METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake Reviews

peak

Dated, but absolutely great if you love a pulpy action adventure. Walkthroughs required. MG2 has a great soundtrack!

just play the fortnite remake Island code: 0344-6523-0758

I liked both of these games, beat both of the games. Very goog, now i can play the first game

dont waste your money on this to be honest i shouldve just got the mgs 1-3 you can skip this and just watch a youtube video you will never play this game ever again if you do buy it and beat it.

No. Just no. I say this as someone who's been playing stealth games (or games that could be played in a stealthy kind of way) since the late 90s. This includes the first Metal Gear Solid, Hitman: Codename 47, Splinter Cell and more. If stealth games are not the genre which I have had a relatively successful marriage with, it's absolutely the genre I've maintained a more than cordial affair with as my number one side-squeeze. But these two NES games? No. Yes, they are classics. Yes, the roots of the stealth genre are to be found in these two games. Yes, I can see the appeal of the games, and their skeletons are still present in the bones of even the most modern in the genre. Sadly, gaming in general has moved on in the nearly 40 years since the original "Metal Gear" was released. Video games are in a better place thanks to "Metal Gear" and many of its successors but these first two entries should have remained out to pasture. It isn't that the ports are bad. Bluepoint seems to have handled the port to PC with the same grace and aplomb as virtually everything else their name is attached to. Every element of the games, from graphics to audio to game play, seem a carbon copy from the days of ye olde 8-bit Nintendo. The issue here is the absence of modern sensibility and uniformity: call me spoiled for ease of use, but the lack of even bare bones conveniences is a deal breaker here. Konami, would it have been so difficult, so prohibitively costly, so beyond the pale to have included an auto-save? From a technical standpoint, would it have been such a challenge to incorporate it onto a system that already makes an in-game save during natural level progression? It could have been optional, so the purists could continue to play like it's 1987. How many modern gamers are going to know that in order to make a save permanent, they'll need to navigate an arcane, out-of-date systems so that they can retain some semblance of progress when they decide to be done for the day? I grew up with the original NES and didn't think that sham of a save system would still be in use for a modern presentation of games from that era. I can already hear the choir singing, "well, shame on you, then." And yeah, shame on me, I guess. The extras are nice: some art, a few blurbs about what made the games stand out when they were initially released, a story synopsis, the screen play for both games. The games themselves are not worth the purchase, though. Fortunately, the extras come part and parcel with MGS Master Collection, Volume 1, a bundle that contains three incredible titles in the form of MGS 1, 2, and 3. So, if you're a devotee of games that require an emphasis on patience, observation, discretion, nerves of steel and a light, deft touch... don't buy these two games on their own. Get them as part of the package deal with the Master Collection, Volume 1. From there, look at them fondly but remember that in spite of how revolutionary they were back in the day, they're not great games for the modern era. If you want to give them the honor that is their due, play their successors. Those games know where they came from. edit: of course there will be

just out of spite for the amount of times i had to backtrack to the other side of the map just to find out i missed one thing or close the game to open the manual

The classic games as I remember them - fun and frustrating. Despite the frustration part, the games still scratch a certain itch for an old ass hoe like myself. While it does feel dated, it's still playable and certainly beatable. However, modern gamers are probably going to have a hard time and not push thru fueled by nostalgia. My only real wish for these versions of the games is custom control mapping and an in-game guide of what the controls are, as the default layout is not ideal.

Really cool to experience where the whole series started, even if they definitely show their age. The stealth mechanics were revolutionary for their time and you can see the DNA of everything that came later. Metal Gear 2 is a massive improvement over the first one with much better level design and more complex systems. The pixel art is charming and the music is surprisingly good for MSX games. Story is pretty basic compared to later entries but has some nice moments and introduces characters like Gray Fox. Controls take some getting used to since they're from a different era of gaming. The radar system and alert mechanics that became series staples are all here in early form. Can be pretty unforgiving and cryptic at times, definitely expect to get stuck without a guide.

MG1 may be super primitive and all around basic but MG2 was way ahead of it's time for 1990. It improves on just about everything you could think of from the first game and does things that haven't even been done in a video game prior to MG2 and despite being quite old the art style is actually really nice, it was massively improved from the first installment. These games are definitely confusing as hell at times and it's very easy to get overwhelmed. Don't feel bad about using a guide. If you can tolerate old games, why not try these gems? You'll be surprised with MG2 at the very least. I honestly wish I played them sooner. MG1/MG2 included with MGS1