MGS4: Guns of the Patriots review

So, Metal Gear Solid 4. This was the game, beside Little Big Planet, that I was looking forward to on the PS3. While I liked and played it a lot when it came out, when I got the trophy patch and played it again, it wasn't as good as it came out. Buy why?

Story
Old Snake is aging rapidly so he agrees on a hit to kill the ghost of Liquid Snake, possessing the body of Revolver Ocelot. Not only that, but he has to die with a changing world, new weapons of warfare and a system that keeps check on everything on the battle field.
This is a hard game to talk about story as this relies on the previous games so I'll give a pro and con list on my thoughts but in short: It's the most boring of the Metal Gear plots. I know it's suppose dark and everything's going to hell, but 's so boring and I didn't care what was going on and the exposition is so long and tedious. Now the list. SPOILERS

PROS:

• I liked Sunny and Drebin(ad his monkey sidekick).
• The Patriots being a group of rouge AI is pretty cool.
• Raiden becoming the Cyborg Ninja made sense.
• Glad that most of the surviving cast had role no matter how small.
• That scene at the end of Chapter 3 with Liquid is awesome. Best scene in the game.
• The bit about changing the discs was one of the only bits I smile.

CONS:

• Why are nano-machines the answer for all almost all the superpowers?
• While the bit with Psycho was fun cool back, what was the point of bringing back from the dead?
• I didn't like Naomi at all.
• This game ruined Paramedic for me and she was my favorite member of MGS3's support team.
• Ed and Jonathan have nothing to do and could be replaced by generic soldiers.
• The Beauty and the Beast unit are my least favorite goon squad in the series.
• The cut-scenes are too long.
• It's okay to kill you main character Hideo.
•  What was the point of those fake commercials at the beginning.

If there are other things I do or don't like, I probably forgot it or I just don't care

GameplayWhile this a stealth game, it also has some elements of a third-person shooter which isn't too bad and makes sense as enemies can still kill you easily and whole war theme the levels have makes you want to be more careful. While don't like the streamlined stamina meter because I have trouble figuring out how to decrease at times, I liked the octo-camo as all I have to do is just lie down and my camo changes instantly. Saves the hassle of going into the menu. You can also help the rebels fight back as it can help you get through sections easier.
As for the Drebin system, I don't care much for it. I just use the guns I found instead of the store brought ones. It's only problem is that there are no chaff grenades in the store and you need chaff grenades. Another problem is that the weapon inventory is so small compared to Snake Eater as in that game you can have at least ten weapons available while here you can only equip five, but that's not trues as the handgun and M4 will be placed in their slots automatically so that leaves three. Also I rarely used the Mk.II.
I also found the boss fights to be pretty dull with only three good ones; Laughing Octopus, the Metal Gear fight and Liquid Ocelot, the middle one being the best. Also, the fact that every chapter ended with a big action scene. I know that all the other games had a big acton scene, but those were at the end of the games(and before any asks, they are the jeep(MGS), the gunfight(MGS2) and the bike(MGS3)) and I got bored of them after a while. Except for chapter four as that was awesome.
However, the biggest problem I have is the final level, or lack there of. Sure, you get ONE sneaking section and TWO boss fights and a long corridor, but in reality, it's mostly a very long cut-scene and I just didn't care and I starting. I was thinking about actually finishing the game again for this review but I just got so bored with it that I just left it at the final boss and called it a day.

Presentation
While I don't that much for realistic graphics, this game really shows the potential the PS3 had at this moment in time. And the voice acting is great as always. Music, I'm not to keen on as there was only one original song I liked which was the GEKKO theme.

Verdict
I was thinking about giving this game a seven but since the story completely covers the game-play, I have to take points off.
6/10