Metal Gear Solid 2

Currently Playing Metal Gear Solid 2

I thought MGS2 is brilliant, unfortunately, I felt depressed. I guess some people who have played the game will know why. It’s because she died. It made me horrified and I was even hoping for an alternate storyline so that she could be kept alive. I did tons of research on the internet and none came out.

I was just so disappointed and hurt by that part of the story. To think that she’s a lovable character and end up like that is just unacceptable. I just hope someone would cryogenically preserve her or maybe her nanomachines will heal her or something on future games.

Nonetheless, I am about to battle with the bug machines at this point.

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Oh, and I forgot, the girl I wanted to see Meryl isn’t in this game… she’s going to appear instead on MGS4. Too bad I don’t have a Playstation3 at the moment but I hope that she’s can make me forget about the other girl in MGS2. I just couldn’t get it out of my head at the moment.

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The gameplay is quite neat keeping up with the first game. There are more weapons and there are more items to use.

However, I liked the continues of Snake when he dies in the game rather than Raiden’s which have annoyed me so much.

The biggest disappointment I had in this game was the plot and character development. I couldn’t understand a single bit of it and there are few references to Titanic - Jack & Rose - and not to mention the girl who died after being stabbed by one of the villains who I never wanted to exist in the story because of his awfully general characteristic which exists in a lot of villains in many stories - he’s a vampire (now people are starting to know what I’m talking about).

Characters are mixed up, repeat scenes from MGS1 are evident - the difference is that Raiden is the one on the receiving end of it. And all kinds of crap.

I’m disappointed with MGS2, with the story, with the plot and with the death of that girl who has an important story to tell and who would be amazing if only the game made her live. I wish they made some other kind of story for MGS2.

Solid Snake Collection!

I was browsing through the electronics department of the grocery store where I work and found this:

Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection
Contains: Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3
Producer: Hideo Kojima
Company: Konami

I missed the very first Metal Gear Solid game for the Playstation (one) and I really thought I will never have the chance to play it again. I gave up on MGS2 after realizing how it looks different from the first one and I never even bothered when the third installment was released for the Playstation2.

To think that I’d be getting all the three games was something I never expected.

I played the first game over the last 2 days. After 7 years I realized that for two discs, the first Metal Gear Solid was too short. The plot was just sweet and simple and you know what to do in every part of the game. I beat the game easily and I beat it twice already viewed both Meryl’s and Otacon’s endings and acquiring the bandana for infinite ammo, the camera and the stealth item. I was able to make Snake wear the tuxedo as well.

The funny thing about this was that on the first day, I suddenly had a terrible headache when I was playing MGS all because of the excitement to see the game again. Anyways…

Throughout the game, the only hard part was the very last fight of Snake which was mano a mano.

But it wouldn’t be fun without hearing the voices of Snake’s friends over the Codec whenever Snake dies (what happened? snake Snake SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!). Everytime I remember MGS, that always come into mind.

Speaking of Snake’s Codec, I was intrigued with the last empty slot in the Codec Menu. I found out that there is a hidden Codec number and the voices of the makers of the game will be heard. Unfortunately, the hidden Codec number only works for the Japanese version of the game.

But overall, MGS definitely have brought me joy.

Now, I have to give my brain some room for MGS2 and 3.