Metal Gear Solid 2/etc

[BlackMason]

Fuck yes!!! A Metal Gear thread that's alive!!! Oh my god...I just don't know where to start. How about METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS IS FLAWLESS!!! I don't need to say anything more... but I will!!

For me this game took the long standing Metroid Prime's place as the best game I've ever played. I just can't get over this game. The storyline is awesome. So much effort was put into it. I mean Hideo Kojima didn't even want to make this game! I'm also an anime fan and I've begun to notice something: The Japanese are fucking gods at story telling. MGS4 is so technically brilliant, you can't put this game down after your first play through. You gotta keep coming back for more. If not for the things you missed or were too afraid to try in a previous play through, then for the storyline that was woven by gods.

I love how the game sees off a hero that inspired a generation. Even with its sad under tone you can't help but smile with disbelief at how well the series comes full circle. I never played the first MGS on PlayStation1 but I did get to play the remake for GameCube. The subtitle of the game was The Twin Snakes. It was redesigned with the graphics for PlayStation 2 and the gameplay of MGS2. Anyway let me not get side tracked.

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The smooth transitioning from the cut scenes into the gameplay is executed very well. One of the most notable parts is the final part of the game where you fight Liquid Ocelot on top of Outer Haven. The trumpet theme that plays as Snake and Liquid inject themselves for the last time which brings both their health gauges on screen is awesome. All this is happening while the camera moves into position for you to take control of Snake for the last time.

I love the nostalgia that was embedded into the game. In MGS1 you fist fight Liquid as the final boss. The same thing happens in MGS4 while listening to some of the series' prominent sound tracks. One for each time you beat Liquid. You fight Liquid four times and not just for any random reason. You learn after defeating the game that Ocelot assumed the identity of liquid by using hypnosis, psychotherapy and nano machines. So during the fist fight, it is the trauma to his head that's undoing the work to implant Liquid's personality. Slowly the real Ocelot comes back. Flash backs of the real Liquid are shown once you defeat him the first time while the MGS1 main them Encounter plays. Then you fight Ocelot with his MGS2 aggressive personality which is confirmed with the flash backs of him in MGS2. While fighting him you're listening to the MGS2 track Tanker Incident. Then his psyche goes back to his Revolver Ocelot youth in MGS3 accompanied by the Snake Eater track. Finally the nano machines break down and he becomes his old self. The Old Snake MGS4 theme plays. What an emotional affair. It's the perfect way to capture the entire series in a few moments. Thank you Hideo Kojima .

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