20 Things You Need to Know about Metal Gear Solid 4

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Metal Gear Solid 4 is getting an insane amount of hype especially with the barrage of positive reviews that the game has been receiving apart from EGM who seem to be having problems with the length of the in-game cutscenes.

Here’s a bunch of information that has been gathered. There could be spoilers below, viewer discretion is advised.

Some excerpts of the Metal Gear Solid 4 review from the “PlayStation: The Official Magazine”:

1. The epilogue is an hour long.

2. Some cutscenes are 30-45 minutes long, but are extremely compelling.

3. Hitting “X” during certain sequences will trigger flashbacks.

4. Big Mama meets Old Snake in Eastern Europe.

5. Liquid and Solid will face off in an epic close quarters combat.

6. Liquid’s position amongst the Patriots will be revealed.

7. Shadow Moses confirmed as one of the major acts in the game.

8. Metal Gear Solid 4’s story just defies belief with each passing act.

9. Laughing Octopus is the first boss (as revealed in the earlier article) and Screaming Mantis is the final Boss from the Beauty and Beast unit.

10. Ryan Payton has an in-game pod cast which players can listen to, on the I-pod found within the game.

11. Chasing down Liquid into and thwarting his plans for launching a nuclear warhead from a space station is one of the final acts within the game.

12. The cutscenes and story has been designed in such a way that non-Metal Gear veterans will follow the game without too many complications.

13. Snake starts to suffer from the effects of Fox Die in full effect when he revisits Shadow Moses.

Here are a few snippets that a lot of people might have overlooked that were revealed in the theatrical trailer of the game:

14. Naomi might be a double agent. She is also seen with Vamp whilst Snake is taking a beating at the hands of Liquid. (Watch the HD version to have a better glimpse of Naomi who is standing next to Vamp).

15. Liquid plunges Snake with his own CQC knife during the trailer.

16. Shadow Moses has been shown off in the trailer for a brief second. This can be immediately after two missiles hit an over-bridge like structure in the Middle East.

17. One of the patriots might have been identified, he is Major Zero/Tom from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He is also present in Portable Ops, “The guy with the same code name as Null.” The scar on the models looks eerily similar.

18. MK II aids in controlling Metal Gear on Shadow Moses.

19. Fox Die taking its effect on Snake?

20. Actual gameplay time is not more than 10-13 hours which has been confirmed, the nature of Metal Gear Solid 4 is highly open ended, borrowing heavily from a very well known sandbox franchise. This allows the players to reach their objectives in multiple ways.

Newcomers and veterans alike are going to have a blast with the game, and players sans a PlayStation 3 better start saving up your lunch money, Metal Gear Solid 4 is worth more than anything released in the year.

- By Neelesh Mukherjee