[PS3] Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? PROTIP: THIS IS THE MGS4 THREAD

Holy fuck, it took me a thousand hours to find this damned topic.
Assholes.

In anycase, I'm excited for the launch tonight.
But I don't have my PS3 yet, so...

Ok. I've been avoiding this thread like the plague for the last three weeks to make my MGS4 experience the best it can be.

Question –

I’m sure a lot of you know about the deal Wal-Mart has going on with their $100 gift card with the purchase of a Blu-Ray player (including all PS3’s), and I hear a lot of people saying that this does also include the 80gb MGS4 bundle, turning this bundle into probably one of the best deals ever.

A lot of my friends plan on purchasing it, but they don’t know anything about it. Is Wal-Mart carrying & releasing the bundle tonight at midnight? Is the deal only available online? If we bring an ad to do price matching somewhere, will they match a deal like this?

Sorry if this has been talked about before...it's just that when I try to research the topic, I get links to a bunch of little fags saying shit like "IT'S TRUE MY DAD WERKS THEIR AND SAYS I CAN GET IT.", and I want a little more confirmation. I can't even find the bundle on the Wal-Mart website...

I was so exited for the launch but I'm going to have to wait a bit more since my extra cash went towards something else. I'll probably get it next week.
I knew I should have fully payed it when i preorderd ;_;

o helo

in before shitstorm




::none because no one finds the thread~::

Have you got to the bit where Snake kills Raiden yet?

Here's the universal rule of metal gear: no one who should die actually does. Only the likeable characters get killed off.

And no, I doubt I'll even start the game till I'm finished with Experience 112. Both of my PS3s are on loan at friends, so I pined a debug from work so that I can play when I want to. I already installed it, so everything ready and all. Just need to plug the console in of course. Also I wish I had a Dual Shock for this but lol SCEE.

And yes, there is an 8 minute install at the start of the game where you watch Snake smoke and little notes and health warnings appear on the screen. Once you clear a chapter, the game will install the next chapter, and wipe the previous one. Meaning if you want to play a previous save, from a previous chapter, you need to reinstall that chapter, over the current one, before you can play. I imagine this is the detail Konami didn't want magazines to talk about too much.

Originally Posted by eprox1

Ok. I've been avoiding this thread like the plague for the last three weeks to make my MGS4 experience the best it can be.

Question –

I’m sure a lot of you know about the deal Wal-Mart has going on with their $100 gift card with the purchase of a Blu-Ray player (including all PS3’s), and I hear a lot of people saying that this does also include the 80gb MGS4 bundle, turning this bundle into probably one of the best deals ever.

A lot of my friends plan on purchasing it, but they don’t know anything about it. Is Wal-Mart carrying & releasing the bundle tonight at midnight? Is the deal only available online? If we bring an ad to do price matching somewhere, will they match a deal like this?

Sorry if this has been talked about before...it's just that when I try to research the topic, I get links to a bunch of little fags saying shit like "IT'S TRUE MY DAD WERKS THEIR AND SAYS I CAN GET IT.", and I want a little more confirmation. I can't even find the bundle on the Wal-Mart website...

You can get the deal and bundle by walking into a Wal-Mart store tonight at 12:01am. Both the game and bundles were shipped to retailers last week which is why some of the 80GB bundles have found themselves into the wild thanks to some Wal-Marts breaking street date. It also looks like Wal-Mart got most of the bundle shipments given folks from EB/GameStop have reported to of received 4 in the first shipment with Wal-Mart receiving twice that number, so availability shouldn't be an issue.

Since my EB seems to be one of the few that isn't doing a midnight launch I'll be having to wait until tomorrow at 10am before I can get mine.

EBgames has shipped all their overnight orders out so people could get it on street date (Provided you pre-ordered the game before today with overnight shipping). Dunno when I'll get mine tomorrow, but I just simply can't wait.

Well my check came a day early so I guess I'm gonna get it at midnight!

Originally Posted by Qwarky

And yes, there is an 8 minute install at the start of the game where you watch Snake smoke and little notes and health warnings appear on the screen. Once you clear a chapter, the game will install the next chapter, and wipe the previous one. Meaning if you want to play a previous save, from a previous chapter, you need to reinstall that chapter, over the current one, before you can play. I imagine this is the detail Konami didn't want magazines to talk about too much.

Aw man, that's pretty dumb. I wonder if there's a work around, maybe you can just make a save file for each chapter? That could be a possible I'd think.

Originally Posted by Simo

Since my EB seems to be one of the few that isn't doing a midnight launch I'll be having to wait until tomorrow at 10am before I can get mine.

Haha, just got a call from EB saying that the game's ready for pick up at 10am tomorrow too (apparently I was one of the first to pre-order the LE, guranteed now). I was also told that the pre-orders come with a free artbook, didn't know there was gonna be another pre-order bonus other than the Saga vol 2 DVD. Ahh, just gotta keep busy for 16 more hours.

it does suck that you have to reinstall the chapters every time you play through the game (its kinda like changing disks lol).

it's too bad i can't play this game as early as I'd like because I have to work until 6 tomorrow. I hope I get an art book with the LE!

Didn't think I'd go to the midnight launch, but one of my buddies REALLY wanted to go pick up the bundle at our Best Buy. There were about 20-25 people there, and my friend was the ONLY ONE who brought in a Wal-Mart ad and got a $100 gift card price match. Some people looked pretty pissed off...

Currently downloading the slow as all hell UPDATES FOR METAL GEAR: ONLINE. AGAIN.

I guess I'll sleep while it downloads...

Originally Posted by Hantei

Aw man, that's pretty dumb. I wonder if there's a work around, maybe you can just make a save file for each chapter? That could be a possible I'd think.

Well no, I mean, you can have as many old save files as you want. But if it's from a previous chapter, you'll need to install that chapter before you can play the save file again. And it'll install over the current chapter. So yes, you can have save files like in any game, but you can only have only one chapter installed at a time, it seems. I'm guessing this was made so that 20GB machines can't get clogged up with a single install or something. Obviously they should have put in an option to install all chapters, but alas. Microsoft doesn't allow optional HDD installs just because there's like three people without a harddrive.

Thanks again, Lowest Common Denominator!

Originally Posted by Qwarky

Both of my PS3s

You're such a player, Q. Also, I'm pretty sure it's Sony, not Microsoft who make the Playstation.

I was just at my local Best Buy...and there was no one there. No one at all. I was the only one there, and im all "I guess im early". They didnt have the midnight opening, but they definitely have the machines with the game in. All I gotta do is get a flyer from walmart, and boom instant 100 giftcard. Maybe i'll get some other games, perhaps the ones that are cheap now like Vegas 1 and Timeshift.

Originally Posted by Shin

You're such a player, Q. Also, I'm pretty sure it's Sony, not Microsoft who make the Playstation.

It was an example of a similar practise, you dolt. I suppose I could have said that's why Sony ships a composhit cable with their expensive HD multimedia center. (And you can't use the PS3 without an HDD)

Is forcing myself to not play this game until I buy and complete MGS1-3 worth it? I really want to play but I want nothing but the best experience possible.

I might just be overhyping it.