If you can look past the hype and the over enthusiastic claims that this is the "best game ever ever ever" you see this "game" for what it really is… an exercise in excess.
Everything you remember from the previous Metal Gear games is back, bigger and… well bigger anyway. If you enjoyed previous Metal Gear games but found there were one or two niggling little things that put you off a little, then they'll be there here… only bigger, if you hated the way that the further you got into the game and the story, the less control you actually had over the game, well that's back too… only bigger.
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These conversations are slightly surreal as they make a big deal out of the fact that you're, in part, fighting to protect your freedom and free will, but its these same conversations and cinematics that stop you playing the game, thus enforcing you to sit and watch as a captive audience.
When you do finally get the chance to play it's an exceptional piece of work, a few more colours wouldn't have gone amiss, and there are times when Snake looks like he's crawling round on a blue screen movie set, but for the most part the action, when you finally get there, is really good fun… it's just a shame there isn't more of it.
Metal Gear 4 is a good game… there's just too much waffle and preaching smothering it for it to be a GREAT game.
Do I have to play the first two before I play this one? I mean, I'm sure it helps, but is it essential?
I'm getting a PS3 tomorrow morning (went today but have to wait for my paycheck to go through first) and I'm deciding between getting this or GTA4. But I won't pick this up if I won't know whats going on because I haven't played the first two.
Just don't go out and buy an iPod now or I'll fucking punch you.
Not unless the DVI-D input on the monitor supports the HDCP encryption crap. It probably doesn't. If it does, you'll need an HDMI-to-DVI-D adapter. I read a bit of what's out there, and I couldn't find anything about a PS3 VGA cable. That would be the way to go for any PC monitor, but only if Sony supports the option. (MS does on the 360.)
Damn it. I don't really want to drop a grand on a PS3 and new TV. Well, maybe if my tax objection works out according to plan, but even then....
Are the prices of HDTVs still dropping pretty steadily?
Metal Gear Solid 5: In the Womb of Death will feature a pre-birth Solid Snake and let players take control as his genetic material fights off hostile microorganisms sent to kill him before he can be born. Killing certain hostiles will also net CellSnake collectibles that unlock in-game tracks and audio commentary that he can listen to on his new iPod XtraNano, as Apple attempts to snare the as yet untapped market of the subcutaneous. Studies show this to be a core demographic in many upcoming marketing schemes for a variety of high-tech businesses across the US and abroad.