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AWESOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game and i strongly recommend it. It has a better story line than some movies and has some very memorable moments.It has awesome weapons and awesome close-quarter tatics, like sneaking up behind some one and slitting their throat. It has very creative bosses and the story will keep you askng for more. Trust me it is the best way to spend ur money.

Greatest prequel to the Metal Gear Solid Saga!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I have been a fan of the MGS seires since 1998 (the first MGS1), so I know what I'm talking about...this is one of the greatest prequels I have yet to play, I purchased this back then in 2004 when it was released. It is fun, entertaining and a great storyline - and the game keeps that whole stealth feel to it in the jungle. Kojima surely didn't entirely disappoint with this one. However as I played this game more and more over the past years, it occurred to me the more I play it, the more un-realistic the game feels and how "silly" it was overall the other MGS games, here are some of the flaws / disappointments:

1. The Cobra Unit: Which was simply the worst boss unit / characters in the MGS saga. The unit was so superhuman and unreal I didn't even who to begin to criticize. Probably the worst of them all was "The Pain" who has the ability to control bees at his will. During the boss fight, he does the most idiotic movements ever. The game lacked any background information about them, all we know is that they are unit of "The Boss" and fought a long side with her. And none of the "special abilities" were explained in the game at all. Probably the only decent "cool" that I actually liked was "The Sorrow", who appears from time to time in the game and helps Snake throughout the game.

2. Simple Storyline: Ok, I liked the storyline it was "ok"...but it was too simple. It was somewhat predictable of what happened in the end so it wasn't a shocker when It happened. I will not spoil it here, but it wasn't a huge plot twist like the previous games. It was just straight forward.

3. Cheesy cut-scenes: There was some crappy / lame and unnecessary cut-scenes, for instance there was some about EVA doing stupid "Evil Knievel" like stunts with her motorcycle.

4. The Boss: I really hated her, never liked her from the beginning to end, she was overrated and unbelievable. A woman at that time in the 40's could have never join the Army and become a elite-soldier and do special Op missions in the 60s, but I'm glad you get to blast her in the game.

But overall, the game was absolutely fantastic. That is why I'm still giving it 5 stars. Not as strong or as powerful as the first, but still up there.

5 out of 5!

Best video game in existence

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Metal Gear Solid is not for your typical video game and is especially not for the typical video game player, I know because I find 90% of all modern day video games too repetitive. You played Halo you've played every single FPS that will ever be made, if they can slather on new graphics and resale the rotten corpse of Doom to you again and again then have fun.

This game all comes down to say one stage, there is an enemy compound with a couple of buildings, some trenches surrounding it, electric fences, wooden sheds with ammo and food, M60s on tripods, a massive helicopter and dozens of enemy soldiers patrolling the area. You can get down and crawl around the edge of the screen until you reach the other side and you're done. Or you can slowly sneak behind trees around the perimeter of the compound and off every soldier one by one. Or you can off a soldier, drag him to where the most enemies will notice the body, rig it with TNT then detonate when they come to check on him. Or you can sneak to the right around every single enemy, make your way to the ammo shed, rig it with TNT, put claymore mines around perimeter of the shed, sneak under the helicopter rigging it with TNT, then climb on a ladder to the top of a building, detonate the ammo shed, and watch as enemies approaching the smoldering rubble step on your claymore mines (blowing up ammo sheds enemies further down the line will start to run out of ammo during firefights). Or you can take out your AK47 and run straight into everyone enemy shooting them point blank tossing grenades every where. OR....

See the idea is, in most video games you play a stage and its over, MGS3 it seems there are endless ways to run through every screen. Your character Snake has what at first seems an impossible amount of moves to master and that is probably the main turnoff for people who just want to flip a game on and blow everyone up. To become good and get the most out of this game you need to completely immerse yourself into it and I have to say this is the most involving game I've ever played. The story is amazingly cheesy, but it feels like the makers knew that any video game cinematic will be cheesy no matter what so they just went as over the top as they could every scene. Completely surreal and certainly grabs everyones attention in the room, it seems Hideo Kojima has an personally goofy and distinctly Japanese edge that is completely missing in every other video game who's idea of weird is falling back on bad cliches without any irony or anything indicating intelligence. Feel the dull stupidity of the cut scenes of Resident Evil 4 or take your pick from any game really. I understand for most games it just propels stage to stage but MGS3 is such a unique tightly constructed world its far more of an experience than most games without being a hopelessly crappy RPG.

