11174 I'm really not sure the plot matters so much, tbh. The daftness is part of the appeal. I’m really not sure the plot matters so much, tbh. The daftness is part of the appeal.

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11173 Psychotext Tue, 27 May 2008 13:46:05 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11173 At the highest level, yes. At the highest level, yes.

]]> By: mart http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11168 mart Tue, 27 May 2008 13:11:11 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11168 PT: Hehe, it's just fun sci-fi fantasy larks. Anyway, I'm not saying the story isn't <i>silly</i>, I'm saying it's not as hard to understand when the sequence of events is relayed in a less convoluted manner. PT: Hehe, it’s just fun sci-fi fantasy larks. Anyway, I’m not saying the story isn’t silly, I’m saying it’s not as hard to understand when the sequence of events is relayed in a less convoluted manner.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11167 patlike Tue, 27 May 2008 12:55:51 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11167 KB - No one knows what happens in MGS2. People just pretend they do. *taps nose* KB – No one knows what happens in MGS2. People just pretend they do.

*taps nose*

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11160 Psychotext Tue, 27 May 2008 11:25:16 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11160 mart: When you got into amputated arms controlling people it hit retarded for me. :p mart: When you got into amputated arms controlling people it hit retarded for me. :p

]]> By: mart http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11156 mart Tue, 27 May 2008 11:12:03 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11156 Hehehe. It's bonkers, but not retarded :) Hehehe. It’s bonkers, but not retarded :)

]]> By: Killerbee http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11154 Killerbee Tue, 27 May 2008 11:06:23 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11154 "The story isn’t that retarded" Well... I just read the plot synopsis for MGS2 on Wikipedia and I'm still not 100% sure I know what was going on at the end of it. :( “The story isn’t that retarded”

Well… I just read the plot synopsis for MGS2 on Wikipedia and I’m still not 100% sure I know what was going on at the end of it. :(

]]> By: mart http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11152 mart Tue, 27 May 2008 10:44:35 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11152 Heheh. The story isn't that retarded, it's just told in a retarded way. It's worth reading a retrospective; the Piggyback Games MGS3 is an excellent companion not just to MGS3, but to the whole series - it really fleshes things out in a straightforward manner. Heheh. The story isn’t that retarded, it’s just told in a retarded way. It’s worth reading a retrospective; the Piggyback Games MGS3 is an excellent companion not just to MGS3, but to the whole series – it really fleshes things out in a straightforward manner.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11151 patlike Tue, 27 May 2008 10:42:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11151 I never understood any of it. All you need to know is that villains turn up, someone does a shock horror face, there's a fight and it finishes. That's pretty much it. I never understood any of it. All you need to know is that villains turn up, someone does a shock horror face, there’s a fight and it finishes. That’s pretty much it.

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11150 Psychotext Tue, 27 May 2008 10:41:06 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11150 I'm just watching the retrospectives to get the story. It's far too insane to bother trying to understand it properly. I’m just watching the retrospectives to get the story. It’s far too insane to bother trying to understand it properly.

]]> By: pleasant_cabbage http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11149 pleasant_cabbage Tue, 27 May 2008 10:20:43 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11149 Does MGS 3 work ok on bc? Was there any updates? I tried it ages ago and it seemed to be stall-a-rama. Does MGS 3 work ok on bc? Was there any updates?
I tried it ages ago and it seemed to be stall-a-rama.

]]> By: Killerbee http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11148 Killerbee Tue, 27 May 2008 10:01:37 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11148 MGS3 contains a bit of back-story about Big Boss, Revolver Ocelot and the Patriots but I'd be pretty confident that you can play MGS4 without having played MGS3 and not really miss out on much of the story. IMHO, the main reason to play MGS3 is actually that it's a far better game than MGS2. MGS3 contains a bit of back-story about Big Boss, Revolver Ocelot and the Patriots but I’d be pretty confident that you can play MGS4 without having played MGS3 and not really miss out on much of the story.

IMHO, the main reason to play MGS3 is actually that it’s a far better game than MGS2.

]]> By: mart http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11147 mart Tue, 27 May 2008 09:55:23 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11147 MGS3 just charts the origins of Big Boss, the guy that Solid Snake is cloned from. It's not really essential to play that after MGS2 / before MGS4. MGS3 just charts the origins of Big Boss, the guy that Solid Snake is cloned from. It’s not really essential to play that after MGS2 / before MGS4.

]]> By: Chinster http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11146 Chinster Tue, 27 May 2008 09:54:22 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11146 Snake Eater LOL Funniest tagline in games EVAH! /chows down on rattlesnake Snake Eater LOL

Funniest tagline in games EVAH!

/chows down on rattlesnake

]]> By: Spiral http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11145 Spiral Tue, 27 May 2008 09:50:53 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11145 Blerk: Who knows! At this rate it wouldn't suprise me if you needed to play the PSP ones to make any sense of the plot. Blerk: Who knows! At this rate it wouldn’t suprise me if you needed to play the PSP ones to make any sense of the plot.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-11142 Blerk Tue, 27 May 2008 09:47:38 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/27/first-mgs4-reviews-point-to-major-hit/#comment-11142 How does MGS3 fit in here? I understand it's a prequel of sorts, do I need to play that before even contemplating MGS4 or can I quite happily not bother. :-D How does MGS3 fit in here? I understand it’s a prequel of sorts, do I need to play that before even contemplating MGS4 or can I quite happily not bother. :-D

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