Surprise, surprise the Metal Gear series is back for one final time with a bang....Ok, IGN Uk & IGN Australia gives it 9.9 and 9.5 respectively but the real surprise her is the perfect score given by IGN US(my most favourite site for v'games reviews) and Famitsu(which is becoming less rare now ), while Gamespot is having some problem with Konami review limitations....not every reviews give it that high of a score but critics seems to agree that it is an incredible v'game, and it looks like it is in competition with GTA4 for Game Of The Year......


Snake is back for a finale

Ironically both MGS and GTA last installment was released in the same year....is Kojima taking advantage on the fact that this is probably the last instalment of MGS(98.9 % sure) and probably the series last chance to win GOTY. GTA can still win it in the years or decades to come, can it????....... Well, in my view GTA4 should win since it is not just consindered gaming equivalent to The Godfather but it is also a cultural phenomenon in terms of gross and impact.

Then again it is a pretty sad thing if one of the most defining v'game series of all time and best to many never win Game Of The Year even once, but GOTY should not be given for nostalgic values or should it?????

this is just me but i would rather choose mgs4 over gta4

In my nearly 15 years of gaming, I would have to say nothing tops the experience of Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots, and this is an understatement. Lovers are in love with it, haters should just pcik them up. A fitting end for Kojima's opus. Answered EVERY question since Metal Gear appeare on MSX.

I'll wait until end of the year before crowning any GOTY because preferably, I rather not choose both

But if its down to GTAIV vs MGS4, then MGS4 takes the cake.

Well everyone got their own opinion and I can't deny how incredible MGS4 is. Now the undeniable fact is both series has something huge to lose...this is the last MGS, the series could end without winning any Game Of The Year while for the GTA series can the next one tops number 4...

I'm not so sure if its a big deal if either of them don't win GOTY.

i rate mgs4 over gta 4...but gta a lot of fun...

One thing is for sure...MGS4 boost ps3 sales this 2nd quarter of 2008

As for gross sales overall, it's not surprising of GTA4 winning it since it's released multiplatform.

This post has been edited by PhoenixByte: Jun 14 2008, 08:16 PM

MGS never won any game of the year award. And that didnt stop Kojima and his team to deliver a topnotch quality game.

Fans just bought it coz they love it (i did!)

same here. hopefully Resistance 2 will be very very nice for FPS fan like me

for me i choose MGS4.... the story, GFX & gameplay so awesome... im not MGS fan... i never finish play MGS1-3... but when i play MGS4... im totally shock .. coz. i feel.. want to play again MGS1-3 .. ... Kojima do a great job.. & dont care la... win or not GOTY... ..

bro, xnak vote for HAZE ker?

This post has been edited by saiga: Jun 14 2008, 08:47 PM

Erkk HAZE.. hmm never play la.. ... (demo je main... )... tgk la if got extra money wanna buy HAZE...

This post has been edited by samurai20: Jun 14 2008, 10:42 PM

I would buy ps3 just to play mgs4... does that count? hihi..

yes lots of people buy PS3 to play MGS4... ....

I really like MGS4, but man, Mr Kojima writes clunky dialogue. Some scenes are just painful to watch... Maybe it's the translation.

i buy xb360 for game like saint row and other game int he same genre.... thats include gta4... and gonna get ps3 for game like ff series, gow series... but sofar even in the old gen ive never finish mgs game.. hehehe dont know why lol.. the first one i finish to the end is mgs protable ops... hehe great game la.. and when i have this ps3 which is soon i hope.. i gonna get one mgs4... hehehe been waiting quite a while for it anyway.. heehe

if i have to choose who should win.. the my answer would be GTA4... since im a big fan of it since the first one.. hehehe but whoever win dont care much since both is great game...

yeah, a lot...

when i queuing up the line during the Launch Event, I chat with one for the guy(he's wearing the black GTA 4 shirt with the number 'IV' in front) and he said "I dont have PS3 but i want to buy this game"

MGS4 is kicking but!!!!!, it is the first game in about a decade to get perfect scores from all three Famitsu, IGN and Gamespot(yeah even Gamespot)......GTA4 that got perfect 10's from IGN & Gamespot has not been reviewed by Famitsu yet(because it is still not been released in Japan). Maybe winning GOTY is not important now, but in the years to come, people will want to look back at the list of GOTY of the past years and I want both of the GTA & MGS series to be in it, atleast once..

