Metal Gear Solid 4

Metal Gear Solid 4 is the breakthrough PS3 title we’ve been waiting for. Stealth action (EA-Xbox 360, PS3)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

(Codemasters-360, PS3, PC)

Genre: Stealth action

Something Like: Splinter Cell if Tom Clancy was Japanese and long-winded

Rundown: Five years after MGS2, an aging Snake is in the Middle East to off the head of a private army run amok (no, not Blackwater). Though he battles walking tanks and nanotech-enhanced soldiers, Snake is aided by a new camo suit and a robot drone. A deep online mode and stunning graphics will remind PS3 owners why they bought one.

GAME THEORY IS SOLID SNAKE PSYCHIC? THE METAL GEAR SERIES FORETELLS THE FUTURE.

IN MGS4, DIRECTOR HIDEO KOJIMA PITS SNAKE AGAINST A PRIVATE ARMY. “MY THINKING WAS THAT WAR IS NOT HEADING IN THE CLASSIC DIRECTION AS SEEN IN WORLD WAR II,” HE SAYS. THE PLOT ACTUALLY PREDATES NEWS HEADLINES ON SIMILAR PRIVATE ARMIES LIKE BLACKWATER WORLDWIDE. THE SERIES HAS FORETOLD THE NEWS BEFORE. METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY (2001) WAS SET TO END WITH A MOBILE FORTRESS CRASHING INTO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. KOJIMA CHANGED THE FINALE AFTER TERRORISTS HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE GAME’S RELEASE.