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Metal Gear Solid 4 garners a perfect score in Famitsu photo

While the only videogame reviews that really matter are the ones on Destructoid.com, when a game gets a perfect score in Japanese publication Famitsu, people listen.

And that’s exactly what Metal Gear Solid 4 just accomplished: All four reviewers in the popular magazine gave the upcoming PlayStation 3 game a 10, bringing its overall score to a perfect 40. While the opinion of four people is not the final word on whether a game will be good or not, I have always been fascinated by the games that receive perfect scores in Famitsu.

Over the years, only seven other videogames have accomplished this feat: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Soulcalibur, Vagrant Story, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendogs, Final Fantasy XII, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Although varied almost to the point of being random, I adore each and every one of these games. It is neat to know that Metal Gear Solid 4 (the first PS3 game!) will be joining this exclusive club.

The only bad news: This does not help with the agonizing wait until next week when the game finally hits store shelves.


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MrSadistic's Avatar
MrSadistic at 06/04/2008 16:10
Ugh, WW.

Anyway, next week cannot come soon enough.
galagabug 's Avatar
galagabug at 06/04/2008 16:11
i only value famitsu's reveiws on western releases. whenever a name like miyamoto or kojima is attached to a title, you can't really trust anyone's opinion anyway.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 06/04/2008 16:12
OMG! metal gear solid 4 as good as nintendogs?can't be!
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
TheToiletDuck at 06/04/2008 16:13
Wow, nintendogs.. wut?
timepants's Avatar
timepants at 06/04/2008 16:13
Do you really need Famitsu's scores to know this game will be AMAZING?
mix's Avatar
mix at 06/04/2008 16:16
I have Thursday off next week...mwa ha ha
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
Chad Concelmo at 06/04/2008 16:18
How can a game starring puppies not get a perfect score? I mean, come on! Puppies! :)
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 06/04/2008 16:22
@Chad:I'm more of a kitteh guy.
just to let you know all members of the wisemen comity of the patriots are kitteh
kawitchate's Avatar
kawitchate at 06/04/2008 16:23
"Nintendogs, Final Fantasy XII, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl"
...and this perfect 10 just lost credibility (with me).
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 06/04/2008 16:23
I have Friday off next week >_<
CALkulon's Avatar
CALkulon at 06/04/2008 16:26
Nintendogs?!
taumpytears's Avatar
taumpytears at 06/04/2008 16:29
Al least 3 of those games were made by miyamoto. Im not sure about brawl but he made a lot of the characters in it att he very least.
Bazel's Avatar
Bazel at 06/04/2008 16:31
That picture and caption suggest that MGS4 gets a 10 in your book b/c it features the shooting of a soda weilding monkey.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
Chad Concelmo at 06/04/2008 16:34
@Bazel,
Exactly. :)
Uther's Avatar
Uther at 06/04/2008 16:37
Damn you Kojima Productions! Damn you and your excellence!
Kyuzo's Avatar
Kyuzo at 06/04/2008 16:37
Nintendogs? Now Nintendolphins on the other hand yes!
MaximusPaynicus's Avatar
MaximusPaynicus at 06/04/2008 16:42
Now to wait for Hideo Kojima to quit Konami and form a death metal band with Tomonobu Itagaki.
Rifter01's Avatar
Rifter01 at 06/04/2008 16:43
Judge #3: Hmm, this plate of metal gearz is quite tasty.
Judge #2: Yes, it killed me with Deliciousness!!
catsithx's Avatar
catsithx at 06/04/2008 16:47
If they say it's good and they have a great record at scoreing games. then it musy be good
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 06/04/2008 16:49
The DOG Island for Wii > any other dog game. Also, FFXII isn't the best game, but I'd have to beat it and read the reviews to see what they mean. Wind Waker and SoulCalibur are totally deserving. Brawl is questionable, it's lacking in a few things(it could add about 5 more characters, and lose Falco).

Anyway, not surprising. If any game is worth a perfect score, I'd put my money on Metal Gear Solid 4.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 06/04/2008 16:50
It doesn't take much for Famitzu to give really high scores to popular games. This one just happens to be extremely popular. I'd like to think the game has no flaws but I'm not that naive or shallow.
PrinceofCannedPeaches's Avatar
PrinceofCannedPeaches at 06/04/2008 16:54
Hold on a second. Where were all seven of those games made, again? Remind me?

Fuck you, Japan. Srsly.
FinalFist's Avatar
FinalFist at 06/04/2008 16:56
I dunno, it's rare for them to give out a perfect score, obviously. And brainderailment, I assume you remember the article on this website about a perfect score not nessecarily meaning a perfect game.