Even without GOTY, fans have been following MGS since MSX era...and that's really an achievement

There is still Will Wright's Spore to go....among other things.

Skip the second. Its rubbish. And no, being complex and convoluted does not automatically equate to a good story, or a profound one for that matter, despite what some fans might try and say.

Burga - wishing he could afford a blu-ray player which happens to play PS3 games...

This post has been edited by BurgaFlippinMan: Jun 15 2008, 09:32 PM

MG4 is the best!! everyone who own PS3 should buy this game.. everything is perfect

or...


everyone who dont own a ps3 should buy a ps3 to play this game like me

hehehehe.. you should get ps3..

If you didnt play MG and MG2 Solid Snake, its still okay. If you do not complete MGS1 until MGS3, you will never understand MGS4. Especially MGS2, since its story holes are patched up in MGS4. Personally, MGS4 is the best in the series. MGS2 comes in second for me. The only game that made me say

after I finished it..

Definitely MGS4. ..
MGS series is the best and they totally change the gaming revolution.

this question is aimed to those with limited edition mgs4 or anyone who have any idea..



in limited edition u get

1 x mgs4 game

1 x mgs4 figure (all the same? or different figurine?)

1 x movie? ( was it in dvd or blu ray? region free or locked? )



thanks

p/s - does the mgo come in a different disc or the same disc? i heard its region locked? does this mean i can only play them among player in asian region or is it locked to console region?

my console is region 2 europe

I think you should play all of them...the one's before the playstation era can be skipped if you want to......if you're desperate you can find information on the internet...but the best way to understand the story is to play the game. Basicly MGS3 is a prequel so you can skip it but there's a lot of story details here..

mind blowing . i am taking my time at playing this game. just cant put it down. just into act 2 and i am already thinking of redoing act 1 without using lethal force. even gave my wife a go at it. snake is bumping into walls and getting shot at when she is at the controller.

Still at ACT 2? You've seen nothing yet. ACT 3 will blow you away. ACT 3 surpassed everything Hollywood can offer you. The excitement is just unbelievable.

maybe that's a good thing.
maybe if they won GoTy awards left,right and center,they might've gotten bloated and lowered their standards(start to brag)

then again,the series has won many other awards,like EDGE giving MGS2 the best technical game award or something

peh tak sabar, even act 1 is already mind blowing to me .

correct.

I prefer it to stay that way. It reserves the franchise to be played by a certain people, thinking people.Not by some trigger happy rednecks wannabe. Less attention by the media, the better. It should have gamers' attention, not media (damn this MTV generation, I blame oil price hike on them ) And certainly, the games BRAGS about it, itself. Dont need a the game's director to brag on its behalf.

Your 15 years experience is obviously not long enough for you to make such a bold statement!!!

but what if he's backed up by millions others who've PLAYED and FINISHED the game? dude, if u got no money to buy original bds please abstain urself from making statements that will make u look stupid and immature

I am not saying that MGS4 is not good. All I'm saying is that he play his best game in 15 years doesn't mean its the best game for everyone else!!!

And what makes you thing that I cannot afford the game?

owh, i didn't THING of anything! i'm sure of it!

dude, ignore him. he is even too poor to understand simple English, no wonder he cant buy legit video games , kind to think of it, now I pity him



This post has been edited by snipersnake: Jun 16 2008, 02:29 PM

@ sniper....

anyway ignore him/HER.. wasting our time to layan this kind or people... ...

GameSpot ... also gave this game a 10.

Hehe... That is a REAL big surprise...

Anyway.. i'm giving it 12 out of 10.

Do you work for Sony Defense Force?

Shhhhhhhhh !!!!

package for the limited edition will be arrivng in a few days time..
cant wait to see it, play it, feel it....foxdie

anyone play the game already?

some of us finished it more than once already

not just finish.. already play twice.. .. maybe some guy already 3rd times...

bro mgsrulz... since u guys already finish more than 1 time... just wondering, this game have short game play ar? it just release last week i think... hehehe so if the game is short or maybe few houer of game play... how come la they claim the bd fully utilize. what kind of thing they putting in there then... just wondering... im expecting the gameplay would last like atleast 50 hour ka... hehehe

yeah can play 50 hour if u explore all area.. like me.. just straight to the point... no bother to CQC enemy or collect item (me just shot all enemy like COD4.. )... ... so very fast.. take only 21 hours to finish..

