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Release Date: June 12, 2008 (Official)

Get ready for the last installment from Hideo Kojima. Alarmed?! You’ve should’ve kept more tabs on the progress of this series. Hideo Kojima said that this was going to be his last time directing the Metal Gear series. We don’t know what he’s going to do after that, but this game could put PS3 1st in the race. We’ve got the Wii leading the pack. In February and March, the PS3 was able to surpass the X-Box 360 to take 2nd place. The only two saviors of the PS3 are Metal Gear Solid 4 and Gran Turismo 5. (Don’t get me started on GT5. I know the graphics are GOOD, but I like my cars to be able to turn like in real life.)

To celebrate the release of the game, there’s going to be a special edition of the PS3. It will feature a military green color for the console unit and the controller as well. Don’t forget that this will debut the DualShock 3 controller. Many say that dual-shock capability was left out because it would throw off the Sixaxis sensor, and they are WRONG. It was removed because of a patent lawsuit.

I am kind of disappointed in the graphics of this game. They look “paperish”. They do not use the full potential of the PS3’s capability. But we can be sure that they will not affect our game play experience. The story will definitely be strong as usual and we can expect new game play features. Metal Gear Solid 3 was a blast! At first I was disappointed that the “radar” was gone, but it made the game much more fun. Not having the radar puts you more in the game and gets your heart pounding. I still get freaked out by the alerts. Whenever I’m playing at night I’m constantly looking back behind my sofa.

I’m more worried about the stealthy-ness of this game. How much stealth can you get on a fired up battlefield? Big gamer sites have been saying in parts of the game you are able to assist the “rebels” and they will not shoot you. So you are out in the open shooting the cyborgs. If you’re doing that half of the time, it doesn’t make it “tactical espionage action”. Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 had a very good stealth factor. The first one was good also, but didn’t seem much fun.

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