Well, I just finished Act 2, and it's been pretty much what I'd expected.The ratio of movie to gameplay is a little boring at times, and the dialogue gets to be trying on my patience and/or sanity. "I am telling you something. Now I am telling it to you again in a slightly different way. Now I am using a metaphor to explain it in even simpler terms." Shut up already, I understood the first time, now make with the story, please. I'm officially convinced that Kojima could turn the book "Fun with Dick and Jane" into a 4 hour movie if he felt the inclination to do so.
It's definitely a pretty looking game. The gameplay is a step up from the older MGS games, though the controls and movement can still be occasionally infuriating. Whenever I try to go from standing to crouching while moving rather slowly and Snake decides to dive forward, I feel the urge to chuck the Dualshock through the screen.
Also in the "stuff I now remember bugging me about previous MGS games" would be Snake's voice. Hayter sounds like someone's 2-pack a day smoker grandfather doing an impression of Christian Bale doing his overly raspy Batman voice. I've found it far more enjoyable to re-perform Snake's dialogue to myself in my head in the voice of Lorenzo Music. (Garfield from the old cartoons.) Makes it far more tolerable, and works better than some of the other voices I've tried mentally replacing it with. (Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie from the Vacation movies, Christopher Walken, and Master Shake all were decent, but don't strike me as quite as funny as Garfield angrliy grumbling about everything.)
I am enjoying it despite the few issues I have with it. I'm kind of terrified of moving into the latter portions of the game where I'm guessing the cutscene tally ramps up, but it's the weekend, so what the hell else would I be doing instead? I'll probably post some more thorough impressions once I finish it.
The dedication you show to any particular console or company is inversely proportional to the number of times you have gotten laid. If you get laid enough, even if you prefer a certain brand, you just don't give enough of a shit to argue about it on the internet.
