Metal Gear Solid

[dudelovenext]

I suck ass at this game. Guess I'm just not a stealthy kinda guy...

EDIT: Solid Snake can go fuck himself. With a cactus. GRR!

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[saxytenshi.livejournal.com]

I like to watch other people play MGS and Splinter Cell-like games, but I HATE playing them myself. They make me so nervous and I get so frustrated when I'm always caught. :/

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

This really is a stealth-only game. If you don't have those skills, you're kinda screwed. It's too bad because it looks like a really good game. `^_^

Ah well, I'll stick with Resident Evil and Silent Hill. How's SH2 coming? :)

[saxytenshi.livejournal.com]

Really good! I don't think I'm much further than I was the last time I talked to you because I was on vacation and I haven't had the chance to play it since I returned. I just got to the Silent Hill Historical Society level. Creepy!!! o.o (I think it's about half-way through the game. I still have to play through a prision, swim across the lake, and play through the hotel... and maybe a bit more. Dunno.)

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

It was hilarious and cute watching you freak out at Pyramid Head last night. :)

...now I have a hankering to play Silent Hill 3 tonight. :)

[netharos.livejournal.com]

Metal Gear is one of my all-time favourites, along with Devil May Cry--guess I just like the frustrating ones? What part are you stuck on? Solid Snake kicks ass though, James Bond never would have thought of the box!

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Finally got unstuck! It was near the beginning...I just had to work on my stealth skills. :) It was the Tank Hanger...I just sucked at that part. `^_^

[fearless-son.livejournal.com]

What part are you stuck on? I have been through that entire game (the PS1 version) and am familiar with all the mechanics of MGS2 (which MGSTS uses) so do not hesitate to ask me for advice.

In general, it is best to think of this as a kind of adventure-puzzle game. Look at the way the enemy moves and behaves. When taking down an enemy from a distance, go into first-person mode and make the shot from there, since that allows you to pick off head shots and such. In fact, you can think of it as being like RE4, where when you need to make a shot you hold still and hold-down the aim button. Know where you can hide. Take note of any lockers, crates with space beneath, low air-ducts, narrow passages, etc. If someone spots you then you can usually hide in those places until the heat dies down. Further, if someone does indeed spot you, then you can toss a chaff grenade. That will jam his radio temporarily, allowing you to take him out or split before reinforcements can be contacted. Remember that you can and should take out cameras with your gun, just make sure that you use something silenced to do it. Also, breaking the enemy's neck is a classic move that takes the enemy down quietly with no blood or bullets spent. Just make sure to catch the guard at a time when you and he are isolated from the view of others.

Of, and if you do not like Solid Snake then you will be pleased to know that except for the first hour or so of gameplay, you play as someone else in MGS2.

[netharos.livejournal.com]

Yes, but that someone else is Raiden man... If someone doesn't like an ultra-cool guy like Solid Snake, I can hardly imagine the revulsion she/he will experience after the first few conversations between him and Rose... *shudders*

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

The Tank Hanger. Basically I didn't knock out the cameras or use the Chaffe(?) Grenades. Or how to snap a guard's neck. `^_^

No, Solid Snake is the fucking man. :)

[raend.livejournal.com]

ROFL @ cactus insult. <3 Made my night. xD

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I wasn't too happy at the time. Heh, but now I kinda chuckle when I think about the word "cactus". :)

[thestupidguy.livejournal.com]

MGS is overrated. I don't like the 50/50 ratio of gameplay to cutscene. (And your first time through, if you skip the cutscenes, you will miss important clues.) And don't get me started on the plot holes and ridiculous dialog.

And yeah, there's the great level design like "climb up and down 20 flights of stairs," and the part near the end where you climb up Metal Gear, then climb down Metal Gear, then climb up metal gear, then climb down metal gear, then climb up Metal Gear, then climb down Metal Gear, then climb up Metal Gear. (No exaggeration.)

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I guess you totally despise Xenosaga, huh? `^_^

I don't mind the cut-scenes; I enjoyed them, but I can see how a lot of people wouldn't.

I'd have to think about any plot holes, but yes, some of the dialogue was a little....yeah, just interesting. :) But it was good, I enjoyed the game overall.

Hm, I don't remember that part about climbing up and down Metal Gear over and over...

[thestupidguy.livejournal.com]

"Hm, I don't remember that part about climbing up and down Metal Gear over and over..."

Really? It was near the end.

You have that launch key card, and you climb up Metal Gear with it. Then you drop it, and have to go back down to pick it up. Then you go back up and insert the card. Then you keep having to go back and forth to the cold and hot areas to change the card, and each trip involves a climb up and down Metal Gear.

As for Xenosaga, I never (and will never) play it. But Xenogears definitely gets a thumbs down from me. Disc 2 was a complete joke.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Oh, that part. `^_^

It got a little annoying, going back and forth, back and forth...but it wasn't super long, so it was okay.

Xenosaga got a little boring for me. I just wasn't feeling any connection with the characters at all. Kinda essential when I play an RPG.