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| From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  211 reviews
Sales Rank: 15
Format: Playstation
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 6.5 x 0.5
MPN: 20160
Model: 20160
UPC: 083717201601
EAN: 0083717201601
ASIN: B000FQ2D5E
Release Date: June 12, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Although little is known, MGS4 is being touted as the final installment in the Metal Gear Solid series. | | • | Chameleon-like camouflage system, Octacamo, blends Snake into his surroundings. | | • | Loads of characters from previous Metal Gear Solid installments will return in this final chapter. | | • | Slated for simultaneous worldwide release in June 2008, Konami has released very few details about MGS4. | | • | Built for the PS3, the game is expected to be the finest representation of the console's graphics |
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, is a next-gen experience complete with top-of-the-line graphics and surround sound designed for the Sony PlayStation 3. Featuring the most revealing display of Kojima Production's premier title, MSG4 details the world where Snake must under go his final mission. In a world overrun by private military companies (PMCs), wars are no longer fought over nations or ideologies. Instead, the wars of the future are micro-managed by overarching PMCs, right down to the bullet. New gadgets and abilities fuel Snake's journey deep into the enemy domains of the Middle East, South America, and beyond. New gear includes "Metal Gear Mk. II," the ultimate reconnaissance tool, and "Solid Eye," which gives Snake real-time information on enemies and his surroundings. 
Old timer Snake returns for what is slated as the final installment in the Metal Gear series. View larger. | 
New and old characters abound in MGS4. View larger. | 
PMCs have run amok and the world is at war. View larger. | 
Octacamo will help Snake blend into surroundings. View larger. | Joined by a familiar cast of characters, Snake must once again return to the battlefield to confront his lifelong rival, Liquid Ocelot, who is manipulating the world's wars from the one world where soldiers will always have a place. But Liquid Ocelot is not the only one who will be able to manipulate the world's wars--Snake can destabilize opposing forces by working behind the scenes, supporting the local militia as they fight PMCs, creating a smokescreen that allows Snake to move freely within the war-zone. MGS4 is a next-generation adventure set in the aftermath of MGS2: Sons of Liberty. The concept behind the latest Metal Gear Solid project is "no place to hide," and this edition in the series will force Snake into unexpected circumstances with an all-new storyline that breaks away in some ways from the previous MGS franchise entries. We don't want to spoil it for you, but, producer Hideo Kojima did reveal some very juicy tidbits about the game and the storyline when it was first announced at E3 of 2006. "Until now," said Kojima, "we've released two entries of the MSX2 Metal Gear series, and three entries in the Metal Gear Solid series. Add to this Portable Ops, and you get a total of six titles. All mysteries will be cleared up in Metal Gear Solid 4." Kojima was very clear about the finality of MSG4, leaving gamers to wonder, "Will Snake die?!" When asked if the story will come to this sort of an end, Kojima responded without the slightest bit of vagueness, "It will come to an end." The MGS4 E3 trailer showed a number of characters from the Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid histories. This final installment is sure to deliver loads of cameos, in fact, it is rumored that nearly all the characters from the series will make an appearance. In addition to a return of classic Metal Gear Solid characters, the gameplay systems from part three are also expected to make a comeback. The camouflage system from part three will make it into MGS4, with the addition of "OctoCamo," Snake's most advanced stealth suit to date. The name appears to be formed from the words "Octopus" and "camoflauge," and players will be awestruck by the chameleon-like camo that changes with the surroundings. OctoCamo allows Snake to blend in with his environment as it digitally manifests nearby textures in real time. Think if it this way, if Snake is standing next to a wall worn out with holes, he too will appear to be riddled with holes. It has also been revealed that MGS4 will have online play, but no specifics have been released. Although very little information is known about the game's visuals, rumor has it that MGS4 is expected to be the finest representation of console graphics on the PS3, and it is expected that they will just get better and better as the game nears its release date.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 206 more reviews...
 didn't care for mgs4 July 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got it to play a video game not watch a crappy movie. I want to play a game not watch hours of stories. The bad thing is to skip the stories you have to press start 4-5 times in a row.I guess if your life is not complete without the metal gear series you will like it. The graphics are great. It seemed easier than other metalgears.If you are in your 30's living in mom's basement with nothing better to do then you will love it.
 Never played MGS... but this game is awesome! July 9, 2008
First of all, let me start off by saying that I've never played a Metal Gear Solid game in my life. This is a review for Metal Gear newbies like myself that are wondering whether or not to plunk down some cash for the 4th (or 6th?) installment in the series. (In all good faith, I will disclose that I did play a few hours of the original Metal Gear 20 years ago on the Nintendo, but those memories are a blur and so don't count!)
I had read a lot of the Amazon reviews before buying Metal Gear Solid 4, especially the 3-star reviews complaining about 'long cut scenes.' I highly recommend reading through some of these, so that you know what to expect before you buy. I'll give you my take on it, and you can decide for yourself once you play the game.
For a number of years there has been a trend of convergence between movies and video games. The two medias complement each other well. Movies' strengths are story, content and drama; video games' strengths are interactivity, intense action and virtual digital worlds. Both are very creative mediums, both are critically evalutated, and consumers of both have high expectations and are very resistant to change.
