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IGN: Metal Gear Solid 4 Review

Twenty-one years ago, the gaming world was introduced to a hero: a soldier that fought alone against impossible odds to save the world. Over time, the hero grew into a legend that changed the gaming landscape and redefined stealth action games with his epic battles. After more than two decades of service, Solid Snake is finally receiving an honorable discharge in the latest chapter in the Metal Gear Solid franchise. While this is Snake's final mission, he isn't going quietly into that good night, nor is he being constrained by previous titles. Indeed, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots shatters the proverbial bar, becoming a technical, cinematic and gaming standard that future action and stealth titles will be judged by. It's been a long time coming, but this game is a true classic and a masterpiece from Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions and Konami.

pwnsause6546d ago

IGN, Greatest game of all time confirmed, have the balls to to give the game the same rating as GTAIV, now the most trusted news on the net

will116546d ago

too bad xbox will never get this game cause it uses all the space on the 50gb ps3 disk and xbox only has 9gb

Veryangryxbot6546d ago

OPM UK: 10/10
Level: 10/10
Gamepro: 10/10
Gamesreactor: 10/10
Famitsu: 40/40
Gameinformer: 10/10
IGN US: 10/10
IGN UK: 9.9/10
OPM US: 10/10
Jeuxvideo: 10/10
1UP: 9.5

Hey look Metacritics 9.4 based on SEVENTEEN reviews http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Famitsu review, Level review, Jeuxvideo review not taken into account. 1UP counted as 9.1 instead of 9.5.

AND PEOPLE SAY METACRITICS IS ACCURATE WHEN THEY LEAVE OUT MOST OF THE PERFECT 10 SCORES?????

FAQS6546d ago

Q: Wow 10/10 from IGN?
A: Yes, it's confirmed as the Best Game of All Time...that was really a great move of IGN...I'm so jealous of you guys, because I do not have the game yet...so sad!

sunnygrg6546d ago

"Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the best reason to own a PlayStation 3 thus far."

Time to move to the true next-gen.

theKiller6546d ago

good tracking, yeah metacritics becoming garbage!!
bubbles for u!

@FAQS
like ur humor! every time i see ur Q's and A's makes me lough!!
bubble for u too!

Sir_Ken_Kutaragi6546d ago

METACRITICS??? I'll rename them Micro$oftCRITICS!!! ;-D

Next-gen STARTS NOW!!! ;-P
(+Good Bubbles for all PS3 fans!!!) ;)

chaosatom3336545d ago

No! hahhahahahahahhahahhahahahahha hahahahha.

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Surfman6546d ago (Edited 6546d ago )

Yeah Baby. I was wondering if a non-biased website still exist on this damn internet, and i think IGN is probably one of the best reviewer.
Now i wonder how Eurogamer, Gamedaily and GameTrailers feels.

LeSouteneur6546d ago

****ing FANTASTIC!!! After playing this game for 9 hours straight and taking my 3rd break from the game (sad, I know ;) hehe) it truly deserved it.

Bigrhyno6546d ago

Ya I am 3 hours in so I can't comment too much. But based on that and a little MGO, I am super impressed.

killax35636546d ago

10 point 0 baby....that's what I'm talking about.

Hopefully GS gives the game at least a 9.0.

iamtehpwn6546d ago

you've redeemed yourself for the great sin of giving GTA IV a 10.

pharmd6546d ago

yeah its about time and finally worth it!!!!!

not that i follow reviews but still...

finally Kojima gets the credit he deserved, great game!!!

=D

mikeslemonade6546d ago

Woohoo IGN my favorite new site.

sonarus6546d ago

Hahahha. IGN strikes again.

joydestroy6546d ago

sweet. yeah i'm only 3hrs in or so as well.
i can admit it's the best game i've played in my entire life, no exaggeration. so very addictive.

pharmd6546d ago

@scentless apprentice

i love that saying, i use it all the time....

good call!!!!

MikeGdaGod6546d ago (Edited 6546d ago )

i've been play on and off since 12AM this morning so i'm giving it a rest until the Celtics/Lakers game goes off. i wanna keep playing but my eyes are BURNING!!!!!

most incredible game i've ever played. and i'm not even finished with ACT II yet.

EDIT:

Celtics all the way! Kobe is the best player in the NBA, but he's also a crybaby, punk-ass, fake, lame-ass, b!tch. he's also a horrible teammate and leader. i've never seen a MVP act the way he does. he puts down his teammates and is a poor example at being a superstar.

sorry for the rant. i'll admit that he's the best player in the league right now, but i'd never root for him. he took himself out a playoff game two years ago because he was mad at Phil, he told the police he should've paid off the girl like Shaq does after he caught that rape case in Denver, he doesn't hang out with his teammates, and he let his wife come out the house looking like a clown when he accepted his MVP trophy (seriously did you see what she was wearing wtf!!!). i could go on and on. i'm rooting for those that give their all in every game.

