MGS4 vs GTAIV

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Having played 27 hours of GTA4 and beating Metal Gear Solid 4, there is no doubt in my mind that Metal Gear Solid 4 gets my vote. Metal Gear Solid 4 took gaming to a level that no other form of media can ever reach, while GTA4 continued to be the same mess it has been since 3. In fact I would even go as far as to say that San Andreas VS. Metal Gear Solid 4 would have been a better comparision, but even at that Metal Gear Solid 4 is on another level. Personally I do not even consider Metal Gear Solid 4 a game. It is so far and above anything else ever descrbed with that word the I see it as a new entity.

Why Metal Gear Solid is Beyond a Game:
-Easy to follow game play that gives the perfect balance of linear gameplay and an open ended approach.
-The ability to play the game your way, Stealth/FPS/Over the shoulder, and Guns Blazing/ Trigger happy but smart/tranquilize/incapasitate
-Simple yet deep controls that make it easy for new comers or more casual people, while alowing the hardcore to really have some fun.
-An amazing Story that is told in a way that is only possible with medium that it is on.
-Charicters that feel alive, with depth beyond anything I have ever seen in a scipted performance.

Up until this Fiday MSG1 was my favorite game of all-time, and ever since I played it I have been waiting for a game that exceed it and become the vision of what I believed a game should be after my first experiance with Metal Gear Solid. Metal Gear Solid was an great game, but I expected big things of it and felt that I came away happy to see more Metal Gear, yet my expectations had not been met. Final Fantasy X was one game that came out and rwally made a serious attempt at reaching my vision, and in a small way it did, but it just lacked the moment I was looking for. After that three games made a run at it falling just short, Metal Gear Solid 3, and God of War 1/2 were all spectacular, but each missed the mark in one catagory or another. Now for the first time ever a game has actually done it. Metal Gear Solid 4, had the hype, i bought into it more than any game in the history of my gaming life, and have finally not been let down.

Thank You to Kojima and all of the people at Kojima Productions, your hard work and dedication, have payed off.