Deer

Brawl is Melee 2.0. If someone can explain to me the fuss and hype then I'd appreciate it because when I played it, I played one game and was left with just "Oh, okay, right, yeah. That was fun." Nothing spectacular about it at all.

vick

I thought there was a mute function.?

irove

1. That's supposed to be an argument? >_>
All you did is a list of games that you don't like.

2. Again, a list of games you don't like proves nothing (except that you don't like those games).

3. When has the price of a game become a matter of importance when judging the quality of a game, as a game? And yes, there are some things in this world that are worth paying whatever they cost. Specially if they can help you understand what being a human being and life is about.

4. If you take a look at history, all geniuses (most of them) are labelled by the masses at his time as "nuts" or crazy because they tend to think outside the box, go against the current. Dali could be classified as an insane guy, in fact he probably was. Does that make him less valuable as an Artist? Hell no, quite the opposite, an Artist is supposed to break the rules.

5. MGS2 was good. Just because you wanted to play with the same character than the previous game, doesn't mean that's a flaw. It's your own personal taste that makes you hate or dislike Raiden, because you haven't actually said anything about the character, his story, and his participation on the story itself that could be considered as a flaw in the game. Also, you should explain specifically what was disappointing about MGS3, because you haven't.

6. Another point is fanboyism, you seem to strictly relate popular with overrated. Some things may have a wide popularity because of the mentioned fanboyism, which is, as you said: "fans tend to swallow anything from the developers and ask for more". But that's not always the case, and sometimes a big popularity is more than deserved.

7. In the end it could be summed up as what you expect. If you want a mindless game with a good gameplay that will keep you entertained for some time you can play a sports game or something that's just fun. If you want a work of Art, you should play a game with a good story and a good gameplay. Some depth. A story; and behind that story, a plot; and behind that plot, some life lessons; and behind those life lessons, an Artist who wants to communicate something. You said yourself that you do not care for Art, hence your passion for sports game or your dislike for MGS series, for example. It's like comparing a modern 3-7 minutes song with a symphony that lasts about 30-50 minutes, or even more. Sure you can have a great theme in a short period of time, but to develop it correctly you need more time and "space". Again, it all depends in what you're looking for. And you definitely can't achieve all that MGS does in something shorter.

8. (Read all this carefully >_>, none of this is personal, and there's definitely not one insult in there)

And no double posting please, it's against the rules.

Deer

Zero Punctation isn't the gospel though and he's said before he's a PC FPS lover so there's one reason why he didn't like it anyway. Another reason is he's not a fan of the series and a non-fan jumping in at the fourth game and saying it sucks because he has no understanding of the past 3 games is like someone jumping in at the end of Star Wars going "Wtf laser swords? Lol crap".

Moving on from that, Metal Gear Solid 2 didn't suck. If it did suck then it wouldn't have sold so well, be praised so well, be highly regarded in the world of gaming and be commonly put in multiple lists of best games ever. There are few people who think it sucked and if you're one of them then well, that would be your personal opinion, not a general fact. Same with Metal Gear Solid 3 but as you said it disappointed *you* so I'll let that slide because I've already addressed this issue in another topic so I'm not going to re-iterate it here again.

Seeing as you seem to think that ZP tells nothing but the god-honest truth then no, you probably wouldn't like MGS4 so I wouldn't even suggest you renting it because the world doesn't really need another Xbot hater. You may think what you like about the game or the series but the fact is it's shifted 3 million copies, boosted PS3 sales worldwide dramatically and is already being hailed as Game of the Year in some quarters and best game ever in the minds of most who's played it then you just may have to accept that MGS has moved on and gone over your head. It has its little problems and hindrances but what game doesn't? No game is perfect.

And to clarify, before you can use this to counter me, this isn't me being a MGS fanboy. I'm a fan of majority rules and if the majority say the game is good then the game is probably good, if I don't like it then that's a matter of my own taste. Like I hate Prince of Persia (the original) but the rest of the world holds it highly, fair enough then, it's my personal taste holding me back. You can't say a series is crap because YOU don't like it.

irove

A series cannot be "dead" if it was planned all along since the first game, since "dead" means that it has ran out of ideas and lacks originality. And that's not the case of the Metal Gear Solid series, which is full of touching and developed stories for every character and very remarkable scenes that have shown the talent of its Director and Creator. It wasn't meant to be just one game and then as it became famous and successful they decided to make another one. No, it's one long and complex story told in different games by different characters through different times.

val

MGS series never disappoint their fans.

jinsa

Can't wait until early July!

ksoo

I totally agree with you. Humans are not perfect, when people obtain money(power) some use it for evil, some use it for good. However, we always hear money is the root of all evil because it is human nature to focus on the wrong doers rather than promoting the people that actually did some good. When will anyone hear a gossip about a friend of urs helping an old lady cross the street...the fact is ...you don't... what you do hear is ...this girl slept was this guy and did this this and that. Humans make money evil, money is not evil.

Money = power
power = choice

For example, if a rich person got cancer, the person have the choice to choose between different types of treatment and receive them. Sadly, a poor person will have zero choice and maybe no treatment at all. That is in normal circumstances. If there was an earthquake, a rich or poor person does not make a difference. It is pure luck or karma which will decide whether a person dies or not. A person that does from a catastrophe does not have a choice to choose whether they want to live or not, they just die from a falling building