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It's a good game.
Plus Points:
Graphics are cool, and the tanker level is great fun.
Good fun stuffing people in lockers.
Shooting seagulls
Slipping on bird poo
Animations on the guards etc are phenomenal
There's a Vampire who kills people a lot.
Bad Points:
Too many cut-scenes, slows the gameplay down immensely. Although when playing through again, you could skip them.
No VR Training
I started as Snake on the Tanker, then tried a different setting to see if I got the VR Training and found myself as Raiden, missing the tanker level out completely.
Raiden looks like Charlotte Church.
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It's definately one of the best PS2 games out there, but for me this isn't the best game ever made.
It's a lot of fun doing things like shooting plates and stuff, but then another cut-scene fires up and you sit back for up to 9 minutes and smoke whilst watching (admittedly excellent) FMV plot exposition.
Well worth getting, but I'm still preferring Operation Flashpoint. It's more immersive and tense and no movie-style FMV to yank you out of sneaking around.
MGS2 - It's alright actually, I'm surprised because I kept my expectations low on purpose.
"If it's as good as the 1st one I'll be happy" was my mantra and it's easily as good as that.
Looks like a LOT to do, collecting dog tags etc from the soldiers and I've learned how to hold them up and make them wiggle.
My major gripe is the total lack of VR training, like the 1st one. If you're new to this franchise, you're going to struggle at first.
I loved being a hardcore Tron-type assasin in computer land.
Ah well, back to trying to shoot a fat bloke on roller-skates.
MGS2: Actually rather good.
Plus Points:
Graphics are cool, and the tanker level is great fun.
Good fun stuffing people in lockers.
Shooting seagulls
Slipping on bird poo
Animations on the guards etc are phenomenal
There's a Vampire who kills people a lot.
Bad Points:
Too many cut-scenes, slows the gameplay down immensely. Although when playing through again, you could skip them.
No VR Training
I started as Snake on the Tanker, then tried a different setting to see if I got the VR Training and found myself as Raiden, missing the tanker level out completely.
Raiden looks like Charlotte Church.
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It's definately one of the best PS2 games out there, but for me this isn't the best game ever made.
It's a lot of fun doing things like shooting plates and stuff, but then another cut-scene fires up and you sit back for up to 9 minutes and smoke whilst watching (admittedly excellent) FMV plot exposition.
Well worth getting, but I'm still preferring Operation Flashpoint. It's more immersive and tense and no movie-style FMV to yank you out of sneaking around.
MGS2 - It's alright actually, I'm surprised because I kept my expectations low on purpose.
"If it's as good as the 1st one I'll be happy" was my mantra and it's easily as good as that.
Looks like a LOT to do, collecting dog tags etc from the soldiers and I've learned how to hold them up and make them wiggle.
My major gripe is the total lack of VR training, like the 1st one. If you're new to this franchise, you're going to struggle at first.
I loved being a hardcore Tron-type assasin in computer land.
Ah well, back to trying to shoot a fat bloke on roller-skates.
MGS2: Actually rather good.
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will people please shut up about MGS2...
thanks.
thanks.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> er-no wrote:
.
Was still just a
> 'great' game, worthwhile buying.
> Nothing more.
What else where you expecting to do with it?
Other than buy
> it and play it...
I thought about a tablemat. Just like all the other PS2 games.
> er-no wrote:
.
Was still just a
> 'great' game, worthwhile buying.
> Nothing more.
What else where you expecting to do with it?
Other than buy
> it and play it...
I thought about a tablemat. Just like all the other PS2 games.
er-no wrote:
.
Was still just a
> 'great' game, worthwhile buying. Nothing more.
What else where you expecting to do with it?
Other than buy it and play it...
.
Was still just a
> 'great' game, worthwhile buying. Nothing more.
What else where you expecting to do with it?
Other than buy it and play it...
Mystique wrote:
> Superplayer wrote:
> To easy!
Yeah ok,a nine year old who has completed
> it in one night on the hard difficulty?
Oh please.
Finished it all last night at about 3.30am.
Was still just a 'great' game, worthwhile buying. Nothing more.
> Superplayer wrote:
> To easy!
Yeah ok,a nine year old who has completed
> it in one night on the hard difficulty?
Oh please.
Finished it all last night at about 3.30am.
Was still just a 'great' game, worthwhile buying. Nothing more.
Superplayer wrote:
> To easy!
Yeah ok,a nine year old who has completed it in one night on the hard difficulty?
Oh please.
> To easy!
Yeah ok,a nine year old who has completed it in one night on the hard difficulty?
Oh please.
I like the attention to detail - ie shooting bags of flour etc. tis very cool. Try and do the whole game as a cardboard box! hehe
Superplayer wrote:
> To easy!
Not really. I'm playing on normal and it's quite tough, much harder than MGS.
> To easy!
Not really. I'm playing on normal and it's quite tough, much harder than MGS.
er-no wrote:
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Er-no, there's a little corner over there for miserable
> people who don't like
> MGS2. Go and be bitter there while we revel in one
> of the best games ever.
I never said I didn't like it. its a great game, but
> nothing more than 'great'.
Bollards. :D
Even MGS was more than 'great'.
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Er-no, there's a little corner over there for miserable
> people who don't like
> MGS2. Go and be bitter there while we revel in one
> of the best games ever.
I never said I didn't like it. its a great game, but
> nothing more than 'great'.
Bollards. :D
Even MGS was more than 'great'.
Ant wrote:
> Olga was tough, but very satisfying when I finished her off.
Oooooeeerrr....
> Olga was tough, but very satisfying when I finished her off.
Oooooeeerrr....
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