Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) (VG)

Directors:

Hideo Kojima
Shuyo Murata

Writers:

Shuyo Murata (written by) &
Hideo Kojima (written by)

Release Date:

12 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Evil is Powerful. But Courage Is Solid

Plot:

"MGS4" brings a totally new concept and situation, resulting in the toughest "Metal Gear" infiltration mission ever devised. The game is set after the events of "MGS2" and players will reprise the role of top secret agent Solid Snake.

Plot Keywords:

Kiss | Injected To Death | Fighting | Martial Arts | Crying

Cast

David Hayter	...	Old Snake / Celebrity Moralist - Himself (voice: English version)
Christopher Randolph	...	Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich (voice: English version)
Christina Puccelli	...	Sunny (voice: English version) (as Cristina Pucelli)
Paul Eiding	...	Roy Campbell (voice: English version)
Khary Payton	...	Drebin / 7th Circle - Avatar (voice: English version)
Debi Mae West	...	Meryl Silverburgh (voice: English version)
Beng Spies	...	Johnny (voice: English version)
Patric Zimmerman	...	Liquid Ocelot / Revolver Ocelot (voice: English version)
Jennifer Hale	...	Naomi Hunter / Little John (voice: English version)
Quinton Flynn	...	Raiden (voice: English version)
Phil LaMarr	...	Vamp (voice: English version)
Lee Meriwether	...	Big Mama / Celebrity Moralist - Host (voice: English version)
Kim Mai Guest	...	Mei Ling / Body of Armor - Satisfied Customer A (voice: English version)
James Sie	...	Jonathan (voice: English version)
Dave Fennoy	...	Ed (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

MGS4 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (USA) (short title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:M | UK:15

Company:

Kojima Productions

Trivia:

During the briefing missions on Snake and Otacon's transport plane, a limited edition MGS4 Playstation 3 is visible in the kitchen next to the radio, and Sunny sometimes plays a PSP.

Quotes:

[holds up Snake]
Johnny Sasaki: Drop your weapon!
[Snake holds up his hands and turns around]
Solid Snake: You haven't even taken the safety off, rookie.
Johnny Sasaki: Careful, I'm no rookie! I'm a ten year vet.
[looks closer to check. Snake uses CQC to snatch his rifle and throw him to the floor]
Solid Snake: How the hell did you ever survive ten years?

Movie Connections:

References "Lost" (2004)

Is the "can video games be considered art" debate coming to an end?

Well it's here Solid Snake ha came back to us after a very lengthy break.

First of all, i have played some metal gear solid games, and vaugly know the story. But for the games release i re-played the previous games.

I'm still half way through playing metal gear but hope it wont end any time soon.

This game is almost beyond words.

When some games try to add a cinematic feel to it they normally fail or don't get the tone right etc. But this game is truly cinematic, the (very lengthy but beautifully done) cutscenes are very well done with some great dialouge and direction. Plus in the game the sound of bullets,bombs and buildings turning into debris truly capture the feel of the game.

The graphics are truly superb the best graphics i've seen in a game since uncharted.

Gameplay. Well the stealth action is still there. But the use of the otocamo is a great feature and works very well. Plus extra kudos go to the characters health. You have three meters in the game; the health meter, psyche meter and stress meter. This works amazingly, if snakes psyche is low then it will affect how quick he heals and if his stress is high it affects his psyche and his game performance. I remember at one point i'd let snakes stress reach quite high and suddenly he stopped moving and threw up. This amazaed me that they put so much thought into how realistic they were going to make this game.

Then there's enemy AI. the AI is unbelievably smart, the smartest enemies since rainbow six vegas. When your stealthing if you move loudly and make a sound then the enemy becomes aware of your presence or if they see the aiming laser from your gun. Also the dead enemies react well with the environment and so does snake. At one point an enemy threw a grenade at me and my body flew through the air and landed sitting up against a box, then my otocamo blended in with the object i was sitting against and the enemies were none the wiser.

Online play. Well once you get past the hassle of making two more accounts to play then the online play is very rewarding. You see the game everyone plays is call of duty 4 and thats it. Yes i loved call of duty for it's cinematic feel and great graphics and very good online play, but i'd become so tired of hearing about call of duty all the time and MGS4 has really stuck it to call of duty.

So. Can this game be considered art? In my opinion, yes, definitely. Not since shadow of the colossus have i loved a game so much and considered it as a piece of art but MGS4 peirces the border of video game and art.

overall:10/10 or if i could:20/10 Finally an exclusive the playstation can be proud of!