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WHAT A LET DOWN!!!
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User
The only reason I gave this game 2 stars was for the incredilbe gameplay. That is when you were actually playing rather than watching the cimimatics. First of all there are WAY TOO MANY cut scenes. They pop up constantly and run FOREVER. I spent more time watching them than actually playing the game. Secondly the story.... Where in the heck did they com up with this garbage?!? A seven year old could have written a better story than that. At least the other games had some sort of realism. This one was way to far fetched. There were some unique twists in the story which were good. But overall...ridiculous and uninteresting. And my biggest gripe is the fact that you don't even play as Snake for most of the damn game. You only play him in the first part of the game which is on the boat.
All in all, This is a game that should have been the best out there,... the benchmark for everything to come. But in my eyes....grossly overated and worth more as a frisbee rather than a DVD.
Not as good as they say
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User
I got this game because people say it is mean't to be the best game on PS2. I think it is completely rubbish.The graphics and use of colour is very poor, unlike Final Fantasy 10 which has an amazing storyline and overall I think is the best PS2 game ever made so far.
The worst movie I ever saw
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User
The unwritten goal of MGS2 is to navigate through the game environment and reach areas where a mini movie can play illustrating the superior graphics and sound of the PS2. The player of this game is a secondary participant who should be dazzled by long extraneous codec discussions that are both poorly written and inappropriate for the situation. When you wade through the dull diaologue you will be allowed to move through a room or two before the game designers bore you to death with the real action in the form of a movie.
I am happy I took the precaution of renting rather than buying this badly written movie trussed up as a video game.
Not my cup of tea
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 1 / 5
Date: November 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User
I had a hard time getting into this game. For some reason it felt more like work than the distracting, fun experience I was looking for. Gameplay seemed convoluted and I had a hard time controlling the character's point of view. Weapon selection and use wasn't intuitive or comfortable. The overhead "radar" view of enemies didn't make sense to me. This game just wasn't very much fun for me to play, a disappointment.
Good but not GREAT
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 3 / 29
Date: October 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User
I hear people sayin' this game is GREAT, AWESOME, BEST GAME EVER! Yes, I think this game looks good. Purrrty graphics, nice physics, and the Animated Cinimatics are pretty cool. I don't think this will be the best game ever. It looks nice and all but I'm just not that intrested in it. I want some good charecter reaction. When you shoot and kill someone they kinda stand there for a while and then fall over. Sometimes I find myself shooting them more that I have to. I'm not to happy about modern games now. Everything, every level is in a little indoor environment. Who wants to stand there and look at a boring ceeling when I could see butiful birds flying around and a fully 3D sky. In the demo you were inside a boat for 90% of the demo. I really hope this changes. You can probably expect a better (or worse) review when the final game is out. One more thing. I think Console games have very pixilater graphics. Graphics I say are one of the most inportant aspects of a game, then level design, then story then wepons. This game dosn't seem to fully do it for me. I'm still waiting. Patiently.
Oh My God
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User
I've only played the demo, but hly (...), this game is good! the incredible graphics, smooth framerate, and intuitive controls make for an incredible gaming experience. BUY THIS GAME!!!
Cool!!!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User
Well okay, I wasnt expecting the demo to be as great as the first game. I bought Z.O.E because I heard it was a good game. Now finding a demo packed in is not realy rare these days. But I popped in the demo, and started playing on of the best games ever made. The graphics were beutiful, the sound efects a blast, and the incredibly smart C.P.U. If you were a gamer, you should probably buy this game to quench your thirst of a challenge.
[What!? What!? What!?]
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 1 / 6
Date: March 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User
Oh my god! When I started playing this game I thought it was going to be really great, as the graphics and AI are impressive. Then as I got through the first part, I realized how much money I wasted. BEWARE! buyers who get this game thinking they will be able to play as Solid Snake. You will be able to for about 30 min and the rest of the game you play as a blond, stupid,...twerp with an extremly whiney voice. "Theres a lot of pressure on my torso" he says when you first get to see him. I am seroiusly wondering if Hideo Kojima is going crazy. Rent not bye!!
all they do is dowell off of the firsts metal gear solid
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 1 / 7
Date: June 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User
listen im not basshing the game down but it has good good storyline but the keep comming back to shadow moses and the darpa cheif during the fists meat gear solid game i a lot dissapointed cuz i thought this long wait would let them kinda brring a series on to the mix like a whole nother dissaster and new and a hole lot more people but it all comes back to shadow moses did hideo kojima lost his fell or what? i dont know but i hope meatal gear 3 is better but they do recover at the end when (hal emerich sister dies cuz of vamp scraps her body in the organs) later on in the game i all most cried so i have to admit its not all that bad but could have been A HOLE LOT BETTER so HIDEO KOJIMA if your reading this take notes (NOW WHAT YOU ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THE RATINGS)okay
graphics.... as always perfect i must say 1 out of 10....ill give it a 10+
control.....1 out of 10 ill give it an bitter 8
sound and voicings...good all good when the game firsts start you off with snake in the tannker and when you die that music they play man that took some time for that i love it some times ill just die on purpose just to hear that music and them saying snake snaaakkeee....1 out of 10 dang ill give it an exception 15+
gameplay...its okay 1 out of 10 ill give it an 7+
should i buy this game...... that why? we live in this great country u.s.a ill just leave that up to you
seeyaa
Average Stealth Game......Enter at your own risk!
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 1 / 7
Date: November 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User
MGS:2 is a good stealth game! It has alright game play, but after that it just falls apart. If MGS:2 was built using the Xbox technology the graphics would have been awesome, but instead they used a sub-par system (PS2)......a hugh mistake!
Story/plot is even worst! At one point the character you are using is having a conversation with his girlfriend about what they did on their first date......what? And stuff like that goes on and on and on. Seriously! The cutsences are as long as PS2's load times. Also you get to fight a vampire.........what? Why not the wolfman too! The plot is just stupid!
MGS:2 is a rent at best! If you like PS2 graphics, bad plot and fighting vampires then you'll love MGS:2. However! If you love great graphics, a "real World" plot (no vampires included), and great game play (no played out boss battles at the end of each level), then I would go get Splinter Cell.......a true stealth game!
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