Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Kojima Productions

2008•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 22 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyanimalsdetectiveespionagehistoricalholidaysmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, wide-ranging shooter: polished and fast-moving. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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About This Game

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the final canonical Metal Gear game to feature Solid Snake as the main character. The gameplay of the previous games have been kept along with some new features, such as the ability to roll on your back and also to hide in bins scattered around the environment. Most of the story and the relationship between the characters are explained through cut-scenes with a considerable length, so knowledge of the prior games is recommended to fully understand the story. The game also features a complex multiplayer mode entitled Metal Gear Online with some original missions based on the stealth aspects of the single-player games.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In 2014, the world is in chaos, the "war economy" plunging the world into never-ending battle. This fuels the need for private military companies, the five largest of which (together rivaling the power of the entire United States Army) are owned by a single mother company, Outer Heaven, with Liquid Ocelot at the helm. Liquid Ocelot, a fusion of the consciousness of Liquid Snake and the body of Revolver Ocelot, is once again set on world domination. Solid Snake, now also referred to a Old Snake due to his advanced accelerated ageing, is dispatched to assassinate Liquid Ocelot as a personal...

Screenshots

  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots screenshot
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots screenshot
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots screenshot
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots screenshot

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyAnimalsDetectiveEspionageHistoricalHolidaysMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questComplex relationshipFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosionSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Modern warfareGhostsHelicopterAssassinMotorcycleCyberpunkBloodyGravity

Details

Developer
Kojima Productions
Publisher
Konami
Released
12 June 2008
Series
Metal Gear
Platforms
PlayStation 3
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Time to beat
22h normally
Age rating
PEGI 18
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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