The opening scenes are all in-game, and I can see how they can credit for that, as it does jump in and out of ‘actual’ gameplay’ during the first 20 – 40 mins or cut-scenes. It pans back into a broader 3rd person viewpoint and you can see the switch from cinematics to gameplay. But that’s understandable, you simply couldn’t have the quality of “those” cinematics inside actual gameplay.

I’m ‘not’ knocking it, so do NOT get me wrong there. Personally, I’m a gamer who likes to jump right into a game, whereas those who’ve cut their teeth on Japanese style cut-scene games would appreciate it much more. There are “issues” and I’m sure if there are some ‘honest’ reviewers out there that you’ll soon hear/read about.

But that’s not my job to do here. One of our team will be (is right now) writing a decent review that we WILL be posting up on here and N4g for BOTH Sony and Xbox fans to read.

But I can see where Hideo Kojima san is coming from when he says he’s disappointed at the outcome, when compared to what he really wanted to have happen with the game. There are areas that have you go, “hang on a second . . isn’t that supposed to happen, or WTF was that . . ”

BUt that’s true of almost all games these days. We only have to look at the bug AAA titles and see their Press Footage of so-called in-game footage to understand where some gamers come from when they comment on a games performance as opposed to what it was portrayed as prior to launch.

But basically, MGS4 is a game I’d get a PS3 for, even if it was the only game I played on one. All we want (this site) is for some gamers (who shall remain nameless) to see that all camps have great games, and ALL are worth looking at and commenting on for their good things, rather than picking every game to pieces for what it’s NOT delivering.

Be a gamer, not a fanboy, it’s much nicer, and you actually get to know some “normal’ people for a change. hehehehhe

After reading your impressions about the opening scenes, I truly MUST buy MGS4! ^_^