I hereby ask every person I know to ignore all comments Penny Arcade has on MGS4 or any other MGS game. I hope that what they have said up 'till now embarrasses them enough into an apology of some sorts or at least exposes how unprofessional they are, not that we're better than them, but they are just two guys who got popular off making people laugh, and that, over time, has given them access to the gaming industry with the flawed assumption that they know a good game.
Penny Arcade has a pseudo review up: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/06/13/perspective/
They have only played six hours.
I think the comment on controls is interesting, but otherwise they are nit-picking on microscopic elements of the game (criticizing the install as a weakness of Blu-Ray? They don't even take that long!), and abusing illiterate fanboys from forums as if that's all MGS4 fans are. Forums are notorious for ignorant commentary. Penny Arcade's fine grammar-nazi rants obviously prove their superiority.
They are looking for the game to fail because it's a popular phenomenon that they never got into, and it severely hinders their judgment of the game. The games they choose to contrast MGS in terms of stealth are both made by Ubisoft, which they have an advertsing deal with. Splinter Cell does not contain the level of storytelling present in MGS4. Assasin's Creed did, but not Splinter Cell, as far as I am aware. I will give it another shot, but I found the story cheesy. Stealth in Assasin's Creed was a joke for the most part. It was very easy to evade guards, and often unnecessary as Altair was a fucking badass. What makes MGS4 special is the fact that it is able to combine deep social commentary with deep characters and still be a fun stealth gaming experience. I have played nothing like it except previous MGS titles.
I like Penny Arcade much better when they make jokes, not commentary.
i'M Shit-fuckin(g) furious aBout this,
Lynny BoJ
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