[PS3] Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? PROTIP: THIS IS THE MGS4 THREAD

Finally, the pre-order DVDs arrived to my local EBs today. Ahh, can't wait till beta for my first taste of MGS4 controls. But man, they couldn't have held it at an any worser time, right during my damn finals (21st to 30th, with my last one actually on the last day of exams). Gonna be so hard to focus...

Originally Posted by eprox1

Additional Spam:
For people who didn't preorder the game and get a chance to get a beta code...

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.

Interesting how under the terms and conditions they say that they'll accept entires till "11:59 PM PST on May 5, 2008." I mean what's the point in registering for one on the last day of the beta. Unless there's a hidden message there, eg. extended beta time like the PAL region is getting...

I was speaking idiomatically.

I heard a rumor that the beta is already available to download.

I heard another rumor that I will download it once I get off work.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Megalith

I heard a rumor that the beta is already available to download.

I heard another rumor that I will download it once I get off work.

The first part yes.
Second part.....maybe not.

FELIPE NO

What is it, a twenty minute long trailer or something?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

New trailer! Apparently it's the one that came exclusively with the Japanese release of "I Am Legend" (which just happend to retail today).

Some old and some new spoilerish footage. Though, not as spoilerish as some might think, as it's something most of have expected to happen anyway. Oh, and the old footage, specifically the stuff from E3 2006, isn't rehash it's actually rendered in the current game engine (in otherwords slightly less pretty/ugly [take your pick] looking).

Biggest change I noticed was that Meryl's hair appears to be shorter now.



YouTube - NEW Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailer April 2008
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Jam it back in, in the dark.

That and they've tweaked Raiden's model to resemble how he looked in the E32006 trailer and the graveyard scene has been completely overhauled.

I mainly like how they got rid of the horrible filters that plagued the previous trailers making the game look much, much better.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Also looks like snakes beard will be changeable. The trailer is up on gametrailers but the image they used has snake with a full beard just like big boss and also I'm not sure but the first cemetery scene looks as if snake has no mustache at all.
Looks like they're going to change a ton of scenes from the trailers that were already revealed unless it going to happen like this:

Spoiler:

the intro of the game snake is at the grave and is about to shoot himself then the helicopter with colonel comes in and interrupts him he then later tries the same thing in the battlefield

Unless they just completely change the scenes from the trailers just to get it all hyped. Sorta like the trailers for advent children and in the end they didn't use or tweaked a lot of the scenes

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

or the whole snake-killing-himself is just a trick to make people confused, could just be a way to say something else... like snake is tired of it all and just wants the fight to end .

no homo

Originally Posted by Zip

or the whole snake-killing-himself is just a trick to make people confused, could just be a way to say something else... like snake is tired of it all and just wants the fight to end .

yeah I also think that the scene might be a trick thats why I said he "Tries".
Although the new scene in the trailer would be a very dramatic scene to do it but if he really does die, I'm betting it won't be the way he would want it (ie. shot through he head)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Shenlon

Also looks like snakes beard will be changeable. The trailer is up on gametrailers but the image they used has snake with a full beard just like big boss and also I'm not sure but the first cemetery scene looks as if snake has no mustache at all.
Looks like they're going to change a ton of scenes from the trailers that were already revealed unless it going to happen like this:

Spoiler:

the intro of the game snake is at the grave and is about to shoot himself then the helicopter with colonel comes in and interrupts him he then later tries the same thing in the battlefield

Unless they just completely change the scenes from the trailers just to get it all hyped. Sorta like the trailers for advent children and in the end they didn't use or tweaked a lot of the scenes

Snake has no beard in the game nor can you grow one. Gametrailers just took a user created wallpaper that was done around the time MGS4 was first revealed in 2005. He still does have the mustache during the graveyard scene which takes place near the beginning of the game.

Quick comparison collage of the new trailer compared to the old trailers found on the intaweb:


What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Does any one happen to know what language that theme of love song is in?

FELIPE NO

Ok, I just got a beta code for MGO. Is the beta no longer available for download from the Playstation Store? I can't seem to find it. Or, do you need the actual pre order DVD to be able to download it?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by CloudNine

Ok, I just got a beta code for MGO. Is the beta no longer available for download from the Playstation Store? I can't seem to find it. Or, do you need the actual pre order DVD to be able to download it?

go into account management from the ps3 and redeem your code. the beta will then be added to your down load list. And make sure to make a konami ID

Jam it back in, in the dark.

There's a whole other, dedicated, thread for discussing Metal Gear Online, I suggest you go post there with MGO related stuff.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Dagobert

Does any one happen to know what language that theme of love song is in?

Hebrew. Some of the lyrics go as..

Quote:

I close my eyes to the sound of gunshots
I let out a roar and am instantly filled with dispair
All for those who live in the nightmare
Missing from the bottom of my heart
The heart which is dead
Wishes to the world that has run out of tears
Hope

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

YouTube Video

Fucking. Right.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

That was a pretty cool video. I dont know if it was a joke or not but...if it wasn't...

