Are you going for platinum?

I created this topic in the MGS2 forum too so it's only fitting it should be in this forum too considering how much effort platinum requires in this game.

The platinum in MGS4 requires at least 8 playthroughs, all flashbacks seen (i.e. all cutscenes), all emblems (including Big Boss) and all weapons.

Are you gonna do it all?

I'm currently halfway through my second playthrough and going for the Chicken emblem. I'm still not sure if I'll go for plat but I'll definitely give Big Boss a try. I really enjoyed my European Extreme run in MGS2 as it was a really good challenge so I'm gonna try it again with MGS4.

I'm going for my Peace Walker plat right now, which is taking for-*bleep*ing-ever. If I'm putting this much effort into this one, then of course I'm going for MGS4 plat.

All right, here we are, last run...Big Boss. It's been 2 years since I've done it, so here's two questions:

1. Does the Patriot count as special item? I want to use it in the bike chase against the unmanned things.
2. Does pausing count towards completion time? Sometimes I need bathroom breaks.

quote allen33and88

First off, how did u get the patriot if your just now doing a BB run?

You can download it by inputting a password. I haven't done it (and won't do it) but I've read that it's possible.

Yea, how goofy is that??

Makes my original BB run for it seem that much better now

Nothing against you Fire, just think thats a cheap way for Konami to put it out there

quote Fire Fox

It's not like using Bizon would be any harder.

Edit: Beaten in 03:24:55, also Platinum. <3

Considering you can't kill the gekko's in act three with and hand held gun, guess it doesnt matter. Still a dick move in my opinion for konami to do that in my opinion

Congratz on plat! it feels good doesn't it? My favorite game this gen, and now I got the plat for it.

Means a little more because I didn't plat it just because I'm a true trophys guy, I platted it because I love the game and enjoyed it immensely even before trophies. Only fitting I get its plat. If I earn no more plats(wont happen), this will be my favorite and most coveted.

What takes some of the luster is 95% of people will go str8 to a guide for the BB run and earn it, using no skill of their own, where as before they couldn't do it, anybody can do monkey see monkey do. I remember my first run, I did it all me and suffered the annoyance of my improvizational ways, not to mention the time crunch. I'm not trying to build it up as impossible(is for casual or average gamers), because it isn't. Just extremely annoying and time consuming. And when you earned it you felt great satisfaction.

Also, the bike chase and drebin chase seemed much easier this time. Idk why but it was much less annoying then when I had done it yrs ago

I posted this here because I never got the chance to post it in the BB completion list as proof in time before this forum and that thread fizzeled out. And for excitedness bc I finally got off my lazy butt and learned how to post pic's onto neo

I'm the opposite. MGS2 is my fav. I'd happily go back to it now and do a 6th playthrough. I just love it and think it's a masterpiece of a game. MGS3 is at a distant second place, Peacewalker is 3rd place and last would be MGS4.

My main gripe with MGS4 are the Acts. None of them are really all that good tbh. They don't flow very well from a gameplay point of view.
Act 1 is just plain confusing. Unless I use Solid Eye to see if someone is blue or red I never know if it's friend or foe. I'd run out thinking I'm amongst allies only to be shot down and then another time I'd tranq them all only to discover they were allies. The level map is nothing special either.

Act 2 is the best Act imo. It feels more like an MGS game in this act. Tracking Naomi was pretty well done.

After Act 2 it only goes down hill.
Act 3 is possibly the worst MGS experience I've ever had. The entire act is terrible. Trailing some guy and if he sees you, no big deal. If he spots you tranqing guards for him, no big deal. If he gets captured and you free him, he just continues walking as if nothing happened. It's a boring and tedious act with no real gameplay elements. You can literally walk 2 feet behind the guy and he'll never notice you.

Act 4 could've been a lot better. I feel they've wasted a golden opportunity with that Act.

Act 5 is so short you barely even notice it.

Which brings me to the length. The acts are very short.

I dunno, I just don't like the way the game is structured. It just doesn't sit right with me. Everything feels disconnected. It does'nt flow well at all. In MGS2 everything was on track and easy to follow. Disable the bombs, reach the president in the core, save Emma, etc etc. MGS4 lacks proper narrative.
Don't get me wrong it's a good game but underneath all the fancy graphics and epic cutscenes lies a very mediocre game imo.