http://www.mygamer.com/index.php?page=articles&mode=viewarticles&id=434
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spudlyff8fan said:In terms of having the most-diverse environmental single-player experience in modern games, I'd have to say that MGS4 certainly does rank among the top 3 (the other two being Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Metroid Prime).
However, it's lacking in multiplayer value.
Oh, and that 20 minute loading thing between every chapter is bullshit.
This is true. But it's still bullshit. I think Penny Arcade really hit the nail on the head when they discussed this.gillman said:1. It wasn't ever 20 minutes. I will give you 10 minutes for the first load, and yes, that as a little extreme when the game was installing the levels, but it also meant that there was 0 load time when the level started up. Honestly it never really bothered me, mainly because I played through the game in five sittings, one for each one of the installs. When I would beat an area I would just install the next and save for the night.
Splinter Cell is good. Regardless, Double Agent really did have one of the best, most-diverse set of levels around.2. Splinter Cell Double Agent? Really? I can let Metroid go because it was good, but I have never understood the crap that gets thrown out in Splinter Cell. Those games aren't even good.
This is entirely true. But I'm not holding the game's not-so-hot multiplayer against it.3. If they had included a small mini game that you could play in the middle of a level through some arcade cabinet, which totally blew, but didn't need to be played, would you hold that against the game? I will agree that the Multiplayer isn't for everyone. I will even say that it makes a pretty good case for not including multiplayer in every game that comes out, but I don't think that it should be held against it for giving you free, extra content.