Metal Gear Solid 4 and Hellgate: London FAQs

Next Generation have posted FAQs today on Metal Gear Solid 4 and Hellgate: London. 

Metal Gear Solid 4 will also introduce some new philosophical concepts into the gameplay. Nothing's been specifically stated concerning how a morality mechanic may function in MGS 4, though Kojima has offered some tantalizing hints. He has chosen to place a focus in this game on the emotional effect of war on life and on people in general. One comment even suggests that the game's warzone will have multiple sides, and it will be up to the player to decide which one(s) to ally with (which can be none of them as well). Through this, he hopes that more emotional weight will be attached to Snake's 'unnecessary' kills, since apparently not everyone around him will explicitly be an 'enemy.'

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There are four general types of locations in the Hellgate's London: the ruined city itself, the tunnels of London's famous Tube subway system, the sewers and abandoned Underground stations. The ruined stations of the London Underground serve as Hellgate's safe zones. You'll meet other players and NPCs here, find shops and all of those other "safe" activities. The game narrative actually sends you through the game's various zones in a linear fashion, telling the story over five acts. Journeys between different zones are entirely randomized, from the maps you'll explore to the creatures you'll encounter and treasures you'll find. In truth, the only entirely non-instanced content in the game is found in the Underground safe zones.

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