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Before I start I'm telling you that I have not played either of these games, but I HAVE played their prequels and read enough to give enough information for this comparison.
MGS2 is supposedly the PS2's biggest game and with everyone else doing their "MGS2 Vs ..." post's, I thought that I'd have a go! :-)
Now imagine that a PS2 and Gamecube merged into one console, a multiformat console you happened to own.
You recieve both MGS2 and Smash Brothers Melée on the same day. Which one gets in the most play time?
If you think about it, MGS is more like Zelda. It grips you into a story where you feel compelled to move forward.
I think that once you get sucked into MGS2, you'll want get hooked into the storyline and play to find what happens next.
I think that the fun frolicks of Smash Brothers might well take back seat during this time.
Despite it being great fun, it hasn't got the pulling power of a storyline so you'll find yourself going through MGS2 instead.
This phase will last about 10-15 hours until you complete it for the first time.
Then that's it.
The storyline pulling power of MGS2 is spent.
You'll still come back for the harder difficulty setttings, to find dog tags and to play with the enemy AI and just mess around in general but there will be little to make you feel that you MUST get back to the game.
This is when it loses it's dominance over Smash Brothers.
Although coming back to MGS2 will be reasonably entertaining, it won't be as fun as playing through Smash Brothers the first time and won't be able to touch the multiplayer.
Once Smash Brothers has been played through, the single player mode will lose it's pulling power and they'll both have an even chance of being picked from the shelf... unless you have friends/siblings to play in which case Smash Brothers wins hands down.
What's more, within about 2 months, you'll finished as much of MGS2 as you care for.
You'll probably have unlocked most of Smash Brother's secrets as well but while there are real opponents to play, you'll be playing this game for years, leaving MGS2 to more or less collect dust on the shelf.
So which one wins?
If you haven't got any friends/siblings to play against then Smash Bros.'s uninspiring single player mode can't begin to compete with the stealth mission.
BUT, if you have even just the one friend to play against, although you'll locked yourself away with Metal Gear Solid for the first week until you complete it for the first time, Smash Brother's will dominate from the moment you finish MGS and will hold that authority for years.
With 2 brothers and plenty of friends to battle against, Smash Brothers Melée is THE game I have.
I played the original's multiplayer almost as much as Goldeneye's and far more than Perfect Dark's.
Along with Monkey Ball it settles the Gamecube's place as THE multiplayer system to own.
Xbox's Halo might have a neat 16 player mode, but it takes more than just ONE decent multiplayer game to take the title.
MGS2 is supposedly the PS2's biggest game and with everyone else doing their "MGS2 Vs ..." post's, I thought that I'd have a go! :-)
Now imagine that a PS2 and Gamecube merged into one console, a multiformat console you happened to own.
You recieve both MGS2 and Smash Brothers Melée on the same day. Which one gets in the most play time?
If you think about it, MGS is more like Zelda. It grips you into a story where you feel compelled to move forward.
I think that once you get sucked into MGS2, you'll want get hooked into the storyline and play to find what happens next.
I think that the fun frolicks of Smash Brothers might well take back seat during this time.
Despite it being great fun, it hasn't got the pulling power of a storyline so you'll find yourself going through MGS2 instead.
This phase will last about 10-15 hours until you complete it for the first time.
Then that's it.
The storyline pulling power of MGS2 is spent.
You'll still come back for the harder difficulty setttings, to find dog tags and to play with the enemy AI and just mess around in general but there will be little to make you feel that you MUST get back to the game.
This is when it loses it's dominance over Smash Brothers.
Although coming back to MGS2 will be reasonably entertaining, it won't be as fun as playing through Smash Brothers the first time and won't be able to touch the multiplayer.
Once Smash Brothers has been played through, the single player mode will lose it's pulling power and they'll both have an even chance of being picked from the shelf... unless you have friends/siblings to play in which case Smash Brothers wins hands down.
What's more, within about 2 months, you'll finished as much of MGS2 as you care for.
You'll probably have unlocked most of Smash Brother's secrets as well but while there are real opponents to play, you'll be playing this game for years, leaving MGS2 to more or less collect dust on the shelf.
So which one wins?
If you haven't got any friends/siblings to play against then Smash Bros.'s uninspiring single player mode can't begin to compete with the stealth mission.
BUT, if you have even just the one friend to play against, although you'll locked yourself away with Metal Gear Solid for the first week until you complete it for the first time, Smash Brother's will dominate from the moment you finish MGS and will hold that authority for years.
With 2 brothers and plenty of friends to battle against, Smash Brothers Melée is THE game I have.
I played the original's multiplayer almost as much as Goldeneye's and far more than Perfect Dark's.
Along with Monkey Ball it settles the Gamecube's place as THE multiplayer system to own.
Xbox's Halo might have a neat 16 player mode, but it takes more than just ONE decent multiplayer game to take the title.
