I take it you haven't read many reviews of Shenmue, you should do that before you post things like this.
I have not read one review of Shenmue that says it has the "best gaming story ever"
Have you played through Final Fantasy 7? Please play through that then come back here and tell me Shenmue has a better story
I played most PSX parts of FF. I played most PSX games actually.
I've been reading many reviews of Shenmue and I found only 2 (gamespot and some other) where it's story was not 10/10.
I found many saying it's the best gaming story ever.
And it is IMO and whatever you say it won't change what I think. To me it's the best gaming story, not because of trivial basic story that Ryo's father dies and he tries to get his killer for the whole game, but elements of the story which are much deeper than elements of any other game. And while I wouldn't like to read "Shenmue the book", I love it's values. It's the most sentimental game, it's story is plain deeper than anything else I played. And of course it's my opinion.
I respect that you might like other things and find other types of game stories better.
Same with movies - not everybody find the same genres great. Some people say there are action movies with good stories while to me action movies have no stories at all.
While MGS or FF story might be fun to play or entertaining overall it's not as deep as Shenmue. As I said it's the kind of game that's not for everyone to understand - but if you do it changes your way of thinking.
PS. I think we have a large OT here. There's another Shenmue thread and I think we should end this discussion. It's all about preferences while this thread is just about new MGS.
I'm definately getting MGS4 btw.