It's Like Playing The Same Game

Tell me if you know what game this is:

-The male protagonist goes on a mission that seems simple
-The protagonist is a hero
-The shooting style is over the shoulder aimed with a laser on gun
-Until his comrades die
-The enemies are like superfied zombies that attack using weapons like knives
-He rescues a woman who he has to protect with his life
-The woman companion is useless when it comes to fighting
-The protagonist realizes that the humans are being controlled by parasites
-If you shoot the parasite host in the head, their head explores and the parasite is released from their head ready to attack the protagonist
-There is quick time events and buttons that can be pressed to attack the enemy a certain way
-While unconscious the protagonist becomes infected by a parasite, and has a parasite in his body
-Hardly anyone speaks English
-At the end the place blows up

If you answered Resident Evil 4, you are wrong.

This is actually Cold Fear, a game that has a lot of style of Resident Evil 4. Everything from the camera angles of shooting to quick time events. But unlike other quick time events, these will actually drain your Resistance. Resistance is your stamina that makes you run and fight back, once that is drain Hanson will run slow and wont be able to fight back if he gets attacked.

The story is about Tom Hanson a washed up hero who sets out to look for clues of what happened on a Russian boat. While there he meets creatures that have been turned into monsters thanks to parasites in their bodies. Hanson meets Anna who is the father of the murderous creatures running around, after fighting some Russians, Super Zombie guys, and bosses. You fight Anna's father, who also turned into a monster. Anna sets explosives to blow up Papa, Tom and Anna escape with a helicopter. While Anna mourns over the lost of her father, Tom can't help but be cocky and mock the fact that her father is dead. What an asshole.

I finally defeated this game, I had it sine it first came out but I was still shaky with Third-Person shooters back then. It was an okay game, really short though.

I'm Going To Pass On This Boss Fight. Thanks.

I’ve been playing Countdown Vampires for a while; I tried to excuse the Resident Evil feel to it. But enough was enough when they actually presented me with a Hunter clone. I threw my hands in the air, and the controller on the ground, when the Hunter gave me the famous jump and head decapitation Resident Evil Hunter is famous for.

But seriously, this game isn’t even scary the genetic mutated bosses in the game are a joke. I mean what kind of game actually let’s you leave a battle? I first noticed is when a cut-scene happen when a giant mutant mosquito, sucking on some dead guy below. This walking bloodsucker greets the main character Keith. I thought, this is going to be a good fight; I started to fire my gun. I then ran down the ladder near the door I came from, all of a sudden he was gone, nowhere to be seen. I decided this was bull crap so I left through the door, and went on with my mission.

Since then I’ve been laughing, and conserving my ammo for something that seems more of a threat maybe a puppy or an angry mailman. I don’t even care about the vampires in this game; they aren’t that big of a threat to strike fear into my heart each time I see them. I read that there are three endings, Good, Bad, and Special. If I ever do decide to pick up the game again, I will gladly take any ending I am handed. I probably will get a bad ending, I don’t help any of the vampires turn back to human, and I run from everything.

At the beginning they ask for your blood type, I didn’t know it at the time, but that indicates the level of difficulty. It doesn’t even tell in the manual about it, I had to look it up online for the answers. Keith at the beginning of the cut-scene trailer looked really cool in his coat, but the minute shit hits the roof he takes off his jacket to present to the crowd his manly chest. I could complain about this game more, but a lot of people had done this when it first came out. I was lucky to only found it at a local pawnshop for ten dollars; I would hate to be the sap that paid full price.

Speaking of price, the game offers a lot of gambling sessions for you to win money to buy healing items. Nice gesture for someone who is bleeding to death just to have lady luck on his side and everything will be okay.

The Spencer Mansion

There is over a dozen games of the Resident Evil series, including three movies made by that bastard Uwe Boll. But I can't help but love the Resident Evil series, even though Resident Evil 4 took a turn into a regular action-shooting game, instead of a survival horror. Making a mass of fandom from both Resident Evil fans and action-shooter fans, who never played a Resident Evil game in their life.

