Product Description

True to the tradition of the series, Metal Gear Solid 4 is a game full of imaginative secrets bound up in a complex narrative. The secrets include hidden areas, Easter Eggs, alternate cut-scenes, bonus items, concealed game modes and undisclosed button combinations. The secrets and narrative represent the game's true genius and its replay value and these are the raison d'etre of this guide. With the aid of complete top-down, satellite-style maps, the Walkthrough (written for the extreme difficulty level and therefore covers all settings) leads you through the entire game covering all optional tasks and secrets as these become available. At over 200 pages, the guide also includes dedicated chapters on Equipment, Secrets and Metal Gear Online.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12172 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 209 pages

Synopsis
True to the tradition of the series, Metal Gear Solid 4 is a game full of imaginative secrets bound up in a complex narrative. The secrets include hidden areas, Easter Eggs, alternate cut-scenes, bonus items, concealed game modes and undisclosed button combinations. The secrets and narrative represent the game's true genius and its replay value and these are the raison d'etre of this guide. With the aid of complete top-down, satellite-style maps, the Walkthrough (written for the extreme difficulty level and therefore covers all settings) leads you through the entire game covering all optional tasks and secrets as these become available. At over 200 pages, the guide also includes dedicated chapters on Equipment, Secrets and Metal Gear Online.

Customer Reviews

brilliant- opens me up to a whole new world of metal gear
I never normally buy guides, and this is the first time I have. Strangely enough I bought it after I completed the game- as a friend had recommended it, and I have now gone back to the campaign and completed it again, and again, whilst discovering loads of cool stuff.

The guide is extremely detailed and gives you a step by step guide to completing the Big Boss extreme difficulty, which I have now subsequently completed. The guide also shows you numerous 'easter eggs' and gives a detailed guide to the story as I had no idea what was going on throughout the campaign. Thankfully I now understand the story thanks to the guide- unfortunately the first time I completed the story I fell asleep during the final cutscene, and it didnt help that I had never played any of the metal gear games before!

Highly recommended guide for good and bad players alike- enjoy :D

The handy Guide for all ur MGS 4 Needs!
The art inside this official book is like any other MGS form of art, which is stunning. If you have not had the chance to play all of the MGS games. Then this book has a handy selection of pages talking about the most imporant people in the MGS world. Best to play the game without using the book to start with, then use it once you hvae had your first play-though. As its the type of game you can play and play. All in all, its backed full of usful information, and detialed full colour maps to help you out. 5 out of 5.

MGS4 is brilliant...unfortuantely this guide isn't.
I don't usually buy guides but MGS4 is one of my favourite games so I didn't want to miss anything on the second play through.
This is the least comprehensive guide i have read. Sure some areas are spelt out well...but...for instance in one notable boss fight where you are subjected to the elements it omits details like good places for cover. It omits certain difficult enemy weaknesses or they are written in a place in the guide which isn't found without certain difficulty.

I gave this 2 stars instead of one because some of the guide informs you of several strategies to approach which is very useful and it also avoids spoilers as you are reading through as much as it can till after you've played that bit...but I've found so many easy ways to do things that isn't in the guide it makes it seem a little redunant.