Metal Gear Solid

[megadave]

Going to pick it up tomorrow, anyone got it already? Whats it like?

[Ch3tan]

The box is nice. Haven't got it open yet though, and won't till well into next week

[Whipped]

Played for about 3 hours last night. I'm afraid it's going to be a love it or hate it for most people. Personally I'm loving it

Word of warning, get ready to play the game like you are watching a movie. Some pretty long cutscenes in there.

[Deacan]

I've just done the first boss, the game is awesome, the combat is so much better now.

The game has evolved from just a steath game, so a mix of everything, so you can play any way you want, want to be a ghost or John rambo, either way is acceptable.

I just love the fact you can use the wars going on around you to your advantage, the game also sounds insane on surround sound.

[ST^]

Just finished my replay of MGS2 (forgot how fucking awesome that was!)...... installing now

[ST^]

Fucking hell. I recently played all 3 previous MGS games so I can honestly say this plays SO much better than the others. Getting into firefights is no longer a punishment for getting spotted, but just another way of getting through a section. The shooting is so much better but so is the sneaking. Octocamo is a great evolution of MGS3's camo system.

I've got so many good things to say about it and I'm only just under 3 hours in. The action is non stop and the cut scenes are better than ever. MGS2 was my previous 'best game of all time' but I can easily see MGS4 taking that crown.

[Whipped]

Also, I love the fact that converstions with Octocan are animated now. No more reading hundreds of pages of text

[Deacan]

All I can say is holy s**t at the ending, awesome game.

Well time to whoop some ass online!

[Deebs]

Installing now..... First ever MGS outing for me.

Glad I upgraded my hard drive to a 320gb one (for around 70 squids).

[Whipped]

Well, it took me to the end of Act Two, but I finally remembered how to play a metal gear game and enjoy it. Just had to tear myself away after 6 hours of play, With a break for Doctor Who of course

[ST^]

Originally Posted by Deebs

Installing now..... First ever MGS outing for me.

Unfortunately, the story and characters will be completely lost on you :/ I replayed the series recently just to make sure I still remembered the story.

[Whipped]

As part of the Game pre-order I got a 30 minute DVD that goes through the back story of all the previous games to get you all caught up for the new one. Invaluabe.

[Yaka]

i never got that frigging dvd, i preordered mgs4 ages ago from a few sites.

[ST^]

I never got the DVD either. Whipped, was it an in-store preorder or online?

[Yaka]

well ive now got one le set from play.com and 4 others from hmv,gameplay and zavvi.
miffed as i missed out on the one with mgs3 as well