For people who aren't familiar with the story of Resident Evil, and I doubt that isn't even possible anymore. Resident Evil is based around a science outbreak that is caused in two locations (depending on what story you go on.) Either in a train from Resident Evil 0, of an old man who thought it would be fun to make some chaos happen. Or in the original setting for the Playstation 1, Spencer Mansion.

But for now I will talk about the original before I talk about the remakes. In Resident Evil for Playstation, you are given a choice between playing as Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine. Depending how who you choose will help determine one of the many endings you can accomplish. In order to get the true ending, you have to go with Chris Redfield.

The original opening for Resident Evil is made up of corny actors and actresses. The group are known as S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad.) They consist of Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker, Brad Vickers, and Joseph who is the first to go. I can't help but laugh at the poor acting as Joseph is getting attacked by a zombie dog. And Jill yells out his name with the biggest smile on her face.

Despite the poor acting of these actors at the opening, the game itself was pretty scary for 1998. The only problem that I really hated about this game, was tank movement. It's the biggest problem that is faced with a lot of the Resident Evil games. But excusing the control issues it can be a very good game. Unlocking the truth behind the mansion, and fighting hordes of zombies, spiders, dogs, and gross mutant things.

I find it funny, how in one of the endings, Jill discovers Chris in a cell. He is stuck there and cannot get out, the only way to free him is to grab a key that is found further ahead. At the end, you can actually choose not to free Chris and leave for the helicopter alone as he stays in the cell waiting for you. I really laughed when it actually showed the helicopter flying away from the mansion. The idea that Chris is still in there waiting, put me into a laughter.
Yes as a cruel sense of humor I have, it is possiable to leave alone, doing so will reveal a cut scene as Jill takes off her berrat. As a large mound of hair falls down. Of coarse in any other version of Resident Evil series, Jill has short brown hair.

The Resident Evil game spawned several remakes, including the one for the Gamecube, Resident Evil Deadly Silence for DS, and Resident Evil Director's Cut for Playstation 1. The only difference from the original I noticed was the dualshock vibration. As well as more sequels and a prequel then I can shake a stick at.

EDF! EDF! EDF!

Just defeated one of the most difficult games I have played in a long time, The Earth Defense Force 2017. It's a long running series in Japan that started on the Super Nintendo, and has build up into multiple games. Unfortunately most of the games never came to North America, but one of them The Earth Defense Force 2 was released in Europe for the Playstation 2.

What I played seemed to be a simple third-person shooter, with hardly storyline except that giant bugs and robots have attacked the world. The nameless hero who is part of the E.D.F. (Earth Defense Force) is stationed in Japan, among a lot of very weird comrades. These guys get hyped over everything, and some of their conversations and out bursts of speeches are all laughable. With that I post some of my favorites:

"Those damn aliens making holes in my backyard!"

"Tiny is dead!"
(That one was yelled a lot, how many Tinys are there?)

"I feel like a mole or something."

"I can kill these things with my eyes closed!"
(Maybe you should open them so you can stop shooting at me!)

"Fight with honor and don't die, got it!?"
Everyone: "Sir, yes sir!"

And of coarse the well known war cry of all: "EDF, EDF, EDF!"

The graphics are probably one of the best things about the game, colourful with good graphic buildings and houses. The spiders look grossly real, and the robots are very shiny and bright.

Without mentioning the difficulty part of the game, the only thing I have issues with is the vehicles section, mostly with the helicopters. I know that helicopters are probably very hard to learn and steer in real life, but why make it that realistic in the game? A lot of the missions that I done probably would have been a lot easier if the helicopter was used. But steering and moving the damn thing is a new difficulty itself, let alone trying to attack something.

The only thing I wish they would explain was who was attacking? Who was the mastermind behind this attack? Was it the ants, robots, spiders, or the Godzilla ripoff?

Other then that this game is pretty fun in a love to hate sort of way, as long as you are not looking for something with an in depth storyline. Earth Defense Force is one of those games that are fun to play till your hair is pulled out from the frustration. I just wish that I had a Player 2, unfortunately I played solo. Congrats to anyone who actually played the game with the difficultly Inferno.

Back In The Hole

With the small article I did on Rainy Woods, I thought I would talk about the infamous game, Spy Fiction. This was the first game I played by Sammy Studios, with only two games I know about from them, Spy Fiction and Seven Samurai 20XX. Spy Fiction really stood out from the two for me. Like an under budget stealth game, it is still good with a lot of heart.