KG ftw!!!

on-topic:

did you guys see that part in the game when the girl was cooking the eggs? i really wondered if that was game graphics or actual video. amazing

ScentlessApprentice76546d ago

Who you rooting for? I'm apart of Laker Nation baby!

The Lazy One6546d ago

but that video review sucked A$$. it didn't review anything. It just said what was already said and sucked kojima's balls.

I don't care if the game got a 10; I'm completely fine with that, but review the flipping game. I think in the whole review the only gameplay mechanic he actually "reviewed" or "criticized" was the instant ammo, which was a bullshit stance on it, because it will completely change the game for the average gamer. People could run through gears using only the chainsaw, but people don't; it's the same concept.

Game deserves a 10, but that review still f@cking sucked.

Michael Jackson6546d ago

Wooooohoooo! I am totally stoked for this game! Props for IGN, for being true gamers and reviewers.

meepmoopmeep6546d ago (Edited 6546d ago )

IGN:
"Is it possible to give a game an 11? If so, this would be the game that would merit that score."

well deserved.

i've been playing for 10+ hrs and not even finished Act 2 o_O
Game of the FOREVER!
"yeah, i went there!"

sonarus6546d ago

Game of the forever indeed.

I am also on a break for finals game. Lakers for the FTW!:D

shazam6546d ago

they had the balls to give 2 10s in the same year, within 2 months of eachother. even though gta4 is far from a 10.

Genki6546d ago

I'll remember that when the next high profile title doesn't get at least a 9 from them. 9 because it seems that the sheeple, both XBox and PS3, don't tolerate scores lower than a 9 for their favorite games.

Insecurity really rules the roost around this place.

I wonder when gamers are gonna start having fun with their hobby again and quit taking ownership, sides, and pride in games. SNES and Genesis had a pretty fierce rivalry, but at least the owners and fans were down to earth.

MikeGdaGod6546d ago

CELTICS ALL DAY

down 24 and they still came back to crush the Lakers

oh yea on-topic, i love MGS4

interrergator6546d ago

noone realy cares about eurogamers kuz they bunch of mgs haters

ScentlessApprentice76546d ago

Damn Hideo Kojima is a F'n genius. He better make some more games beyond this or else I'm going to go ballistic on everyone (JK). I would even go as far to say that Kojima is as good as Shiguri (did I spell that right?) Miyamoto of Nintendo fame, but Kojima is better because he doesn't make childish sh*t like Nintendo products.

Millah6546d ago

@ Scentlessapprentice: Its Shigeru Miyamoto....but Miyamoto doesn't make games as good as he used to make them. He hasn't made a game as great as Zelda OOT, since, well OOT. Hes not even as active as a developer as he once was. He did help with the Wii and Wii fit ideas though. He hasn't made a new IP for Nintendo since Pikmin. Don't get me wrong, Mario Galaxy was great, but he didn't have the same kind of role he used to have in his n64 days and it still really doesn't have the same feeling of wonder his N64 games had. So Kojima easily trumphs Miyamoto nowadays.

Pika-pie6546d ago

This is the best time to be a PS3 owner. 2 AAAAAAAAAAA titles in a space of 2 months.

Plus a nice stream of titles for the rest of the year, happy times...

jtucker786546d ago (Edited 6546d ago )

@Millah - You're right about Miyamoto. He didn't even come up with Galaxy. One of the other nintendo bods did (forget who).
Miyamoto's role in Galaxy was to hold the thumbs up and say "Yes, I'm happy for you to go ahead with that idea."
He was involved at various decision stages, but he didn't come up with the ideas.

Recently Miyamoto has just released attrocities like Wii Sports and Wii Fit.
Well done for getting casuals into gaming, but Wii Fit and Wii Sports are pretty crap.

theKiller6546d ago

i will check their site more often now than before!!
damn baby thats a good score from a big site!!

but i still think MGS4 should get 11/10!!!
its the game of the century!!!

LJWooly6546d ago

While I think this game deserves a 10 too, I have to agree with Genki (bubble to you, by the way). You're all far too quick to dismiss a site as biased when they say what you don't want to hear, but when IGN, who recently came under criticism for giving Haze a 4.5 and GTA4 a 10, give a game the score you want it to get, suddenly they're magically redeemed.

