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1UP Review: Metal Gear Solid 4

As Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots' first act draws to a close, the villain's first experimental step toward his grand scheme goes awry. Unexpectedly, this prompts him to gloat to series protagonist Solid Snake that his failure has proven, at last, that both hero and foe are more than mere duplicates of their "father," the legendary soldier from whom they were cloned. In his triumph, he repeats a motif that's run through the entire Metal Gear saga: the struggle for individualism and freedom in the face of the deterministic rules laid down by society. This conflict has surfaced in every chapter of the series to date -- whether in a patriot's sacrifice for her nation, a supersoldier declaring himself to be more than a tool of the government, or in Snake himself telling his protégé that life isn't merely a struggle to survive and propagate -- and finds its ultimate expression in MGS4. Snake's tale comes to its climax as he teams up with allies drawn from 50 years of continuity, all in an effort to thwart a global scheme that threatens the very notion of free will. It is, in short, precisely what the grand finale of a legendary franchise should be: grand, final, and thoroughly steeped in its own lore.

sonarus6564d ago (Edited 6564d ago )

Remember this day Playstation fans. This is the closest a PS3 game will ever come to an A on 1up.com...unless off course the game is also on the 360

Jamie Foxx6564d ago (Edited 6564d ago )

GOTY nomatter what 1up say,graphics wise new benhmark set.

madness6564d ago

weird.... review seemed quite negative yet MGS4 still got an A-

Condoleezza Rice6564d ago

Any site that alters and removes reviews for fear of loss of Ad money is a joke.

mikeslemonade6564d ago

Boycott 1up? Nah i'm kidding 1up is entertaining. The score is kinda low because an A- isn't 90 percent like in School. 1up has 15 possible scores A+,A, A-,- F+, F, F- etc. so really an A- is 13/15 which is 86.666666%.

Big Jim6564d ago

Strange, because metacritic lists 1UP's score as a 91. I'm not saying you're wrong and metacritic is right, but whats the deal?

mikeslemonade6564d ago

I'm probably wrong then because originally 1up intended a C to be a 5/10 which is an average game. It's just confusing to put letters in review scores. It's never been done before for a reason.

morganfell6564d ago

these guys hate sony, hate the pse. otherwise the game would have received an A+. best game i have ever played, and i mean ever. getting ready to go back and link up with rat patrol.

QuackPot6564d ago

@Sonarus

LBP will be unstoppable....

...then comes the King of Kings....GOD OF WAR 3.

5/5, 10/10, 100/100, A etc, etc. It will be a unanimous verdict for both of these game without doubt.

barom6564d ago

it's a shame that some of the MGS fans at 1up has left. I bet Bryan Inithar or Mark Mcdonald would be a more appropiate reviewer. Shane is kinda too big of a fan so he's kinda blinded. Jeremy, I've never even seen him talking about MGS before. I don't know. I seem to loose faith in 1up.

I LOVE my xbox6563d ago

THIS GAME IS GAME OF THE YEAR.

Hahahaah just kidding!!!!!

It's game of the century. I feel bad for whoever has not played this game yet. You're REALLY REALLY REALLY missing out.

harrisk9546563d ago (Edited 6563d ago )

is translating the 1up review as a 91.... how does an A translate into a 91? It just as easily could have been a 95 or 100???

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krackchap6564d ago

not surprised coming from 1up

Whoooop6564d ago

Free KY cream for the bots.... Let's make that rape a more comfortable one.

:)

goldenzealot6564d ago

i'll be saying the same thing to you droids when gears 2 comes out ;D

Whoooop6564d ago

Don't take it too seriously... It's late and I'm bored.

:)

I'm actually exited about Gears 2, there's no doubt it will be great.

AngryTypingGuy6564d ago

Do the owners of one console really get that upset when a great exclusive comes out for the other one? I don't. But then again, I have a life outside of video games too.

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Konami Delists Some Metal Gear Games From Digital Stores Without Warning

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD have been delisted from digital stores without warning.

cloganart103d ago

I mean, it makes sense. With Vol.2 coming and all that

Commentby103d ago

Stupid headline. Should state that they are being updated or discontinued. This makes the crazy people that only read headlines think it some kind of conspiracy to take away peoples already purchased games.

jjb1981103d ago

If you want to all of a sudden own them now and haven't played them yet because a remastered is coming out, shame on you. I can't believe people are complaining about this 15 years later when it was bound to happen anyway. "A new remaster is out, quick, I'd better buy the original from the shop."

gigoran8102d ago

Gamers: "Physical? who needs physical? everyone knows that digital online games are the future. stop living in the past. we don't need no stinking disc drive"

Same gamers: "How dare the delist a digital game that I own!!!!"

computeSci102d ago (Edited 102d ago )

And? What is your point?

Same gamers: "How dare the retailers to delist (quit selling) a physical game that I own!!!!"

I think you just read the headline and don't know how dilisting works with Sony. It's common knowledge that:

"Players who already bought the games will still have them in their library and can download and play them as usual."

So again, what is your point?

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX816d ago (Edited 816d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro815d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv72815d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_815d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga815d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos815d ago (Edited 815d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt23815d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball2000816d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin816d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole816d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix816d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989815d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor816d ago (Edited 816d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel1989815d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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One Last Smoke - The significance of Snake's cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4

An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

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