MGS4 Gameplay - Snake Is A Dirty Old Man

[Sqrl]

ckmlb said:

Sqrl said:
This was one of the games I was really looking forward to and I have to say that I think we watched different videos.

I thought the statue thing was neat, but my first thought was how many times am I going to need to hide when there is a statue right there for me? The barrel I liked until he rolled in it...I am trying to figure out how those PMCs got knocked out by a barrel rolling at like 0.5 mph.

The graphics look amazing, but I was expecting that. The AI looked pretty weak and the PMCs seemed oblivious to snake even when he is right in front of their face.

The rest of it was honestly stuff I was expecting. I don't want you guys to get the wrong impression the game looks great, no doubt. But at no point did I get a "wow" or anything close to it when watching this and I was extremely looking forward to the video. I saw what I expected and honestly not much more. This game is going to be AAA and its going to fly off the shelves and probably will sell some consoles as well, but I can't help but feel like I watched a different video.

Have you played former MGS games cause the gameplay system has been completely overhauled and that is the best thing about this video. They took the great stealth action and perfected it but fixed the combat which was MGS' weakest bit and made it great.

So this MGS should automatically blow away former games in the series.

Yes I have played them, that is why I was looking forward to this video. I agree there are definately some different elements to the way the game works but a complete overhaul? There are still a lot of similar if not identical ways the game works. I did like that they simplified the camo system, that will be very nice. But its still 3rd person (unless you choose to go FPS, but why?) and you still spend a lot of time fiddling with menus.

Once again, I am not saying it doesn't look like a fun game. Its just not all that different from what I was expecting. I don't know how to explain it other than that. And just for the record I was actually hoping for the wow factor in the video because I have been trying for months now to find some reason that will finally help me decide on my second console. As it stands MGS4 is still one of the top reasons for a PS3 but it didn't push me over the edge with this video. I'm going to have to do some more "wait and see" and hopefully one of them will catch my eye by x-mas '08. I am pretty patient so I can wait (except for SMG !!! oh those bastards).

Just to make sure its clear, I AM NOT BASHING THIS GAME. I really want to make sure you get that. I still think this is going to be a very fun game and I recognize that it has new elements added but they just weren't things that made me say "whoa!". Maybe I just had rediculous expectation or something but it just didn't wow me. Sorry. But hey, if it did wow you then by all means enjoy!