Both RT and Metacritic has this at around 50%. So it really depends on how tolerable you are on feature-length b-movie serials. I gave it a C Plus. It's better than the boring "Assassin's Creed" and tons better than "Max Payne", "Doom", "Mortal Kombat" and "Super Mario Bros". I haven't seen the Jolie movies in awhile, but this one is certainly better than the first "Tomb Raider".
Only 2 hours and 36 min? Wasn't that the same time as Watchmen or The Last Jedi? I think Blade Runner 2049 was longer. I saw that on the IMAX without restroom breaks.
I worked at Gamestop that year, huge year. These are the releases I remember:
DMC 4, Ninja Gaiden II, GTA IV, MGS IV, Soul Calibur IV, Mercenaries 2: World on Fire, Saint's Row 2, Midnight Club LA, Army of Two, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Call of Duty: World at War, Gears of War 2, Dead Space, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Silent Hill Homecoming, Bioshock PS3 port, Prince of Persia, Left 4 Dead, Burnout Paradise, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Mirror's Edge, Tomb Raider: Underworld
@johndmgs: that's funny given the fact that MGS is suppose to be a stealth series. Gears of War 2 was actually the better 3rd person shooter that year.
I honestly just finished MGS IV a few weeks ago. Initially, I bought it on launch and was very excited. But then I realized it was going to be a chore to beat since every other cutscene seemed to last an hour. I got bored of it and could never bring myself to play it all the way through. After I finished it, I still understand why I didn't want to. It was such a disappointment just like GTA IV. To be fair, I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5, but it just wasn't what I wanted in an MGS game.
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