But imo, Final Fantasy XII definitely did not deserve a perfect score.
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar
Anus Mcphanus at 06/04/2008 16:57
A perfect score in famitsu and 8/10 in Edge

So which hardcore publication do you believe more? Actually that doesn't matter all I know is that I must have this game!
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dtomek at 06/04/2008 17:03
Seriously, what is enjoyable about these games? If they implement gameplay that isn't 18 yrs old this time I might rent it, but they certainly aren't getting anymore purchases out of me. Although that may be a lie as I've been tricked into buying the last three :(
Novakaine's Avatar
Novakaine at 06/04/2008 17:08
Famitsu's 40/40 means nothing. Nintendogs, Wind Waker, FF XII, and SSBB are so not worthy of such a score. And this is coming from a huge Nintendo fan (and old-school Square fan).
monosylabik's Avatar
monosylabik at 06/04/2008 17:10
@dtomek...

you might want to try reading previews and stuff.gameplay has changed for the better.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 06/04/2008 17:21
I know that MGS4 will be great and probably deserves the 40 but Famitsu has no journalistic integrity. People have to pay them to have their game reviewed and they always give perfect scores to games that fanboys expect to get perfect score even before they play them.
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scottoid at 06/04/2008 17:27
OMFG!! soda drinking monkeys??!1! this game gets a 10, but if you could shoot soda packing dogs...it would get that oh so coveted 11.

but for real though, this game will rock..hard and i for one wont put it down...at least till soulcalibur 4 comes out.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 06/04/2008 17:28
I didn't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I was saying what Arrested D.. said.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 06/04/2008 17:30
Ehhh, truth be told I'm really only concerned with Dtoids review of it and thats a good 3 weeks away if not more. Until then, I wait. Oh, and I still need to beat MGS3, so I don't matter in the slightest.
Narishma's Avatar
Narishma at 06/04/2008 17:31
When will people learn that reviews and scores are only the opinion of the reviewer and don't mean anything?
Uther's Avatar
Uther at 06/04/2008 17:47
@Narishma
It means something to the person who reads it and has his opinion changed, doesn't it?
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar
The Amazing Shenazin at 06/04/2008 17:51
inb4 Dtoid gives it a 8
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 06/04/2008 18:09
Is rev reviewing this?
KARMACON's Avatar
KARMACON at 06/04/2008 18:17
We're basically buying the PS3 b/c of the MGS4 package..... So thank you Famistu for making me feel justified
Blujosh's Avatar
Blujosh at 06/04/2008 18:51
MGS4 bundle for europe is pantz =(
Doesnt me i dont want the game more than a bee wants pollen!!!

p.s Chad is really reall really ridicuosly good looking!
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adultswim810 at 06/04/2008 19:29
seriously... nintendogs... no
The Wizard's Avatar
The Wizard at 06/04/2008 19:53
Look, I'm happy for MGS fans because MGS4 is getting good reviews, but Famitsu gave Sonic the Hedgehog on the 360 a 30/40 (8/7/7/8). Can we really trust them?

Also, isn't it weird that there isn't a single Western developed game that got a 40/40?
Novakaine's Avatar
Novakaine at 06/04/2008 20:22
@ The Wizard: Moreover, Famitsu gave Red Steel and The Orange Box the same score.
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Zac Bentz at 06/04/2008 20:49
ArrestedDeveloper beat me to it, but yeah, companies pay for good reviews in Famitsu. I thought that was common knowledge.
lubczyk's Avatar
lubczyk at 06/04/2008 21:06
@ Novakaine

Are you Seriouis? Famitsu gave Red Steel a 40/40? Look, I love my Wii and all, but Red Steel sucked hard, even for a launch title.

The Japanese must have really low standards when it comes to shooters.
cbre88x's Avatar
cbre88x at 06/04/2008 21:06
Just don't let Jim do the Dtoid review. I'm really getting tired of his sensationalism. There is a reason I read blogs rather than the standard news outlets and that is to avoid pointless dramatization. I'm not here to read a soap opera...I'm here to read about games.
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MechaMonkey at 06/04/2008 21:20
Chad, the IRC QuoteBank (TM) contains a quote of you threatening to run over someone's puppy, if I'm not mistaken.
DGX Goggles's Avatar
DGX Goggles at 06/04/2008 21:54
Famitsu is a complete joke. Wait until an actual source reviews (Hmmm Dtoid anyone?). I also remember Famitsu giving one of those below mediocre gundam games for the PS2 (think it was Fed. vs. Zeon) high marks, naturally I was young at the time and I believed them. Regretted it.
Churchhills Dog's Avatar
Churchhills Dog at 06/04/2008 22:16
and all of them are Japanese developed games.


how surprising.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 06/04/2008 22:23
Interesting.....
Cubilone's Avatar
Cubilone at 06/04/2008 22:43
Actually I think Famitsu rates game popularity, or how much they're expected to sell. They're not to be trusted at all.
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 06/04/2008 23:00
Of course all the games that got perfect scores from Famitsu are Japanese. It is a Japanese publication, after all. How many American games are released in Japan anyway?
Jackass Magee's Avatar
Jackass Magee at 06/04/2008 23:43
Japanese games for Japanese consoles scored by Japanese magazines = minus 10%. 36/40 is still a great score. Can'y wait.
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