Oct 19 2007

E for All: Hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

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Cool fact of the day: I was in the first group to get some time with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots this morning, the opening day of E for All. Even cooler fact: I am officially now the first person to ever play the English demo of the game in the world (well, besides the people that work for Konami, but … whatever).

The Konami guy (not his real name) who was running the presentation before the demo told us that we were the first group in the world to get hands-on time with this build of the demo. Of course, after hearing this, I immediately ran to a PS3 controller so I (and, in turn, Destructoid) could be the first person in the world to play it. Did I have to push an old lady down to accomplish this goal? Maybe. But was it worth it? Oh hell yes.

Being a huge fan of the Metal Gear Solid series (with Snake Eater being my surprise favorite) I was super excited to be able to try this demo out. True, it wasn’t a new demo (it was the same Middle Eastern level shown at TGS), but it was the first time I ever got to try it so … new to me!

But did it live up to all the hype and anticipation? Hit the jump for my hands-on impressions.