Gamesradar MGS -9/10 "too self indulgent, destroys MGS3's gameplay pacing"

[rocketpig]

DTG said:
I don't point out the positives because they're quite obvious to anyone who has played a MGS game before, and it's quite redundant to restate as there is a majority of positive and outright fanboyish reviews out there detailing the qualities of the game extensively.

I think people should be more aware of the complaints instead because this is a franchise that is very dividing and some if not many of the new fans who joined on board amidst all the hype will find themselves disappointed unless aware of controversial aspects of the game and series.

Personally I find myself more more excited for the game due to the 9 and 8 reviews and their complaints, because it is exactly the series self indulgent, overly introspective and cinematic nature that draws me to it. So rather than looking at this as a negative I actually view it as a pro. On the otherhand the perfect score reviews fail to excite me because of their "politically" correct nature of chiming along with the mainstream view by not mentioning the self indulgent, overly cinematic nature of the game in positive light -rather simply ignore it.

Though we disagree strongly on the nature of MGS's story, I couldn't agree with the bolded more.

Just one more reason why videogame reviewers suck at their jobs. Failing to mention something as big as cutscenes (they don't even have to mention length) and fragmented gameplay later in the game (because of frequency of cutscenes) is flat-out irresponsible, even if the reviewer enjoyed that part of the game.