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Title: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Price: $59.99
System(s): PlayStation 3
Release Date: June 12, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Konami (Kojima Productions)
ESRB Rating: “Mature” for blood, crude humor, strong language, suggestive themes and violence.
Pros: Awesome storyline with new twists to the plot in every chapter, great music and familiar and new characters to interact with.
Cons: Camera angle is a little awkward, elements in the environment hinders snake’s ability to use a sniper rifle and even the Solid Eye. The game also has way too many flashbacks and zoom ins that often mute the important information during briefing sessions.
Overall Score: Two Thumbs Up, 98/100, A+, * * * * * stars

Hideo Kojima and the crew at Konami have really outdone themselves with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, creating a thrill to play from beginning to end. And if asked who I’d rather be stranded on a deserted island with, my boyfriend or Snake, hands down it would have to be Snake and the complete Metal Gear Solid series.

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1up is reporting that PS3-exclusive stealth title Metal Gear Solid 4 is “almost done” and nearing its quarter two 2008 release date. According to the post, Associate producer Ryan Payton announced on the latest Kojima Productions Report podcast that the project is “on the eve of the bug-checking phase” and that aside from a few issues, the game is complete enough to be played all the way through. He also stated that there will be no more delays, and that the team is devoted to the quarter two release date. The specific day has not yet been announced.

Other tidbits from the report include the confirmation that the game will be released simultaneously worldwide, and that players will be able to pause cut-scenes.

Metal Gear fans rejoice - your game is coming soon! The MGS4 delay this fall was one of the biggest bummers for PS3 owners, but thankfully, it seems that the wait will soon be over.

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Hideo Kojima, the creative genius behind Metal Gear, furnished fresh details at the Leipzig Game Convention 2007 about the upcoming game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots. He talked at length about the four new boss characters called Beauty and the Beast, and what led to its creation.

The Beauty and the Beast unit will feature four female boss characters, Screaming Mantis, Laughing Octopus, Raging Raven, and Crying Wolf, who are part human and part machine. The four members of the unit, devastated by war, go on a rampage and, as always, only our hero Solid Snake can stop them.

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