The game is based around a small group of agents called S.E.A. who are sent out to stop a bunch mad men from releasing a deadly virus called Lahder. The group is made up of Billy Bishop and Sheila Crawford the two main protagonists, and Billy's best friend and lone wolf of the group, Nicklaus Nightwood.

Unlike a lot of stealth games, where the main point is to hide and be stealthy about it, this game allows you to mix into the crowed and even allowed to stand out. As long as you're in disguise, which can be obtained by using a special camera. With this camera and the closes locker, bathroom stall, or garbage bin, you can transform into the person you took a picture of. The only problem with this camera is, you have to make sure you get the face and the body. At times this can be difficult, especially when you don't want to be noticed by the "model".

Sheila is the only one who can be disguised as males or females, while Billy must stick to the male gender. At times though, it is mandatory that Sheila is disguised as certain women to obtain information.

There is other objects that are quite fancy, such as "suction cups" that allow you to stick the walls, and Billy and Sheila's suits that allow them to be camouflaged in a wall as long as they don't move. Think of it as an prototype model of the Octocamo in MGS4. A long with some other spy gadgets like a razor that is actually a high voltage tasser, or a poker card that is used as a shuriken.

A lot of this game is ripped offs of Metal Gear Solid, Splinter Cell, James Bond, and Mission Impossiable. But it's still pretty fun if you can look past it and play it just for fun. At the beginning I suggest playing as Sheila then go with Billy for ending purposes. I did Billy first and the ending just looked wrong from it. The game can be pretty lazy with the linear storylines that both Sheila and Billy do with no real changes between them. But none the less it's a pretty fun game I picked up for about ten dollars.

Shouldn't Be Hated

All last night I've been playing Vampire Rain, a game that has been getting no love from gamers in North America. When I first purchased this game, I thought it was going to be a shoot those bad guys. But instead there is hardly any shooting involved at the moment, the game is primarily stealth.

It is pretty much a "Game Over" if you are spotted by a vampire, known in this game as Nightwalkers. With only one or two hits a Nightwalker can take down any person in it's path, namely you. The whole point of the game, is to not get caught and if you need to take down one. Make sure to get enough distance between the protagonist and the Nightwalker, before you start shooting it in the head. It will take a whole cartage of ammo to take it down (if you're lucky.)

The story is about a team who is sent out to deal with the over populated Nightwalkers, the teams goal is to kill the main honcho of a large clan, doing so would to stop the Nightwalkers of that area. Further in the story they find their advanced unit dead in very horrid ways. Leaving everything up to them to stop the Nightwalkers.

I do admit there is some lacked emotions in this game, a lot of the time the conversations sounds too well rehearsed with no feelings or emotions. I also have beef with some of the controls, such as A is to crawl and Y is to jump. I am so use to the bottom button to always be the button to jump, and any other button to crawl. Because of this a lot of times in a panic situation, I press A hoping for a large forward jump in the air, only to get a face to the ground.

The way the game is set I wouldn't be surprised if there will be another game, mostly because they said that it will take around roughly 3 years for the Vampire population to dominate the human population. I still haven't gotten that far in the game, but the main point is as much as I've played, it's not a game that I can say I hate or felt I got screwed over on.

Gears Of War

I never expected to be done so quickly. I just started this game yesterday and I just defeated the last boss today. I didn't even know it was the last boss, I thought it was an annoying boss that was in the way of my destination. The game itself is far from my expectations of it, both in a good way and bad.

I remember when I first heard about this game and looked at their webpage. As the main character gave a small briefing of the monsters while he talked inside a cell with nothing but a small box of matches. There is a lot of things that I hope they will explain in the future Gears Of War 2 such as where these things came from, why they want war and even these out cast who live as homeless colony within cities.

I had a couple of issues with controls like when he is ducking and sometimes if you move to get a better cover or better aim he will all of a sudden stand. Or how it's hard to get a clear cut with the chainsaw. I will pretty much try to button mash the chainsaw button trying to activate but to no affect. I also found Hammer of Dawn too much of an advantage, and the satellite position seems to be always in the right when it is needed.

