It's been like 7 years since it came out so I think the excitement's worn off for now.
Honestly the first time I played it I was blown away, amazed. The reviews were all very high, loads of 9s and 10s, people were hailing it as one of the greatest games ever.
Now... eh. Not saying it's bad, but I realized that I didn't... like it as much. The gameplay was ok, but it was too badly paced. The only good gameplay levels were the first two acts. Act 3 was AWFUL. Even worse is the fact that you can't even just run straight to the hideout, you HAVE to follow him.
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Edited by OmegaCircuit: 8/27/2013 2:23:46 AMThe story is probably the worst of the (Solid) series. The gameplay is good, but poorly utilized, like you said. Act 1 & 2 were good. I hate how Act 3 has this big open dark atmospheric city and you're confined to tracking one guy, and the other half is the bike chase segment. Act 4 is just wasted potential and a disappointment, since there's no proper guards, just dwarf gekkos, and if I remember right, there's loads of parts where there's no stealth. Then Act 5 barely even has any gameplay, though the first section was pretty good. Of course, the cutscene to gameplay ratio is just plain ridiculous in MGS4. There was easily a longer amount of time spent on the cutscene sequences than on the actual gameplay. I voted it could be worse on the poll, because it definitely has its moments.