It was bad enough in 3 every time I wanted to save I had to hear about Kojima favourite blu rays but in 2 your pissing girlfriend is trying her best to stop you from saving the world.
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Yeah that's why I like it. It's like a mash-up of random ideas from post-structuralist thinkers, only set inside a videogame. It's not wholly successful true but certainly unique, and especially mind-blowing for a blockbuster game to attempt.
There's a whole other debate though around how much Kojima wrote and how much was done Tomokazu Fukushima. I'm inclined to think a lot of the mad bastard moments were from the latter based on their absence in later MGS games.
Can't comment on Peace Walker, I never played enough to judge.
I only have shit memories of 4 because I played it when I was unemployed for about 6 months and I remember doing a run to get the The Big Boss emblem which meant:
- Complete the game in less than 5 hours
- Use no continues
- Use no health items e.g. rations, regain, etc.
- Kill no enemies (Gekkos, Dwarf Gekkos and Sliders do not count as kills. You can kill bosses including Vamp but not the Beauties)
- No alert phases (cautions are allowed)
- No special items (stealth, bandana)
- Complete the game on The Boss Extreme
But you did it right? You'll never forget that
I also remember now that I played 4 before any of the other games for some terrible reason. I must have spent half my time looking at Wikipedia trying to piece the plot together!
I didn’t even attempt for that trophy. Kudos to you, it sounds like hell
They released an MGS Database app on the PS Store which was pretty cool and helped you keep track. You must have been very confused having not played any of the others.But you did it right? You'll never forget that
I also remember now that I played 4 before any of the other games for some terrible reason. I must have spent half my time looking at Wikipedia trying to piece the plot together!
I wish I could! The frustration of that motorcycle section under those rules was something else. Countless times I was tempted the feck the controller at the wall but as I said, I was unemployed and broke so I couldn't afford toBut you did it right? You'll never forget that
I also remember now that I played 4 before any of the other games for some terrible reason. I must have spent half my time looking at Wikipedia trying to piece the plot together!
.Pure hell. Never attempted anything like that in a game before or since.I didn’t even attempt for that trophy. Kudos to you, it sounds like hell
I don’t even know if it’s available now but it certainly was back thenWell that's very helpful to know 13 years later
My vuglar marxist brain just can't take it. Although I sort of respect what it tried to do.
Oh neat. I knew a guy who made a web version of something like that - https://www.metalgeartimeline.com/en
Apparently he's working at Frictional now, which is nice for him
Could never get into MGS 3. MGS 2 is still the pinnacle of the series, and going to MGS 3 from there felt like a big downgrade. I disliked the survival mechanics they threw in there. Rather than being interesting, it was just tedious. Wasn't a huge fan of the setting, but I did quite like some of the bosses. At least those were interesting.
If any of the games from the series needs a remake it surely has to be MGS 1. That game is unplayable now.
If any of the games from the series needs a remake it surely has to be MGS 1. That game is unplayable now.
Would love something like that on the console. The gameplay also needs a big update. Even MGS 2 (which I love) is a bit ropey now when it comes to the gameplay.
As a kid I remember being a bit freaked out by that codec scene in MGS2 near the end of the game. What with what's happening nowadays with social media, 'fake news', safe spaces, the deluge of information/misinformation etc it's aged really well.
On a side note, Kojima should make a horror game- i think he'd really excel at that.
On a side note, Kojima should make a horror game- i think he'd really excel at that.
Well, he was with Silent Hills but it got canceled, unfortunately. Would have been awesome, no doubt.
And yeah, MGS 2 was scarily prescient.
Mgs3 was my favourite - the boss battles were so good
Yeah playing MG3 was a real struggle at the start due to the controls.
Also, reading up on private armies/mercs from the US, Russia, or elsewhere operating in the Middle East, Central Africa, South America, etc literally reads like a MGS script.
Did I use “literally” correctly there? I’m always using it wrong.
The soundtrack of MGS3 is brilliant
I downloaded mgs 1 on my ps3 at some point but I could barely get to the elevator :') Not used to playing with such limited movement anymore and when you've become used to mgs v where you can just run for it and not get fecked it's hard to get used to these older games again. I remember being so careful as a kid, nothing left of that now but might give it a try again some day. I love 4 for the nostalgia factor. I wish they'd remake mgs I but with those graphics, loved walking around Shadow Moses in 4. That's still the game I like the look of most and I loved the variety of the missions. I remember seeing the graphics for the first time and being amazed. 3 was more difficult for me with the jungle setting, apparently the enemies were camouflaged too well for me :') but i like the bosses of 3 more than 2. I also have a soft spot for 2 but it is a bit ridiculous, though to be fair all mgs games except for 5 are to some extent. But what I said about mgs I goes for all these older games, when you've become spoiled by new games these older ones become a lot harder. Basically, I wish they'd remake all the games with the technology and graphics we have now.
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People should be more critical of this. They're releasing the exact same games that they did for the legacy collection on PS3 - but without MGS4 - and charging more for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid:_The_Legacy_Collection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid:_The_Legacy_Collection