My Metal Gear/Solid Marathon (MGS2 complete)

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Metal Gear 1 - Complete
First of all, fuck those floor traps.

In total, it took me around 4 and 1/2 hours to complete. I'll admit to having used a guide multiple times because I had no idea where I was going or what I was doing, especially in the beginning.

For a game released in '87, it holds up okay. The controller layout was a bit eh though. Triggers for the inventory screens wasn't a good layout IMO, and led to me accidentally going into them occasionally.
Thankfully the AI is fairly limited, meaning they can only detect you if you're directly in their line of sight, so getting through areas multiple times isn't a problem.
The bosses were pretty easy - Although, I did get run over by the tank a couple times because I'm an idiot.
How do you kill the flying dudess though? Other than funneling them through a door way, I wasn't able to kill them.

Also, what happens if you get the combination wrong when destroying Metal Gear?

I already know the basic plot for the series, so there wasn't any big surprise when the game makes it blatantly obvious that Big Boss is the leader of Outer Heaven.

Anyway, there's my short and shittily written "review" of the game.
Overall, I give it 6 Brent Rambos out of 10. Pretty enjoyable game all the way through, but nothing amazing that had me on the edge of my seat, although it did leave me wanting more of the franchise (which I'm pretty excited to continue playing).

I'll begin playing Metal Gear 2 tomorrow, and probably update this afterwards.
Metal Gear 2 - Complete
It took me just over 5 1/2 hours to complete. Again, I'll admit to having used a guide because these games are pretty confusing, especially when you need to backtrack half of the game.

Gameplay mechanics are much more improved over MG1. The addition of a radar and a crouch/crawl were very welcome additions to the already solid but basic gameplay of MG1.
Again though, like with MG1, the controller layout isn't that great.

The AI is a lot less dumb this time around, which made the game a little harder (there's now the alert mode, and never ending enemies in alert mode), and was sometimes a litte infuriating.
I was getting really pissed off at the beginning of the game because I kept getting detected and losing most of my health and wasting the first ration, so I kept restarting the game (like 3 restarts). I really wasn't enjoying the game up until after I beat Black Ninja/Schneider, after which it became much more enjoyable. This part wasn't even that difficult, yet I still kept getting caught and getting annoyed because I'm an idiot.

Like MG1, the bosses were very easy, but this time they were pretty creative and fun to do - Jungle Evil and Night Fright were definitely my favourites, and I enjoyed Big Boss' fight too. His dialogue before he fights you made it all the more better.
Fighting Dr Madnar was a little odd though. Snake is a highly trained soldier, yet he was getting strangled by an old fart.

The story this time around had significantly improved too. It had a lot more depth to it than it's predecessor, and character dialogue was written so much better, which made them far more likeable, especially Gustava and Gray Fox.
Easily one of, if not the best written games of its time.

Also, what's the deal with Gustava's name? Why was she called Natasha in the original MSX version, but called Gustava in the MGS HD version?


Aaand there's my second (somewhat) short and shite "review".
Overall, I give it 6.8 adult Brent Rambos out of 10. Very enjoyable game once I got past the part that was pissing me off. Still not amazing (don't get me wrong, it's a brilliant game), like I said with MG1, but it was quite a big step up from the first, and was definitely ahead of its time in terms of gameplay and story. And once again, just like MG1, has left me wanting even more out of the franchise than before.


I'll be moving on to MGS1 tomorrow (today, but you get what I mean), which I'm pretty excited to get into.
I probably won't finish it n one sitting because I assume it's much longer, and because I have work Sunday, meaning I won't be sitting up all night playing it. It'll likely be Sunday night or some time Monday when I'll finish it and update this thread.
Metal Gear Solid - Complete
Holy crap, this game was fantastic. Easily one of my favourite games now.
I really enjoyed it, despite getting annoyed a few times at the strangle/neck snap mechanic not being that great.
Besides that, the game holds up fairly decently for a '98 game in regards to gameplay. Backtracking wasn't anywhere near the amount that's in MG1 & MG2. Looks like Keksworth was lying.

The story was great from beginning to end. Kojima really does keep outdoing himself.
The atmosphere was brilliant.
The acting wass really good too, especially for a game that released when it did. The characters are all fantastically done and feel "alive", and all very likeable characters because of the combination of the acting and writing.
My favourite 3 characters were easily Gray Fox, Sniper Wolf and Psycho Mantis.
The cutscenes are pretty well animated, for a '98 game at least.

Also, having to run up all of those stairs while getting shot and clotheslined by soldiers was annoying though. Bad level design.

Boss fights
-Ocelot's fight was simple and easy, but enjoyable.
-Raven's tank fight was really easy because you can just circle him and spam him with grenades.
-Gray Fox's fight was a little confusing at first, but once I figured it out, it was easy, but again, enjoyable. He was such a great character.
-Psycho Mantis' fight was one of the strangest and more creative boss fights I've seen. Him telling you how well you've played the game and reading your storage was pretty cool. Super enjoyable.
-Sniper Wolf's first fight was annoying because the game just isn't designed all that well for FPS combat. It also didn't help that I was using the D-pad to play  (the PS3's controller is garbage. The thumbsticks are terrible) until the second attempt. Holy shit though one of her wolves scared me when I was crawling through the area before her first fight.
-Liquid's Hind D fight was fun, but ridiculously easy. Bullshit that he was able to survive that though.
-Sniper Wolf's second fight was easier this time because I'd gotten the hang of the sucky FPS controls.
-Raven's second fight, again, was super easy. Just sit at the corners with C4.
-REX was pretty fun to fight, besides me accidentally equiping the PSG instead of my Chaff grenades and got killed twice because of it. My fault though, not the game's. Also Gray Fox showing why he was a brilliant character, again.
-Liquid's fight was pretty easy. Mirrored the fight with Gray Fox in MG2.
-Fuck the car chase. I couldn't, for the life of me, hit him when he's driving on your left with the pillars between your car and his. This part really annoyed me.

