This game is a mixed bag for me. It has some of the best moments that Metal Gear Solid has to offer but also some of the worst. The gameplay sections are hit or miss and the story stuff in the middle for me was annoying. I disliked most of the boss fights save for maybe the Mantis fight and Liquid Ocelot at the end. I wasn’t huge on acts 3 and 4 but I liked most things preceding and succeeding it.
There’s also so many cutscenes that it feels like the gameplay is there as an extremely brief respite. Some of the acts also had action set pieces which were also hit or miss for me. I actually thought I was gonna hate the game in act four because of how much I was annoyed. Act five and onwards made me appreciate the game despite all of the fan service and emotional manipulation lol
Overall I say I liked the cutscenes more than the game itself. Liquid was consistently awesome throughout the game and I liked Snake and Raiden’s arcs. I didn’t like Akiba, he’s not funny. Meryl should’ve been with me, not him. It’s not fair! Sunny was a little annoying but also endearing and some of the twists are more contrived than anything we’ve seen before. I’m usually all for Kojima bullshit but some of the stuff here was a little too much. However this “game” is basically a victory lap and I accept it for what it is but man I wish the game itself was better. I wasn’t huge on the globetrotting and the different acts being different levels. Some sections feel like they should be cool but they’re halfbaked compared to the movie length cutscenes.
What sucks is that I genuinely love the experience despite all of the negative things I had to say. Is this game garbage? No. Is it masterpiece? Not even close. However I do find it to be special and it’s something that I’ll cherish for a long time. I doubt I’ll play this game again anytime soon, I’ll just watch the cutscenes on YouTube or something lmao
The ending was beautiful as always. Metal Gear’s endings always hits. I’m glad I played this game and I’m glad that I actually bought a PS3 just to play through these games lmfao. I’ll probably play V on PC though. Anyways, MGS is probably my favorite video game series and despite MGS4’s extreme amount of flaws it is also an extremely epic conclusion to the mainline series. Bravo 🎉
There’s also so many cutscenes that it feels like the gameplay is there as an extremely brief respite. Some of the acts also had action set pieces which were also hit or miss for me. I actually thought I was gonna hate the game in act four because of how much I was annoyed. Act five and onwards made me appreciate the game despite all of the fan service and emotional manipulation lol
Overall I say I liked the cutscenes more than the game itself. Liquid was consistently awesome throughout the game and I liked Snake and Raiden’s arcs. I didn’t like Akiba, he’s not funny. Meryl should’ve been with me, not him. It’s not fair! Sunny was a little annoying but also endearing and some of the twists are more contrived than anything we’ve seen before. I’m usually all for Kojima bullshit but some of the stuff here was a little too much. However this “game” is basically a victory lap and I accept it for what it is but man I wish the game itself was better. I wasn’t huge on the globetrotting and the different acts being different levels. Some sections feel like they should be cool but they’re halfbaked compared to the movie length cutscenes.
What sucks is that I genuinely love the experience despite all of the negative things I had to say. Is this game garbage? No. Is it masterpiece? Not even close. However I do find it to be special and it’s something that I’ll cherish for a long time. I doubt I’ll play this game again anytime soon, I’ll just watch the cutscenes on YouTube or something lmao
The ending was beautiful as always. Metal Gear’s endings always hits. I’m glad I played this game and I’m glad that I actually bought a PS3 just to play through these games lmfao. I’ll probably play V on PC though. Anyways, MGS is probably my favorite video game series and despite MGS4’s extreme amount of flaws it is also an extremely epic conclusion to the mainline series. Bravo 🎉