Been playing MGS4 for a while now... and... I dont know. Not as awe struck as most are about it. I think its mostly do to Kojima's story telling methods and the story itself.
Honestly it reminded me quite a bit of Pirates of the Caribean 3. A whole lot of stuff happens, but in the end it really doesnt matter that it happened. Double, triple, quadruple crosses, ridiculous plot twists that come out of the blue simply to complicate things, and so on. I admit there are some excellent sequences, great moments and so on, but a lot of it seems stuck in mediocre land.
Whats worse is that I still dont see the need for hour and a half cut scenes in a game in this day and age when the actual gameplay easily matches the cinematics; couldnt they have worked it into the gameplay and made it all the more awesome to play this already exciting game.
That said, the gameplay is an incredibly improvement of the last few iterations of the game and it looks like Kojima figured out what worked, what didnt, and how to really stream line the gameplay. It is great fun and makes me all the more disapointed I dont do more if, Id much rather be playing this game then watching cut scenes.
Honestly it reminded me quite a bit of Pirates of the Caribean 3. A whole lot of stuff happens, but in the end it really doesnt matter that it happened. Double, triple, quadruple crosses, ridiculous plot twists that come out of the blue simply to complicate things, and so on. I admit there are some excellent sequences, great moments and so on, but a lot of it seems stuck in mediocre land.
Whats worse is that I still dont see the need for hour and a half cut scenes in a game in this day and age when the actual gameplay easily matches the cinematics; couldnt they have worked it into the gameplay and made it all the more awesome to play this already exciting game.
That said, the gameplay is an incredibly improvement of the last few iterations of the game and it looks like Kojima figured out what worked, what didnt, and how to really stream line the gameplay. It is great fun and makes me all the more disapointed I dont do more if, Id much rather be playing this game then watching cut scenes.