Set an unspecified amount of years after the "Manhattan Incident" (the events of the Plant chapter from Metal Gear Solid 2), Metal Gear Solid 4 portrays a world where the restriction of military intervention on foreign soil has eased, leading to demands on mercenaries to fight proxy battles for business purposes, fueling the need for private military contractors (PMCs) and automated weapons.
However, the five largest PMCs are revealed to be owned by a single mother company, Outer Heaven (the name of Big Boss's mercenary company and fortified nation in the original Metal Gear), operated by Liquid Ocelot. It is revealed that Outer Heaven has amassed a military equivalent in manpower to the United States' own, and is now preparing to launch an armed insurrection. With the world once again in crisis, Solid Snake is deployed to the Middle East.[5]
David Hayter has said during a Konami Pod Cast "As bad as it gets for Big Boss, Solid Snake gets really screwed over. I don't know yet, as we aren't done with the script, but what I'm trying to give is the sense that it is his last mission, and he knows it. He's deteriorating, he's aging badly."
-wikipedia
MGS4 trailer:
Such a shame I'll have to get a PS3 to play it.. I'll have to wait untill it's on youtube three times over 500 euro's is a lot to play a single game.
MGS3 was very well done, especially the cut scenes. More often than not I'd be dissapointed to have to actually fight myself instead of watching it. although none of it got close to MGS1, story wise.. anyone remember Sniper Wolf dieing? only thing that ever beat it was Aeris' death in FF7..
I really hope Kojima puts a bit of effort into depth and character development. Screw the fancy graphics tbh.
If anyone does get MGS4 when it comes out please tell me how the story goes
