Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Hands-on

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker might be better than sex. Seriously, I know that a lot of us IGN editors catch flack for hyping a game much, but I played five missions of the game, watched a bunch of cutscenes, and cannot wipe the grin off of my face.

Peace Walker picks up the story of Massive Boss (or Naked Snake as he is often known) after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops but before the events of the original Metal Gear. The war hero is living in Costa Rica and jogging a private military group -- muscle for hire, if you will. Kicking off from what appears to be the beginning of the game, Snake's on a motorbike watching his troops -- members of Militaires Sans Frontieres or "military without borders" -- practice on the beach. When they cannot light his cigar in the downpour he is chilling in, they heads down to the beach, rips off his shirt, and the men step up to challenge him.