metal gear solid 4 won't play correctly

whiteshadow423 · ‎08-31-2012

the disk is flawless but the game refuses to play past the opening or past where you meet drebin, i have deleted everything and tried that and even tried playing it without the update. can anybody tell me what is going on?

SergeantVincent · ‎07-19-2008

What exactly happens after you meet Drebin? Does it freeze your console, just the game, black screen, what?

whiteshadow423 · ‎08-31-2012

it took me back to the playstation menu

SergeantVincent · ‎07-19-2008

It immediately takes you back to the XMB?

Very strange. I want to say it's your disc, even though there aren't any visible marks. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense though. How long have you had the disc?

whiteshadow423 · ‎08-31-2012

i've had it for about a year and a half, its not the disk, i take care of my games, still have all of my playstation one games in pefect condition.

SergeantVincent · ‎07-19-2008

I do too, but back in 2011 I had to get a new MGS4 simply because my disc wouldn't read in-game. Nowadays you can find MGS4 for cheaper than $20. If it isn't a lot of money for you, I'd say at least give it a shot just so you know. If it's the PS3, try taking it to one of the tech forums here.

whiteshadow423 · ‎08-31-2012

yeah going to get a new one and see if that works, i'm really hoping that solves it

maxfriedchicken · ‎10-02-2012

I have the same problem. It had some moments during Act 1 where it would suddenly exit directly to the XMB. Then I managed to get as far as Act 2 (just before the Vista Mansion checkpoint), but when it went to the loading screen it exited again after a few seconds. Now I can't move on in the game from there because it kept exiting.

Any solutions for this? I played MGS4 using an older CD 2 years back and it worked fine. Bought another CD because I gave the old one away, updated it with the trophy patch, and played it. And here I am.

I'm planning to buy a 2nd hand R1 and R4 version of the game to see if it'll get fixed. I'll post my findings here.

EDIT: BTW, my new copy's the Greatest Hits version.

maxfriedchicken · ‎10-02-2012

Got it to work

I bought a 2nd hand CD. No exiting (so far) and I've been able to get past the Confinement facility checkpoint. The weird thing is, the new one that I bought (no scratches and/or dust) was the one which had the problem, not the 2nd hand CD with the scratches.