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DTG on 09 June 2008
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Onimusha12 said:

Well at least this game will sell alot at launch, expect terrible legs though.

With this new revelation in the game's cut scene length MGS4 has confirmed everyone's suspisions that the franchises is drifting ever farther from the "Core" (Mass Appeal) audience and is venturing evermore into the realm of "Hardcore" (limited niche appeal) status.

This combined with an unanymously unimpressive online experience, I don't see this game fairing too well in the long run, but expect a huge launch.

I mean, just look at eveyone's first impressions on the game, half of them don't know what to make of the game while the rest make excuses for what they feel to be compromises or concerns in the game. I'm not saying this is a bad game, but when the most anticipated game of the generation comes out and the first thing people have to say about isn't, "OMG! THIS GAME IS BETTER THAN SEX!" (like they did with GTA4) it has to make you wonder.


Yeah you could be right. A few new European reviews today gave the game an 8 which really is below expectations for a game of this caliber.

Despite the divided opinions I would say this game is vastly superior to MGS3 though in both storyline and gameplay. That might not count for much considering I don't particularly like MGS3 when stacked up against the rest of the franchise but I think MGS4 will be one of those games that many people will hate while others will worship it as the best in the series. Only something as uncompromising as MGS4 can do that.

But it definitely is far away from mainstream. The flashbacks are quite frankly next to useless for newcomers and the storyline is so heavily based on all 3 past games and is so complex that if you're new to the series you will be very mind**** here and won't understand half of what's going on.