Also the NPC I just want to smack if they aren't randomly jumping over things they are rushing ahead to either be shot down or myself shooting them. At other times when I need them they wont even come over from there hiding spot to pitch in and I am stuck taking down a swarm myself.

Listening to your teammates is like listening to 20 year olds, they swear and pretty much make fun of everyone's mom, a lot of the time seem to not take the war serious. The only person who is serious is Marcus. But they are funny and I couldn't help but laugh at some of their conversations.

I guess I should consider myself lucky to start this game so late, so now it's fresh in my mind as Gears of War 2 comes out very soon.

Kane And Lynch: Dead Men WTF?!

For about two days now when I have time I've been playing Kane and Lynch: Dead Men. I was hoping for this big fiesta of fun but instead I got an average shooting game with crappy endings. Despite how the story line was focused more around Kane, I was more into the story behind Lynch instead hoping that it would reveal some of his past and black out that causes him to loose control.

My friend told me that if you play co-op and whoever plays Lynch will see hostages start turning into swat. Which would make anyone panic fast enough to take down them all with a shotgun. Sadly though I had no friends to play co-op with me.

The part I had the most fun in would be the Japanese night club and the fight with a construction truck. It was crazy and fast with a lot of luck just to bring the mechanical beast down. All the rest is mostly the same kill everyone leave no survivors.
When I first played this game I thought it was going to mostly be about running around from city to city to get enough money to get back your family. But the final stages will be in small villages and jungles during a war. Throughout I had a small army to use at my disposal and so I did, it wasn't till I got to the final part where I decided to rescue everyone to get a crappy ending. I decided to play through it again hoping to achieve something better. But I really can't tell the difference.

It was announced a while back ago that there is a sequel and a movie coming out. I am not too concerned about the movie and but more about the sequel. Big question for me is what ending are they going to follow up on if any?

There also seems to be a different design on the game case and it is changed in the game. Lynch has a lot more hair on the game case but seems to have lost a lot in the game.

Army Of Two

I went over to my friends house and decided to play Army Of Two. After 8 hours we finally manage to defeat the 5 stages of the game. The game was far challenging for me then most games, mostly because I always fly solo. I am also not the most rational when it comes to hard decision making and Army Of Two is very unforgiving.

Oddly enough I found shields to be my best friend throughout the game. They gave me the perfect cover and hold out long enough to ram each person in my path. With my friend taking all the high grounds to make powerful weapons to manage a good shot. I on the other hand was more worried about pimping out my weapon with gold and silver casing and diamond encrusted bullets.

Don't get me wrong I did do my share a lot to help out I mainly kept the aggro on me as my friend finds a better position. Mostly when it comes to bosses I would stay the farthest away to and shoot to get his attention as my friend moves in with the grenades and bullets. There was some questionable parts when the enemies would do 360 spins shooting off a couple of rounds.

Salem and Rios are two for the comedy. If they aren't slapping the back of each others heads or using their guns to play air guitar. They are giving hard time to each other on the field. From tripping to pushing and tumbling each other. You question if they would kill each other if it wasn't for the money.

I never played it solo and sadly I cannot find a cheap pre-played version of it in EB Games yet. So I really don't know how the AI responds but I heard it's pretty good. My friend and I are hoping for the next Army of Two game, but how will they name it? Army Of Two 2? Or is there going to be a title under it? We will be very surprised if there is no sequel.

Today I am going to order Army Of Two: Dirty Money the graphic novel.

Ghostbusters

If there is one game I am looking forward to besides Little Big Planet, it's the Ghostbusters game. Since I can remember I've always been a fan of the Ghostbusters, I watched the movies all the time, watched the cartoon every chance I got. I remember going over to my moms boyfriends house and playing the Ghostbusters game on SNES. I even had a Slimer toy that I use to take everywhere with me.

After going to EB Games yesterday I saw this trailer at the EB Games, and I thought "Wow they are already showing trailers." Which I am now looking forward to and will be purchasing when it comes out probably at full price *Gasp*
From what I read and watched on G4 you are a rookie Ghostbuster who is pretty much a guinea pig for the new equipment. Throughout the game you are helped by the original four Ghostbusters as you hunt down Ghost. Every mission you complete will pay you for the work you provide. But money is docked for damages you cause during your ghost hunt. (Reminds me of the mess they made during their first job in the movie.)

