So I fired up Spy Fiction and Maximo: Ghosts to Glory on the PS2 today. Not really to marathon the whole way through them, but just to check them out and see how they play. It's taking some getting used to the cameras on both games, but so far they're pretty decent. Spy Fiction comes off as an anime MGS wannabe. They're already laying on the stoic personalities of the characters in the 1st scene. Works for Snake. Maybe not so much for these guys.
Maximo is fun but a tad difficult. There's lots of enemies and they love to hit you. The shield comes in really handy, and I can mow through a good number of them before they finally do me in. It's one of those games that you kind of have to slog through, but it's still good. Helps that all the damsels in distress are buxom babes. Never hurts.
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As Crab might've noticed in the Rebuilding the Go-Bots thread, I've been on a Metal Gear kick recently. Just finished MGS2 with no small amount of assistance from my girlfriend, and once I'm over the fourteen-hour final boss battle from that game, gonna step back in ti-i-ime for MGS3. Can't wait to be playing as Big Boss and hitting up Donald Anderson on the radio.
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Hehe, yeah I caught the cypher comment (would a cypher work for Pathfinder??). I really like MGS2 despite how much flak it gets from the gaming community. I didn't mind the whole switch with Raiden taking over for Snake. Still, I wish they had given him his own separate story for the MGS2: Substance edition. I mean, he was off doing all kinds of things while Raiden was disarming bombs and such. Oh well.
Love part 3! Well, I love them all, but part 3 is a lot of fun. Although, I don't like the cast of villains as much as in MGS1 or 2. The Pain, Fury, and Fear don't really have much personality. They're there and then they're gone. In the other MGS games you at least got to see the villains a bit before your fight with them. The gameplay of MGS3 is so top-notch though, that I don't mind. I love the camo and surviving off food in the jungle. The medic kit, not so much. That's a lot of extra time for a boring mini game. A couple times I've tried to go through and eat at least 1 of everything (including The End's parrot). Hard to do! I'm told there's a solid, liquid, and solidus snake hiding somewhere throughout the game.
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My g/f lent me Super Mario 64 DS and I recently beat that. Took some getting used to the camera, and goombas of all things were killing me at first, but once I got the hang of it, I was stomping all over the place. Got exactly 80 stars, went into the final battle with Bowser, knocked him out and rescued the princess before returning the game. I know there's a TON of hidden things in there, but I'll let her find all that stuff. I just wanted a quick play-through and it was fun. Aggrivating at times, and some of the objectives are painfully vague. But otherwise pretty fun. I still prefer 2D Mario more.
After that, I felt the urge to take another crack at Sonic Rush Adventure on the DS. I've beaten the game before, but I never got all the emeralds or the real ending. I was having a bad time on one jet-ski race, but finally got past it. To my delight, I found out that all the other hidden emerald stages I required were super easy by comparison and I had the game totally beat in the same day. Got the real ending and now I can truly cross that game off the list.
And now I'm back to working on Maximo. Just rescued the first sorceress.
Love part 3! Well, I love them all, but part 3 is a lot of fun. Although, I don't like the cast of villains as much as in MGS1 or 2. The Pain, Fury, and Fear don't really have much personality. They're there and then they're gone. In the other MGS games you at least got to see the villains a bit before your fight with them. The gameplay of MGS3 is so top-notch though, that I don't mind. I love the camo and surviving off food in the jungle. The medic kit, not so much. That's a lot of extra time for a boring mini game. A couple times I've tried to go through and eat at least 1 of everything (including The End's parrot). Hard to do! I'm told there's a solid, liquid, and solidus snake hiding somewhere throughout the game.
Oh, so update!
My g/f lent me Super Mario 64 DS and I recently beat that. Took some getting used to the camera, and goombas of all things were killing me at first, but once I got the hang of it, I was stomping all over the place. Got exactly 80 stars, went into the final battle with Bowser, knocked him out and rescued the princess before returning the game. I know there's a TON of hidden things in there, but I'll let her find all that stuff. I just wanted a quick play-through and it was fun. Aggrivating at times, and some of the objectives are painfully vague. But otherwise pretty fun. I still prefer 2D Mario more.
After that, I felt the urge to take another crack at Sonic Rush Adventure on the DS. I've beaten the game before, but I never got all the emeralds or the real ending. I was having a bad time on one jet-ski race, but finally got past it. To my delight, I found out that all the other hidden emerald stages I required were super easy by comparison and I had the game totally beat in the same day. Got the real ending and now I can truly cross that game off the list.
And now I'm back to working on Maximo. Just rescued the first sorceress.
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I LOVED it. Can't begin to undertstand anyone's problem with Raiden. Excellent surprise, and exactly the character the series needed. The only people I know who dislike the stroppy swordsman are ones who think MG is a realistic shooty-shooty series about how awesome war is (bear in mind, I don't frequent any gaming forums). Matter of fact, I was put off Metal Gear for ages because I wrongly assumed it was just another apolitical war game.Mako Crab wrote:I didn't mind the whole switch with Raiden taking over for Snake.
