Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | |
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Developer(s) | Kojima Productions |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Series | Metal Gear |
Release date(s) | June 12, 2008 |
Release type | PlayStation 3 exclusive |
Genre(s) | Action, Adventure, Stealth |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
GameID(s) | BLES00246 (IRD), BLJM67001 (IRD), BLUS30109 (IRD), NPEB02182, NPUB31633 Demo NPEB90116, NPJB90149, NPUB90176 Database NPEB00027, NPUB90126 |
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the sixth Metal Gear game directed by Hideo Kojima and is set five years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the story centers around a prematurely aged Solid Snake, now known as Old Snake, as he goes on one last mission to assassinate his nemesis Liquid Snake, who now inhabits the body of his former henchman Revolver Ocelot under the guise of Liquid Ocelot, before he takes control of the Sons of the Patriots, an A.I. system that controls the activities of PMCs worldwide. The game received universal acclaim, garnering perfect reviews and Game of the Year awards from several major gaming publications, including GameSpot, which claimed that the game was "technically flawless". The game has been considered one of the best games of the seventh generation of console gaming and among the greatest of all time. Its release caused a boost in sales of the PlayStation 3, where it sold over six million copies worldwide.
Configuration
No options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings are recommended for this title.
Known Issues
Freezes/softlocks
The game is very unstable and will frequently crash within seconds even when using SPU LLVM & Accurate Xfloat Off.
No audio
When using anything other than SPU LLVM Recompiler and Accurate Xfloat OFF, the game will have no/some sound only.
Special Notes
Custom MGS4 builds
For this game, use illusion's rebase of the Rajkosto build that have additional hacks to improve stability and performance of this title. You can find the builds of this fork here.
Canary Patches
PRX-rbYkgZMgx8Prd7WUAA39oYAdWcNo-0: "cellSpurs urgent commands hack": Games: "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots": BLES00246: [ All ] BLUS30109: [ All ] BLJM67001: [ All ] NPUB31633: [ All ] NPEB02182: [ All ] Author: elad335 Notes: [ "Workaround for freezes in Metal Gear Solid 4.\nThis patch applies to a firmware file for all games!\nUsage outside of Metal Gear Solid 4 is for debug purposes only.\nYou must have firmware version of exactly 4.87 in order to use it.\n\nKnown to affect:\nMetal Gear Solid 4" ] Patch Version: 1.0 Patch: - [ be32, 0x182B8, 0x38000002 ]