Metal Gear Solid 4 is the closest that anyone has come to merging a movie and a game into a single entertainment experience. And somehow Hideo Kojima (video game designer and director of the Metal Gear series) figured out a way to make it fun also! This is the type of game that you pick up for a few minutes, and next thing you know 4 hours have gone by and you're trying to figure out how much sleep you REALLY need before that early meeting tomorrow morning. Needless to say, it is hard to put the controller down.
For me, the experience is like watching a movie (all drama and the main plot/storyline are handled during the cutscenes), but I get to be in control of all the action sequences. What more could one ask for?? I get to kick back and relax while the story develops, and when killin' is a-called for, then I get to make the decisions.
Personally, I believe this is the best game available for the PS3. The graphics are nothing short of amazing, sound effects are accurate (and necessary if you want to avoid trouble), and the game is a ton of fun. MGS4 is going to set the stage for many more big production games over the next several years.
For those Metal Gear newbies like myself concerned about losing themeselves in the complex story.. don't fret! The story is entertaining enough on it's own, and it's not hard to figure out the good guys from the bad guys without all the background. The storyline is also very linear, and your objectives at each stage are crystal clear. I recommend reading the Metal Gear primer here to catch up on all the people & organizations in past games: [...]
The one downside to MGS4 is the plot. It's like watching a big summer blockbuster, where it starts off OK but gets overcomplicated about a third of the way in and spends the rest of the movie falling apart. Kojima begins things with some entertaining and somewhat relevant commentary on private military contractors, allusions to the permanent military industrial complex, and technological change in the way we wage war in the modern age. But then the story meanders into nano-machines, the mutating FOXDIE virus, and out-of-control AIs. In the end, I feel the movie elements of the game suffered from a lack of firm direction. Do you want sci-fi? Action? Drama? Tie up loose ends from 2 decades of older games? Well, MGS4 makes an ambitious attempt to do all of these, but ends up with a mediocre 'C' effort from a hollywood movie critic perspective.
Overall, I would rate this game a solid 10/10, 5/5, A, or whatever 'perfect score' you prefer. It pushes the evolution of video games to the next level, play-wise it's great fun, and graphics/sound are better than anything I've seen.
I can only hope that we'll see more efforts along the same lines of Metal Gear Solid 4 in the not-so-distant future. Now let's see who is bold enough to forge a partnership with a major movie studio that can bring a real script, improved acting, and some serious Hollywood production cash into the picture!
Best game for the PS3 console July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been waiting so long for this game...and it didn't disappoint me at all. I can assure you all that you won't find a game with all the graphics, sound, gameplay and the story for it is awesome....10/10!!!
Made me go replay the series July 8, 2008
MGS4 is simply what fans of the series have been waiting for. Hours and hours of gameplay, an unlimited amount of cool stuff to find out about, and there are SO many ways to play the game. If you are a fan of the Metal Gear series, you're gonna love 4, and if you're new to the series, its super easy to get started with.
I had played the original Metal Gear Solid about 6 or 7 years ago and it was amazing for its time. I had dabbled with Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 but never really was able to get into them. When I saw the ad for 4, I knew I had to have it. After playing it, I went to Wal-Mart, bought a PS2 (since my PS3 is a 40GB) and the Metal Gear Trilogy pack. I have a whole new appreciation for these games after playing 4.
If you have a PS3, it would be a SIN not to own this game! Simply perfect.
Great game, IF you love the series July 8, 2008
This is, so far, one of the best ps3 titles available (circa July 2008). It has "all things fans love and detractors hate". What do I mean? A lot of people complain about the overtly cinematic nature of the game. Yes, like all other Metal Gear Solid Games (except for Portable Ops for PSP, mainly because of the PSP's technical limitations), this is 30-40% gameplay and the rest is made from a whole bunch of dialogue and cutscenes. But Metal Gear Solid has always been that way; "and the kids just love it!" (sorry for the KMFDM pun). It sure has an overtly complicated and sometimes absurd storyline (like all oher MGS games, so this isn't really a drawback at this point).
After a whole bunch of MGS titles being written, produced and directed by Hideo Kojima one can easily know what to expect (and what not) from a new chapter in the series. If you loved all the other mgs titles, you'll feel right at home with this one (even with the stealth-in-the-battlefield tweaks, over the shoulder camera, and all that stuff they put in to appeal other gamers). If you hated all other chapters of Snake and Big Boss's history, you'll hate this one, too. It's just that simple.
Of course, if you don't know a speck about the other MGS games, you should give them a try, in the order they were released. Konami has released a nifty trilogy pack; or you can just rent the first one; if you like it, go on with the others. If not, STOP RIGHT THERE; you saw it, you disliked it, and the others are more or less the same in terms of structure and gameplay, with some minor tweaks here and there for each game (but if you hated the first one, what's the point in playing the others? Metal Gear is something you must enjoy to get the most of it).
Long-long cutscenes and radio/codec sequences, absurd and needlessly complicated stories (each one with its share of plot holes, we must admit), stealth-focused gameplay, Japanese references all over the place, blah blah blah, is what Metal Gear Solid has been all about since the very beginning (since 1998 at least, the old-school Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 games are a slightly different story). And all that stuff is here, in MGS4. So, if you are buying it, you should know what you're paying for. Nothing more, nothing less.
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