METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version

Metal Gear Solid 4 is a towering achievement in game design. It beautifully merges heavy philosophical themes with highly polished tactical action. For anyone seeking a deeply moving, blockbuster story that treats its characters and its audience with profound respect, this game remains an absolute, must-play classic.

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Eighteen years I wanted MGS4, but I compromised. I emulated RPCS3 at 40 FPS instead.

I was able to take a shower, go to work, come back and eat dinner and there was STILL a cutscene being played

Bonkers slightly dated now story, but still amazing stuff and a mostly good pc port (although it does weird stuff like opening new windows for separate programs with some of the mind tomfoolery it does). MGS2 fried my naïve brain in ways I could not comprehend at the time. This by comparison I was mostly mentally prepared for, or perhaps just numb from world weariness now... who knows? Whatever the case, this felt like 2 parts movie to 1 part game, which won't be everyone's idea of fun. It's near impossible to appreciate any of this game unless you play the previous games first. I wasn't a fan of what happens to Otacon or his general awkwardness in this story, not to mention Kojima REALLY doesn't write any female characters well here, but it was still nice to finally see the closest thing we will probably ever get to an ending for the series... or was that Rising Revengeance?

Probably the weakest of all the mainline Metal Gear Solid titles but still one worth experiencing for the first time or revisiting for another playthrough. This is also a really good port that runs at 4K with a stable locked framerate of 60fps. It's smooth and there were no hitches, stutters or even crashes. Guns of the Patriots is a game that Hideo Kojima didn't really expect to, or want to make and it really shows. Weak stealth elements along with an abundance of needlessly long cutscenes can make this game feel an exhausting and frustrating experience. Some scenes are beyond cringeworthy and others are extremely vulgar. The gameplay is messy in places where applying perfect stealth can see enemies respawn behind you and then be alerted through no fault of your own. The initial sandbox design is then replaced with far more linear sections as the game progresses and some of the latter boss fights are totally illogical and stupid. There is also an in-game shop where you spend points earned on buying guns, items and ammo. This just diminishes any survival aspects and you can simply load up powerful weapons with hundreds of bullets at virtually no cost. Another big surprise is the lack of codec calls - the game just feels a bit soulless without this. I still think the game is worth playing at least once or revisiting and there are certainly some nice surprises along the way but this game is a glorious mess of needless nonsense and a convoluted story that feels pretentious and totally ludicrous at the same time. Definitely Kojima's weakest work to date.

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