Not the best. Bayo 1/2 and Vanquish are all better. But MGR is still really good.
If you're in a "stand your ground" state you're well within your rights to open fire on them.
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Not the best. Bayo 1/2 and Vanquish are all better. But MGR is still really good.
If you're in a "stand your ground" state you're well within your rights to open fire on them.
BreezyLimbo
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Smart move, reserving a post for Dragon Ball in case the need arises.
CoolBatteryCharge
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Almost got a copy of Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs for $13 (CAD) while it's still on sale, but talked myself out of it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I blame Navarro for this.
santeesioux
Member
I finally caved and bought Bayo 2 on Amazon, you guys saying this series is above MGR is making me really hyped. Too bad it's going into the backlog pit.
BreezyLimbo
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I've never seen this mission briefing. That Outer Heaven graphic looks awesome.
CoolBatteryCharge
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I was looking forward to this all night, then completely forgot about it minutes before it came out. Time to get a snack and start watching.
Liquid Shake
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MGS 4 discussion, not really spoilers:
Regarding the Act 1 Briefing not playing during the game in MGS 4:
What is up with that? The game goes as far as showing the egg breaking scene that begins all briefings but then skip the actual briefing. Weird.
Could it be a *gasp* bug?
What is up with that? The game goes as far as showing the egg breaking scene that begins all briefings but then skip the actual briefing. Weird.
Could it be a *gasp* bug?
The Dear Leader
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The full briefings were always an optional thing as far as I remember.
the game stitches a choice to watch the briefings for acts 2-5 into the general progression of the game, the act 1 briefing is relegated to the menu
Liquid Shake
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No, that's the thing! The briefings for Act 2-5 all play during the game.
That's quite odd. It would have been nice to have known this whilst I was playing.
funkystudent
Member
I think they really wanted to toss a few minutes of gameplay at you right away instead of a 30 minute cutscene.
Makes zero sense story wise but yo.... welcome to MGS4
Liquid Shake
Member
Fair enough. It's bothered me for a while but I guess that kind of makes sense? I mean more than most of the game!
The Dear Leader
Banned
Yeah you're right, I was thinking it just had scenes that take place on the plane, not the whole briefings but it actually is the full briefings for all Acts but 1.
CoolBatteryCharge
Member
I feel like someone's gonna hear Dan talk about the land mass of the middle east and take him seriously.
So is it just me or does the video player refuse to work sometimes?
It'll just hang at a random time, and then reset altogether making me lose my spot or it'll just not play from where you choose a time.
And sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes it doesn't. I wonder if it has to do with the traffic on the site or something, though I do feel that it happens more frequently on their older videos.
It'll just hang at a random time, and then reset altogether making me lose my spot or it'll just not play from where you choose a time.
And sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes it doesn't. I wonder if it has to do with the traffic on the site or something, though I do feel that it happens more frequently on their older videos.
Twin Tails
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PMCs
Mister Negative
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My favorite thing about games made in the late 2000s is that they were operating under the assumption that the military would totally be using the XM8. off the top of my head, MGS4 and battlefield bad company both have it.
Keyser Soze
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Nanomachines
CoolBatteryCharge
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No idea why he felt the need to say that
and that Sunny is Olga's daughter
BreezyLimbo
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I'm actually glad that Drew picked up on a couple of the bosses(Solidus Type, Psycho Mantis like).
Totally my favorite boss reveal of any MGS. Drew seems to be enjoying how cutscene heavy it is also, which is surprising.
Totally my favorite boss reveal of any MGS. Drew seems to be enjoying how cutscene heavy it is also, which is surprising.
Mister Negative
Member
It's one of those things where he probably misremembers if its revealed outside of the game in some other material or something.
Only one of these is true and it's only like half true.
Mister Negative
Member
flight club CONFIRMED
Liquid Shake
Member
Finally the return of Bladerunner confirmed!