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Before I start I'm telling you that I have not played either of these games, but I HAVE played their prequels and read enough to give enough information for this comparison.
MGS2 is supposedly the PS2's biggest game and with everyone else doing their "MGS2 Vs ..." post's, I thought that I'd have a go! :-)
Now imagine that a PS2 and Gamecube merged into one console, a multiformat console you happened to own.
You recieve both MGS2 and Smash Brothers Melée on the same day. Which one gets in the most play time?
If you think about it, MGS is more like Zelda. It grips you into a story where you feel compelled to move forward.
I think that once you get sucked into MGS2, you'll want get hooked into the storyline and play to find what happens next.
I think that the fun frolicks of Smash Brothers might well take back seat during this time.
Despite it being great fun, it hasn't got the pulling power of a storyline so you'll find yourself going through MGS2 instead.
This phase will last about 10-15 hours until you complete it for the first time.
Then that's it.
The storyline pulling power of MGS2 is spent.
You'll still come back for the harder difficulty setttings, to find dog tags and to play with the enemy AI and just mess around in general but there will be little to make you feel that you MUST get back to the game.
This is when it loses it's dominance over Smash Brothers.
Although coming back to MGS2 will be reasonably entertaining, it won't be as fun as playing through Smash Brothers the first time and won't be able to touch the multiplayer.
Once Smash Brothers has been played through, the single player mode will lose it's pulling power and they'll both have an even chance of being picked from the shelf... unless you have friends/siblings to play in which case Smash Brothers wins hands down.
What's more, within about 2 months, you'll finished as much of MGS2 as you care for.
You'll probably have unlocked most of Smash Brother's secrets as well but while there are real opponents to play, you'll be playing this game for years, leaving MGS2 to more or less collect dust on the shelf.
So which one wins?
If you haven't got any friends/siblings to play against then Smash Bros.'s uninspiring single player mode can't begin to compete with the stealth mission.
BUT, if you have even just the one friend to play against, although you'll locked yourself away with Metal Gear Solid for the first week until you complete it for the first time, Smash Brother's will dominate from the moment you finish MGS and will hold that authority for years.
With 2 brothers and plenty of friends to battle against, Smash Brothers Melée is THE game I have.
I played the original's multiplayer almost as much as Goldeneye's and far more than Perfect Dark's.
Along with Monkey Ball it settles the Gamecube's place as THE multiplayer system to own.
Xbox's Halo might have a neat 16 player mode, but it takes more than just ONE decent multiplayer game to take the title.
MGS2 is supposedly the PS2's biggest game and with everyone else doing their "MGS2 Vs ..." post's, I thought that I'd have a go! :-)
Now imagine that a PS2 and Gamecube merged into one console, a multiformat console you happened to own.
You recieve both MGS2 and Smash Brothers Melée on the same day. Which one gets in the most play time?
If you think about it, MGS is more like Zelda. It grips you into a story where you feel compelled to move forward.
I think that once you get sucked into MGS2, you'll want get hooked into the storyline and play to find what happens next.
I think that the fun frolicks of Smash Brothers might well take back seat during this time.
Despite it being great fun, it hasn't got the pulling power of a storyline so you'll find yourself going through MGS2 instead.
This phase will last about 10-15 hours until you complete it for the first time.
Then that's it.
The storyline pulling power of MGS2 is spent.
You'll still come back for the harder difficulty setttings, to find dog tags and to play with the enemy AI and just mess around in general but there will be little to make you feel that you MUST get back to the game.
This is when it loses it's dominance over Smash Brothers.
Although coming back to MGS2 will be reasonably entertaining, it won't be as fun as playing through Smash Brothers the first time and won't be able to touch the multiplayer.
Once Smash Brothers has been played through, the single player mode will lose it's pulling power and they'll both have an even chance of being picked from the shelf... unless you have friends/siblings to play in which case Smash Brothers wins hands down.
What's more, within about 2 months, you'll finished as much of MGS2 as you care for.
You'll probably have unlocked most of Smash Brother's secrets as well but while there are real opponents to play, you'll be playing this game for years, leaving MGS2 to more or less collect dust on the shelf.
So which one wins?
If you haven't got any friends/siblings to play against then Smash Bros.'s uninspiring single player mode can't begin to compete with the stealth mission.
BUT, if you have even just the one friend to play against, although you'll locked yourself away with Metal Gear Solid for the first week until you complete it for the first time, Smash Brother's will dominate from the moment you finish MGS and will hold that authority for years.
With 2 brothers and plenty of friends to battle against, Smash Brothers Melée is THE game I have.
I played the original's multiplayer almost as much as Goldeneye's and far more than Perfect Dark's.
Along with Monkey Ball it settles the Gamecube's place as THE multiplayer system to own.
Xbox's Halo might have a neat 16 player mode, but it takes more than just ONE decent multiplayer game to take the title.
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