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 Send to email | War for Profit in MGS4 [Mgs4] in CommentaryHideo Kojimalevel upMetal Gear Solid 4Playstation 3 |  By Owen Good
el 08-Jun-2008 |  Plenty of high praise has flowed to Metal Gear Solid 4, but N'Gai Croal offers a different take in his latest posting over on Level Up. The game, like others, makes timely use of Private Military Corporations (read: mercenaries) to create an environment players want to explore and a story they want to advance. But MGS4's true point lies in its "war economy," which governs or responds to the choices made by players.
Any game must "radically simplify complex systems," and MGS4's gun-launderer character, and fluctuating price of unlockable weapons and equipment does just that as a representation of a mercenary economy. And that, N'Gai reasons, makes a statement about the inherent amorality of war fought for profit just as much as cutscene dialogue, no matter how well written, where gamers are most conditioned to look for what was on the game creator's mind.
That's not to say MGS4 now goes into a pantheon of great allegorical commentaries on war and greed. It's a video game, so whatever message comes out is necessarily refracted through your experience of playing it. And it is a hell of a lot of fun. But N'Gai's point is that the "war economy" with which you, as Snake, must do business make it thought provoking, in addition to being an entertaining game at the top of its genre.
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| Even With MGS4, PS3 Sales Flattened By The Wii [Japan] | | It takes more than a big time PS3 exclusive like Metal Gear Solid 4 to beat Nintendo. Way more. While MGS4 did give Sony a bump in sales, it wasn't enough, and the Wii outsold the PS3 in June. This is the seventh consecutive month that the [..] Read complete article | | Published 03-Jul-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in Japan Business Metal Gear Solid 4 Mgs4 News Nintendo Only in Japan PS3 Wii
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| MGS4 Weaps Without the Wet-Work [No Waiting Period] | | For all you MGS4 gamers, reader Christine L. has a couple new cheat codes for you. These look new to us, so we're passing them along. With them you can get the .45 pistol and the Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle before they unlock in the game (which happens after you meet up with the Metal Gear Mark II.) It [..] Read complete article | | Published 28-Jun-2008 by Owen Good in No waiting period Cheat codes Metal Gear Solid 4 Mgs4 Playstation 3
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| PSN Thursday: The MGS4 Database, Fatal Inertia EX | | Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Online
This week's PSN update delivers the MGS4 Database, a repository of information that should explain the MGS saga in great -- and hopefully simple-to [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-Jun-2008 by Alexander Sliwinski in fatal-inertiafatal-inertia-exmgs4mgs4-databasepsnpsn-storepsn-thursday
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| MGS4 receives 'perfect' score from Famitsu |  Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action
Japanese games mag giant Famitsu has rated Metal Gear Solid 4 and bestowed it with its highest honor: a score of 40/40. MGS4 is the first PS3 tit [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Jun-2008 by Randy Nelson in famitsuhideo-kojimakojima-productionskonamimgs4reviews
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| MGS4 Database available tomorrow on PSN |  Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action
Konami will sneak in the MGS4 Database with tomorrow's PSN Store update. The free downloadable interactive program contains the "official knowledge base" of all things Metal Gear -- [..] Read complete article | | Published 19-Jun-2008 by Alexander Sliwinski in metal-gear-solid-4mgs4mgs4-databasepsnpsn-store
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| New MGS4 Screens Want To Sell You Things [Mgs4] | | Metal Gear Solid 4 offers more than great gameplay and solid graphics. It also offers product placement! From an in-game iPod and Triumph motorcycles to cell phones and energy drinks, MGS4 has tactical advertising dow [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-May-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in Hideo KojimaKonamiMetal Gear Solid 4Mgs4NewsOriginalPlaystation 3PS3
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