Metal Gear Solid 4

I’m a fan of the Metal Gear Solid games, but I must admit that I was going into Metal Gear Solid 4 having only played MGS2 through to completion. As I mentioned before, MGS3 bored me to the point of putting down the controller.

That said, I had high expectations for MGS4 and it certainly met them… while also boring to me tears at times.

The graphics are the most gorgeous graphics I’ve ever seen on a console. Better even than Gears of War 2, if you ask me. Plus, the controls and gun play are vastly improved over past MGS games. The problem is, it seems like you spend more time watching long obnoxious cut scenes than actively playing.

And this gets to the biggest fault of the game: it’s the single most self-indulgent game perhaps in the history of video games. Tom Chick over at fidgit.com put it best when he called it “Kojima’s long slow wank and you have to get to watch.” Agreed.

I still should remember to check out Metal Gear Solid Touch to see if it’ll be a good commute distraction…