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Septimus

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Okay screw this, it feels like walking on a mine field! I haven't been spoiled yet but I'm stay away from any MGS threads from now on. See you all on the flip side!
 
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klee123

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Dabookerman. I'm not gonna bother searching for your post history due to potential spoilers from the spoilers thread. However, assuming you have finished it, what did you think of the game? Did you think the game lived up to all the positive reviews it has has been getting? What would you give it out 10?
 
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bodyofanamerican

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dabookerman said:
Since this is a tradition to the games, this isn't a spoiler. But the closest things to achievements are the animal ranks you get in the game.

Once this game comes out, I assume everyone will be making their impressions in this thread right, spoiler tagging any spoilers. I can't wait to see that, will be great to see some of your reactions.
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Just PMed you. Get back to me whenever you have a second. Thanks!
 
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RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
klee123 said:
Dabookerman. I'm not gonna bother searching for your post history due to potential spoilers from the spoilers thread. However, assuming you have finished it, what did you think of the game? Did you think the game lived up to all the positive reviews it has has been getting? What would you give it out 10?
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He said it was his new favorite game ever.
 
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Dabookerman

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klee123 said:
Dabookerman. I'm not gonna bother searching for your post history due to potential spoilers from the spoilers thread. However, assuming you have finished it, what did you think of the game? Did you think the game lived up to all the positive reviews it has has been getting? What would you give it out 10?
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Haha, good idea. My post history is not to be looked at :lol.
First of all, I am a massive MGS fan, and my expectations were very high. I have had a histoy of series where I love them, but they end a bit shit. Thankfully this game does not do this. This game exceeded my expecation by a huge degree, the story wraps up fantastically, it was an absolute treat to play, and the game feels like the biggest gift that Kojima will give you.
I cannot think about anything bad to say about this game. When GTA 4 came out, I thought, that I may end up liking that more then MGS4 as a game. Nope. The complete opposite. This game is my personal new favourite game ever, and I really am being sincere. I will play this game many many times.
 
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DunpealD

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@dabookerman
How's the acceptance of MGS first timers, i.e. will it be hard for newcomers to get into the story? Some mags are whining about it that it can be too complex without knowing the former MGS games, is the complain legit?

Last confirmation from you: Are the news of ca. 90 minutes cutscenes bogus?
 
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Sylar

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Just poppin' in to say the week after next :)( not getting paid enough next week!) I will have my new PS3 and MGS4 :D.

Can't wait. Seems like forever since I played MGS3 on Christmas day of the year it came out. And like that game i'm on a 100% media blackout so I have no clue about the game :D
 
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$h@d0w

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DunpealD said:
How's the acceptance of MGS first timers, i.e. will it be hard for newcomers to get into the story? Some mags are whining about it that it can be too complex without knowing the former MGS games, is the complain legit?
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Well you have flashbacks during the game to take you to a referenced scene (from another game in the series).

Watching the gametrailers retrospectives would be useful too.
 
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Barrett2

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DunpealD said:
How's the acceptance of MGS first timers, i.e. will it be hard for newcomers to get into the story? Some mags are whining about it that it can be too complex without knowing the former MGS games, is the complain legit?
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To have any idea what is going on, you need to watch the MGS retrospective on Gametrailers. I personally never played 2, and only part of 3, and I feel totally lost, but the video was pretty good.

edit: beaten
 
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Darkpen

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DunpealD said:
How's the acceptance of MGS first timers, i.e. will it be hard for newcomers to get into the story? Some mags are whining about it that it can be too complex without knowing the former MGS games, is the complain legit?
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considering I thoroughly enjoyed MGS2 without ever playing MGS1, I don't think so. Sure, it was confusing, but it was fun (thought that last codec call did drag on to the point where my eyes were just glazing over, and the opening cutscene was incredibly boring).
 
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Deacan

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I just got my Metal Gear Saga vol 2 and Snake gift card from game, I cancelled my order with them ages ago, but they still mailed me the coupon.

Not bad for a freebie.
 
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Barrett2

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ToyMachine228 said:
I think I might go play some Twin Snakes to aid in my decision to buy a PS3 today or not:D
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I bought Twin Snakes a few days ago, hoping to refresh my MGS knowledge. My main problem is the GC controller. It is so baffling to me I am having a hard time getting into the damn game!
 