There will be three types of games for the realistic games will be for the PS3, PC and XBox 360. While the Wii and PS2 will have more of a cartoonish atmosphere and the DS will be a version all it's own.

(Playsation 3, XBox 360, PC Version)
(Wii, PS2 Version)

All the cast members from the movies will be returning, all except Rick Moranis who retired from acting. To spend more time with his kids after his wife pasted away. I am actually happy that he won't be in it for the part of a Ghostbuster at least. I really didn't like the second movie all too much and to see him being a Ghostbuster would just remind me more of how much I didn't approve of the sequel.

Off The Topic
(Fanmade Movies)
Return of the Ghostbusters Movie

Freddy Vs Ghostbusters

Metal Gear Solid 4 Easter Eggs

Just like all the other Metal Gear Solid games, Metal Gear Solid 4 has quite a few Easter Eggs. A couple of them I found on my own and some I saw on the internet. Such as the J-Pop singing Laughing Octopus or the man peeing off a bridge.

Ones I found like the very first one was the statue that was presented in a few trailers for MGS4. I went on top and did the action button where Snake holds onto the mans Little Soldier. If you keep pressing the action button it looks like Snake is groping him until it eventually falls off, this was in my first play through and I couldn't help but laugh saying "That's Kojima for you."

The next one I found is when you are suppose to go upstairs to meet Rat Patrol but being dumb I ran over a landmine which sent Snake flying in the air. But he comfortably lands on the couch right beside where the land mind set off. Snake lays on the couch in a hang over passed out position with a leg and an arm hanging off the couch and his other hand on his head covering his eyes. This was a one time thing I managed to do. A few times I tried it over at a friends house with no luck in pulling it off again. I believe it's because I wasn't at a right enough angle when I do it.

When I was at my friends house we were talking about how big Johnny and Meryl have gotten in this game and how there will probably be new Metal Gear games coming out. During the fight with Rat Patrol against the Frogs. I became angry at the idea of how many fans want Johnny to be the next hero of the series. In doing so I shot him in the head with an RPG as I stood over him on a counter. In doing so leaves flash backs not only of MGS4 but of MGS1, but these are no Snake flash backs they are all of Johnny. We were shocked at the results so we killed Meryl next. Doing so left Flash backs of Meryl including clips of Meryls ending in MGS1.

If you tranquilize Johnny he falls asleep the same way you first see him in MGS1 with his ass in the air and his arms beside him.

In a second play through I was fighting Ocelot in a final battle, I died. I decided to call it a night so I clicked on the "Exit" button only to hear "Snake it's not over yet." Coming from Ocelot with that the selection was automatically moved back to the option "Continue."

There is a couple of small ones that my friend and I discovered on the plane during Mission Briefing such as the video that switches to pictures of a bikini woman, the radio that plays different music when you go upstairs. Finally a picture of someone on top of the stove right next to the picture of Olga. It's only during a certain briefing you see it and it's not in any of the cut scenes. As far as we can see it, it's a man. There was no zoom function so we couldn't make any other details besides that.

Here's some codec calls I like.
They even manage to do the same thing from MGS3.

Look At Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns Of The Patriots

Spoilers

I went over to my gaming friend Brandon's house today I wanted to talk to him about Metal Gear Solid 4 before I made my review about the game. We both love Metal Gear Solid series and we both had opinions about the game.

We both thought that Metal Gear Solid 4 was a really good game with some likes and dislikes about the game. But despite all of it we still both find Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater is still the best of the Metal Gear Solid series.

Things we liked:

- We both liked some of the guns that are unlocked in the game such as Solar gun that is from Lunar Knights, or the gun that causes a typhoon.

-As well as how challenging the Gekko are

-The Beauty And The Beast unit back stories were something that we found really disturbing, showing that human minds are very fragile and war trauma is something that effects everyone.

- Fighting the FROGS with Rat Patrol was one of the best fights despite it being hard

-The Microwave hallway scenario was a very traumatic scene that left both of us in shock cheering for Snake

-All of Shadow Moses was the most awesome stage, it both made us want to play Metal Gear Solid again (As the saying goes what started here, ends here.)

