Metal Gear Solid 4. I didn't really wanted to play this game until I was able to purchase an HDTV because I wanted it to look the best it can on my TV. I decided to neglect that thought when one of my classmates offered to let me borrow MGS4 if I let him borrow Kingdom Hearts. We made the trade and that following night I inserted the game into my PS3.

OMG TIS GAME IS THE !

I've never seen anything so pretty in my life! When the first install came up and gave me a warning to sit as far as way as possible from the screen and try to play in a well lity area and avoid when tired. I was thinking that these graphics must be so good that they can kill. Even that install screen with Snake smoking a cig looked wonderful and when the opening cinematics came in. I wasn't sure if this was really a game or a movie I was watching.

At the time I was playing Uncharted 2 a lot so when I started gameplay on this I was frustrated because I was trying to take cover with O, X to jump, and Square to for stealth attacks. it took me a while to readjust and I think some button changes were made from MGS3 to 4. The beginng portions of the game were confusing for me because they were a lot more non-linear than the other games and it wasn't as clear to well were to go. After my few frustrations with it though I loved the game.

The story in this game is one of the most touching I've ever witnessed in the game. I still got confused though on plenty parts through the story, but the stuff that i did understand was great. the characters of Old Snake, Liquid Ocelot, Drebin, Meryl, and Johnny give the best performances. I was awed at the last portion of the game where Snake went into that microwaved hall with the MKIII and Raiden was trying to hold off against about 20 soldiers with no arms and holding his sword in his mouth and during that whole time when you were struggling through that tunnel on the top screen it showed the rest of the cast fighting for their lives in a battle that seemed impossible to survive. I was mashing that triangle button like crazy when snake was crawling on that floor and his health was dwindling away. I was like "DON'T DIE ON ME! PLEASE DON'T DIE ON ME SNAKE!"

My god that was a truly tense moment and that final battle with Liquid Ocelot was truly the best boss fights ever in any video game. I thought at first I was only going to watch it until I saw the classic health bar come up and the music change to the classic MGS1 theme. Man was that a great fight.

The game walso had a wonderful ending too. It kept me on my toes wondering about Snake's fate. My mother was in the room when I was playing at the part when Snake was at the cemetary. My little brother was also in the room too and when Snake put thaty gun into his mouth I almost didn't want to look at the screen. My mother told me not to playing games like that with my little brother in the room. When that shot was fired man I was hurt.

Raiden's moment with Rose and his son was touching too and my mom who hasn't played games since Duck Hunt, but started back on ocassion with Wii Sports even commented on that part. man does Kojima write a good story. I'm wodering if he really just did it alone. It just seems to complex and epic for one person to come up with alone.
I was astonished when credits came up and the VA for Big Boss showed up. I was trying tot hink if he ever spoke in the game at all and he might have did in a flashback or something, but when the screen changed and revealed what really happened my question was answered. Iw as confused in these last few moments. This scene to me seemed like it went on for a bit too long. I think all I got from it was that Snake wasn't going to release a civilization destroying virus afterall for whatever reason and was going to live out his life for what little time he had left due to his aging.

This game was great overall and I only had a few issues with it. One being the installs. I don't like waiting to play my games. I think they should've just had one big download for the game instead of several small ones. Second I think they could have integrated more gameplay during the custscenes because sometimes it drags on for a little too long. Third I would have to say that the majority of the boss fights suck in this game. I was thinking that the boss fights were going to top MGS3's but they didn't. The B&B unit had some aweful gameplay to me. The only one I thought was decent was the one against Laughing Octopus. Speaking of the B&B I heard on AoTS one time that Kojima modeled the unti after real life super models. No wonder they were all fine and I couldn't help but let each one of them grab me.

I was really disappointed on those boss fights, but at least the giant robot battle and the final one against your twin were great.

MGS4 stands high on top for me for one of the best games ever. A 9.5/10.