MGS4 HELP

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#1  Edited By diabloshadow

Borrowing a PS3 from a friend for a bit, went out and grabbed a copy of MGS4 from someone, and I'm installing the game, and its been stuck on 99% for the longest time and the animation of snake has frozen, with a disc symbol switching back and forth with a disc in the top left corner although the installing... keeps flashing. I don't know what to do any I don't wanna ruin my buddys PS3. What do I do? I think maybe its frozen?

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#2  Edited By FancySoapsMan

Probably.

It shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes to install.

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#3  Edited By elbon

Here what not to do, Stick a knive into the disc drive to get the cd out

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#4  Edited By Enigma777

The PS3 has been compromised. Set it on fire before the virus starts spreading!

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#5  Edited By diabloshadow
@Enigma777:  Any serious answers?
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#6  Edited By IBurningStar

Turn it off and back on. The install will either start over or continue where it left off.

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#7  Edited By raviolisumo

Force a shutdown and then examine the disc for smudges and junk. 

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#8  Edited By nickux

Turning off/on the PS3 shouldn't do any damage. Shut it off and try again. The install should pick back up. I can't imagine why that'd happen but consider wiping the disc with a microfiber cloth. 

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#9  Edited By diabloshadow
@Wes899: Did so, there were some scratches but nothing major that would screw anything up, put it back it and it said save was corrupted and had to make new file, did so and everything is awesome, loaded up quick snap. Thanks for the help. FINALLY I GET TO PLAY THIS GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME! CRAZY LONG CUT SCENES HERE I COME!
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#10  Edited By HitmanAgent47

Have fun with 18 hours of cutscenes. You can download all the cutscenes it's exactly 18 hours. The gameplay ration is like 1:3 from gameplay to cutscenes. Have fun.

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#11  Edited By ThePickle
@HitmanAgent47 said:
Have fun with 18 hours of cutscenes. You can download all the cutscenes it's exactly 18 hours. The gameplay ration is like 1:3 from gameplay to cutscenes. Have fun.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
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#12  Edited By diabloshadow

Hmmm, it seems that although I got through the first two cutscenes, octopus and weird ninja black and white commerical, and then it went back to the dash, and now im stuck on some weird tv thing that wont let me start the fucking game, keeps switching channels.


EDIT: Nevermind, finally got the game part (at least the game cutscene anyways)
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#13  Edited By HitmanAgent47
@HandsomeDevil: if you have an attention span like me and can tolarate a 6 hour game (gameplay only skipping all the cutscenes) Might get 7 hours of gameplay if you try to slow down a bit.
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#14  Edited By ThePickle
@HitmanAgent47 said:

@HandsomeDevil: if you have an attention span like me and can tolarate a 6 hour game (gameplay only skipping all the cutscenes) Might get 7 hours of gameplay if you try to slow down a bit.

It just seems like you don't like what kind of game MGS4 and all Metal Gear Solid games are. Not saying that's a bad thing. They're not for everyone. 
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#15  Edited By Enigma777
@HitmanAgent47 said:

Have fun with 18 hours of cutscenes. You can download all the cutscenes it's exactly 18 hours. The gameplay ration is like 1:3 from gameplay to cutscenes. Have fun.

That ratio is a load of BS  since you can literally have an infinite amount of gameplay if you never reach the next checkpoint. 
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#16  Edited By HitmanAgent47
@HandsomeDevil: No I like metal gear and snake eater because the cutscenes are well paced. I don't like sons of the liberty and mgs4 because kojima didn't edit his cutscenes and kept everything in there. He should hire and editor imo. I own every single metal gear games on consoles.
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#17  Edited By ThePickle
@HitmanAgent47 said:
@HandsomeDevil: No I like metal gear and snake eater because the cutscenes are well paced. I don't like sons of the liberty and mgs4 because kojima didn't edit his cutscenes and kept everything in there. He should hire and editor imo. I own every single metal gear games on consoles.
The length is all part of what is Metal Gear. To me, it's all about long cutscenes. I loved the cutscenes in MGS4. Only times I skipped them was when I was replaying the game. 
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#18  Edited By wicked_wumpus
@Diabloshadow: Psycho Mantis has taken control of the PS3! Get a second controller and a tin foil hat so he can't read your thoughts!
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#19  Edited By EvilTwin

A bit off-topic here, but how much do you have to suck at taking care of stuff to scratch a Blu-ray?

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#20  Edited By Super_Yosh_64
@Elbon: i learned that the hard way
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#21  Edited By Hizang

Clean the disc with a cloth, should do the trick