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coolestguyever on 21 October 2008

I have it...(leaves thread)



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DTG on 21 October 2008

Why do people complain about the lenghy cutscenes in mgs and never complain about lack of cutscenes or deep storyline in other games?



king_of_the_castle on 21 October 2008
DTG said:

Why do people complain about the lenghy cutscenes in mgs and never complain about lack of cutscenes or deep storyline in other games?


I don't know about lack of cutscenes, but not having a deep enough story does get criticized in many games. Gears of War comes to mind.



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Chris Hu on 21 October 2008

MotorStorm sold a lot of copies through bundles so MGS4 is really the third best selling PS3 game which isn't bad for a game that been out less then five month.



niksta2 on 21 October 2008

Because MGS isnt for everyone

 

hell, I bought the Essentials Collection and I don't plan of finishing mgs3

it's just so.....oldschool I guess...and the gameplay just kinda gets old after a while, like hunting for snakes and frogs doesnt really add anything to the appeal



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Kantor on 21 October 2008
Cueil said:
frybread said:
Cueil said:
Giant mechs... world controlled since the 1800s by a group of select individuals and now by a computer system... everything is controlled and soldiers are injected with micro computers that regulate their ability to feel emotion... that's a bit over the top for most people... those people buy Splinter Cell instead if they buy any stealth action game.

 

 Don't forget about the arm that possesses people.  I'm surprised this series sells as well it does for being so over the top.

 

 

what surprises me is that people actually look at this and think that this game is better than Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory... Stealth Action still hasn't reached that bar... hours of crazy story can't match the increadibly griping story that is completely grounded in a possible reality that SC is.  I love me some MGS, but it takes it way to far... that arm thing... <_<  that was a bit much... I know everyone wanted Liquid back, but that was crazy.

Splinter Cell used to be close to MGS (if not equal) in quality. Then they released Double Agent and killed the series.

Don't worry, MGS4 and Chaos Theory are both in my top 10 favourite game list. MGS4 is higher, though.



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kabhold on 22 October 2008
Kantor said:
Cueil said:
frybread said:
Cueil said:
Giant mechs... world controlled since the 1800s by a group of select individuals and now by a computer system... everything is controlled and soldiers are injected with micro computers that regulate their ability to feel emotion... that's a bit over the top for most people... those people buy Splinter Cell instead if they buy any stealth action game.

 

 Don't forget about the arm that possesses people.  I'm surprised this series sells as well it does for being so over the top.

 

 

what surprises me is that people actually look at this and think that this game is better than Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory... Stealth Action still hasn't reached that bar... hours of crazy story can't match the increadibly griping story that is completely grounded in a possible reality that SC is.  I love me some MGS, but it takes it way to far... that arm thing... <_<  that was a bit much... I know everyone wanted Liquid back, but that was crazy.

Splinter Cell used to be close to MGS (if not equal) in quality. Then they released Double Agent and killed the series.

Don't worry, MGS4 and Chaos Theory are both in my top 10 favourite game list. MGS4 is higher, though.

Ya I didn't care for double agent as well.

 



Spankey on 22 October 2008
frybread said:
Cueil said:
Giant mechs... world controlled since the 1800s by a group of select individuals and now by a computer system... everything is controlled and soldiers are injected with micro computers that regulate their ability to feel emotion... that's a bit over the top for most people... those people buy Splinter Cell instead if they buy any stealth action game.

 

 Don't forget about the arm that possesses people.  I'm surprised this series sells as well it does for being so over the top.

 

Lol

The first MGS game I've ever played fully was MGS4. The only other one I partly played was the first one on the PS1 and I didn't finish it because I had to return the copy to the shop and basically forgot about it after the shop closed down.

And even I know why and how the arm posessed that person (no spoilers)

How?

The MGS database is on the PSN and includes all storylines and background for the game that I needed to enjoy MGS4, and if you actually watched the cutscenes and payed attention to what was going on you might have figured it out too.

But this game is not for everyone, just like flight sims aren't. so if you didn't enjoy the game, thats too bad. many others do and will continue to enjoy it.



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Spankey on 22 October 2008
KylieDog said:
Spankey said:

 

Lol

The first MGS game I've ever played fully was MGS4. The only other one I partly played was the first one on the PS1 and I didn't finish it because I had to return the copy to the shop and basically forgot about it after the shop closed down.

And even I know why and how the arm posessed that person (no spoilers)

How?

The MGS database is on the PSN and includes all storylines and background for the game that I needed to enjoy MGS4, and if you actually watched the cutscenes and payed attention to what was going on you might have figured it out too.

But this game is not for everyone, just like flight sims aren't. so if you didn't enjoy the game, thats too bad. many others do and will continue to enjoy it.

 

 

The one that says Big Boss is a snatcher?

 

That database is evidence of Kojima loosing his mind.

Like I said, I haven't played much of any of the older games so I've only got that info to go on.

Perhaps that gave me an advantage in MGS4?

 



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Kantor on 22 October 2008
KylieDog said:
Kantor said:

There was a lot more than 3 hours of gameplay, even on easy.

 

 

Nah, you can do a Big Boss emblem run in 2 hours 30 minutes, if you don't mind getting spotted or killing people you can beat the game in under 2 hours.

You can't get the Big Boss emblem on your first playthrough, and I doubt anybody is good enough to go through the entire game in two hours until, what, their tenth playthrough? And if they've kept playing that long, it says a lot about lasting appeal, doesn't it?



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