LGC07: Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer arrives
by Justin McElroy 
{ Aug 23rd 2007 at 8:10AM }
We think you'd probably remember it if you'd seen scary metal dog in previous trailers, ditto for Lady Doctor Octopus, Flying Doctor Octopus and the guy who loves rage. Maybe it's just how they murder a bunch of people, but we're getting a rogue's gallery vibe here. What do you think?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AlexP @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:30AM
... what.
Brad Lee @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:36AM
I second that.
After watching this, all I thought was "...what?"
Not "That was cool" or "That sucked," just "...what?"
Ska Oreo @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:19PM
Same here.
Crazy old Kojima.
Red Pyramid Thing @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:31AM
They're all chicks, even the one screaming about rage (link below). You know, the only time I don't regret buying the PS3 is when new MGS4 footage arrives. I have a feeling this game will be worth every penny.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3162245
Staggs @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:34AM
I smell boss fights!
Rymix @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:41AM
Rage! Muahaha! Rage!
Looks pretty cool, although its technical wow-factor has been lost in the years following the first footage. Now that we've seen what the 360 can already do, and some of what the PS3 will be able to do, this kinda left me a little cold.
Kudos to the cinematography though. Very immersive.
jsn @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:42AM
Snake looks tired... this franchise looks tired. I'm glad it's the last one. These games used to excite me. This one, not so much.
fawazr @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:15PM
As unpopular as your opinion is, I'm gonna have to agree. I was anticipating thought provoking storyline and characters, but it looks to be just as kitsch as ever.
Contrived characters and control gimmicks were a real hoot when the first MGS cam out, but there really are better alternatives nowadays.
I'm just happy that PS3 owners will finally have a killer app on their hands.
Jake @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:53AM
Too long for just FMV. It was very well done, as I'd expect from MGS, but I'd trade that all for some gameplay snippets.
It is becoming clear why this game will use so much space, though. That clip alone would be a gig in 1080p. Okay, I pulled that out of my ass, but still. That was a bigass cutscene.
It is amazing how much they are hyping this game, despite the fact that it is still 6 months minimum away.
kip @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:11PM
I don't think that was pre-rendered. If it was it would have looked better (especially Meryl's hair) (I think that was Meryl..). I think it was, like most MGS cutscenes, rendered in-game.
ssuk @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:48PM
FMV? 1 Gig? Jesus dude, you have NO idea what you're talking about. Now sit down and shut up until you have something worth saying.
Staggs @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:10PM
Too long? Har har. You obviously never played MGS2...
Ho Hum @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:56AM
Uncanny valley FTL almost as much as a bunch of bad guys that look like the doodles of a 12 year old in math class.
Evan @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:57AM
So, is MGS4 a CG movie, or a game? Because I didn't see any gameplay in that trailer!
kip @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:09PM
You've obviously never played a Metal Gear Solid game before.
clarkestar @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:01AM
Those boss-like characters need to go to Spec-Savers. How could they not spot Snake (cowering) behind that burn-out car? Possibly the worst example of stealth in a videogame, ever.
wine @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:17PM
ah, but they did spotted him. that marionette chick (wich faintly reminds me of psycho mantis)looks at him at some point and salutes him at the end.
yeah. "why not kill him and be done with it?"...well, it's metal gear!
JJ Rooster @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:00AM
I guess we're not Japanese, since they love their FMV segments. I prefer the in-game interactive stuff like in Bioshock or Gears. As nice as this looks, is it just about killing a few guys and advancing to a checkpoint so you can see more of the movie? Is that even a game?
Monthenor @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:19AM
Xenosaga would say yes, that is a game. But nobody really listens to Xenosaga.
Curmeo @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:10AM
lol too bad you kiddies dont have a PS3. its obvious you guys are trying to make your selves feel better since you wont be able to play this game. MGS4 will sell like crazy, will get really high ratings, and none of your trash talking can change that.
Sparda 23 @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:15AM
Or not.
The1 @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:23AM
I have a PS3 and I just think this looks like a cartoon and not real. DO NOT GET ME WRONG, IT DOES LOOK GOOD.
fawazr @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:18PM
I shudder when I think of the sort of mind that writes a comment like this.
Otis Whitaker @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:16AM
Don't call it FMV. It's not FMV if it's in engine rendered!
:x Sorry. I'm just annoyingly nitpicky that way.
chenry @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:15AM
...Meryl?
armrob1 @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:19AM
I think Konami is trying to over do it. by the time the game is released, it will be more like a Halo/Gears of War type of game with all kinds of ugly out of space vilains. and that`s really not where this game should be heading.
it's supposed to be a freaking stealth game for god's sake. I don't mind fighting some advanced machines here and there, but boss fights are never about stealth, it's more about button mashing.
seems this will be another promising game gone to waste.
upz @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:45AM
You seem to forget that boss fights in the MGS series have always been this way. A vampire that runs on water? A man controlling a suit of bees? This really isn't much more of a stretch.
Michael K. @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:50PM
the over the top boss fights are part of what keeps mgs from being as boring as splinter cell
Deviation @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:25AM
The MGS series doesn't use FMV or CG. Lots of cutscenes, sure. But it's all in-engine and doesn't take up all that much space.
