Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriot - Personal review 1

Got the game yesterday, took the normal version instead of the Limited Edition becoz the Asia Limited Edition seems to be a big ripped off with just an additional "The making DVD" u get to paid another RM100.....no OST, Dog Tags, and MGS tin can....as free gift.....even the box art looks 100% similar to the normal one.

Front and back cover art

Got myself a poster for free along with the normal edition, the poster is quite nice and definitely something a fan should not have missed (it is given for free why on earth would you want to missed it).

A poster of Snake fading into pieces

This is also the first PS3 game that got me hook straight for 5 hours....non-stop gaming until 1am, this havent happen to me since i graduated frm my University. To be honest havent played any game that good and attractive on PS3 before, the graphic pawns every single next-gen (now current-gen) game. DMC4 and GTA4 (lol all in their fourth) are nothing in front of it.

Now no more watching online, watch it in the game

The manual for the game is really nice too, although the cover art was just the same as the cover of the box but the inside is fill with goodies that are nice and easy to read. It is the thickest PS3 manual i ever have so far. Full of comic style description and tutorials for you to understand the controls and mechanism of the game.

Manual book

The manual is full of comic

CQC walkthrough

MGO comic and some instruction

At the last section of the manual it even comes with a comic on the upcoming MGO (metal gear online) and it has some instruction on acquiring an account for the MGO so you can start playing the Beta game (is it beta?) before it is launch at year end.


So like almost all those current high quality PS3 game, it also required us to install some stuff into our PS3 HDD and it take 8 minute and during that time you can look at Old Snake taking his Cigarette.....this is the game that you can see smoking non-stop and up close......

This warning sign arent really persuasive with Snaking smoking at the back

Ok finally into the game, now after 4 years of waiting we no longer need to feed ourself with those online trailers and irresponsible spoiler review video anymore. We get to feel the game graphic and cinematic by ourselves. All I would have to said is man this game looks great and just like wat Kojima has been telling us, those cinematics scene are real time gameplay....and the quality of those cinematics are CG alike with godlike expression and background movement.....it pawns wat we saw in the DMC4.

Like all recent game, the starting menu part is render in real time, press start and you get to see a list of selection. One of them are Metal Gear Online, by pressing this, you will start installing the MGO into your PS3 which take another few minutes.....but this is not in my today story.

MGO ver1.01 is now out

The new VR training here is call VR Range....in this section you will bring into a virtual reality with lots of foe standing still and waiting for you to shoot them. You can tried it with the default weapons you got or some others frm the battlefield tat you manage to pick back.

This time during the gameplay you can listen to Ipod....you can browse the manual just like a real Ipod. There are some podcast to listen to but it is just to noisy and spoild the game mood, still prefer the original BGM. Wonder if later I can listen to songs of my own in game or not?

Listen to some music duting VR serction

Ok ok ok From here onwards it may contain SPOILERS so view at your own risk....
First right after you start the game....you get to view some real live video scene....and guess whose there! David Hayter himself wearing and MGS Solid Eye! The woman asking him question sure looks like the Old Ada!

Dun get wat this is for! But said hello to David Hayter.

The woman interviewing David.....

In game scene with Snake in the middle east outfit, there are really a lot of cutscenes in this game but it wont take any loading time....and like wat i said earlier they are all in CG quality. U feel the earth shake, dust blowing, dirt on the screen....

Being chase by some metal COW (becoz they mwhuu like cows), and end up seeing this funny scene....No Place For Hideo...

Is his staff not happy with him and want him squash in the box?

Some flashback during the game, and snake is really old now. Otacon now looks so details but Mr Campell looks younger now is it becoz of her new wife??? Rosemary (I think you guys who play the game know who she is).

Do you guys agree that he look younger?

Now the codec for the Snake is so nice, it even comes with video and color screen....technology sure has advance. You can still look around using the Right Analog.

After continues playing non-stop for 4 hours plus and finish of Act 1....It bounce another install screen....so funny one this game needs to install separately??? While it kept you waiting it bounce a message on the screen saying that it is now 0.00am for your own health take break....lol...how thoughtful.

How thoughtful but still smoking is bad for health

Spotted ZOE2 Wallpaper and a mini Metal Gear in the screen.

Now now now, besides the PS3 controller for Metal Gear MkII, look at wat Sunny here is playing with.....PSP!!! By the way i cant get a view of what she is playing but the BGM sound like the Metal Gear game frm SNES.

Scouting around with Metal Gear MkII during briefing

So far havent test any other stuff in the game, Drebin gun modding and loundering. Playboy Magazines, rolling in the Drum (man i cant hit ppl in it), all CQC tactics, Easter eggs, and Metal Gear Mk II.....man too many stuff! Now still playing the Normal difficulty maybe after i finish the game i am gonna challenge The Boss Difficulty!