Riachu said:
I disagree. The controls were better than previous MGS games and the story didn't leave any cliffhangers like the previous MGS games. Previous MGS games had great gameplay and stories but MGS4 improved overall all of them.
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I can see why someone would like MGS4 the best, since it really is a great game, but I found it a bit flawed.
The story was all over the place (which was good at times and bad at times), and I wasn't fond of the whole "Old Snake" thing. The boses had the worst backstories in the whole series, and the whole "big brother/nanomachine" etc. was a bit over the top. I will say, though, that portrayal of the ravages of age on Snake's body was well done, as was the ending, which was quite emotional.
The gameplay, though improved in many areas (controls like you mentioned), felt 'contained', and had a lack of flow, which is probably due to a) The chapter system and b) the fact that Snake is always in different locations. This made the game feel less interactive (by far) then the other games in the series. I will say that the boss fights were amazing though (epecially Crying Wolf, which reminded me a bit of the fight against The End).
Overall, these gripes make me rate this game below MGS and MGS3 (which I consider masterpieces), not to say that it was a bad game...it was just a fairly dissapointing end to the series, which came after IMO the pinnacle of the series in MGS3.
