26 June 2008
Ferry

Hate and love in Metal Gear Solid 4 video reviews

I thought it would be fun to compare the views of a Metal Gear Solid 4 “hater” and another one that is clearly a fanboy, I mean fangirl, opinion. Warning, both videos contain coarse language and you might want to stay away if you don’t want any of the story spoiled.

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: Tactical Espionage Action.
Recently on Sadie’s Gaming Infection, Ultraneko reviewed Metal Gear Solid 4 as well.

26 June 2008 10:14
pixelsword

I bought MGS4, and I loved that first review of the hater, he hates all games, so everyone should get over it. I didn’t watch all of the second one, but I’m sure they both have points.

26 June 2008 16:11
supadupagama

It’s true, they both make valid points. I’ve been slowly playing the game for the past two weeks finished it earlier this week and I found it to be an absolute masterpiece. I think it will be a tough game to review, because I personally feel the control or story downsides mentioned in the video reviews above, aren’t that big of a deal since the overall experience is so polished. But of course not everyone will feel that way.

1 July 2008 18:29
UltraNeko

I can totally see Yahtzee’s point on his review.

The glaring “problems” he speaks of are, I’m sure, a nightmare to a professional reviewer. He does have valid points and I won’t say, so to speak, that he’s wrong. He’s got great points and he always has intelligent ways of expressing it (and some really funny ways as well). I can understand his frustration…

In my opinion if you enjoyed the series so far, there’s no way you can go wrong with this game. Sure Metal Gear has been a little off center with its story telling but for the most part I don’t play games to get immersed in realism. I use it to “escape”. I’ve also, like he said, come to expect a colorful story from Mr Kojima.

I could go on and on but basically, the “problems” he said ARE there, but for me it doesn’t ruin the experience I’ve been waiting for. It’s better than I’d imagined it.