Since people like darth say this is the best game ever... I will balance him out.
MGS4 has the most cutscenes out of any metal gear solid. And probably a higher ratio of cutscene to gameplay than any other MGS. But, it is longer than MGS1,2,3 (atleast it was for me... so it's probably just as long gameplay wise). Peacewalker has the most gameplay content in the whole series excluding the substance/diddly do da packages. But is clunkier than MGS4.
However it's still a fantastic game underneath that. So skip them if the cutscenes or story is not your cup of tea (for me it wasn't the cutscenes it was the content in the cutscenes)... (I watched the cutscenes once then played through multiple times without, trying different things.
I'm a huge fan of the MGS series and loved the first two stories... as well as peace walkers and ghost babels. But this games still a blast if you skip the cutscenes because youre not satisfied with them (or maybe you will be). And you should at the very least rent it if at all interested. Even with all my critisiscms it's still probably a top 10 maybe top 15 ps3 game for me.
The multiplayer... I haven't played it in a long while... but It wasn't fun for me. But I don't like most multiplayer.