Seriously, that is a hell of a tease from Mr. Scanlon- I can hardly wait to see what he was talking about
Mister Negative
Member
also, lol at dan calling out drew for murdering the rebels for no reason at the beginning of the game
he could have just been referring to their output in a general sense, it's hard to tell
the thing that came to my mind was mpp5 but if the wednesday slot goes to rof, that's probably off the table for this week
Necromanti
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I can't have been the only one who felt it was painfully obvious that some sort of faction system existed, right...?
continuing my weird performance art piece where Metal Gear Scanlon 4 prompts bizarre rants about how much i dislike this video game:
metal gear solid 4 is when the fuckin' terrorists won. the internet perpetuated a myth that MGS were "just movies" and MGS4 was a final concession to them: "well, if that's what you want, i guess now we're just a movie!"
three of the most creative, inventive, complex and interesting video games of their respective eras thrown under the bus to placate the lowest common denomigamers who could not comprehend or appreciate a game that uses a face button to shoot your gun instead of a trigger, who'd spent an internet lifetime perpetuating a myth that these beautiful things that they couldn't appreciate were "just movies"
metal gear solid 4 is a game divided: on one hand, it is simultaneously a huge heap of fanservice dedicated to the first three games, attempting to close the loop. this fanservice is often to the game's detriment, and also frequently a critical miscalculation of what at least i want out of a metal gear game. on the other hand, it's a metal gear game tailor-made for people who never liked metal gear to begin with.
the end result is, well, a metal gear game tailor-made for people who never liked metal gear to begin with that occasionally tips its hat to people who liked metal gear (or rather, tips its hat every two minutes, but nineteen times out of twenty it drops the hat on the ground and tries to pick it up while still trying to look cool). it's not all that surprising that people (continue to) sing its praises from the rooftop. it's not all that surprising that countless outlets awarded it a perfect score.
after all, you pull a trigger to shoot in this one. GAME OF THE YEAR.
metal gear solid 4 is when the fuckin' terrorists won. the internet perpetuated a myth that MGS were "just movies" and MGS4 was a final concession to them: "well, if that's what you want, i guess now we're just a movie!"
three of the most creative, inventive, complex and interesting video games of their respective eras thrown under the bus to placate the lowest common denomigamers who could not comprehend or appreciate a game that uses a face button to shoot your gun instead of a trigger, who'd spent an internet lifetime perpetuating a myth that these beautiful things that they couldn't appreciate were "just movies"
metal gear solid 4 is a game divided: on one hand, it is simultaneously a huge heap of fanservice dedicated to the first three games, attempting to close the loop. this fanservice is often to the game's detriment, and also frequently a critical miscalculation of what at least i want out of a metal gear game. on the other hand, it's a metal gear game tailor-made for people who never liked metal gear to begin with.
the end result is, well, a metal gear game tailor-made for people who never liked metal gear to begin with that occasionally tips its hat to people who liked metal gear (or rather, tips its hat every two minutes, but nineteen times out of twenty it drops the hat on the ground and tries to pick it up while still trying to look cool). it's not all that surprising that people (continue to) sing its praises from the rooftop. it's not all that surprising that countless outlets awarded it a perfect score.
after all, you pull a trigger to shoot in this one. GAME OF THE YEAR.
DISCLAIMER: these opinions are merely my own and are also exaggerated for effect and entertainment value. i am a big enough man to recognize that different people like different things and that our opinions are equally meaningless in the context of the benign indifference of the universe, but i am not a big enough man to fit that fact into my chosen internet persona, except when i turn the lights back on and get real with y'all in a spoiler tag
Liquid Shake
Member
I know it's probably nothing, I was just you know... caught in a daydream
Good call on MPP 5, though. Did I mention it's the best game in the series?
What do you think of THIS: Are there many PS3 games that inspire you to write long rants about like this? I'm with you on some of what you said but long ago I was forced to accept that MGS 4 elicits so much emotion (a mix of positive & negative) from me that it simply must be the best game on PS3.
If I had the Charles Foster Kane clapping gif I'd use it here. Beautifully put.
LurkerPrime
Member
Now I've gone and done it. I made a thread about Contradiction.
Fjolle
Member
Nice! I bought Contradiction last night.
I might even play it after GB has finished it.
have you heard the good word about THISSS
CoolBatteryCharge
Member
Honestly, I only rag on hardcore MGS fans about MGS4 because they take it so damn seriously. I don't actually think MGS4 is the best because as much as I like those games, I never cared about ranking them. I'm just a fan of the series that enjoys seeing the madness come out of Kojima's mind for better or for worse.
Austin, would you provide us with a list of your hottest vaporwave jams?
Early Bombcast huh? Meh, no Brad no sale!
Yeah, that's my thoughts on MGS4 as well. I do get the complaints and see why some people really dislike it, but I just enjoy the ride.
edit: The Bombcast is already up? What the hell?
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