We're still kind of saying "fuck you penny arcade"

This was originally going to be a comment to the last post but grew into much more of a rant:

I am glad somebody took the initiative to write something on this matter. I was about to, but it would have been far more inflammatory. I really actually agree with most of your points but feel the need to add/comment on a few things.

First I feel that Penny Arcade (like you told me the other day) is simply doing this because they can. They have a platform in which they know they can get their message across... and quite simply want to exercise their power by pissing off the masses. What they are doing is essentially no different than what goes on in most forums. The only difference is they are well versed and have an audience.

They do bring up one good point. Metal Gear Solid does not need to be awarded a 10 from everyone and anything above 9 is a great score. I would give it a 10 out of 10 (possibly even an 11) but I know it's not for everyone... and that's fine. But again, it's not like Konami of Kojima is complaining... just uneducated forum surfers.

It is interesting how they have only played six hours and feel they are a good authority. I doubt they will do a follow up. Even if they enjoyed the rest of the game, they would be too proud to admit it. I mean they've taken it this far. In regards to some of the direct complaints, I feel that the gameplay is something that can be appreciated by even non metal gear fans. It's really superb and not clunky at all. I have no idea where Tycho is getting that from. And to say that it is no longer Metal Gear when stealth switches to action is ignorant. It's still Metal Gear in every aspect. It's just much easier to defend yourself this time around (I'll go into that more when I actually do my write up on gameplay). I do sort of agree on the install times. They are not annoying the first go around. What is sort of obnoxious is that when you go back and play again you have to go through all of them. But really... it's two fucking minutes. Most games have load times longer than that. It's such a small complaint that it shouldn't amount to anything.

I did play splinter cell and it was not all that great. The pacing was very off and the stealth elements were wholly borrowed from metal gear. And the combat... now that was clunky. If you got spotted you were done... period. Imparting western sensibility just made it a fucking Tom Clancy Novel with raa raa America and the U.S. is the best... well that's how I remember it.

Finally, the boss battles have always been one of the most positive aspects of the metal gear series. They are always clever and always fun. And the fact that you are taking on such a larger than life character makes Snake all that much more of the ultimate badass and super soldier he is said to be. MGS4 has some really funny codec sequences that touch on this exact point.

-JFu