On average, it should take about 20+ hours to finish. Well, they also dumped MGO into the same BD, so I assume some amount of space will be taken up by MGO.

And all the fancy 1080p or DTS or PCM sound or uncompressed stuff (lol just simply throwing in fancy terms here) means that BD space will be taken up. Why compress when there is so much space to play with?

Anddd.. last this is away from the topic, but I find the installation between Acts tiresome. Especially if you have more than one person playing on the console.

hehe... now it do make sense.. hehehe...

lightning69 got problems. Serious problems. If u are PS3 hater, please go... Please..... Me, we, everyone in this forum don't like you. So just go away and stick with your so called perfect "xbox360". Get a life dude...

MGS4 has sold 1.3 million copies worldwide on its fist day,,,really impressive..I Thought it will sell about a million on its first week, I was wrong...

Now thinking about it not winning GOTY can make MGS series very special..secluded to only of its fans...It's still got a strong chance this year though...

you got that right we dont need mcdonalds eating mtv generation who migrated from PC gaming over here

You’re a total “crack-job”, 15 years is more then enough to winch which games better then the rest. No doubt the gaming industry goes way back in to the 60’s but then till the 80’s the games revolve around getting from one place to another with the highest score..

where does the story line ever come into play?!! In full motion gaming industry NOW, gamers these days look not only towards graphics, sound but also the story-telling- the gameplay. The epic battle between friends- multiplayer. Get yr facts straight bfr condoning an open warfare.

And yes. I believe that you’re piss poor, rather thn “my pay is higher thn yr daddy’s pay” BS u told me bfr.

Ala rusty wat for u angry with him/her... gender problem la.. .. better stay away.... la...

jus trying to flame.. hahaha. see wat the 69 wanna say

i doubt he will reply.... hehehe gaming really start somewhere 32 or34 yr ago... so 15 is enuff to comment .... heheh there is tons of game already being played...

anyway just ignore la that guy... no need to flame flame takdapat duit pun flamming... hehe

both mgs and gta can make it to be atleast nominated as goty... but who gonna win then not sure... but a solid 1.3mill first day.. dammm thats alot...

Heard there will be a film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid and There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson will be involved(director still unconfirmed).......

Anyway if they want this to work, Kojima needs to be heavily involved in the storyline aspect.....how does this dude think about all this great story & gameplay huh???

Mana tau... not MGS4 or GTAIV win the GOTY....

boleh jugak....but if that happen this will be the year we know as the year a game surpassed both mgs and gta at its best....that will also mean that the industry is producing more quality games..

This post has been edited by Abdul Rahman: Jun 18 2008, 11:30 PM

Well, personal opinion of mine, both games shouldn't win GOTY because non-fans of the both these games wouldn't pick it up and play it even after they have seen and experienced the game.

I, myself, is not a fan of GTA and MGS, and I bought both because of the hype. I would say MGS4 has given me more incentive to continue but it doesn't hook me to the game until I can't let go of the controller. GTAIV, well, I've practically given up on it.

I hope GOTY goes to a game that will make people change their perception towards a genre.

i hope MGS4 never wins the GOTY. Lets keep this franchise strictly for its fans.Appreciation from the fans are enough, after all, we are the ones who are buying the game.

Gears of War 3: GOTY Edition

MGS series never win goty b4... but there is still chances winning this year... arue enuff wat u say... lets just the fans appreciate this one.. hehehe but im never a fan of previous series... started really play this one on portable ops... man i just say its awesome... hehehe the story telling is great even its just a comic strip style hehehe great game...

about making a film out of a game... mmmmmm... so far in the case of this.... the film will fail.... alot of movie fail badly when they make it from a game.... see what happen to alone in the dark... fail... hitman... fail... doom.... fail....DOA... too bad fail... man they turn to change the whole story to fit their own so i dont really want to see this in movie.. unless hideo kojima really really involve in it...

