Zero Punctuation: Metal Gear Solid 4

[windbane]

finalsquall said:

Those who say you don't have to sneak much. Obviously you're playing on easy, killing everyone, getting spotted and alerts. The game on harder levels is hard and in many ways you are forced to stealth. Take the ship bow. If you get spotted once - you might as well reset the game as you will be fighting all night trying to get pass. Now I can get pass in 2 mins - but that is after working out the best route (which is one of many). You have to time your self and wait for the npc's to move.

Play hard or big boss extreme - you make even footsteps or they spot you running in the shadows, you can beat your ass a tranq gun is not going to save you. In the harder levels your tranquiler gun will require multiple shots to knock someone out and even that is not going to be easy i.e. alerts others.

I think the game is brilliant. I have played it through 4 times, and each time was different as I tried a different way, different tactic. Act 2 there are like three main routes you can take and intertwine them if you like.

I can't believe that people think the game is easy or boring ;/ oh, and the review was meh... funny but meh... I think the humor is a bit off - but maybe that's an Aussie vs the mother country taste - we have history you know :P

 

Yeah, although you can use the traq sniper, too, and that takes fewer shots.  But if you miss 1 guy the game goes into caution mode and there are even more guys to dodge.  It takes skill to not get spotted.

If you do get alert modes, it isn't easy to get through on the harder difficulties.  Either way is a challenge.

Also, I rarely use first-person mode, and yat mentioned that you have to hit 3 buttons.  It's 2 for over-the-shoulder, and a lot of games use a shoulder button to aim.  It's a great combo of 3rd person, rotating camera and over-the-shoulder shooting.  No one else has complained about the controls from what I've seen.

But, as always, the guy is funny.