just beat metal gear solid 4.

stats:

difficulty: solid normal

total play time: 15hrs 10mins 28sec
continues: 10
alert phases: 64
kills: 315
recovery items: 62
weapons procured: 35

wow. this game is amazing.

i thought it would be longer, but actually, it was a perfect balance of play time and cutscenes.

the story is by far the best video game plot i’ve played. really powerful, and better yet, ties in all the games from mgs1-3. even the designs of the levels and stuff. really nostalgic. 

okay, onto the stats. the reason for these high numbers. the controls are a lot different from the previous games. but the change was good. there were a lot more actions you could do in this game, and because of that, they had to change the controls. 

there were so many alert phases cuz there is no soliton radar anymore. you have a radar, but you have to equip it. and unlike the soliton, you can’t tell where the enemies field of vision is. 

great game. i’m def playing it again, now that i know where to go and all.

kudos to hideo kojima for writing up an excellent video game series.