Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Metal Gear Solid 4 - Guns of the Patriots

Metal Gear Solid 4 - Guns of the Patriots (which commonly abbreviated to MSG4) is a stealth action video game. It is directed by Hideo Kojima (Producer, Director), Shuyo Murata (Writer) and Yoji Shinkawa (Character Designer) and developed by Kojima Productions. This is the seventh title in the Metal Gear series and the first in its fourth generation. This game was released worldwide on June 12, 2008. It is specially developed for PlayStation3 platform. It enables single-player, multi-player online (Metal Gear Online only, downloadable content).

Features

Metal Gear Solid 4 requires the player which named Old Snake to navigate the game world in order to progress, using cunning in addition to traditional combat. Player view as third person view with full camera manipulation, but player is also allowed to play in first-person mode, as well as an over the shoulder view which can be switched from right shoulder to left for corner manoeuvring. The Close Quarters Combat system has been completely revamped. Besides that, there is a camouflage feature in new form called “OctoCamo” which replaces the previous camouflage system. The game is filled with cut scene flashbacks which happened in previous Metal Gear Solid games and how the events or characters relate to the Metal Gear Solid 4. In addition, in this series, Snake is also partnered with a robotic drone, the Metal Gear Mk. II/III, which allows him to communicate with other characters, in addition to the CODEC radio system from previous games. It is also capable of incapacitating enemies using a weak electric shock, as well as providing reconnaissance. Moreover, the developer has also designed new features namely Threat Ring, that shows hills that display nearby enemies. Snake’s health is not a big factor in the game play like normal games; if injured on the battlefield, cuts and burns will remain on his skin. However, the developers wished to avoid putting the stress of maintaining Snake’s health onto the players, so he wears a muscle suit. The story of the game is set in 2014, five years after the “Big Shell Incident” (the events of the Plant Chapter from Metal Gear Solid 2), where it portrays a world where private military companies have replaced world’s standing enemies, fighting proxy wars for business purposes. In general, there are five missions to be accomplished by player namely Act 1 – Liquid Sun; Act 2 – Solid Sun; Act 3 – Third Sun; Act 4 – Twin Suns and Act 5 – Old Sun.

Review Summary

Metal Gear 4: Guns of the Patriots is an adventure game. It is about the hero, Solid Snake who is on his final mission. He is an aging and fatigued character that is in the middle of a revolutionary battlefield. The locations in the game include the Middle East and South America. Snake was asked to kill his enemy, Liquid Ocelot. Before he reached that scene, he must get trough a sequence of battlefields by using his legendary stealth abilities and OctoCamo, a high-tech suit. The Octocamo suit is used to avoid detection while he can reach of his target. The new chapter in Hideo Kojima’s legendary strategic spying action series, the characters such as Meryl Silverburgh, Raiden, Hal ‘Otacon’ Emmerich, Eva and Roy Campbell are back in the game. The PS 3 gameplay is featured with a new remote-controlled Metal Gear Mk. II and better Close Quarters Combat system (CQC), and Metal Gear Solid 4 rounds out the Metal Gear saga with a suitable cinematic and fascinating final outing. The new gameplay permits him to flawlessly merge into the environment, which he is capable of stalking his enemies like never before. Viewers like the game especially the Octacamo suit which is available in different colour that suits him with the environment.