- Using Metal Gear Rex to fight Metal Gear Ray using robotic CQC

-Raiden sacrificing himself to stop the boat so Snake wouldn't get crushed

-The Motorcycle scene with Big Mama

-The final boss fight against Liquid showing all four Metal Gear Solid games with their own music and life bar as well as Liquids name changing to fit the game. It's like a time compression so you know that this is truly the end of the whole series.

-The cameo appearance of Phsyco Mantis trying to do his mystic old school tricks that end up failing

-Liked how you can kill Meryl, Johnathan, Ed, or Johnny battling the frogs and it's their life that flashes before their eyes. Kill Johnny or Meryl to preview Metal Gear Solid clips too including Meryls ending and Johnny naked.

Things we didn't like:

-Despite me agreeing as well as disagreeing Brandon feels that Snake should have shot himself at the end, giving the ultimate sacrifice to protect everyone lives, a very selfless act. As much as I agree with it there is the part of me that feels that end where Snake gives up smoking. As if he no longer has a death wish and has a appreciation for his life.

-There should have been more Codec contacts instead of only two, including one for saves

-There also should have been more funnier codec conversations

-We felt that the Octocamo was too big of an advantage in the field

-We think that Raiden should have died at the boat. It would a lot more dramatic that way.

-They should have made it so you can explore all of Shadow Moses instead of just a couple of areas

-We think that Big Boss should have remained dead

-If Big Boss had to come back he shouldn't take so long to die

-There was a couple of loop holes in the game that are from Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty that they didn't explain.

-They made Johnny too cool that there is a big fanbase of him now

-The boss battles were too easy if you hide under a bed or tank

-There shouldn't be a physic gauge, should been stamina

-Some of the movie sequences were too long

Things we think they should have added:

-During the briefings when you can go around as the MKII we would have liked it when you taser of the people talking it would disrupt their conversation for a brief second. Instead of only the chickens.

-A zoom function for the MKII

-A new Metal Gear, it's tradition (No Gekko don't count)

-An explanation for that green liquid that the Gekko release

When I first saw movies and pictures of the game, I thought that throughout the whole game you can run into Gekko. As well as Beauty and the Beast unit but the main point was to avoid them. You could fight if you want to but you either would die or if you had enough ammo and guns you can actually kill them and don't have to go into battle later on just like they did with The End in Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater.

There would probably be a new Metal Gear series comes out, it's just the end of Metal Gear Solid and it probably will be called something else. The only difference is that Hideo Kojima will not be participating in the creating of the game. He did this last one not only because of the death threats but we wanted to help his co workers feel more assured that they are capable of caring on the series without him. But this is just what the DVD of Metal Gear Solid told.

This is a game that you should play for so many reasons, it probably wont be as fulfilling if you haven't played a Metal Gear Solid game before but none the less it's something you will enjoy.

From Hero To Zero

Spoilers



There is a lot of things I never seen coming in Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots. One of the first ones was Johnny Sasaki playing an actual role with Meryl's group. Another surprise was that his role was a lot larger then I imagine, I thought he would just be an idiot lackey that follows everyone around being an idiot. Which is true for most of the game, but then his role started to become a lot more bigger once Ed and Johnathan get injured in battle and it's up to Meryl and Johnny to aid Snake.



Johnny has always been a faceless character, a mask always covering his face, as well as being the comic relief who always somehow survives through countless worst case scenarios of Metal Gear Solid. He is known for his stupidity and having bad bowel movements. He has appeared in all the Metal Gear Solids his first apperance was in Metal Gear Solid for the Playstation.

Meryl is focused most of her attention towards Snake, falling inlove with him but finding out in Metal Gear Solid 4 about Meryl's broken heart that Snake left on her.



In the first Metal Gear Solid Meryl first met Johnny while being held captive she broke out of her jail cell and knocked him out stealing everything including his boxers.



Johnny knocked out on the ground, Meryl in his uniform. Playstation.



Johnny knocked out on the ground, Meryl in his uniform. Gamecube.



