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Bryfang posted...

MGS4 was one of those games I enjoyed like hell the first time through, then once the hype wore off I realized Id been fucked.

It's the other way round for me to be honest. I enjoyed 4 just as much, if not more, on subsequent playthroughs. V I have no intention of ever replaying. Its length works against it basically, and much of that length comes from repetitive padding I feel.

4 is short when you skip the cutscenes, but it's made for replaying (as is Ground Zeroes for that matter). I felt encouraged to try and obtain the various emblems and unlockables. The Big Boss emblem particularly offered a nice challenge.

That said, I agree with your criticisms of 4, which is why it's my least favorite but one of the numbered games. The first two acts are great (and a big reason for me salvaging enjoyment from the game), but the game sort of falls apart after that, by having endless cutscenes and virtually no gameplay. The bosses are cool though. If V had bosses like that, I might reassess my ranking.