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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Let's just say the storyline is great..., 27 Jul 2003
First off you have to ignore all you've heard about this game, whether good or bad to understand my review. If you're looking to buy this game just for the reputation of MGS (just like i did)and not hoping for the greatest game ever that's a good start. The first shocking thing is the 7.4 gb full installation! It shocked me and my 16gb hard drive! This is because of the several hours worth of clips and movies during the game. These films themselves can be quite tedious but often provide much of the gripping storyline and provide many twists to the plot. They do make the game quite linear though, restricting the players freedom.
Okay, the graphics of the game are pretty good during play, smooth and well-textured. They mostly ran smoothly on my AMD Duron 700 but you may need more to be safe. As for the movies, in my view they are meant to be slightly blurred, it isn't slowdown!! Being a japanese game it is a manga/anime thing.
The camera can take some getting used to, but if you work it all out you CAN see where you need to and check around corners!
The actual gameplay is pretty good with gadgets aplenty and varied weapons. The main drawback is the key configuration which boggled me at first and shows that this game really isn't meant for the PC. If you need to buy this game for the PC buy a pad too to make it easier. You will enjoy this game, once you get used to it but if you can, buy it on a console!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very good port from the playstation 2!, 1 April 2003
Finally Metal Gear Solid 2 is released for the pc, after the dissapointing port from the first metal gear solid I was hoping that this will be a improvement....and it was!. MGS 2 hasn't dissapointed me and konami have done a good job porting from the playstation 2 version. The graphics are much sharper, sound quality is brilliant espically when you're watching the in-game movies.
But the port does have its disadvantages like high pc requirements, takes up to a gob smacking 8 gigbytes of hard drive. The game is totally unplayable without a control pad, it is simply (well almost!) impossible to finish the game with a keyboard...so as an advice before buying this game, buy a control pad! for more fun and easier playing MGS 2. MGS 2 substance is an improvement from the original MGS 2 Sons of liberty. There are hundreds of VR missions to complete and other missions etc. So after completing MGS 2, it'll still leave you loads of missions to do. Theres one more feature which is really good, after completing a VR mission, you'll recieve a code to upload on the metal gear solid 2 website and try to beat the other MGS 2 players around the world!. Overall this is a brilliant port from the playstation 2 version so if you haven't played on MGS 2 before...BUY IT! even you used to have it...you won't regret and don't forget the pad!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The world's greatest stealth 'em up hits PC, 16 May 2003
I was really looking forward to the release of this after hearing so much from my friends with the PS2 version. It's true, it does require a huge amount of disc space, and the control system needs work to say the least. It is, however, geared around using a control pad, particularly the Microsoft Sidewinder range, so if you have one of these control pads, you should find no problem with the control method. On the higher resolution settings, the graphics really stand out, easily beating the PS2 version, although I would recommend quite a powerful PC.Technical issues aside, this is the best game of it's genre by far and possibly one of the greatest games ever. The level of realism in enemy AI has to be seen to be believed, especially on the harder difficulty settings. This is, of course, the Substance version of the game, which is the original Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty, plus hundreds of extra VR missions, alternate missions, stories and artwork. In conclusion, once you've delt with the technical issues you will find that this is one of the best single player games to hit the PC and definitely worth it considering it's low price tag.
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