Chuckles @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:37AM
I loved the first Metal Gear Solid on PS2 and played it to death as there was nothing like it out there. Now with the advancement of other FPS these games just don't get me anymore. Ever since Half Life I've been into the games that, you know, actually let you play all the time. This game is like a movie and will be boring. Half of its gameplay time will just be sitting watching 4 minute long FMV's and bad love bantering over Snakes comms link.
Give me Bioshock any day of the week over this.
ThornedVenom @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:18PM
I guess that's why he decided to kill the series at the 4th installment.
Dadidito @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:41AM
Hate to say it, is this a game? or a movie?
xGabrielx @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:51AM
Why don't embedded Gamevideos, uh, videos ever... you know... WORK?
Jason B @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:49AM
Holy crap this game looks ridiculously stupid...but at least it will suck IN REAL TIME.
BananaBoat @ Aug 23rd 2007 10:19AM
Know what I feel after watching that? RAGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Maybe something is lost in translation here, but after watching that, I was rubbing my eyes and hoping that it wasn't real. I think Kojima thinks he's some sort of grandiose story teller, when in reality he's a video game designer/producer/whatever. He's been lead to believe that his stories are good (really, his stories are usually about trying to mind rape you senselessly ala Evangelion) and that just isn't the case. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but I was hoping for ACTUAL bosses and not a continuation of the fat guy on rollerskates that chucks bombs at you, or as someone else said, the vampire that walks on water. Oh and shut off your PS2, disconnect the controller, and then turn it back on to defeat me (I'm actually boss number 3)
MacGordon @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:13AM
Finally a reason to keep my PS3. No, seriously!
EMilt @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:32AM
I don't like how snake just stands there, hidding like a bitch. this game's pace is way too slow to include huge boss fights that will require you to pause the action to change weapons, or inject yourself in the neck with crack-cocaine. Snake needs to die after this ,and Hideo needs to move on.
dukeatreides4ever @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:36AM
This looks like a full blown movie to me.
But a good looking one at that.
The sad part is that the 15 mins of "gameplay" was boring as hell.
Ska Oreo @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:12PM
Is it just me or does MGS4 become more unappealing with each trailer? And this is coming from a guy who actually enjoyed MGS 1, 2, and especially 3(that one actually made sense). I mean I used to be excited for these games,(even when I didn't have a ps2, used to be a nintendo fanboy), but now the story seems so convoluted that it really is uninteresting to me, and it seems that I'm not the only one who thinks that. I don't know if Kojima was trying to hard, or maybe he smoked too much of his secret snake flavored cocain, but it seems that he's finally alienated gamers to the point where only hardcore MGS fans will enjoy his final game. Maybe Kojima being done with the MGS franchise is a good thing, cause when Konami makes a new Metal Gear game(and they will) maybe they can get someone that can actually make the universe make sense. Yeah I know I'm gonna get flamed for saying this, but seriously the game has become so uninteresting.
I don't know, maybe when I get my actual hands on it I'll have a different opinion on the game, but as of now I just don't find it interesting and it doesn't make me envious of ps3 owners. You can have your crazy ass Kojima and insane plots, I don't need them.
GoonieGooGoo @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:52PM
I'll agree with you....MGS1 was definitely the best in the series....and the 1st half of 2.
To be honest...I still have to finish up MGS3....I keep passing out during the long movie scenes. They seriously kill me.
I'm seriously hoping that MGS4 really is the end....and Kojima can focus on either A) a new property or B) PSYCHONAUTS!!!!!
Ska Oreo @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:00PM
Personally I liked the bosses from MG3. The Fury kicked major ass.
GoonieGooGoo @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:49PM
What's with the ass on the wolf?
MGS4 looks great....but sorry to say.....nothing tops the bosses of MGS1.......
bto @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:19PM
So, from the looks of it, dog/wolf thing is the first boss....
ThornedVenom @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:24PM
Why is everyone complaining about the art direction? I liked it: it's different. It's just a question of taste I guess.
I think that it looked beautiful. =)
Juan @ Aug 24th 2007 5:27PM
Damn, I don't know what to say. On one hand we've got the final MGS game, and on the other some of the crappiest antagonists to grace a video game. This is still going to be the game I buy a PS3 for, but damn, it's going to be a hard pill to swallow.
Hashbrown_Hunter @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:32PM
I like how the theme of this one is how war is something everyone can do without. I'm really liking the Beauty/Beast thing to, how they were once beautiful women. It's mixing it's own kind of mythology with an industrial fueled war.
The concept is cool, but for some reason I feel less excited than a year ago.
azngamer87 @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:40PM
I have a feeling MGS4 will get a score of 9.1 or higher. Thank god I will get a ps3 soon. I can't wait to play this game.
Halaster @ Aug 23rd 2007 6:10PM
So how many other people caught the Ultima sound effect used in this video ?
4:40 to 4:41 while the mechanical dog is attacking the tank, the sound effect is used. An exact replica. :)
RogueJedi86 @ Aug 24th 2007 2:00AM
Amazing how people don't know what trailers are. "It's like a movie, no gameplay." What was the last trailer you saw that you were playing? Were people expecting some buttons on the bottom of the screen where we could make Snake fight the Femme Fatales in the trailer? We're supposed to watch trailers, not play them.
And yeah, I liked it. Very cool.