Meryl or anyone else for that matter didn't pay much attention to Johnny until a hidden easter egg in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty you can hear two conversations of Johnny. One of them is when he is having a bowel movement on the toilet. The other is when he runs into Emma which is quite funny and he declares who his name is.



In Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater Naked Snake meets Johnny's Grandfather who is patrol of Snakes cell. He feeds and talks to Snake if given the right peace offerings. I also seem him a little smarter then younger Johnny he is smart enough to check under the bed for Snake.



In Metal Gear Acid you can obtain a card called Johnny Sasaki when played allows Diarrhea to activate. No you don't shit yourself, you discard all cards in your hand and receive six new ones. It comes in handy when your hand is low or you have all bad cards.

These are small parts for him and it's kind of how I saw it coming too with Metal Gear Solid 4, but Hideo went a different direction and made him an important character. One of them was that he wasn't affected by S.O.P. when they are being controlled through Liquid. While Snake, Meryl and everyone else are suffering in pain from it Johnny manages to rescue them and take everyone out of harms way.



Throughout though Johnny has been proven to be a pain, from accidentally being spotted by the Frogs out the window, being out of sync in battle and even crapping himself while fighting the Frogs, And well as calling over and waving at Snake while he was in disguise talking to Meryl almost giving away his cover by the PMCs. All Snake could do was stay calm and mutter "What is his problem?"

When Meryl and her team try to stop Liquid from taking the body of Big Boss, Liquid proves to everyone the power he has over S.O.P. Proving it through death and carnage amongst Meryl's unit and the army that was there. As Meryl's unit Rat Patrol get their boat tipped over and they fall into the river. Johnny helps the very still Meryl out of the water. Freaked out that she could be dead, he quickly removes his mask reveling for the first time his face. I never expected him to actually look cool. I thought he would be a nerdy looking guy not some a guy who can be a main character in an game! Giving Meryl CPR she manages to breath again and kisses Johnny as thanks. Just to see his real face and get all googly eyed.

When Meryl finally confronts him about why he isn't affected he confesses that he bailed out when Meryl's unit was getting the shot for the S.O.P.s. She then replied to it thinking that he might have foresaw some kind of event that was happening now for him not to get them. I thought for a second and replied to myself "He was probably too scared of the shot." Knowing Johnny's character type too well, sure enough he bailed because he's scared of needles.



Meryl confused asked why he even bothered joining her unit, with that instant Johnny confesses that he wanted to be closer to her. Ever since he first met her in Shadow Moses (and stole his clothes) he was inlove with her and wanted to be close to her. With that he burst out in a cry asking for Meryl's hand in marriage. Meryl says no. But shortly after a few questions from Johnny if Meryl wanted to move in with him, she then ask him if he wanted to marry her. Little intimidated from the her and the gun she was holding he said yes.



Here's a music video I really love.



Once a dramatic game ends sure enough a very unlikely couple get married having a happily ever after. Hoping that Johnny doesn't crap himself in bed.



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Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns Of The Patriots Defeat

Continues 34

Alert Phases 90

Kills 263

Recovery Items Used 63

Weapon Types Procured 36

Flash Backs Watched 177

Special Items Used None

Title HAWK

I just defeated Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots, I bought it on Friday the 13, and just finished it. I have to admit this game took on a much more darker atmosphere then the other Metal Gear Solid games. Mostly because you slowly start to see the abuse that Solid Snake is taking on his body throughout the mission.

There is a lot of parts I really enjoyed in the game, I found it fun how they kept making the same reference to Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty opening scene where Snake lands on the ship in that unique way. But my favorite part is fighting against the Frogs with Rat Patrol which is Meryls group of three men Ed, Johnathon, and Johnny (Akiba). You fight your way through a building trying to escape just to have the inconvenience of Johnny crapping his pants and yes you can see the stains.

I found an artistic form of flashbacks of all the games excluding Metal Gear Acid and Metal Gear Snakes Revenge. It was really moving when Snake goes to Shadow Moses for the last time, everything still in place as he last saw it. A small theme is played as memories from Metal Gear Solid for the Playstation is played through conversation echoes. Just like the saying goes "It started here it ends here." So having memories stirred up again makes you remember certain parts and conversations. Remembering when we pick up that game and play it for the first time, completing every scene doing every battle. How after ten years you are back to those old roots just for one last go.