Well, don't spoil anything for me, but ever since MGS I have gotten used to the villains being given complex personalities, and occasionally insane backstories, and that does have a certain charm for me. Still, I wouldn't mind not feeling QUITE so guilty about killing them... =p But then I did hear you could beat most of MGS3's bosses non-fatally, which'll definitely be a goal for me.Mako Crab wrote:I don't like the cast of villains as much as in MGS1 or 2.
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I never played MGS2 because my brother was largely the one who owned the PS2.
He did rent MGS3 once, we both got horribly pissed at how long the intro was taking (which, in retrospect, was stupid of us) and then once the actual game started, it got awesome.
I'd like to go back and get MGS2 though. One of these days I'll get a PS2...
He did rent MGS3 once, we both got horribly pissed at how long the intro was taking (which, in retrospect, was stupid of us) and then once the actual game started, it got awesome.
I'd like to go back and get MGS2 though. One of these days I'll get a PS2...
People spend so much time worrying about whether a figure is "mint" or not that they never stop to consider other flavours.BWprowl wrote:The internet having this many different words to describe nerdy folks is akin to the whole eskimos/ice situation, I would presume.
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Getting pissed at long cutscenes in Metal Gear is like getting pissed at holes in Swiss cheese. =p
...That said, the final battle of MGS2 was disappointingly short and easy after the immense buildup. Maybe due in large part to the high-frequency blade being broken (or am I just that damn good?). Really though, mapping attacks to the PS2's analogue sticks DOES. NOT. WORK. Can't believe I nearly bought Death By Degrees out of my love for any media involving Anna Williams. Don't really think it would've been worth it, judging by what I've seen of the control scheme.
...That said, the final battle of MGS2 was disappointingly short and easy after the immense buildup. Maybe due in large part to the high-frequency blade being broken (or am I just that damn good?). Really though, mapping attacks to the PS2's analogue sticks DOES. NOT. WORK. Can't believe I nearly bought Death By Degrees out of my love for any media involving Anna Williams. Don't really think it would've been worth it, judging by what I've seen of the control scheme.
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I have the original Metal Gear for the NES. And I still have my original NES. I've never played the MGS games but that's mostly because I just never got around to it. I would like to check 'em out sometime though.
My latest video game obsession finally saw fruition last week. Deathspank: Thongs Of Virtue for the Xbox 360. Finally beat Santa Claus and the game. Turns out it has two endings and you can see both of them just by going back to the last save point. Neat.
My latest video game obsession finally saw fruition last week. Deathspank: Thongs Of Virtue for the Xbox 360. Finally beat Santa Claus and the game. Turns out it has two endings and you can see both of them just by going back to the last save point. Neat.
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I read an interview with Kojima and he said he wanted to show Snake from someone else's POV to make him even more legendary. I think it worked. Plus, I just. . . didn't hate Raiden. I thought he was okay. Haven't played MGS4 (the lack of a PS3), but I'm told he's even cooler there.Gomess wrote:I LOVED it. Can't begin to undertstand anyone's problem with Raiden. Excellent surprise, and exactly the character the series needed.Mako Crab wrote:I didn't mind the whole switch with Raiden taking over for Snake.
They have a *little* bit of personality in MGS3, but don't expect to get attached to them or feel the slightest bit guilty. Except maybe for the final boss, but I won't spoil the who or why of that. Non-fatal kills. . . I think you can. I know for sure you can in MGS2. And I know there's one sequence that rewards or punishes you for how many people you've killed. The less, the better. Can't remember off-hand, but I'm sure there's a way.Well, don't spoil anything for me, but ever since MGS I have gotten used to the villains being given complex personalities, and occasionally insane backstories, and that does have a certain charm for me. Still, I wouldn't mind not feeling QUITE so guilty about killing them... =p But then I did hear you could beat most of MGS3's bosses non-fatally, which'll definitely be a goal for me.
That thing just aggravates me. MGS on the PS and PS2 actually seemed easier due to all the new moves and options you have. Still, I'd like to get MGS3: Subsistence just to play the original MG with properly translated/improved dialogue.Shockwave wrote:I have the original Metal Gear for the NES. And I still have my original NES. I've never played the MGS games but that's mostly because I just never got around to it. I would like to check 'em out sometime though.
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Do it! I never got a chance to play MG2 as a kid, and thanks to playing through it on Subsistence it's now like my second-or-so favourite in the entire series.Mako Crab wrote:I'd like to get MGS3: Subsistence just to play the original MG with properly translated/improved dialogue.
Not a fan of the name changes, though. What happened to my American action movie references?! Renaming Arnold "Bloody Brad"? Predator becoming "Jungle Evil"?! bahhhhh
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Don't worry Gomess. Once you get to MGS4, they give you the bosses' backstories AFTER you kill them, so you get to feel all guilty after you've already done the deed!Gomess wrote:Well, don't spoil anything for me, but ever since MGS I have gotten used to the villains being given complex personalities, and occasionally insane backstories, and that does have a certain charm for me. Still, I wouldn't mind not feeling QUITE so guilty about killing them...
People didn't like Raiden because he wasn't Snake. That seems easy enough to understand.
