Who here has played Metal Gear Solid 4? (mild spoiler)

[Lilith Velkor]

Do you recall ever seeing a game so left-friendly? I don't.

[ZombieNixon]

1. How so? I haven't played it.

[Lilith Velkor]

4. You must!

Democracy's future depends on it.

[Kutjara]

2. I loved it. (bigger spoiler)

The "war economy" backstory and the PMCs are a chilling vision of a world we can see being born all around us. All economic activity devoted to war and every citizen a soldier. That's BushCo's world.

The only thing that disappointed me was the ending. I wish Hideo could have let his character go instead of giving us that "maybe he won't die" off-into-the-sunset ending.

[Lilith Velkor]

3. Hideo can only hope his stalkers will be happy with that.

I haven't gotten to the end yet - got stalled on the mecha fight w/Liquid, then had real life shit to deal with - but I read somewhere that Japanese gaming otaku are totally off the hook.

[Kutjara]

5. That makes sense.

The game has a nice downbeat ending before the credits roll, which wraps the story up nicely and puts Snake's story into a broader context. Then, after the credits, we get the "happy" ending. I guess that was the only way Hideo could find to have both the ending he wanted and to keep the more rabid otaku from killing him.

[Lilith Velkor]

6. The fanservice can only help

So far, the two geekiest characters have gotten laid.

When Naomi and Otacon hooked up, I was like: :eyes:

But when Meryl and Akiba hooked up, I was like: KNOW YOUR MARKET! :rofl:

[Kutjara]

7. LOL! That's exactly what I thought!

I thought a few of the "resolutions" were a case of putting one too many ribbons on the package, but after ten years of following the various incarnations of the franchise, fans have a right to expect things to be tied up neatly (if you consider getting married on the loading ramp of a cargo plane in the middle of a warzone "neat").