At times it can take a dark sad path which made me even sad at times, at others it was filled with action and comedy. All in all I'm glad this series is finally over, but at the same time I wish it didn't have to end this is my favorite series and I hate to see it go. Hideo made sure that Snake would never be able to come back for another game but that's okay.

Give Up On The Don

I've been playing The Godfather game for a couple of days now. It's a really good game that circles around a character you character given name Aldo who joins the family. You go behind the scenes of everything to help out the family in its dirty work.

To earn money to buy new clothes, weapons and houses to rent you need to get small businesses and some crooked businesses to join in partnership with the family. That will give the protection for their buisness from rival families. You can also sweet talk hookers and women who work in brothels to get on their good sides. There is no sex scenes in it so I wonder what those women are there for, they always seem to promise you getting a little something something later but never do.

My favorite mission was when I had to sneak into a mansion of Woltz with Rocco after sneaking around past guards Rocco will go into a stables and cut the head off a horse. I would think was "What the Hell?!" as I heard the horses noises coming from inside. Getting into the mansion was somewhat hard without killing anyone. Once inside the Rocco leaves the horse he killed in Woltz's bed for a cut scene to happen where he wakes up to it in the morning.



There was lots of car driving and sometimes even chases they were fun but can get annoying because cars can easily go into smoke and explore causing a game over. But at times it's still really fun to do even though they do put too many of them in there.

I finished all the main missions just to find out that I had to do all the side missions in order to get the ending. I was mad and put the game away. I don't mind side missions but I don't want it to be the main thing I have to do in order to get an ending.

Last Trailer For Metal Gear Solid 4

Hideo Kojima's April Fools

Even I said WTF?!

The Warriors Defeat Spoilers

Just finished playing The Warriors the game. I was quite surprised when a few members of the group either died or got arrested. It was a good game found the final boss a little challenging at first until you learn that he only has six shots before he reloads so it's all about timing. The ending itself wasn't that good and it's a game that I will probably never replay again. It probably would have been a better game if you fought more gangs instead of a selected few. You hardly actually see anything from The Lizzies, The Moon Runners, or The Punks. I thought there would be boss fights throughout but there was only about 5 or so which I guess I can't complain about too much.

Johnny Sasaki

Found this video a while back ago, it's pretty good and funny at some parts. The only things I didn't like was that the character of Johnny mumbled a lot so it was hard to understand him. Also a lot of the areas were really dark so you couldn't see much. This is a small clip in the eye's of Johnny Sasaki from the Metal Gear Solid series. He is well known for his bad stomachs and worse luck as a soldier.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns Of The Patriots, Johnny Sasaki plays a large part in the game (Instead of being the guardsmen when Snake gets captured). As he now resides with Meryl Silverburghs team. Though he doesn't seem like he knows much by the way he acts and his lack of knowledge in the battlefield from the trailers I seen so far.

There is one trailer which is fairly old where Johnny seems to be the only one who isn't affected by Foxdie. Or so it seems to be. As the rest of his group and the others around him begin to act crazy, rolling around, laughing, fighting with each other, while Johnny is trying to get Meryl to snap out of it.

The funny part is one of the newer trailers where they finally declared the soldier in Meryls group as Johnny. In it they do the same old routine as they did in Metal Gear Solid. He holds up Snake, Snake tells him how much of a rookie he is. Johnny says that hes a ten year vet. I guess it's a small hidden joke seeing how Johnny has been around for ten years since Metal Gear Solid was released.

I doubt though that this IS the same Johnny as in the first Metal Gear Solid. It's more or less because he seems a lot younger so I am guess he's in his late 20's. So the same one from Metal Gear Solid is probably Metal Gear Solid 4s Johnny's dad. Seeing how all the first born sons are named Johnny as they detailed in a hidden video in Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater.

Despite all reason and doubt they do however carry on the same tradition that Johnny will have moments of weakness where he has to find a place to relieve himself. I really don't know if this will be in the game or if it's just a little teaser for the fans. Either way I am really looking forward to this game, and seeing if this IS the final installment in the Metal Gear Solid series. Or is there a series after this one with a different title such as Metal Gear Johnny.