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Oh man, I just came back from an all-nighter with my MGS fan friend(we have the same tastes in videogames). We basically just beat the last of the four bosses, and I couldn't stay and finish it.
Doing it all in one shot is rough, the cutscenes are a bit long and sometimes just plain WTF. (Such as Otacon's new love story, and Meryl's new love story). But I think that the most annoying parts are the Mission Briefings. Wayyyyy too long and boring. Skippable, yes, but I don't wanna miss anything.
But still, it's MGS, and Snake is as badass as ever, and I love the new gameplay mechanic. My only gripe with the new control scheme is the switch from O to X as the menu's OK button. It got me confused many a time.
The new way of procuring oneself weapons is pretty cool, and I like putting accessories on my guns.
We kind of rushed through the game, though; I want to go back and experience more sneaking, exploring the vast areas, all that... And also have some more fun with the CQC.
Europe was hilariously tedious, but fun to see the resistance members reactions. The Middle East was very impressive, it felt like a battlefield. South America was good, I liked teaming up with a faction and sniping a bunch of unsuspecting enemies.
Alaska was interesting, but tedious at times. Jesus Christ, I hate those three-armed freaks.
I was a bit dissapointed with the bosses. They were pretty fun to fight (I loved Laughing Octopus and Raging Raven) but the backstories were all very boring and I didn't care for them.
Well that's my garbled review for now, and even though my post looks like a bunch of negatives, the game as a whole is very enjoyable, as I expected it to be. I just wanted to nitpick.
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