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Sun 17/02/02 at 16:11
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This question is on a lot of peoples minds, which game do you think will win the crown of best video game to this date?

GTA3 was a gaming masterpiece that gave us out and out fun and full on gaming excitement, most people who own a ps2 will have a copy of this game in their collection and most of you will play this game on a day to day basis enjoying the thrills and spills of life as a gangster in the infamous Liberty City.

The graphics and GTA3 were spectacular and Rockstar and DMA delivered something that no other gaming company has given us before! Night changes to day as we battle are way through a gangsters life and the real time weather effects took our gaming tastes to another level.

The radio stations in GTA3 were done to perfection whether it be Chatterbox where mad people ring in to discuss crazy topics, or Rise fm the trance station the delivers banging tunes with a club feel.

Some people protested that we will never get bored of GTA3 and i think i am with them on this one, the game contains endless entertainment and over the top gangster fun. The game is definatley not for children as the content looked and played like something out of a x-rated movie.

Overall GTA3 delivered brand spanking new experience that gamers world wide (except austraillia LOL) loved and enjoyed and still do to this day!

Metal Gear Solid 2 is yet to be released here in the United Kingdom but it is getting a lot of people talking about what a new gaming experience it will bring to our ps2'.

Gamers take control of Solid Snake an ex-SAS officer that is going under cover to reveal the truth behind the prestiduce and contraversial Metal Gear! The game deilvers just like the first Metal Gear did on the psone in 1999 and is sure to be a huge hit.

The graphicvs in Metal Gear Solid 2 have taken gaming one step further into the gaming future and they will have the same effect that GTA3 had on us when it was released in the October of 2001. The weather effects are superb and the background textures are as smooth as a 'babies bottom'. The character design has been taken to another level and the A.I of your enemies has never hit such a groundbreaking stage, enemies can now spot your shadow or hear you move as you run for cover in the nearest locker.

The music in Metal Gear Solid 2 is the most compelling yet in any game and is done to near perfection. The sound effetcs are also done to a high effect, you can hear your enemies radioing for help and backup and you can also hear them talking between themselves.

Overall Metal Gear Solid 2 (as we have seen in the demo) has taken gaming one more step into gaming bliss and when the game hits on a full release on March 8th gamers nationwide will be rushing to grab hold of this superb title.

Both GTA3 and Metal Gear Solid 2 have changed the way that we game, but which of these titles will take the crown on the most ultimate game ever created, am i missing a game to add to this list of 2 games? Is there a better game than these 2? If so i would love to know which one because i certaintly want it in my collection. Let me hear your views on the greatest game of all time and which game will rule th gaming universe for many years to come. Thanks for reading!
Mon 18/02/02 at 18:51
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Asher D wrote:
> GTA looks like a cartoon

Its meant to because "If it looked real it might want to make the gamer go out and do the actions on the game" (or in other words they couldn't be bothered to make it look better. But it still looks wicked.
Mon 18/02/02 at 17:23
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ye i will soon own both so i am gonna see which will be the best, it aint a case of my game is better i just wondered because it isn't often that 2 great games clash so soon after the releases.
Mon 18/02/02 at 17:17
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Sorry, should say LEVEL instead of DEMO in the last sentence of my last post.
Mon 18/02/02 at 17:11
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GTA looks like a cartoon
Mon 18/02/02 at 17:10
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alik wrote:
> ye but you can still compare the graphics and sound!


Which is completely pointless.

But I'll do it anyway:

MGS2's graphics are far superior to GTA3's, for the simple reason that in GTA3 the PS2 is effectively streaming the whole city off the DVD as you go along.

GTA3's graphics aren't amazing, but you gain because you can go between the islands with hardly any loading.

If you compare the size of the playing area in GTA3 with the size of the areas in each MGS2 demo, I think you'll get what I mean.
Mon 18/02/02 at 17:08
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GTA3 is a fantastic game, and I'm pretty sure you all know my views on MGS2 by now, so I won't repeat myself.
Mon 18/02/02 at 16:55
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I see you are starting to listen what people are saying - I am sure that when you get MGS2 you will love the game - I have been saying elsewhere that you have to be careful with the hype surrounding games like MGS2 - Some of the Americans that have played the game are saying that it is good but short and the cut scenes are too intrusive and they wont replay it and others say it's the best thing since sliced bread - again it all comes down to personal preference in what you like in a game.

Enjoy it when you get it and dont expect too much then it can exceed your expectations ? huh !

As for which is best out of MGS2 and GTA3 - who cares at the end of the day - GTA3 is a great game end of story - There have been many great games and will continue to be many more great games (along with hundreds of cack ones)
Mon 18/02/02 at 09:53
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i liked the demo its the final version im bothered about!
Mon 18/02/02 at 09:30
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I LIKEED THE BOSS ON THE DEMO
it reminded me of time crisis
Mon 18/02/02 at 09:13
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I think i made the right descion but only time will tell, i hope metal gear solid 2 is ace even after the tanker level because people are saying it isn't.

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