Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a 2008 shooter video game made by Kojima Productions and Konami.
Solid Snake is aging faster than he should, sent on one final mission into a world where private military corporations have turned battlefield combat into a commodity. Guns of the Patriots is the conclusion of Snake's arc across the entire series, and it plays like one: dense with cutscenes, callbacks, and payoffs accumulated over two decades of games. The stealth and action mechanics reach their most refined state here, with an OctoCamo suit that adapts to any surface and a new close-quarters combat system. Entry without prior knowledge is possible but thin; returning players get a reckoning.
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What is Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots about?
Solid Snake is aging faster than he should, sent on one final mission into a world where private military corporations have turned battlefield combat into a commodity. Guns of the Patriots is the conclusion of Snake's arc across the entire series, and it plays like one: dense with cutscenes, callbacks, and payoffs accumulated over two decades of games. The stealth and action mechanics reach their most refined state here, with an OctoCamo suit that adapts to any surface and a new close-quarters combat system. Entry without prior knowledge is possible but thin; returning players get a reckoning.
When was Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots released?
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was released on 12 June 2008.
Who made Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots?
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was made by Kojima Productions and Konami.
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The Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel and Metal Gear Solid 3: Existence Metal Gear Solid 3: Existence repackage earlier chapters of the same story in animated form, making them useful background for anyone approaching MGS4 who missed the earlier games.
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