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bodyofanamerican

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lawblob said:
I bought Twin Snakes a few days ago, hoping to refresh my MGS knowledge. My main problem is the GC controller. It is so baffling to me I am having a hard time getting into the damn game!
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I am in no way trying to start the argument again, but if you have a choice PLEASE play the PS1 MGS instead of Twin Snakes if this is your first time with the series :D
 
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Barrett2

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i_am_not_jon_ames said:
I am in no way trying to start the argument again, but if you have a choice PLEASE play the PS1 MGS instead of Twin Snakes if this is your first time with the series :D
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I have the 40gig PS3, so no backwards compatibility :(

And I have played MGS before, but it was a looong time ago.

Hence, Twin Snakes.
 
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Captain Pants

Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
In case you guys hang out on multiple forums I just wanted pass along the word that the official thread in Gamespot's general games discussion forum just got shit up with spoilers. The mods took him down quick, but not before I saw everything. It seems that GAF is the last safe spot on the internet.
 
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Synless

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lawblob said:
I have the 40gig PS3, so no backwards compatibility :(

And I have played MGS before, but it was a looong time ago.

Hence, Twin Snakes.
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I'm pretty sure it's just no ps2 BC, Ps1 games should work on it just fine.
 
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h3ro

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lawblob said:
I have the 40gig PS3, so no backwards compatibility :(

And I have played MGS before, but it was a looong time ago.

Hence, Twin Snakes.
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PS1 games work :)

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...GAF is the last safe spot on the internet.
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I'm worried about a kamikaze attack by a junior... :(
 
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Deacan

9/10 NeoGAFfers don't understand statistics. The other 3/10 don't care.
Captain Pants said:
In case you guys hang out on multiple forums I just wanted pass along the word that the official thread in Gamespot's general games discussion forum just got shit up with spoilers. The mods took him down quick, but not before I saw everything. It seems that GAF is the last safe spot on the internet.
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Ack, *bails out of gaf*

This shit happens with every big game.
 
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eso76

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holy shit, i received spam email with mgs4 spoiler in subject ! i just read mgs4 snake something and closed my eyes and kindly asked my girlfriend to erase the message.
This is getting ridiculous.

If things get any worse than this, our last chance is counter spoiling: everyone who hasn't played the game should start making up spoilers and spam as much as they can; there's only one way a spoiler can be un-seen, and it's when you read even bigger spoilers that contradict the ones you've read.
 
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Ashhong

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i_am_not_jon_ames said:
I am in no way trying to start the argument again, but if you have a choice PLEASE play the PS1 MGS instead of Twin Snakes if this is your first time with the series :D
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what. if its your first time, twin snakes is MORE than enough.
 
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Dabookerman

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DunpealD said:
@dabookerman
How's the acceptance of MGS first timers, i.e. will it be hard for newcomers to get into the story? Some mags are whining about it that it can be too complex without knowing the former MGS games, is the complain legit?

Last confirmation from you: Are the news of ca. 90 minutes cutscenes bogus?
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If you never played an MGS game before. You might aswell skip the cutscenes, because you won't know what the hell is going on. It would be a shame to play the game without playing the others. Some of the fan service put in just won't have that effect, and it would feel wrong.
 
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Issun23

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eso76 said:
If things get any worse than this, our last chance is counter spoiling: everyone who hasn't played the game should start making up spoilers and spam as much as they can; there's only one way a spoiler can be un-seen, and it's when you read even bigger spoilers that contradict the ones you've read.
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A giant squirrel eats up Snake who camo's into a nut. :'(
 
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Doc Evils

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eso76 said:
holy shit, i received spam email with mgs4 spoiler in subject ! i just read mgs4 snake something and closed my eyes and kindly asked my girlfriend to erase the message.
This is getting ridiculous.

If things get any worse than this, our last chance is counter spoiling: everyone who hasn't played the game should start making up spoilers and spam as much as they can; there's only one way a spoiler can be un-seen, and it's when you read even bigger spoilers that contradict the ones you've read.
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This can be serious....


*thinks*

Ah those Viagra ones make sense....
 