Spoiler:

Perhaps that end part with Old Snake is him infiltrating an abandoned Shadow Moses to acquire the damaged Metal Gear REX.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I saw it earlier and it's interesting. I wonder if young snake will be controllable in a flashback or maybe it'll be a secret costume after the game is beat.
Anyways it was awesome to see shadow moses remade

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Shenlon

I saw it earlier and it's interesting. I wonder if young snake will be controllable in a flashback or maybe it'll be a secret costume after the game is beat.
Anyways it was awesome to see shadow moses remade

It could be along the lines of what they did with:

Spoiler:

In MGS3 when you were in the cell and slept. If you saved and then reloaded at that exact point, there was a side mini game where you were a zombie slayer or so, and you played in that until you died and Snake woke up

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Kagosin

It could be along the lines of what they did with:

Spoiler:

In MGS3 when you were in the cell and slept. If you saved and then reloaded at that exact point, there was a side mini game where you were a zombie slayer or so, and you played in that until you died and Snake woke up

yeah i was thinking about that too. All i know that once i play and theres a save option when he jumps in the helicopter i'm going to reset the game just in case

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Well going from the TGS'07 trailer and the EDGE interview..

Spoiler:

Its kind of a given that we'll be going to Shadow Moses as its probably the location of Outer Haven.

The Young Snake thing could easily be a mask or an unlockable given we saw it once before in 2006. Of course it could also be part of a dream sequence and if so I hope to see glimpses of Sniper Wolf or even Vulcan Raven.

That sequence did look fucking excellent though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Holy crap! That's pretty sweet!

Spoiler:

I'd say it looks more like we were infiltrating the abandoned facility, but Snake waking up and Otacon going are you ok? Kinda threw me off on that theory, plus the fact that he's young (which Simo mentined could be a bonus/mask, much like MGS3 and Raiden/Raikov's face).

EDIT:

BTW, anyone else kinda bothered by Meryl's new haircut? Maybe it's just the angles, but I liked it when her hair was longer. Can't help but think that this was their quick fix of the complaints about her hair being static.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Hantei

Holy crap! That's pretty sweet!

Spoiler:

I'd say it looks more like we were infiltrating the abandoned facility, but Snake waking up and Otacon going are you ok? Kinda threw me off on that theory, plus the fact that he's young (which Simo mentined could be a bonus/mask, much like MGS3 and Raiden/Raikov's face).

EDIT:

BTW, anyone else kinda bothered by Meryl's new haircut? Maybe it's just the angles, but I liked it when her hair was longer. Can't help but think that this was their quick fix of the complaints about her hair being static.

Seems like alot of effort for just a dream sequence and Kojima mentioned in the EDGE interview that he wanted to take players back MGS1 or rather invoke strong memories of playing the game, which apparently was successful when he allowed former KCEJ members who worked on MGS1 to play MGS4.

I liked Meryl's longer hair too but in the new screenshots it doesn't look so bad:


The screenshot and more new ones BTW came from IGN's new preview where 70 European journalists got to play a more newer and completed build of the game compared to the one that the US and Japanese journalists played in February:
IGN: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Preview

Also they're throwing out more PS3 bundles in Japan that come with MGS4 in regular black, white or silver colors:






It looks like the regular JPN version gets the regular US boxart too.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Just incase this could be made out as a spoiler...

Spoiler:

In the new issue of PSM they said that during cutscenes in the game you'll see a very brief popup of the X or L1 button and pressing those when they show up will treat gamers to some of "Snake's Memory" which will show past encounters he had in the previous games. I assume thats what everyone's talking about in that youtube link and all. :P

I'm ready for June 12th... like NOW.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by dagget

Just incase this could be made out as a spoiler...

Spoiler:

In the new issue of PSM they said that during cutscenes in the game you'll see a very brief popup of the X or L1 button and pressing those when they show up will treat gamers to some of "Snake's Memory" which will show past encounters he had in the previous games. I assume thats what everyone's talking about in that youtube link and all. :P

I'm ready for June 12th... like NOW.

That's not quite what the YouTube vid is which is more spoilerish. We've seen the "Snake's Memory" in action like during the trial version at E For All when Snake meets up with the MkII and Otacon calls it a Metal Gear similiar to "REX" the X icon appears and pressing it right then brings up flashes of images of Metal Gear REX itself from MGS1.

The video just seems to be apart of where we'll be going. The fact that the OCTOCAMO is in use and Snake is carrying a XM8 Carbine Rifle rules out a dream sequence for me. Obviously the 2 scenes of the one in question and Snake waking up could of been spliced together from 2 different points in the game.

Though with all the effects and such going on in that scene, did anyone else notice it looked to be running a smooth 60fps? Thats kind of been up in the air given the beta runs at 30, although jumps to 60fps during M.M at most times, so I'm hoping this reaffirms that single player runs at 60fps for the most part of the game.

I was speaking idiomatically.