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Yeah...you're gonna have to go Wiki that one. It's almost impossible to sum up one of the games in the series, let alone the series as a whole, in a single post. There is a lot of story.
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There is a series retrospective on Gametrailers.com which does a good job of covering everything in enough detail until MGS4 (because it was made coming up to the release of the game). Thats probably worth checking out.
There is six parts, they run roughly for 20 mins each.Comment
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there is a few stupid mistakes in this retrospective
but it's worth it
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Peace Walker will have over 160 minutes of cutscenes. In comparison, MGS3 had 216 minutes while MGS4 had 545 minutes.
That's still a lot for a PSP game.Comment
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i knew gametrailers did a resident evil one but MGS solid as well, aceOriginally posted by Rombie View PostThere is a series retrospective on Gametrailers.com which does a good job of covering everything in enough detail until MGS4 (because it was made coming up to the release of the game). Thats probably worth checking out.
There is six parts, they run roughly for 20 mins each.Comment
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As Dark_Chris did correctly state, that I forgot to mention, there are a few errors and a couple of missing bits of info that are kinda important, but for the most part it explains all of the games until MGS4 well. You'll know enough of what you need to know from them.Comment
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Famitsu review 40/40 Best PSP game ever 
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Except that Konami is in bed with Famitsu...Originally posted by Dark_Chris View PostFamitsu review 40/40 Best PSP game ever
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that's BULLSHIT. Famitsu is still the only one good and objective games magazines.
MGS PW totally deserve 40/40Spoiler:
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What's bullshit?Originally posted by Dark_Chris View Post
Fact: Famitsu is advertised within Peace Walker
Fact: The president of Enterbrain (Famitsu's parent company) advertised the game.
Fact: It's in famitsu's interest that the game sells well.
Bullshit: You've played Peace Walker to decide it deserves 40/40
Bullshit: You've read Famitsu (in Japanese)
Bullshit: You've read every other magazine to know that Famitsu is the only objective one
As much as I think Metal Gear is over-rated tripe, I must admire Kojima for what he inspires in his fans. I would have thought the gratuitous and (in my opinion) hilariously justified product placement would turn alot of people away from this game. Apparently not...
Keep bending over for it. He loves it just as much as you do.sigpicComment
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Whats wrong with product placement? And since when does product placement make a game into "tripe"?
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is full of it, yet its one of the greatest games out there and definitely the top stealth game. Sam Fisher uses a Nokia cellphone in Double Agent. So do I. COINCIDENCE????
For all we know, PW might deserve the 40/40. Its certainly a massive project on a handheld console. Certainly beats the average-to-shit games which get far more publicity, hype and absolutely unwarranted reviews/scores in Western internet outlets.Comment
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Gametrailers has posted a Press Conference Highlights for Peace Walker.
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What's wrong with the PLAY magazine?Originally posted by Dark_Chris View Post
I stopped buying unofficial mags when they stopped having demos the ps1 era was great now you just get hi-res trailers instead
If he had a brain, he'd be dangerous.
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Oh, I think Metal Gear series is tripe, because I've never had fun playing any of the games in the series.Originally posted by Member_of_STARS View PostWhats wrong with product placement? And since when does product placement make a game into "tripe"?
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is full of it, yet its one of the greatest games out there and definitely the top stealth game. Sam Fisher uses a Nokia cellphone in Double Agent. So do I. COINCIDENCE????
For all we know, PW might deserve the 40/40. Its certainly a massive project on a handheld console. Certainly beats the average-to-shit games which get far more publicity, hype and absolutely unwarranted reviews/scores in Western internet outlets.
I've never played Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, but I assume that the ads are contextualised and unobtrusive. When you have cans of cola and chips in the jungle, and anachronisms such as ads for deoderant and magazines that weren't in existence in the period the game was set.
To me, advertising like this shows a lack of respect for the consumer. And the justification was that the placement was to 'surprise' gamers.
I don't think advertising like this ads anything to the experience, no matter what Kojima says his intentions were.
The real issue isn't what I think of the ads, or what I think of the games. There's a huge conflict of interest here, and people like Dark Chris are happy to gloss over it and defend journalism like this.
Although I don't enjoy Metal Gear games, I'm not oblivious to the critical acclaim that they recieve either. And indeed, Peace Walker my merit a perfect review score - but it will never get an unbiased review from Famitsu.
And as far as I know, that's the only review score that's been released at the moment (except for Dark Chris' review too of course). When more reviews come it'll show this to be either an inflated score, or an unnecessary mar on the games valid perfect score.sigpicComment
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You should, they are great games. The ads in Chaos Theory felt severely out of place. Theres a scene where you have a view on a city in its night-shine-life and theres this huge Ubisoft zeppelin flying around. Or how every computer had AMD64 as their screen savers. Theres a few coke cans and the cellphones. The game was crammed with ads and they were positioned and lighted in a way you would immediately notice them, and they certainly didnt fit in.Originally posted by TheSelfishGene View Post
Did it create immersion? No. And they didnt break it. They didnt make the game better or worse. The placement has to be creative, or intrusive, to get a reaction. But in almost all cases, it has no effect on games quality or the fun factor.
And play Splinter Cell. Because Michael Ironside is awesome.Comment
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