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Metal Gear Solid 4's Terrible Boss Fights

"If we're really gonna discuss how good Metal Gear Solid is, we have to discuss the boss fights, in serious depth, because Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 & 3...all have exceptional boss fights..."

In part 2 of our in-depth Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots review, we re-play the terrible boss battles. The Beauty and the Beast Corps, Vamp, Suicide Gekko: they were quite awful, but don't just take our word for it, see it for yourself! We recorded the broken AI, discussed the clunky controls, bizarre design choices and explained the simple and easy ways these boss fights could have been better. We were pleasantly surprised by one boss fight in particular but once again, we ultimately found that the more we play Metal Gear Solid 4...the worse it gets...