You may (or may not have heard) that the metro newspaper, a widely read free newspaper for londoners, recently gave MGS4 a review score of 6 out of 10 which can be summarised by this quote:
"Solid Snake is back, older, wiser, but unfortunately, if gameplay is anything to go by, more arthritic and boring. In truth, the MGS series has always been rather unfathomable - a fanboy favourite that mystifies and inspires in equal measure. The plot is so utterly overblown that it's pointless delving too deep - imagine an art house remake of a Jean Claude Van Damme movie (there's a twin brother, global conspiracy, genetic engineering and, erm, a laughing octopus)"
On the surface this looks like a typical piss-poor attempt of reviewing an excellent game (especially as they stated that the game is available on the Xbox 360), but delving deeper reveals a conspiracy that not even Ocelot could have predicted.
The day after the review was posted I spotted something strange in the science and technology section of the newspaper:
Read 'Vitamin wars':
GENOME SOLDIERS!!!
Proof that the Metro is run by the patriots and that the review was a ruse to keep people from buying the game thus training to take down the patriots.
Fuck Metro, bunch of sellouts. The metro is run by advertising agencies, that's why it's free, and it's all over the the country. Ever wondered why 90 percent of the paper is ads? ALso, that is by far THE worst review I have read so far in that pitiful excuse for a newspaper. The jounalists who write in that paper are amatuers at best, undergraduates at worst.
They have a point about the plot. MGS4 seemed to pretty tame plot wise for the first few chapters but towards the end it goes MGS2 crazy. I'm groaned in disbelief when they mentioned....
I read which ever I find on the tube or which ever the Tamil guy hands me (no seriously all the London Paper (or london lite I can't remember) workers in London are Tamil). The same goes for the KFC's I've been to in London.
Sunny developed a remarkably important chunk of the virus, removing the patriots only from the system. Keeping medicine, transport, economy and other important aspects of normal US society intact. The fact that FOXALIVE virus did the complete opposite of FOXDIE made the name quite obvious. It's the most obvious and fitting name for the virus.
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Can't be!
Also that's a terrible excuse for a review. I'm not saying reviewers have to like the game, but they shouldn't be bias, which this one clearly was.
Also the metro isn't just for Londoners, we get it too, although it's localised.
Fuck Metro, bunch of sellouts. The metro is run by advertising agencies, that's why it's free, and it's all over the the country. Ever wondered why 90 percent of the paper is ads? ALso, that is by far THE worst review I have read so far in that pitiful excuse for a newspaper. The jounalists who write in that paper are amatuers at best, undergraduates at worst.
Facepalm Vamp does not approve.
They have a point about the plot. MGS4 seemed to pretty tame plot wise for the first few chapters but towards the end it goes MGS2 crazy. I'm groaned in disbelief when they mentioned....
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Naomi's virus was called fox-alive, are they serious!?! Is she naming a mix tape?
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Still a great game, but you have to know you are stepping into crazy town when you play that game.
do you read the London Light or the London Paper in the afternoon. I read both.
Oh Agyness Deyn! When will you get your shit together!
I read which ever I find on the tube or which ever the Tamil guy hands me (no seriously all the London Paper (or london lite I can't remember) workers in London are Tamil). The same goes for the KFC's I've been to in London.
My dad gets both london lite and the london paper on the way home so I usually read a bit of both when I get home.
People refer to the Daily Mail as 'the Metro with the nerve to charge' and I'm never sure which paper is being insulted.
my local newspaper gave the original God Of War a bad review because they're were a FEW (just a tiny few) moments of "backtracking"
a Savannah newspaper also claimed that you could "win thong clad girls as prizes" in Grand Theft Auto Vice City
tl;dr fuck newspapers when it comes to gaming
ArrestedDeveloper:
I'm gonna have to adjust that belief a little.
SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.SPOILERS.
Sunny developed a remarkably important chunk of the virus, removing the patriots only from the system. Keeping medicine, transport, economy and other important aspects of normal US society intact. The fact that FOXALIVE virus did the complete opposite of FOXDIE made the name quite obvious. It's the most obvious and fitting name for the virus.
SPOILER. SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.SPOILER.
I don't see how that could confuse anyone.