I've BEATEN MGS4 and...
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It's just not the same if you haven't actually beaten those games.
Strubes said:
not for me, MGS 1-3 are jewels of gaming, watching scenes, reading through them or whatever doesn't build the same emotional feeling than playing through the game and experiencing the gameplay, what i want is that once i get my hands on MGS4 feel like i'm coming back to the universe of MGS rather than playing a new game with a rather big background.
Strubes said:
yeah the difference is that i have not actually played them (just seen someone playing them). And i plan to makes my money's worth by buying AND beating all 3 of them....that way i can truly enjoy all that this series has to give, not just watching scenes of the endings i didn't see, no i will make my way through the game up to the end and feel the satisfaction of beating the final bosses, heck that's something a database can't give you the satisfaction of beating the bosses and the stages of metal gear solid.
this series has gotten a new hardcore fan and i'm gonna do what a fan does and play through all the series.
Iam new to this site and going through all the topics right now and i must say that ive played every MGS and MG game so far and MGS4 even without being part of the series and even if you don't like MGS games you can look at this one like MGS3 where it is and should be considered a work of art, they put so much attention to detail into the game that it is its own living and breathing world in a way. Ive beat the game 8 times and am working on my final 2 ranks which are Spider and Leopard right now, it never gets old.
Strubes said:
fan =/= harcore fan :lol.
and yeah i have a friend that will lend me his psp with metal gear portable ops and final fantasy VII crisis core and final fantasy tactics war of the lions (in exchange i will lend him my DS with the square-enix games he can't play because he lacks a DS) =P so yeah, everything is in my plan. or if i'm lucky i can get enough money to buy a psp and then get the 360 for my birthday present XD.
besides i never pointed out you were not a fan =P, i said this series has gotten a new fan and that i want to experience the emotional momments of the series that the database can't give you, if you got that from my message then you misunderstood it.
PS- i have watched every episode of naruto and i have a Itachi Uchiha cosplay 8), yes i'm hardcore naruto fan as well.
Strubes said:Baha, point taken. :lol
Though there's no rules on what sets a fan in the first place, so I'd consider myself an MGS fan.
that's true, a fan can be set up the second you play a game/watch an anime, but only hardcore fans go beyond the limit.
(i was actually thinking of getting twin snakes as well XD ) and good thing i still got the MGS from GBC, wich was one of my first gameboy color games, it was kinda hard (because my lack of english at that momment was a problem for understanding what to do) but now i just have to ask my cousin to mail it to me (because my GBC collection is in venezuela) so i can beat it.
I haven't read most of the posts in this topic, so I'm not sure if this issue has been addressed already, so don't mind me if it has.
The person in the first post said that this game was way beyond awesome. I'm a big fan of the Metal Gear Solid series. I think that they're great games, and I'm not surprised that the final MGS game lives up to the hype. From most people, I've only heard good things about it. However, calling it the best game ever seems like an overstatement. From experienced gamers, I have heard that there are areas in the game that could've been improved upon. For example, I hear that the terrain looks bad, and the cinematics are poorly planned (but that person still thinks the story is great).
It's hard to get a good grasp on what this game is like when everybody praises its awesomeness without analyzing its faults. As pointed out by Penny Arcade, people actually got mad that the game got a 9.3 from one website. 9.3 is an awesome score. Just because a game is good doesn't mean it deserves a 10. Perfect scores are given out too easily. 10's should only be given out rarely.
So, let me ask this. Game Informer gave this game a 10 out of 10. Does it really score that high?
The person in the first post said that this game was way beyond awesome. I'm a big fan of the Metal Gear Solid series. I think that they're great games, and I'm not surprised that the final MGS game lives up to the hype. From most people, I've only heard good things about it. However, calling it the best game ever seems like an overstatement. From experienced gamers, I have heard that there are areas in the game that could've been improved upon. For example, I hear that the terrain looks bad, and the cinematics are poorly planned (but that person still thinks the story is great).
It's hard to get a good grasp on what this game is like when everybody praises its awesomeness without analyzing its faults. As pointed out by Penny Arcade, people actually got mad that the game got a 9.3 from one website. 9.3 is an awesome score. Just because a game is good doesn't mean it deserves a 10. Perfect scores are given out too easily. 10's should only be given out rarely.
So, let me ask this. Game Informer gave this game a 10 out of 10. Does it really score that high?
A game can be considered the best even with glaring faults. I believe it deserves the 10/10 from Gam Informer, IGN, and a multitude of other sites/magazines. 10/10 doesn't mean perfect, it just means the highest score achievable. Of course no game is perfect. It all comes down to opinion though, and when you look at it like that, this game was the most complete game for me out of any I have ever played.
I'd say it's the other way around: Much of the media has the misconception that a 10/10 isn't a perfect game. If 10's are given to games with flaws, what do we give to the game that is truly perfect? How do we separate it from all the other games that got 10's.Strubes said:
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
We won't have a game that's truly perfect. Since it's all about opinions. And, alot of reviewers say that a 10/10 is the highest recommendation. Of course there will be flaws. And alot of games, if done well enough deserve the highest recommendation being a 10. I guess you can separate by genre or even series if you will.