It is quite a coincidence that this topic was raised now cos I'm currently on my first play of MGS2 (the HD collection for PS3) and I'm new to the series, it's my first MGS game. I tried MGS3 on PS2 in 2011 but I found the controls terrible and quit early so that doesn't count.
I'm about 5 hours in MGS2, my impressions so far:
- One of the worst if not the worst controls I have seen, simply terrible. They feel unfinished and probably are, and don't tell me that I have to take the age of the game into account because around that time (2002) there were plenty of 3rd person games with decent controls (Hitman, Splinter Cell, Mafia, Max Payne etc.).
- The story so far feels like a 13 year old tried to come up with something but got lost in his ideas and cound't connect them. I hope it improves because so far it's simply rubbish.
- It has some cool cutscenes. That's the only good thing I can say about this game so far.
Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.
