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Sorry for yet another MGS 2 topic, but i guess one more wont hurt.
Anyway, today the game finally arrived at my door....on release day so i cant complain when it was free can i. :D
The point of the post? To tell you what i think of the game, ans first impressions are alright.
Yep, from my hour and a half play and can see that this is a darn good game, as the first one was. To start with the graphics and animation of Snake and the soldiers are perfect, watching them move as i control Snake is just like watching a movie. The graphics are excellent and everything looks very smooth and the extra special effects like the rain and even the small moths are something to be gazed at with utter suprise of how much thought went into it. Even the ice cubs in the lounge of the ship had me playing for 5 minutes. This is by far one of the best looking games to date..Snake needs a shave though.
The gameplay cant be faulted either, its not much different from the previous game which had good controls, all the buttons do the same. But there is one major improvement, the first-person view aiming system. Its far better now that you can look around every where like before but you can also shoot the soldiers from a far distance too, making those times with many soldiers around a little more easier to get through. The controls dont take long to get use to, even if you havent played the games before. The only little niggle that i have is that the Anolog stick seems to be a little too resposinve and in times of panic you can make some mistakes like running too far into a corridor only for a soldier to see you, and also the walking setting seems to occupy only a very small space of the stick so it takes some time to find it..but i suppose you get use to it after a while.
As of yet i cant really comment on the story line as i have only played it a bit, and thenn i have been messing around killing baddies in the most adventuress way that i can, such as kicking the soldiers off ledges making then fall to a nasty death, or even just scaring the hell out of them and making them dance for my own enjoyment.
The only real niggle i do have with the game is the cut scenes. Now im the type of gamer that likes to watch these things, and always do, i never skip them, and never will. But you really do have to admit that they are very long on MGS 2, however good they are, which they are i keep getting the urge to press start to skip them. The first opening scene alone must have been going on 10 minutes long, and thats far too long. But i guess thats the price to pay for the movie like game.
On a whole though, i think this is a very good game, and one that im going to try and make last for a while. My aim is to try and do the game as stealthy as i can, and try and kill each soldier with no detection......which i have done so far.
But if you have a PS2, you really do have to at least rent it out.
Anyway, today the game finally arrived at my door....on release day so i cant complain when it was free can i. :D
The point of the post? To tell you what i think of the game, ans first impressions are alright.
Yep, from my hour and a half play and can see that this is a darn good game, as the first one was. To start with the graphics and animation of Snake and the soldiers are perfect, watching them move as i control Snake is just like watching a movie. The graphics are excellent and everything looks very smooth and the extra special effects like the rain and even the small moths are something to be gazed at with utter suprise of how much thought went into it. Even the ice cubs in the lounge of the ship had me playing for 5 minutes. This is by far one of the best looking games to date..Snake needs a shave though.
The gameplay cant be faulted either, its not much different from the previous game which had good controls, all the buttons do the same. But there is one major improvement, the first-person view aiming system. Its far better now that you can look around every where like before but you can also shoot the soldiers from a far distance too, making those times with many soldiers around a little more easier to get through. The controls dont take long to get use to, even if you havent played the games before. The only little niggle that i have is that the Anolog stick seems to be a little too resposinve and in times of panic you can make some mistakes like running too far into a corridor only for a soldier to see you, and also the walking setting seems to occupy only a very small space of the stick so it takes some time to find it..but i suppose you get use to it after a while.
As of yet i cant really comment on the story line as i have only played it a bit, and thenn i have been messing around killing baddies in the most adventuress way that i can, such as kicking the soldiers off ledges making then fall to a nasty death, or even just scaring the hell out of them and making them dance for my own enjoyment.
The only real niggle i do have with the game is the cut scenes. Now im the type of gamer that likes to watch these things, and always do, i never skip them, and never will. But you really do have to admit that they are very long on MGS 2, however good they are, which they are i keep getting the urge to press start to skip them. The first opening scene alone must have been going on 10 minutes long, and thats far too long. But i guess thats the price to pay for the movie like game.
On a whole though, i think this is a very good game, and one that im going to try and make last for a while. My aim is to try and do the game as stealthy as i can, and try and kill each soldier with no detection......which i have done so far.
But if you have a PS2, you really do have to at least rent it out.
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which seemed like 20 minutes it goes on for ever, even longer then neighbours
yeh apparantly according to a few magazines, i think it is the cut scene which is really important before you finish the tanker stage
20 minutes!! Ill get my sleeping bag ready for that then.
Really 20 mins? Thats way too long, surely they should have known this.
Really 20 mins? Thats way too long, surely they should have known this.
one cut scene lasts for twenty minutes, i wonder if you have seen it yet
Right then, after playing the game for a considerable amount of time, i still say that this is a damn fine game, and one that up to press im really enjoying. But one thing has started to annoy me...yes the cut scenes.
They are really great to look at and look so realistic with the way that they all move, i especially like the ones where a group of soldiers fly in with the helicopters doing there stuff. But the thing is, they are way too long. Im the type of person that likes to watch them and always do when i first get a game, but these are out of control and totally brake the game play up. I finshed the ship level last night and i swear that the cut scene and codec scenes were in exccess of 15 minutes long. I was trying to keep myself awake as it was after 12 while watching it, and by the time i got starting to play i couldnt be bothered and just saved and went to bed.
I hope they dont get too longer through out.
They are really great to look at and look so realistic with the way that they all move, i especially like the ones where a group of soldiers fly in with the helicopters doing there stuff. But the thing is, they are way too long. Im the type of person that likes to watch them and always do when i first get a game, but these are out of control and totally brake the game play up. I finshed the ship level last night and i swear that the cut scene and codec scenes were in exccess of 15 minutes long. I was trying to keep myself awake as it was after 12 while watching it, and by the time i got starting to play i couldnt be bothered and just saved and went to bed.
I hope they dont get too longer through out.
Pro Evo wrote:
> Hmm, would not call myself an expert but, while the topic is a good one, it
> might be a little on the short side when compared to most of the winners. Most
> winners write fairly long topics about gaming, and other things. But then short
> ones win too.
However, its quality not quantity that counts, so it depends
> what the staff think.
Thanks for the info.
> Hmm, would not call myself an expert but, while the topic is a good one, it
> might be a little on the short side when compared to most of the winners. Most
> winners write fairly long topics about gaming, and other things. But then short
> ones win too.
However, its quality not quantity that counts, so it depends
> what the staff think.
Thanks for the info.
Hmm, would not call myself an expert but, while the topic is a good one, it might be a little on the short side when compared to most of the winners. Most winners write fairly long topics about gaming, and other things. But then short ones win too.
However, its quality not quantity that counts, so it depends what the staff think.
However, its quality not quantity that counts, so it depends what the staff think.
I know this has nothing to do with mgs and I apologise but..
Pro Evo..
Whats my chances of winning GAD with my "The Gaming of Today" Topic?
since ur the master of it..
thought i'd ask you.
Pro Evo..
Whats my chances of winning GAD with my "The Gaming of Today" Topic?
since ur the master of it..
thought i'd ask you.
Ug like MGS2, ug like play with stick and stone more though.
Nice post still, need to think about it.
Nice post still, need to think about it.
Silent hill 2, about half way i think.
MGS 2, not far at all, im just messing around with it at the moment.
MGS 2, not far at all, im just messing around with it at the moment.
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