The ending cuts this game down ***minor spoilers***

I'm no Metal Gear fan. I mean, the first one was alright and that PSP game was kind of awesome.

But wow, I loved this game! That end boss was amazing! The stupid stuff he said! And it's not even that far off base. Dick Cheney shot a dude in the face with a shotgun after all. Oh right that was an "accident".

You didn't like Doktor?! What?! He's THE BEST! I love his codec dialog. And his right arm collection fetish. So crazy.

@mustainium said:

@tangoup said:

George was probably the highlight of the story

I saw this and made that exact face, and had to see if anyone else thought that was crazy. George was the worst! If you thought George was good, then come on son, you need to raise your bar on what makes a good character. That kid made me cringe constantly.

That's too bad. That ending made the game for me. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Kojima does have a good sense of humor.

It shows you have not played the other MGS games. Since MGS 1 had lengthy Codec calls. MGS 2 very often had cutscenes over 10 minutes with just talking. MGS 3 less talking and more choreographed scenes.

MGS 4 hold two set of world records for longest cutscenes, one 48 min set after the on rails shooting section in act 3 is not included. As the longest single cut scene is 27 mins and is in the ending climax cutscenes with all together hold the record at 72 minutes. So I found the ending of MGSR it faaaaaaaar more fun watching and listening to the senator and was waaaay shorter.

shit, bizarro world is trying to merge with ours again

I can still enjoy the stories of MGS1-3. MGS4 is just way worse written in comparison to the past games. I was a hardcore MGS fan and bought a PS3 for it. I could list out the reasons why I hate MGS4 from both a story and gameplay perspective, but I've done that about a dozen times on these forums don't want to derail this thread with MGS4 spoilers.

I spent 90% of that cutscene before the last boss thinking about just skipping it.

@tangoup: Y'all got baited by a master troll of an OP.

10/10 game was okay.

the more I think about it, the more I enjoy the story to this then MGS2 or 4 combined. Not MGS1, 3 or Peace Walker.

I'm pretty sure you're wrong. Nanomachines, son.

This game is art. Ending is likely the highlight of my 2013. I just remember watching it all unfold grinning like a mad man and applauding the screen. Bravo Platinum. Bravo. Playing it all again on PC and it's still just as awesome.

Opinions and all that. I can see how someone wouldn't like it, but that is one of my favorite games of last year. Due in large part to that final boss. I mean, come on. It's SO god damn ridiculous. It's beautiful.

Yes. This is precisely what it is. Raiden doesn't understand what Armstrong even is or how he's capable of anything he's doing, and his retort is "because fuck you" and then he gets punted like a football. it's incredible.

Yeah but then you get even older and you realize they are masterpieces because of how stupid they are.

I have a question and it is: Why the fuck do people like you insist on playing games like this?

I don't mean that insultingly I am legitimately confused on why you'd be so pissed off about a part of the game that isn't the main focus and write nothing about gameplay at all.

Also why would you want to cut out the last part of the game? You have a sword fight with a huge ass robot and then proceed to have one of the best boss fights of the last 7 years (with Dante in DMC4), all the bosses are designed well and are unique. I agree with you with some camera problems and lock on usually fixes this, yes it's short but it has re-playability if you want to get in to it. Zandatsu never gets old and there's a shit ton to unlock. The DLC has problems with reusing areas but the gameplay still stands for Wolf and Sam.

Do you just hate joy? That must be it.

Seriously OP, you need to explain why you think George is the only good character in the game. If you dislike everything else about the game, fine, but why is George any good? I was hoping I wouldn't see (or more specifically, hear) him again after the 2nd chapter.

lol as an Englishman i found all the bosses and especially the end boss to just be a big F.U Parody to America. This game was always gonna be a bit bonkers. Wasn't it Ninja Gaiden with all the bouncing boobs during cut-scenes....

My biggest gripe with that game is that it takes that long to reach that level of over-the-topness. That fight was the reason I play Platinum games, and the ridiculous writing is exactly the level of seriousness MGS deserves.

That, and the controls... those controls are shit.