Not sure if someone already posted something like this. But my personal favorite is MGS4. The story is beautiful, but kinda depressing and sad at the end. The gameplay is awesome especially the final showdown between Solid Snake and Liquid Ocelot. Although, I don't like the fact that most of my favorite characters died in the game. (Ocelot, EVA, Naomi, Big Boss, etc.)
Agreed. I played most of the MGS games, but MGS 4 stood out the most for me. It just had so many elements in the game that I loved from its quirky humor to those somber and sad moments to the epic moments in the game. Oh btw, you should put a spoiler on your last sentence...
Metal Gear Solid 1. It stands to this day as one of my favorite video games ever. The plot was just perfectly paced, the characters were all really interesting, with Foxhound being the best villain team of the entire series so far (Psycho Mantis, nuff said), the cutscenes weren't at the ridiculous length they're at now, the graphics actually still hold up to this day on the PS1 (I can perfectly tell what's going on at all times and don't want to puke), there were so many secrets to uncover, the voice acting is the best in the series (particularly Greg Eagles as Gray Fox), the environments were somehow memorable even if most of the game was indoors, and everything made sense for the most part.
I'll say 4 because it had a lot of features that you wouldn't find in normal games, the in game ipod tracks where you play as the people speaking play is just an entertainig thing to me that you don't get elsewhere. Also, the active camo and being able to stealth through a battlefield without fighting them, all types of things never really accomplished before to such a degree before. In general the series has always pushed boundaries, I just find that 4 did it to a greater degree. Drama, gameplay, storytelling, boss fights, all that stuff. I'm not one of those people put off by cutscenes, if you can tell me a story that's good and develops well, then put them infront of me. Walking Dead and Heavy Rain basically did that but i like this interactive storytelling is all. Have to admit, the gun play is a bit... Meh though.
Metal Gear Solid 2 is one of the most meta games out there. It's truly a masterpiece and a cut above the rest. Sorry Rising.
Fixed. Thank you very much. Yeah, I like those kind of games where it has a happy mood at first then it turns very sad at the next.
