I will have to somewhat agree with you...long cut sceens are expected in a MGS game, and are really great when they are done well. I perosnaly feel that the first MGS is one of the top 5 greatest games ever made...
With that said....I have a really hard time playing the sneaking portion of MGS4...domt get me wrong...the octocamo works and is well executed...but after playing the hell out of Chaos Theory, the sneaking in MGS4 feels a little unfinished and unrefined...The action ...
The gameplay itslef (the sneaking part anyways) leaves quite a bit to be desired. All of the focus apparently went on the action aspect, which I dont mind at all as it plays extreemly well, though it is billed as "stealth game". The stealth mechanics are so "not polished", its not even funny....I honestly had to completely forget about playing Chaos Theory to really enjoy the sneaking aspect of MGS4 (which should technacally be the entirity of gameplay). The sneaking is an...