While I appreciate how bonkers the overarching plot can get, I don’t actually care what happens to these characters and their rats’ nest of interpersonal relationships. One of the reasons I like Metal Gear Solid so much isn’t the story but the themes and ideas it explores. In the cold light of twelve years later? Not so much. We were big Metal Gear fans and played through the whole game in a single gargantuan alcohol and drug-fuelled 15-hour session.Īs I chewed my cheeks and stared glassy-eyed at the bombastic final act, I was utterly convinced that MGS4 was Hideo Kojima’s magnum opus. Myself and a good friend were squirrelled away in a room in Cardiff, with a then-new PlayStation 3 hooked up to a HD projector making a wall-sized image, blackout curtains on the window and a 5.1 surround sound system. Much of that is linked to my happy memories of my first playthrough. But, despite everything, I still love it. If I’m being honest I know the game is guilty on all the above counts. Critics point to its incredibly long cutscenes, creepy sexism, disappointing bosses, a predilection for fan service and a story that overexplains everything. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has a terrible reputation.
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