"The 2005 Tokyo Game Show just started a few hours ago and the highly anticipated trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4 is now playing at the Konami booth. You are not prepared for what you are just going to see, trust me! The game is subtitled Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots and will feature much more intense action than any previous MGS game, but enough with the talking just watch the trailer and see for your self.

Click here to download the trailer - Forget pre-rendered stuff! This is all real-time baby!

Note: Konami never said that this was gameplay footage, but a trailer rendered in real-time. MGS games have always used cinematic sequences that are rendered in real-time using the in-game engine.

Apparently, MGS 4 sees Kojima and his uber-talented team take on the task of 'creating inner qualities' to the unfolding gameplay. Kojima explains that this aspect is "unseen and establishes the presence only through time and the volition of the player. This will pave the way forward to a revolutionary change that will lead us away from past concepts based on 'realism' as we move towards the 'natural'". We can't say we entirely understand what all that means, but as always with Kojima's ideas, it's an intriguing concept. Source : CVG" [more]