Phoenix Ascension

So, I finally beat the game a couple nights ago, and I must say that it was a completely satisfying experience. A friend of mine also fell in love with the game, and he hadn't played any of the previous games. Probably needless to say, he had a few questions about some of the flashbacks Snake had (especially the Psycho Mantis one).

I definitely recommend playing through MGS1, MGS2, and MGS3 in order to have the full experience, but as my friend can attest, they're not absolutely necessary to completely enjoy the game.

Can you believe it? It's almost been a year since I made a meaningful entry on this site, and I still get about 10 hits a week over here. You know what that means? It means that I have to start posting over here again.

So, do yourself a favor and buy Metal Gear Solid 4. If you have a PS3, and no Metal Gear Solid 4, you're making the biggest mistake of your *gaming* life. As far as games go, this is a non-spoiler site, so I won't go into the story at all, but it really does close out Snake's adventure in a satisfying way.

Have you looked at The Adventures of Luke and Sam lately? Perhaps you should give it a look, it's being regularly updated every week, and it's very funny. And, I'm not just saying that because it's one of my sites, either. It's damned funny.

So, I was watching AOTS on G4 the other day, and on their "the Loop" segment, they were talking about what the PS3 needs to do to turn it's current situation around.  They mentioned that having Killzone 2 playable at E3 (and looking as good as it did on that infamous trailer) would be a good step in the right direction. 

Later in the show, some fan called in with a comment about how he was looking forward to Killzone 2, and Kevin asks him if he has ever played the original Killzone; he hadn't.  Kevin then goes on to talk about how the original Killzone was a crap game, and how he's surprised at how many people are looking forward to the sequel for such a game.  Reading various articles around the cyberweb, I've seen the same sentiment repeated a few other times: "The first Killzone was crap, why are you looking forward to the sequel?"

I actually liked Killzone.  A lot.  It wasn't the Halo-killer it tried to be, but it was still a very solid shooter with a cool storyline.  The game itself may have had a few minor issues, but it really couldn't have been further from "a crap game".  Is all this Killzone hate justified, or is it just a result of all the general Sony hate that's been living on the cyberweb lately?

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