| OriGin said: Hold on Hold on Hold on... There is no dispute here that MGS2 is one of the best games ever made and most absolutely deserves the 9.6 that it got!!! |
Well if it is to avoid conflict I can stop right here and say that IMO it sucks, but thats just my opinion. I know the game is a cinematic achieviment with outstanding graphics (even today) and great voice acting. But the gameplay and story really killed the game for me. Artistic license was fighting Psycho Mantis in Metal Gear Solid (with the flying chairs and sofas). Metal Gear 2 takes it to a ridiculous level where you fight a gay vampire inside a pool with a rocket launcher. What about the Lady Luck controling the Metal Gear missiles after her bullet dodging gizmo was taken away? Or the president of the USA being the last boss and looking like Dr Octopus from spiderman? Dont forget that all the events in Metal Gear 1 were planned from the beggining, even the ones that the Patriots couldnt guess (like DARPA chief being killed in the torture and Decoy octopus dying from FOXdie). The gameplay has even more issues. The boss battles lack the impact of the original metal gear, like the third boss where you just run left and right to avoid her shots and the second vamp battle. Last boss basttle feels awkward with the use of the right analog.
The stamina and health bars dont help the gameplay. Stamina is there just for people who want 0 kills for big boss rank. Its sad that a Boss has different Healths for punches and bullets. The realism isnt good either, you punch and use tranquilizer on bosses to the point of them almost collapsing but they can still take 3 clips of automatic fire. I cant get over the fact that you have to kill Fatman with tranquilizers for the BigBoss rank but he dies after the Battle anyways. Seeing him bleeding that bad in the cutscene makes me wonder if he is allergic to tranquilizers. Raiden as the main character dont help me liking this game. His specials items are ... WIGS. Is he a crossdresser or the worlds savior?
I hope you dont take it personal OriGin but that game is so bad IMO thatI cant stand the Metal Gear franchise anymore. I havent played the 3rd one to the end and have no interest in the 4th. The second game really made me hate the series. Just play the games you want I am not Jack Thompson to tell people what games are good or bad.
Satan said:
"You are for ever angry, all you care about is intelligence, but I repeat again that I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine."
