I’ve never quite excelled in the Metal Gear franchise as I even remember constantly dying in the first 8-bit Nintendo version over and over again. Even back then the premise seemed super cool and original. I watched with an ex-armyman a more skilled video gamer go through the first Metal Gear Solid. We were both enthralled with the level of detail and the immersion the MGS world provided. Since then, I knew that Kojima had a high standard of quality to deliver with these games.

I didn’t follow the hype this week but apparently the talk is good with the return of Solid Snake in MGS4: Guns of the Patriots. With quotes like these from reviewers, its hard to keep a blind eye to what awesomeness this title must be.

“There’s just moments of absolute genius that make this game probably the best video game I’ve ever played”
~ consolemonster.com

“All in all, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is easily the best game in the long-running Metal Gear franchise, the best game on the PS3 and, one could argue, the best game of this decade.”
~ bingegamer.net