Metal Gear Mania continues today. Series creator and director Hideo Kojima presented the first ten minutes of Metal Gear Solid 4 to the press today, and the folks at 1UP were able to capture it off-screen. This all Japanese-footage includes the intro movie, but goes directly into gameplay. More than the visuals, the audio is what haunts us the most. The score pulls on the heartstrings, while the sounds of war sound absolutely brutal ... as they should.
Watch Kojima play the first ten minutes of Metal Gear Solid 4
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5-13-2008 @ 2:20PM
rich said...
first
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5-13-2008 @ 2:25PM
stargateheaven said...
Is this not on-screen?
btw, "first" is RICH coming from you...bwahaha..
ok..
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5-13-2008 @ 2:48PM
Justin said...
its direct-feed
and directly awesome
5-13-2008 @ 2:44PM
Afro_Dude said...
Is it just me or did anyone else notice that Easter egg in the last 3 minutes?
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5-13-2008 @ 3:11PM
Joeman said...
MG is famous for its easter eggs. Expect a lot.
5-13-2008 @ 2:56PM
Byron517 said...
This is going to be epic!! wow... JUNE 12th can't come soon enough!!!!!!
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5-13-2008 @ 3:02PM
True_Darknight said...
hahah No place for Hideo.. Funny...
Now that looked so freaking sweet!!! I needs to play now.
How about they release the first 10 GB!!!
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5-13-2008 @ 3:03PM
James said...
When I see the devs playing, I always expect it to go like Neo fighting a bunch of Agents in one of the latter Matrix movies. Still, pretty cool...
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5-13-2008 @ 3:10PM
Pistol Platypus said...
WIN.
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5-13-2008 @ 3:16PM
fersis said...
At 11:41-11:42 ,on the cardboard box that says 'No place for hideo', there is a little cute (Hideo-san?) character.
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5-13-2008 @ 3:26PM
dwills1920 said...
this game is gonna be 2 sweet. looks amazing.
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5-13-2008 @ 3:28PM
Jason Rhyne said...
I will not watch it. It's like going to the strip club then going home alone.
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5-13-2008 @ 3:35PM
JerJerBinks said...
Is it wrong that as a Sony advocate I have absolutely no interest in this game? I want to see it do well and sell consoles, but I cant make myself interested in the videos or in purchasing this game. Maybe its becasue the only MG games I have played were MGS2 and MG:Portable Ops, but all i feel is 'meh' when I see MGS4 news.
It would have to be one of the greatest games ever created for me to buy it at this point. I guess we'll see in a few short weeks.
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5-13-2008 @ 4:37PM
r0n said...
Why is it wrong not to like it? Although it is such a huge franchise for sony, I'm curious what games you bought the PS3 to play?
5-13-2008 @ 7:19PM
Syn said...
You're not the only one. This game doesn't appeal to me at all. Just because thousands of people like it, doesn't me someone won't. I've played every MGS game, and portable. I said the samething after the XPlay Video, and people jumped on me saying it was because it was a bad video. But even after this video, still looks boring. Assassins Creed was so bad, yet for others they really liked it. Same situation.
5-13-2008 @ 8:42PM
JerJerBinks said...
@ r0n
Well, I definitely love Gran Turismo and the God of War series, plus there were tons of PS2 exclusives like GTA, R&C, Jak, and DMC that I used to play. I have never been a FF or MGS fan, but in the grand scheme of things, those franchises do not 'make" the Playstation brand. I could have gone with an Xbox, but that goes directly against my dislike of Microsoft (I work in IT) and their software+business practices. PlayStation has always been my console of choice, and as long as they continue to make consoles I will be their customer.
5-14-2008 @ 11:06AM
MJ said...
You know JerJer, that has to be one of the most rational comments i've seen on why someone doesn't like a particular game (most go along the lines of mgs sux blah blah shitty game etc).
Course there's nothing wrong with not being excited for MGS if it isn't your type of game!
As a huge MGS fan, would be interesting to hear your take on what you think the gameplay, graphics and sound are like (even though you aren't buying it).
5-13-2008 @ 3:44PM
tristan88 said...
wow. i have never seen a game look so much like a movie before. that was a pretty engrossing 13 minutes. this game really does deserve the hype. so damn impressive.
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5-13-2008 @ 3:48PM
Damian said...
Can't watch it! I knew the spoiler of MGS2 (i.e. Raiden being the lead in most of it) before I bought that and the ending of MGS3 before I finished it (admittedly because I took too long to finish it). For MGS4 I'm staying off all sites that could carry spoilers from its release until I complete it!
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5-13-2008 @ 4:17PM
Jimmijam said...
Looks awesome... but where's the game play?
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