Last week, in my review of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, I cited that the the game, which got 10/10, was one of the best games of all time taking it's place alongside such games as Final Fantasy VII, The Legend of Zelda: Ocerina of Time, Super Mario 64, Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto III and many others such as Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Resident Evil 4 and in my opinion, MGS4 has become the best game I've ever played.
However, a week after its release, it's already been cited as a game which has ousted even Final Fantasy VII citing that Hideo Kojima's finale to the Solid Snake saga doesnt with a whimper but it ends with a bang. And in my 10 years as a gamer (11 by christmas) since the PlayStation 1, nothing has caught my attention as such like Metal Gear Solid 4.
There has been a few such as Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Grand Theft Auto III Vice City and IV, God of War 1 & 2, Gears of War, Final Fantasy X plus more that I cant think of but no game has grabbed me violently and got me so intereted into game in my life then MGS4.
But is really citing some games as the best of all time (FF VII, Zelda, Goldeneye, MGS4 as such) really an opinion or controversial? A couple of nights ago, I was talking to a friend on MSN about it as such because she started off the conversation with "Hi, just out of curiousity, have you ever played World of Warcraft"
In my personal opinion, i've never ever EVER liked World of Warcraft. I personally find it overated and if I ever see anybody who spend there entire life playing that game to a certain extent like the guy who played WoW from the South Park episode based on WoW (It's actually a good episode, I highly recomend it), I'll personally dothe great honor of shooting them.
I've said to people that whoever plays World of Warcraft like that need shot. I dont mind the casual players on it as long as they go out and have a social life. 2-3 hours at least a day, go to work, go to the pub and then go to bed. Simple but if anybody is living their life like the person from South Park (Once again, I throughly recomend that episode, it's damn bloody good), they need shot.
Anyways, one thing led to another and I said that MGS4 was much better then WoW but she then said you cant compared WoW to MGS4 as the best game ever as they both the best games ever in their genre like Final Fantasy VII for RPG's, MGS4 for Tactical Espionage Action (I was surprised she resided that even I couldnt remember a thing like that from a boxart) and WoW for MMO's.
Was she right? i dont know, we must talk about it again soon. I was also asked to talk about MGS4 on Ryan's live internet show tonight but I couldnt not come as I was reviewing Singstar Vol 2 for the PS3 (Check the review for that sometime over the weekend) but Ryan, just a quick note to you via here. Ask me again and I may just be able to do it for you as long as it aint next week, thats Brawl week.
Anyways, the point is no matter how much you look at it, there probably will never be a definitive best game of all time as sad as it is as there are some strong contenders out there who could easily take that massive crown of best game ever.
But for know, we all have our opinions. Ryan's favourite game of all time is Goldeneye, Brendan's is..is...thats right, he's never told me or Ryan! And you'd think he had have told us by now while going to school together a couple of years ago. And of course, my favourite is Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Bu the question is, what is yours? Well, leave us a comment below.
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