You may be looking for the video game, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. While Snake shares the same given name with his English voice actor. Who largely found Mario's saving Peach to be romantic, to ask if he ever got many. Metal Gear 1 I say you could skip. It hasn't really aged well, and there's not a ton of story in it. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake on the other hand is a wonderful game that I've replayed numerous times. It's a shame it wasn't released on SNES back in it's prime.
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MGS subreddit on Twitter!Media Related Subreddits.External Links. These are the foundations of Metal Gear Solid, and while the games themselves don't have much in terms of lore, you'll find things make more sense once you've played them.I played Metal Gear (NA) for the NES and was too young or didn't have the attention span, but all I remembered was punching dogs, and I wasn't a fan. When I played Metal Gear Solid, I felt I didn't know about a lot of the events that Snake talked about with Campbell or Miller, and when he talked about Gray Fox, I didn't know who he was, or what Zanzibar had anything to do with MG Solid. Having given the first two games a play through since I was older enough to 'get it', I felt like I knew more of the backstory in MG Solid. I just finished MG1 and quite liked it, for all its retro-y-ness.I just started MG2 and.I find it frustratingly difficult.Insanely difficult and.frustrating.I'm hoping it's just an all-new learning curve, seeing as how others rate it higher than the first.But not hard as in 'one shot kills you' hard, but rather 'once your spotted you can't stop being spotted cos you simply cannot get far enough away from someone before someone else spots you all over again' kind of hard.I'll keep at it. I personally don't like them because I feel the gameplay is too antiquated and limited.
I feel like there's just too little fun to be had to be a worthwhile investment of time. But then, you might be the type that likes the antiquated gameplay. It really all depends on your tastes.Also, although it may be fun to see the characters and story at their earliest conceptual stages, they've evolved a lot since then. I strongly doubt the way they're presented in MG1 and MG2 would still be accurate today were Kojima to do a remake (which I fervently hope he does, using the FOX engine).Really, having played them both myself, I don't think there's any compelling value to makes them wort the time and effort other than some brief moments of nostalgia when they're referenced in later games.I say skip 'em and start at MGS1 instead.
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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is a little-known release in Konami’s popular Metal Gear series, because it was released only in Japan for Konami’s MSX2 computer. It’s not until the release of MSX2 emulator for PC and fanmade English translation patch in 1997 that PC gamers have a chance to experience this excellent game that is virtually unknown outside Japan.The game picks up more or less where the original Metal Gear left off. A small nation known as Zanzibar Land has stolen nuclear weapons from developed nations and kidnapped Dr. Kio Marv, a scientist who invented “OILIX,” a specimen known to rectify high-quality oil. As one-man commando, you must sneak into the Zanzibar Land fortress and rescue Dr. Marv to bring OILIX back into the right hands.Metal Gear 2 improves on the original in every way possible.
The graphics is more detailed, the soundtrack and sound effects much improved, and numerous gameplay enhancements added. Although it may look at first like a typical beat-em up game like Alien Breed, Metal Gear 2 goes above and beyond the confines of “action” genre to truly qualify its claim of being a “tactical simulation.” Sure, you’ll still need to kill countless guards (or sneak past them, thanks to the new crouch/crawl ability), but you’ll need as much wits as reflexes to succeed.The game integrates adventure-style puzzles very seamlessly into the action, and these provide subtle alternatives to shoot-to-kill strategy. For example, you can use rations to lure pigeons, use tape recordings to fool guards, and pay close attention to radar and radio calls. Even more than Metal Gear, the intricate and compelling story that unfolds (usually by radio, but also during the action) will keep you hooked.Make no mistake, about it: Metal Gear 2 is not an easy game. In fact, if you’re as bad as action games as I am, you will die a lot. I still haven’t finished the game, and I doubt I ever will since I can’t see how I’ll ever beat the second “boss” enemy. But the fact that this game has me reload countless times must say something about its addictiveness.
If you consider yourself an action expert, you’ll find Metal Gear 2 a good challenge.The bottom line is easy: Solid Snake is a superb game. If you are a Metal Gear fan, this is the game that Snake’s Revenge should have been. If you like MicroProse’s Airborne Ranger, you’ll love this MSX2 underdog – it’s got better action, more sophisticated gameplay, and a wonderful plot. If you love the recent Metal Gear Solid games, you might be surprised at how this MSX2 predecessor is just every bit as good – and in this reviewer’s humble opinion, even better.
Two thumbs up, and a proud entry into our Hall of Belated Fame.Review By HOTUD.
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