It might not be a key aspect anymore, but you can certainly play it that way.

No spoilers but the highest trophy in the game is to kill no-one but bosses and only trip three alarms in the entire game.

Gotta be pretty sneaky to do that imo 

Huh?

It used to be from who?  Some people think IGN is the last word, some people have never trusted them.   There isn't one large group that's just flipflopping.

And most of the people commenting here seem to have played the game  they're just not all declaring this the best thing since yesterday.  Some happen to think that level headed evaluation is more important than feeling secure in your purchases and likes.

Personally, I can't complain about the game.  The gameplay is the best it's ever been, and the sound design may be the best in a war game right now.  More emphasis on gunfights with better stealth gameplay is exactly what I wanted from this series, and now I finally have it.  But what it is not is the validator or "savior" of the PS3 (along with fanboy egos), which I feel is what alot hyperbole is coming from 

Either way, IGN is still clown shoes.

 I have stated numerous times I am not one who cares for reviews, but for a very long time IGN was the main review many people have waited on. Maybe not in the last month or so, but for a very long before that... yes.

You can keep this argument going if you want, I see not need.

I wasn't calling you out now was I?

 I played both MGS4 and gears of war

to me MGS4>>>>>Geow

the genres are different but I am liking MGS4 much more as a whole package(i am new to franchise ) 

but to each his own 

 go search the website,,,you see 90% people in this site accept IGN only,,,it was in a long thread

I did not compare Gears to MGS4. I compared combat between the 2...as both are stick to walls, come out, fire and pull back.

MGS obviously has a more epic story and approach and is better in a lot of aspects...but core combat is not as good as Gears.

MGS4 totally deserves 10/10. hell it deserves 100/10. GTA IV is such an overrated game. I got MGS4 today and I played for 8 hours straight (well more like 6 and 1/2 if you exclude breakfast and lunch, and all the bathroom breaks.)

So because you choose to play it as a run and gun the combat is bad compared to Gears?

Can you play Stealth in Gears? Can you blend in with the opposing armies and essentially pick and choose sides during combat?

I see that as a HUGE No, meaning IMO combat is much superior.

I woud much rather have multiple ways to go into combat rather than 1, at least the game isn't exactly the same when I replay it.

To be honest, I am not going to continue with this thread. If MGS4 was all stealth and no run and gun option people would be bitching about that too. That is just the way it goes, no matter which game it is.

So are those 90% nowsaying IGN can't be trusted?  No, it's me (decidely never a part of that 90%) and maybe a couple others.  No one switched on it.  And I gave a reason, however basic, why I personally don't think their reviews are worth much, which has nothing to do with my opinion on this particular game.

 Nobody called you out directly though, so why are you getting so upset? If you know you do not fit into that criteria you should be content, I don't personally have a list of everyone here who trusts or doesn't trust IGN, I only go by what I see. Same with everyone else.