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Costanza

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dabookerman said:
If you never played an MGS game before. You might aswell skip the cutscenes, because you won't know what the hell is going on. It would be a shame to play the game without playing the others. Some of the fan service put in just won't have that effect, and it would feel wrong.
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Mind if I ask you a question in PM? I definitely don't want to check the spoiler thread to see if it was answered.
 
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Darkpen

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RoboPlato said:
This will be my first time playing any of the MGS games without knowing the major plot points and I intend to keep it that way. I was able to avoid Harry Potter 7 spoilers and that took me a while to finish because of work and other things so I think I should be ok.
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but harry potter 7 sucked regardless D:

People complain about how poorly written the MGS games are; they should direct their attention to the Harry Potter books D:
 
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SamuraiX-

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@dabookerman. A friend of mine has a question for you. :)

"Were there a lot of moments where the 4th wall was broken, and if there were few, were they like small subtle things, or were they huge things? You don't have to explain in detail though. Thank you!"
 
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Chittagong

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SAN FRANCISCO GAFFERS

Is there a place to pick this up at midnight, without a preorder? I happen to be in San Fran next week and given that PS3 is region free I could take it home for weekend.
 
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MiamiWesker

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dabookerman said:
If you never played an MGS game before. You might aswell skip the cutscenes, because you won't know what the hell is going on. It would be a shame to play the game without playing the others. Some of the fan service put in just won't have that effect, and it would feel wrong.
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So any cutscenes 90 minutes or is that an exaggeration.
 
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MiamiWesker

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Captain Pants said:
In case you guys hang out on multiple forums I just wanted pass along the word that the official thread in Gamespot's general games discussion forum just got shit up with spoilers. The mods took him down quick, but not before I saw everything. It seems that GAF is the last safe spot on the internet.
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Yep its bad, I made that thread over there its a small community, we have mods that have the spoil = ban rule as well but it did not help. Thank god I was not there at the time, I dodged a bullet. This is scary.
 
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Captain Pants

Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
MiamiWesker said:
Yep its bad, I made that thread over there its a small community, we have mods that have the spoil = ban rule as well but it did not help. Thank god I was not there at the time, I dodged a bullet. This is scary.
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I'll be bummed if it gets to a point where you can't read your own thread.
 
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Captain Pants

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Ninja Scooter said:
maybe not the best thread to ask in, but fuck it: Does anyone know if the 80GB MGS4 bundle comes with an HDMI cable?
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I haven't heard anything one way or another, but I'd be surprised if it did. monoprice.com is the place to go if it doesn't.
 
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Dabookerman

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SamuraiX- said:
@dabookerman. A friend of mine has a question for you. :)

"Were there a lot of moments where the 4th wall was broken, and if there were few, were they like small subtle things, or were they huge things? You don't have to explain in detail though. Thank you!"
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What does he mean the 4th wall again? Sorry I haven't been keeping up with these new terminologies :lol

MiamiWesker said:
So any cutscenes 90 minutes or is that an exaggeration.
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One comes close I think. I didn't exactly time it. Some cutscenes are intertwined with interactive parts. The cutscenes in this game are some of the best anyway. They went all out.
 
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brandonh83

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I feel like I'm in a comatose state, waiting for this game. The next 4 days or so of my life are utterly pointless and meaningless. It's utter torture.

TRIANGLE TRIANGLE TRIANGLE TRIANGLE TRIANGLE
 
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tha_con

Banned
Speaking of 4th walls, I hope MGS4 doesn't have any more 'to climb on a rail, press the action button'.

That always was something that irked me during codec's.
 
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sykoex

Lost all credibility.
I know there's a crapload of text spoilers out there for MGS4, but are there any spoiler images circulating the net so far?
 
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Doc Evils

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sykoex said:
I know there's a crapload of text spoilers out there for MGS4, but are there any spoiler images circulating the net so far?
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n4g just got a news source with loads of image spoilers, so they will start spreading like wildfire soon.
 
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Metroidvania

People called Romanes they go the house?
dabookerman said:
Ok, then yeah. I don't want to say how they are though, some are subtle, some are in your face, but very good.
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Ah, good to know. I was hoping they wouldn't break tradition.
 
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