"Review" 3 is finally done after finally completing the game after putting it on hold for multiple days.
Overall, this game easily deserves 9 dancing Snakes out of 10. I would've given it a solid (heh) 10 if it wasn't for my few small issues with the game.
The game was extremely enjoyable, and had me absorbed in it almost the entire time I played it.
This game has definitely secured a permanent place on my list of my favourite games ever, and as one of my favourite series too.

If anyone is reading this that hasn't played this game (doubt it), then I absolutely recommend it, even if you haven't played MG1 & MG2.

I'll either start MGS2 tomorrow/today (sunday), or Monday.
I need more of this franchise.


Metal Gear Solid 2 -Complete 
Great game, but it's no MGS1.
Anyway...

Like I mentioned in the MGS1 "review", I got annoyed by the strangle mechanic being clunky and finicky.
But again, besides that, I really enjoyed the game.

I wasn't too invested in the story of this one though. I'm not saying it's bad, but just that it didn't grasp my attention as much. I'll definitely go back and replay it though after TPP.
The acting was mostly good, as always, but man is Raiden annoying and whiny. Really not a big fan of him.
The Colonel felt more robotic, which was probably intentional. If it was, then well done.
Snake is easily the best character in the game. A big step up from his MGS1 development and character.

The gameplay improvements are very welcome additions, but they need some tweaking. Like really, man. You have to press multiple buttons simultaneously just to shoot in first person. And the auto-rifles are the worst for this.
But at least the FPS aiming made killing guards easier.
Raiden's cartwheel was dumb though. I preferred Snake's combat roll.

Oh, and you weren't lying about the backtracking. I probably know Big Shell like the back of my hand. I'm not really complaining though.

Bosses
Tanker:
- Olga was super easy and nothing special. Not much I can say.

Big Shell:
- Does Fortune even count? You just sit behind crates until the lift arrives.
- Fatman was hilariously stupid but also pretty fun. Like seriously, a fat bomb espert on roller blades? Crazy shit.
- The Harrier fight was irritating the first try because I had no idea how to hit them. Once I learned you had to wait for the flash it became pretty simple.
- Vamp's fight was pretty good too. But I don't understand how he's able to wim in the water after he just said you can't get out if you fall in.
He did almost kill me with his things that stop you from moving though when I first got hit because I was pretty confused.
- Apparently the Tengus soldiers are counted as a boss fight, so... Yeah, fuck this part. I failed the corridor part so many times because Snake kept running into them and dying.
- RAY was easily my favourite boss fight. Not because it was hard or anything, but because it was cool as fuck. Dodging over missiles and shooting all 3 RAYs in one go was super satisfying.
-Solidus's fight would have ben better if it wasn't for the shitty sword mechanics. The first stage of his fight wasn't a problem, but when he goes to his GOTTA GO FAST stage is when he becomes a pain in the ass.

Almost forgot. Fuck Emma. Escort quests in any game are objectively bad.


Well, there's number 4 finally written up after like 5 days of having finished the game.
Overall, this game deserves an 8 on the Tom Hardy thumbs up scale. It's just behind MGS1 for a few reasons, but it's still a really good game.
The game built off of the solid groundwork of MGS1, and I'm glad it did. If the little issues I had regarding gameplay were addressed, I would've at least given it an 8.5 at minimum.

This game has even further cemented MGS as one of my most favourite franchises. Like seriously, I fucking love it so far.


I'll get around to properly playing MGS3 today (meaning Saturday, for all you non-Bongs). Pretty excited because of how highly praised it is. And it's a Kojima-san game, so it'll obviously be great.
Metal Gear Solid 3 -
Metal Gear Solid 4 -
Peace Walker -
Rising Revengeance (if I decide to buy it) -
Ground Zeroes -
The Phantom Pain -

I should probably stop typing these up super late at night whilst I'm super tired
Last Edit: August 28, 2015, 11:49:39 PM by Solid Lemon


 
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Metal Gear 1 is pretty bad. MG2 is the best.

That being said, I commend you for playing through the older games. MG1 was such a drag to complete for me...


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Metal Gear 1 is pretty bad. MG2 is the best.

That being said, I commend you for playing through the older games. MG1 was such a drag to complete for me...
Metal Gear 2 had an amazing story for its time when it was literally "beginning dialogue" *game* "end dialogue".

The Big Boss and Solid Snake convo at the end was amazing.


 
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Oh, Lemon, you have no idea what you're in for.
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My friend just bought the HD collection, so we're going through them in chronological order.  Movement is clunky as fuck.


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My friend just bought the HD collection, so we're going through them in chronological order.  Movement is clunky as fuck.

Order of release is better. The story will unfold better and you will get to see the gameplay improve. Don't know why anyone would suggest to play it chronologically.