I actually saw a store here selling it two days ago but I don't have a PS3 so...

How bad is a 40GB PS3 if I don't care about compatibility?

hey so apparently this thing is out now (???) so who has this already and how does it seem??

normal people reviews plz.



marcus i know you have this and have played it through 4 times so lets hear it.

Tomorrow and I'm thinking about calling in sick.

wait they DONT let you have memory cards if you have a smaller ps3? that's kind of weird.

Not bad at all, the only differences between the 40GB and the 80GB is the lack of BC, no memory card readers, and 2 USB ports instead of two, also the controller doesn't rumble.

But if your getting one for MGS4 I would just get the MGS4 bundle since the 40GB + MGS4 is $459.98+Tax and the 80GB Bundle with MGS4 and a Dualshock 3 for 499.99+tax.

Thanks. That offer is only for USA though, and shipping something that heavy isn't an option for me. The European counterpart (which is what's officially offered where I live) is more expensive and is just a 40GB/sixaxis deal so it's not that good. (it's cheaper to get them separately)

wait they DONT let you have memory cards if you have a smaller ps3? that's kind of weird.

I think he's talking about those little flash cards for cameras and such. For game saves you just save to the hard disk.

you know marcus

whenever something big like this comes out you do some kickass review on the vg board




....i'm looking forward to seeing that (pressure)


also i was originally planning to get a ps3(mgs4 bundle) this summer


but i'm not so sure i'll have such money to waste afterall

otherwise i'll probably get it by the end of my first semester in winter. the bundle might be over by then, but i'll just get a ps3+mgs4 then. ohhhhhh well.

If you're serious about the PS3 (and since I'm spending 500$ on this thing I'M FUCKING SERIOUS) then get the 80gb.  Most games now require a 4-6gb install before playing and MGS4 supposedly has an install after every act.  That's almost 20gb right there.  The playstation store is also full of lots of cool games (and LittleBigPlanet and Spore will be using most of the harddrive for downloads) so if you want to download things in the future you'll need to clear up space. 

In America, the 80gb bundle is 500$ and it comes with a Dualshock 3 which has rumble features.  Konami is offering a limited edition gunmetal 40gb which is 600$.

Don't waste your money on the fucking gunmetal unless Kojima is signing it personally.

Seriously, what a waste.

So I went to Gamestop tonight at midnight with a friend who was going to pick up MGS4. I really just wanted to pick up Sins of a Solar Empire... which I am now torrenting. More on that in a minute.

Basically I feel profoundly embarassed for most of the people I saw in that Gamestop. While there was a couple normals who came in group there was an awful lot of chubby, socially inept, Samueltehg33k type individuals who I felt pained to even be in proximity around. I played MGS4 on one of the available consoles for about 25-30 minutes because everyone either 'didn't want any spoilers' (first level??) or was too awkward to put themselves in front other people watching.

example; i was playing and couldn't figure out how to use active camoflauge and this one really fat guy kept saying 'uh... uh... maybe... maybe the... uh?? i mean.. i don't know... uh... sorry... uh... okay... uh... i know how... uh... uh...'

I shot a guy in the head and like three people yelled BOOM HEADSHOT and i winced.

i died a loooot because i didn't really know the controls but okay. it seemed more like GEARS OF WAR than MGS from the sections I played mostly because it seems practically impossible to evade the massive amounts of PMC mercs without first narrowing their numbers through an extensive shootout. the environments don't lend themselves to evading particularly well (at least in the Middle East levels I played) mostly because there's no place to really... well... hide, unlike in previous metal gears. You can use active camo, but it's seen ridiculously easy and it's hard to sneak up on anyone to knife them without them hearing you first.

doesn't help that the equipment readouts are basically illegible on any tv that's not an HDTV. you need an HDTV to play this game. some of the text is too blurry to read at ALL otherwise.

idk it seems like a NICE ENOUGH GAME but i definitely wasn't feeling it when i played it; guess it has a steep learning curve.

also fuck gamestop. when i first went in i wanted to use the bathroom but they wouldn't let me because i 'could have stolen a copy of MGS4 while they weren't looking and leaked it' (nice call dipshits, it was being released in 20 minutes anyhow) and all i really went to do was get Sins of a Solar Empire but they were only selling MGS merchandise today. at all. they literally shut down the rest of the gamestop and cordoned it off with racks of used games. i asked the clerk if he could just go back and get it for me and he said 'no sorry it's MGS exclusive day'

so basically fuck gamestop and fuck people who show up at midnight game releases.

also i was reading the promotional booklet and god damn hideo is one creepy motherfucker when it comes to talking about those Beauty and the Beast Corps women. he talks so much about how 'lithe and beautiful' the models he used for them were and how he personally selected and interviewed them and idk it just really kind of creeped me out a little!

EDIT : man psyburn i could totally see you right in the middle of the crowd that was there.

So, beating this game with no alerts, no rations used, no guards killed, and not dying on the hardest difficulty in under five hours unlocks Big Boss as a character.  I know some Japs have probably already completed it 3 times by the time this message is posted.

I also saw some screenshots at 4chan and Snake can pick up Altair's costume.

EDIT: Oh man, Gametrailers gave MGS4 an 8.7 in the story and the entire forums are up in arms.  This is ridiculous.

Hahhahahahahahaha. Also that's a pretty awesome unlockable. And Kojima had already announced Altair's costume after he did the Assassin's Snake joke (I follow too many things)

Also, it seems obvious you wouldn't be able to enjoy any fucking game in that ambience, seriously. Playing on a big(or small?) screen next to a few hundred nerds.

Except maybe pong. Pong is cool. Though I'm sure they'd say BOOM HEADSHOT anyway.


EDIT: So from what I can see the biggest downsides are the cutscenes(too long or too boring depending(who didn't see that coming)) and the installs.
Hm.

Man, the Gametrailers board is disgusting.  Moreso than GAMEFAQS!  Yes, that board is more ridiculous than Gamefaqs.  I'm arguing with these people and they're saying shit like they want to send GT anthrax and beat up all the "xbot" reviewers.

Holy fuck.

wait they DONT let you have memory cards if you have a smaller ps3? that's kind of weird.

He means the ports for PS2 Memory cards.

So, beating this game with no alerts, no rations used, no guards killed, and not dying on the hardest difficulty in under five hours unlocks Big Boss as a character.  I know some Japs have probably already completed it 3 times by the time this message is posted.

oh boy i remember how I wasn't feeling like capturing the 50 frogs or whatever in mgs3 to unlock the stealth camo or something so the other option was to go through the game with no alerts, deaths, kills and something like that and I would play it for days and whenever I got spotted or broke one of the requirements I would throw myself down from a cliff or go diving in a mudpool to kill myself and then load up the game at a point where I had not broken any of the requirements.

Like most of the game it was pretty easy to go unseen but then there was those fucking Ocelot Unit ambushes that were a real bitch to go through.

But this one seems even more ridiculous since apparently the game has less places to hide and more guards.

me too man me too

but for that reward...i'lldop....anything. :/

holy shit marcus that gametrailers board is almost as  bad as those NMA geeks talking about Fallout

edit : also what the hell that gametrailers review spoiled so many fucking plot points

uh

what plot points

pretty muich everything in it has been known for QUITE SOME TIME thanks to previews and stuff now, the only thing was the whole METAL GEAR REX THING which isn't even a plot point.