Believe me, I'm a huge, huge MGS fan, and I agree with the score IGN gave the game, but I don't allow my opinion to be as easily swayed as you lot. People need to start thinking for themselves and enjoy their games, regardless of what the "professionals" think. The magical ability to think for ourselves seems to be a dwindling quality these days, which is a damned shame.

Reviews mean nothing. Why? Because no matter what a game scores in reviews, it doesn't change what comes on the disc, and you're still going to be playing the same bloody game.

Legion6546d ago

By non-biased, you mean someone that agrees with you? Ha... that is funny. They write something you don't like, you flame. They write something you do like and they are the saviors of gaming journalism. So funny. lol

Maldread6546d ago

I agree with you both. A site isn`t biased just because it dosn`t give your favorite game a 10. Seems some people have forgotten that a 9, or even 8 is a good score. If one game should get a 10 though, i`m sure MGS4 would be qualified for it.

But i do feel a lot of reviews aren`t very consistent with their reviews and subtract a lot more for some games over small issues, and let others slip by without remarks. I often feel that the score dosn`t always match the things they highlighted in the reviews either, which is why i read reviews too and not just look at the scores. I do feel that if one wants to criticize a review though, they should start with arguing why that aspect is scored unfairly, than just saying sites are biased.

Nothing beats playing the game for themselves though as LJWooly said. I actually can`t play MGS4 because none of the stores had a PS3. They had MGS4, but not a PS3. So close, but yet so far, i suppose. Hope all who has both a PS3 and MGS4 enjoys it though. I`ll just have to wait some more :(

solidt126545d ago

The guy that said this game deserves a 11/10 wasn't exaggerating. I think this game deserves a 12/10. This is easily the best game I have ever played times 10. I don't think any game will ever be able to top it and that is my complete unbiased opinion.

Nineball21126545d ago

It's probably old news by now, but Gamespot gave it a perfect 10! I was shocked... Heh.

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Jim Crowslaw6546d ago

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I LOVE YOU JEFF HAYNES. AH MAN SOMEONE PLEASE GO TO IGN.COM AND LOOK AT MY SIGNATURE (my username is Bland8425) and in my signiture it says the 3 predictions i have about gaming. So far 2 of em have come true. 1. GTIV will get a 10 from IGN USA and now this!!!! im about to open up a business.

iight lemme calm down but, yes excellent review, didnt even read cuz im currently in the middle of the game (got it on Big Boss mode for u chumps) and having the time of my life. MGS FTW

LeSouteneur6546d ago

All hail Jeff Haynes!

Remember when he gave Haze that 4.5 and every PS3 fanboy hated him? Well, talk about a love-hate relationship!

Woohoo!! Well deserved score!!

MikeGdaGod6546d ago

dude, your avatar is off the chain!!!

SKUD6546d ago

That avatar is PHAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. +ONE MILLION BUBBLES!!!!. LOL!.

drtysouf 216546d ago (Edited 6546d ago )

Where are the naysayers now?

Condoleezza Rice6546d ago

Probably scouting GameSpot,praying that they give the game a score less than a 9,not realizing that after this review-anything less than a 9 will be laughed at.

Excuse me,I have to go laugh at GameDaily.

rogimusprime6546d ago

where is that sorry B***h the Mart at?

oh yeah, hopefully you guys all got the bundle too. It's pretty hefty.

I only had to wait in a parking lot in front of target for an hour to get it.

Pretty anti-climactic. No one showed up but me....until I bought the bundle...then about 4 kids showed up. They got 8 in total, which was better than the 5 systems so-called "gamestop" said they were getting.

Go Target, Go Kojima.

PirateThom6546d ago

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots = Game of the Year

SacT0wnF1n3st6546d ago (Edited 6546d ago )

Niiiice! LOL

Black_Jack6545d ago

lol its like the same feeling as seeing my first child born again!!! only kojima is delivering it!!!

shelbygt336545d ago

So far it's a great game (although I am annoyed at the cut scenes), but there are plenty of GOTY contenders still yet to come. You never know what will happen, and I for one will not cast my vote until the time comes.

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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.

cloganart85d ago

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

Commentby85d 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.

jjb198185d 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."

gigoran885d 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!!!!"

computeSci84d ago (Edited 84d 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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OtterX798d ago (Edited 798d 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-ro798d ago

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

darthv72798d 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_798d ago

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

Cacabunga798d ago

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

Profchaos798d ago (Edited 798d 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

seanpitt23798d 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!

Iceball2000798d ago

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

Father__Merrin798d ago

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

InUrFoxHole798d ago

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

Marcus Fenix798d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989798d ago

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

1Victor798d ago (Edited 798d 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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Michiel1989798d ago

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

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