MGS2: Substance

[bahn]

(heh, this is kind of a test thread for the new description function due to all those 'quirky' titles that have been fluttering as of late).


In any case, what are your impressions of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance title. It should be a much more exciting package now that we finally get to play with Snake throughout the entire game - the way it was MEANT to be!

[Josh]

I am all over this game. MGS2 made me buy a PS2, MGS2 substance is gonna make me buy an Xbox.

[bahn]

I wasn't aware it was developed for Xbox?

heh. damn...hard to remember everything. I just went and checked Konami\'s site.

Screw PS2. Xbox all the way for this one!

[Curtis]

This on the same day as *his* return? ... Too perfect. SO perfect, in fact, that I couldnt resist drawing that paralell.

[Ragnarok the Red]

Well, all the interesting new additions, the VR missions, ability to play as Snake or Raiden through the whole quest, new cheats and suprises to be implemented. I really can't wait to get my hands on it.

Seeing as how its a re-release, I'm hoping Konami won't gouge X-Box gamer's with a full $50 price tag, and release it at a more reasonable sum like $40 or even $30, but I know better by this point

[bahn]

Orochi: LOL, I can see how you'd be tempted to do such. Funny. Mech just informed me that He has returned. I hope that he'll behave himself this time.

Rag: Wishful thinking, it'd be nice wouldn't it? But keep dreaming...we know that's not going to happen.

[BioMotor_Unitron]

You will be able to play as Snake all the way through? I may actually get it, then. I was unimpressed with MGS2 for PS2 visually, looked like the first one running in enhanced mode (At least the demo did).

In related news, in attempts to move stock of PSX and PS2 games, retailers in Fairbanks, Alaska have started bundling a PSX game with a PS2 game, thinking gamers might not be able to resist two games for the price of one. If you buy MGS2, you also get Miss Spider's Tea Party for the PSX! What a deal!

[bahn]

Ya. I like that now we'll get to see a whole new set of story twists, things which we think we will know what will happen...and then realize - we don't!

*checks calendar*

Damn, it's not out yet!!!! Hurry up KONAMI!

[zidane747]

Orochi: Yes, "I" have indeed returned, but as you probably know, I've changed over the summer. No more blatant(read:idiotic)fanboy-ism from me, as evident by my last few posts).

Bahn: .......I will be a good little boy from now on,k?........J/K Bahn.

As for the subject at hand: it seems like a good purchase from non-ps2 owning fans of the first, or those who loved the original MGS2 and want all the extras. Don't be fooled though; besides some new dialogue, the core story remains the same(SPOILER ALERT!!: Which means the ending is a lame tourist reel of Manhattan still, and the plot near the ending is still WAY out of wack, convoluted, and hard to understand), it's just gameplay that will get the overhaul. Kojima could've taken this chance to fix some of the story, but alas, the dollar(x 1,000,000) smelled better than some gamer begging for a re-write, so all we get is a prettied up MGS:VR Missions for PS2, and Xbox. Since I'm getting an Xbox for Christmas, I'll probably pick it up, but it's not something I'll go crazy for.

[Curtis]

Dude... Uh... Did you just say some nto so nice things about MGS2?

Ladies and gentlemen, do not drink any of the Kool Aide he brought as a peace offering. It is obviously laced with cyanide, as the above tactics prove hes here to gain our trust and destory TNL from the inside...

::Click_Sitck drops::

Well, SOMEONE was greedy... Oh well, no loss.




... So, yeah. I think I really do need some rest. And a sandwich wouldnt hurt, either.