billy07 on 07 April 2008
| SlorgNet said: Personally, I think MGS4 is going to blow everything Kojima has previously done out of the water. MGS was a superb game, but it had two big problems. (1) A storyline which didn't know when to quit -- too many conspiracies, double and triple crosses, characters pulling off a mask to reveal they were someone else, and (2) characters which were still too close to war movie stereotypes (example: the horrible sexist lines about Meryl's rear end). MGS2 had tremendous aspirations as a game, but never came close to realizing them. It's one long codec conversation, interspersed with occasionally brilliant, occasionally frustrating gameplay, and the characters are just not developed enough for us to truly care about them. MGS3 was a highwater mark, because it had the right balance of powerful, multidimensional characters and thrilling gameplay. MGS3 also had some of the finest writing, voice acting, and plot twists of any media work ever created - we're talking the quality level of a Hayao Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon. MGS4 clearly has fantastic gameplay, and the tiny bit we know of the plot is already enough to make the mind reel. June 12th can't come too soon. |
