First off, there is so many things wrong with CSM's review. Pretty much the only thing they got accuratley was the five stars. Now, i'm not saying go out and buy this for your 1YO, but it and HALO are the mildest M-Rated games out there. The violence is pretty intense, you can slit throats, score headshots, and blow people up with some spurts of blood, but your are penalized for killing, you can turn off the blood, and the charachters in the game are against war, which you wont find in other shooting games. The langauge, well, I heard worse on an average day of fifth grade, which is sorta sad, but I think ill shut up and get to the point now-the langauge ain't pretty, but its better than Black Ops and Bad Company 2. And the smoking, well, you see it damages snake and he says he wants to stop. Pretty much it's fine for tweens as long as they're not going to run around pretending to kill neighbors with an airsoft gun smoking and wearing a bandanna.

First off, this game is so amazing. Hands down the best PS3 game, currently anyways. Instead of writing a full review, I'll just sum up the stuff to be worried about. Blood... this is an overdone issue in games. Blood is real, it's there, always. Why do people care if there's blood when you stab a guy (in a game) but without blood it's okay? It doesn't add up! Also this is a game with a focus on stealth. You can gun it through the game, or you can sneak and use the tranquiliser (did I spell that right?) gun and put guys to sleep. Stealth is usually more favorable, you risk less, and save ammo. Ummm, oops! Back to blood. There are also blood filters anyways, so it isn't so bad. This game touches deep consepts, and really takes 2 playthroughs to understand fully. There is some disturbing content, so if you have a a bad time with that stuff, don't watch the cutscenes... or honestly if you can't stomach it don't play this game. This game has phenominal graphics... and voice acting, and gameplay, and controls, and... oh, right. Snake smokes. WHO CARES? The game shows how it negitively impacts Snake and others encorage him to stop. It's just part of Snake's personality, and it builds his charecter, it's not like Hideo Kojema WANTS little kids to smoke and fire guns while wearing a bandanna! Buy this game or miss out on one of the best games in history. Without blood it's okay for kids about 13 or so. The swearing isn't anything I don't hear daily at middle school anyways, in fact, the swearing is like a very mild day at middle school, which in a way is sad but now I'm going to shut up, because you want to be at home playing this game on the couch while eating a boul of popcorn, because (as MGS fans know) the Metal Gear Solid series is the king of really long cutscenes. But these arn't lazy cutscenes, they all look beautiful. Now go and play this game! Seriously, why are you still reading this?!

I think this game is good for ages 15 and above because contains swearing and sexual scenes also has pictures of disturbing naked ladies which can be quiet of putting although is really good through out most of the levels

Metal gear solid is very violent. The violence is very high with lots of blood, You can slit throats and do a lot of violent things. This is obviously going to be a gory game considering the nature of the game. Its blood can be turned off though. Even though its still violent with that option. Much like Assassins Creed 2. The language is going to be high, With F words and every other one. The drugs aren't much of a worry, But the main character is known to smoke. Overall its alright. With a lot of violence.

Metal gear solid 4, is a beautiful game. Amazing graphics, impressive story, but SUPER violent, more violent then games like Call of Duty black ops, A very mature storyline, graphic as well. You pretty much can't get away from the violence. The bosses have very dark pasts, disturbing as well. Sure, you can take out the blood, But it doesn't mean all the violence will go away. I'm not gonna say anything about the story, play it your self to find out. This game is the best title I own on my PS3. Anybody that's allowed to play, should get it. I know it's says I'm 11, and I am, I didn't know about any of this when I got the game.

This review by chad sapieha was largely innacurate. Unlike most games which is shoot shoot boom boom, Your child need not proceed with needless violence. The entire game, yes entire, can be beaten by tranquilizing and knockiong out enemys. Along with that, the message for the story is largely war is bad, etc etc.

12 year olds should be able to play it because the blood can be turned off and there is barely any swear words