Actually Konami has put some ridiculous restrictions on reviewers, but we can't confirm what they are. In the July EGM, Metal Gear Solid 4 is in the Reviews Wrap-Up section, which is the section for games that couldn't be reviewed enough to get a score yet and will be reviewed next issue. I'll take a small quote from the four page section they gave to MGS4 in the review wrap-up.
"Metal Gear Solid 4 will hit store shelves shortly after this issue of EGM lands in your hot little hands. And four EGM/1UP editors-Matt Leone, Jeremy Parish, Andrew Pfister and Shane Bettenhausen-have already invested plenty of time in the game. So why don't we have a full review this issue? Simply put: We weren't happy with the limitations Konami wanted to impose on our comments, and rather than publish compromised reviews in the interest of being the first to rate the game, we'd rather wait until next issue, where we can be completely open and thorough with our thoughts."
This sounds a bit foul on the part of Konami. All four editors go on to give a fair preview of what to expect with both small negatives and many positives for another 3 1/2 pages so what does everyone think the restrictions are? Could it be a certain review percentage that EGM has no intention of giving? Is it the install time and cut scene length as previously mentioned?
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