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How annoying is the 4th BB!!! Finally completed the game last night. Superb game but i think im gonna wait a month or 2 before replaying it, and hope for trophy support sooner than later

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  Daft said:
The 4th BB was easy. Maybe a bit anti-climactic until a certain somebody turned up at the end. :D

 

Agreed, that bit is fantastic! ^^ I think It's a great boss fight though, but I'm dreading it on Big Boss Extreme...

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  Ryan said:
I'm thinking of going for the no kill bonus on Easy, will my items/camos carry over?

 

Yes, its really easy and quite fun because its so easy. :heh:

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OMG at end of Act 4, totally fan service based but still loved it....gotta go to work now so not started Act 5 yet....so close to end I can feel it...getting a sense of how I think it will finish which I can still say I have kept spoiler free (made my podcast listening fun, having to fast forward all the time.

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  flameboy said:
OMG at end of Act 4, totally fan service based but still loved it....gotta go to work now so not started Act 5 yet....so close to end I can feel it...getting a sense of how I think it will finish which I can still say I have kept spoiler free (made my podcast listening fun, having to fast forward all the time.

 

Without giving anything away i think u will be very surpised with the ending. I know i was and absolutly loved it ;)

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Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter was surprisingly candid at Anime Expo's centerpiece guest-of-honor panel, where he admitted to being frustrated at times with Metal Gear Solid series director Hideo Kojima's over-the-top scriptwriting and direction. He specifically called out the suicide scene highlighted in Metal Gear Solid 4 trailers, saying that Snake, a man who's killed thousands, shouldn't flinch at pulling the trigger on himself. "I didn't agree with that at all, and I begged them to change it, but I think it's still in the final game," he said. "I didn't buy it at all. I think it's weak for Snake to be killing other people and then not be able to kill himself when it's time. If he knows it's time, then it's time."

 

Hayter also revealed that wasn't the first time he's had issues with MGS scripts -- and one of the culprits should come as no surprise to longtime series fans. "It's a delicate thing to discuss love blooming on the battlefield with Otacon," he admitted, describing the original Metal Gear Solid's notorious unintentionally homoerotic cut-scene. Hayter also revealed that the actors "had a tough time" getting through the alternate ending of MGS, where Snake and Otacon are seen riding off into the sunset on a snowmobile. "It felt like it was written to be romantic," Hayter said. "It was just humiliating." He did mention that MGS3 and MGS4 had fewer script issues than the first two games, and he now has more power to veto particular lines. Still, he only has so much pull. "If I have a big speech about love on the battlefield, well, that's what I have to talk about," he said. "Some things are easier to say than others."

 

Hayter did offer unsolicited praise for Kojima, though, saying that the MGS boss has influenced his own day job as a Hollywood scriptwriter. "Kojima and I have different styles," he said, "but I've certainly learned things from him, especially about ambiguity and telling a story without giving all the answers."

 

Despite the fact that voicing Snake has surely opened more live-action acting roles for Hayter, he says he's reluctant to make that jump. "Over the course of the '90s, a few of my friends got to be fairly famous, and it got a little crazy," he said. "And I like to quote Michael J. Fox: 'I've been rich, and I've been famous, and rich is better.' I love acting, but I don't want to promote myself like that anymore." Hayter said he's content with his life as a voice actor and a scriptwriter.

 

Hayter also dismissed charges that Solid Snake simply apes Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken character from the film Escape from New York, claiming that he's simply using "the toughest voice I can muster. Besides, Kurt Russell's voice is more whispery." In fact, Hayter said he intentionally tried to stay away from any comparison to Russell when originally coming up with the voice. "Quite frankly, I didn't want [Konami] to get sued," he said -- and laughing, added, "I still don't know how they got around that!"

 

With Sony seemingly intent on making a Metal Gear Solid movie -- with Hayter petitioning to write the script -- one fan wondered who should play Snake on the silver screen. Hayter said that he's definitely out of the running himself, but that Hugh Jackman or Viggo Mortensen are the two best choices -- and frankly, I can't think of fans being disappointed if either suggestion comes to fruition.

 

Hayter was gracious and exceedingly patient with the fans, despite the fact that far too many seemingly waited in line simply to beg him to give shoutouts to their fansites. Hayter was smartly self-referential in some cases -- for example, he affected Snake's gruff growl and proclaimed that he wouldn't mention a site with "ninja" in its name because "I don't speak to ninjas!" To be honest, it was frustrating that questions weren't screened, especially since Hayter only had an hour to spend. Though I didn't mind the panel's egalitarian setup -- as press, I had to get in line like everyone else -- Hayter doesn't make many public appearances like this, and a few shameless self-promoters dragged down the electricity of the event and took up far too much valuable time.

 

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  dwarf gourami said:
That's pretty interesting, but please, no film.

 

Look what happened to Tomb Raider and Doom.

 

Tomb Raider wasn't 2 bad....

 

I totally agree with Doom though!

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  dwarf gourami said:
Fail

 

 

I think that the definition of epic in the Oxford dictionary should be redefined as ' Play Metal Gear Solid 1 , 2 , 3 and 4.'

 

Edit: http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/lara_croft_tomb_raider/

 

lol. i was thought it was an ok film but could of been alot better.

 

Like you said I don't think metal gear needs to be made into a movie, it is pretty much one already with all the cut scenes and the like.

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Well there is that, but there is such a risk of them killing it I wouldn't want it anyway. Just leave the series alone apart from maybe spin-offs for now, let Snake remain a classic and let him age in peace.

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  dwarf gourami said:
Well there is that, but there is such a risk of them killing it I wouldn't want it anyway. Just leave the series alone apart from maybe spin-offs for now, let Snake remain a classic and let him age in peace.

 

Totally agree. I would be very suprised if they would even allow for a film to be made.

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Ok so finally complete this today, just a few hours ago. Personally loved it...whilst I don't pretend to be hardcore fan of the series I have dabbled in and out of the series since MG on the NES and been eager to see the end of this series and storyline. As for the appearance of a certain someone, I have to be honest I am a bit meh;

 

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well, i got it saterday, just finnished now. gotta say, it was a great game,

dont wanna be spoiling it for any one, so i'll write it all

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  Ryan said:
Glad you mentioned that, is the sequel being released here?

Play have it down for the end of September, although I don't know how accurate that is.

 

I have the first and it's a nice curio for fans, although whilst 'playing' it I can't help but feel how much better something like it would work on the DS; to unlock database entries you have to stop playback and scour the scenes for hidden emblems and such, all of which would be much smoother using a stylus.

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