TTS cutscenes are still done better, Prehistoric :^)

A bit of both. I couldn't get the controls, and I wasn't really enjoying it :/

You really have no idea how hyped I am. In the past 2 weeks I've played Ground Zeroes about 6 times, completing every mission on hard and getting S-Ranks. I've platinumed MGS3 twice. I got GZ to 100% in like 3 days. I watch the trailers every day. I give my Punished Snake figure a new pose every day. My brain can't handle the thought of it being nearly out. I CAN'T WAIT.


I CAN'T. FUCKING. WAIT.

All right calm down, relax start breathing...

Quote from: Punished Snake on August 09, 2015, 11:20:51 PM

[Obligatory "You're pretty good" comment here]

My mind is overflowing with Jesus/Big Boss references now...

Kojima is God

Big Boss is Jesus

it makes sense

and yeah better without text more often than not

I figured you'd know about it already, but I'd already written most of it and didn't want to waste the effort.

MGS2 was a commentary on a lot of things. Marketing, control of information, the nature of free will, linearity, trying to be someone you're not, and sequels in general. Raiden, as you said, represents the player, who is in turn under the control of the game's developers (represented by the Patriots). The developers manipulated the player before the game even came out by making it seem like they'd be getting another game with Snake, only for them to get stuck with a second-rate copy instead. Controlling what information one receives changes the entire nature of one's perceptions of reality.

The developers force the player to toady along the paths that they coded into the game, represented by Raiden being forced to toady along to the paths the Patriots set for him. He tries to be as badass as Snake, but screws up at every turn - much like how the player played the first game to feel as badass as Snake, but will never really be as great as him.

Raiden tries to match Snake's adventure in MGS, but it's really just a hollow imitation - much like how a lot of game sequels are just more of what the previous game had to offer, because why change what worked well last time? Meanwhile, the real Snake is off having a much more significant and interesting adventure of his own against a much more significant and interesting adversary.

Notably, the game continues the idea of experience trumping circumstance of birth, only weaponized: Raiden was a seemingly ordinary rookie soldier tossed into a situation in which he was supposed to become as amazing as Snake by repeating Snake's greatest battle, while Solidus was made to be a perfect copy of the greatest soldier who ended up being rather insignificant in the long run.

At the end of the day, Sons of Liberty was intentionally an inferior, repackaged Metal Gear Solid - similar plot, similar setting, a new protagonist that tries to imitate the old one, and the player will keep on playing anyway even if they know this. They're being controlled just as much as Raiden. Nothing he knows is real - his mission, his allies, his backstory - the things that most players take at face value and never think twice about, because why would there be any reason to disbelieve it? Why wouldn't you trust what you're told and blindly obey each order given to you? Both he and the player start to realize what's going on toward the end of the game, and that's when he gains his own traits and thoughts. It all culminates in him casting away his link to the player - the dog tags they wrote their name on at the start of the game.

imgur is giving me shit for some reason right now but lemmie know if you're happy with the direction of this

I don't have programs or a laptop suitable for anything anything animated.
Also it's a long and thin image so sometimes getting something that looks right can be challenging, as it's somewhat restrictive.

Anyways I'll start playing around with what you got here.

Quote from: Punished Venom Snake on August 10, 2015, 04:01:48 AM

From FOX, two zombies were born...

What story is this?

Quote from: Punished Venom Snake on August 10, 2015, 03:47:18 AM

Quote from: ॐ Nuka on August 10, 2015, 03:44:46 AM

Eh, why not. What would you want?

inb4gasaiharassesmetomakehimmore

Something Metal Gear related, perhaps?

Like, an evolution of all the Snakes from the games or something?

If you're not familiar with the games I can be a bit more helpful with images and stuff...

Give me the images you want and a color scheme or something.

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