Recent reviews by TANG

Seriously WTF Take-Two. GTAV mods are now basically dead in the water. You guys don't deserve this awesome community.

If you're a fan of narrative driven adventure games with some sci-fi time travel thrown in, you will love LiS. The story will make you go through a roller coaster of emotions as it plays out in 5 episodes. Gameplay wise there's not much to it, and it does have it's flaws. The puzzles are pretty interesting when combined with a time travel mechanic, but they aren't too terribly hard. Sometimes you wish it would get out of the way so you can delve deeper into the engrossing story. It plays out like a choose your own adventure game a la The Walking Dead. The choices you make can change how other characters relate to you in the future, but in the grand scheme of things it is pretty inconsequential. There is a leaderboard that compares the choices you've made to others online which is interesting to look at. What LiS does have in spades is a deep and engaging story with superb writing and a cast of memorable characters that you will fall in love with (or hate). As far as this type of game goes it has to be easily one of the best games out there.

A fitting swan song from Kojima in regards to the Metal Gear franchise. One of the best examples of what you can do with an open-world gameplay structure. You can sense Kojima always wanted to make an open-world Metal Gear game but didn't necessarily had the technology or the resources at the time to do it. Peace Walker was the first step in this direction. With the creation of the Fox engine and a bigger budget at his disposal, he was able to fully realize his vision of what an open-world Metal Gear game could be. The result is a sublime gaming experience.

Positives:
+ Stealth mechanics are one of the best seen in a game.
+ Brings a lot to the table in terms of an open-world gameplay experience.
+ The AI is exceptional and surprised me many times.
+ Superb presentation and polish.
+ So many number of ways you can approach a mission. The replayability comes when you can go back and do a mission using differen't methods entirely.
+ Incredible amount tools/weapons/gadgets at your disposal.
+ The graphics are phenomenal thanks to the Fox engine.

Negatives:
- Story wasn't as good as the previous Metal Gear games.
- Some of the missions can start to get repetitive. This is especially true for the side ops missions.
- Second half of the game wasn't as strong and felt incomplete. This is probably due to Kojima being imposed a hard deadline by Konami to wrap it up as they didn't want to fund his game any further.
- Not enough variety in the environments.

Despite some faults, TPP is a masterpiece and will be remembered for the intense and memorable gameplay experiences it brought to the open-world genre. It was an awesome journey playing through the game and one I'll never forget, even if the story fell a little bit short. With that said, TPP has to be considered, at least to me, the best tactical stealth game ever made.

This is a game where you are a global offensive counter-terrorist that must try to stop the evildoers from blowing ♥♥♥♥ up like crates in a desert or a statue in a deserted castle. If you don't mind the occasional guy that can all of a sudden magically headshot everyone or somehow can track your movements like he has ESP, other than that its pretty fun.