*****lil update actually the movie is on the move but still unclear of kojima involvement...

This post has been edited by mambo: Jun 19 2008, 12:45 PM

I thought MGS 1 won GOTY back in 98/99?

no, it didn't but it did got an Excellence Award(runner up) for Interactive Art at the 1998 Japan Media Arts Festival and in 2002 IGN's editors ranked it as the best PlayStation game ever......

WOW, because of this game....the PS3 topped both the Wii & 360 sales....
hey, did anyone know that one of Battlefield: Bad Company trailer make fun of MGS

yea.
redneck aggression on Snake

haha bf... heheh i like those trailer funny no offense to mgs fan.. but i just like it.. damm...

if GOTY goes to Wii title?... um, like Pokemon?

anyway, who cares about GOTY? as long as we enjoy the game that's it.

GOTY is just another cause of the hype.

They will always be. So just ignore them and enjoy the game.

MGS4 is the first game in history(as far as i remembered) to get perfect scores from Famitsu, IGN, Gamespot & X play.......

Well, GTA4 is the first one to get all perfect scores if you exclude Famitsu.....but GOTY or not...both of the games had done the industry proud..
P.S. Is an equivalent for an Academy Award needed for the game industry???...

for other news X play also gave a 5/5 for the partly Malaysian made GRID...

Mgs4 was epic!

MGS shouldn't just win GOTY award. It will be an insult. It should be given some lifetime achievement award or something just for the amount of innovation it have introduced to the gaming industry such as giving birth to the sneaking genre, hollywood level production values, the blending of reality and fiction, political and social awareness, postmodern story telling, occasional breaking the fourth wall moments, and always pushing the envelope of visual and sound presentation.

Playing MGS 4 with 5.1 surround in my room man, it's like watching a movie. I like how they fully utilized the surround sound as you can hear where enemies are coming from, especially during the boss fight, hence instead of relying on visual cues only, sound cues are just as important.

Kojima did afterall said that the theme of this game is senses.

quite a late comer, but just got some cash..
just ordere thru play asia =D =D

Game of the Year is a crap title.
It's the Game of the Lifetime!

Sorry to rain on your parade friend. Apparently Legend Of Zelda : Ocarina of Time got the honours earlier. Probably few other games before and after as well.

Gamespot - 10
IGN - 10
Famitsu 40
EGM - 10/10 - Platinum

That leaves out X-Play/Extended Play, which can easily be satisfied to give a perfect score, not sure if it existed yet back then.


Damn, me wishing for a PS3 now, even if only for this game.

I did know that Legend Of Zelda : Ocarina of Time is the first one to get perfect scores from IGN, Gamespot & Famitsu....but MGS4 is still the first to achieve that, if you include X-Play....anyway LOZ:Oot is still a classic...

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Added on June 24, 2008, 2:37 pmAs it turn out, Kojima insisted that this is only the last game for Solid snake & the last to be directed by him....

Supposedlly there will be a next installment....

This post has been edited by Abdul Rahman: Jun 24 2008, 02:37 PM

But honestly I believe OoT is overrated. Maybe it's just me because I got to OoT after Majora's Mask and Wind Waker, which, IMO are far more polished.

1.3K for a PS3 is really tempting now, with MGS4 out. I'm considering discarding the idea for a Wii unless Ninty pulls out another Zelda game out of their hats this E3.

As for Kojima, I remember the guy said he was hesitant to work on an MGS game after the pressure working on MGS2:Sons of Liberty. In the end he still came out with two better MGS's after that.

I believe that a great game has come to an end. Not necassary that MG titles are gone, its just that MGS 4 is done, and I hope to see a new franchise from the same team, minus Kojima or with him.

Though the game maybe said as epic (I haven't played it yet), its obviously clear that with 2 games having perfect scores already, I'm a bit fazed on how GOTY should be given to the 2, or perhaps other games from other consoles.

Man, when is a Nintendo DS game gonna be GOTY.

i wonder what he'll do with the next few death threats he'll receive

Yeah, maybe Oot is is a little overrated but this game is still at its time the best, and is still one of the best now....

PS3 got severals jaw dropping exclusive title like MGS4, Final Fantasy13 and God Of War 3...to name a few....but its your money and your pick

Does anybody know if kojima plans to do another ZOE?