Dunno what to add, I love this game, its one of those you either "get it" or you don't, I am so glad I got it.

Say what you will about Metal Gear, but I think this is the greatest game of all time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing video games since the SNES, and in my years of gaming this is the greatest game I have ever come across.It is so epic, and exciting and it just has a certain charm to it. I've beaten this game over 18 times(on all modes) and I still have a desire to play through this game, in fact,I just recently rented subsistence and beat it again!I have always been a big fan of the MGS series. I've beaten all three games in the series multiple times,and I'm looking forward MGS4, but I think It will be very hard for MGS4 to trump MGS3.read on to find out!

Graphics; The graphics in this game are incredible, both for 2004 standards and today's standards. using only the ps2 limited technology, Konami has made a game that stands up to highly advanced games on the PC like half life 2, and Doom 3.Not to mention that the art style in this game is absolute incredible, it portrays the jungle in extremely realistic looking way, without resorting to the bland style of graphics you see in most military games these days.

Sound/Music; At first the opening theme may sound ridiculous and hackneyed, but delve deeper into the game, and you soon realize that the music in this game is actually better then most score for Hollywood movies.Composed by Harry Gregson Williamson.(who composes a lot of Hollywood movies and did the soundtrack for mgs2.)The soundtrack for MGS3 truley captures whatever your doing in the game. Whether your sneaking around an enemy encampment, or blasting away guards with a shotgun, The music will fit what you are doing.

Gameplay; The gameplay in MGS3 is amazing.(just like everything else in the game!)This game gives you a lot of choices. You can walk up behind a guard and slit his throat,you can take him hostage by pointing your gun at him, or you can go Rambo and shoot him in the face with an AK! It's up to you in MGS3. other interesting implementations in the gameplay is the camo system and the cure system. With the camo system there is a little gauge at the top of the screen that tells you how well hidden you are, and what camouflage you are wearing determines how well hid you are. The cure system is another new implementation in the MGS series. It ads realism and depth to the game in the fact that you actually have to heal your own wounds rather then just take a health pack.

Story; I won't spoil it for you, all I can tell you is that it's the best story you'll see in a game, ever.

Closing Statements; Hideo Kojima has created yet another masterpiece, You must buy this game, If you can't buy it,borrow it, and if you can't do either of those,steal it. This is gaming at it's peak.You must play this game.

Great prequel!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

INTRO: They say the third time's a charm. For the MGS series, it couldn't be any truer.
MGS3 takes place in the 60's. You play as Naked Snake, who is Big Boss.

GAMEPLAY: This time you can camouflage yourself to hide from enemies. You can change your clothes and face paint.

You also now have a stamina bar. You have to catch and eat different types of food to stay alive.

You also can grab enemies and either slam them on the ground, make them talk, or slit their throats!

If you get injured, you will have to "Cure" yourself. You will have to perform surgery on yourself using different items.

Boss fights are fun. I like the fight with The End. It's challenging.

There is a bunch of weapons. I mean a BUNCH!

You also can play a mini-game called, "Snake vs. Monkey." It's an amusing Ape Escape parody. You can win prizes for the game, too.

GRAPHICS: Like always, the graphics are great. Great cut scenes where you can sometimes change the view by pressing R1. And the torture scene is painful to watch.

MUSIC: You're in the jungle most of the time, so there's not much music. But, when there is, it's great.

SOUND/VOICES: David Hayter once again voices as the main character. The sounds are nice, too.

OVERALL: A great entry in the series. MGS3: Subsistence is coming soon, too!

Metal Gear Solid 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 were amazing games with basically the same scenory but amazing scenes that were well done with a dramatic touch and great voice acting. Snake Eater takes the gameplay to a whole new level with a change of scenory to more of a jungle feel. If you enjoyed the first two games, then you will definately enjoy this game.

Best game in the Metal Gear series yet..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is definatly an improvement over Metal Gear Solid 2,its much better than even the original PS1 game.I enjoyed them all but i liked this one best,though i completed less times than i did MGS2.This is the game in the series that takes a break from the previous games-This is a prequal and falls down the "Metal Gear" timeline to 1964,during the Cold War between USA and the Soviet Union.It still has the Metal Gear Solid style of replay value(If You like it,that is) after you complete it once you will play it over and over again-whether its to unlock the goodies(This time round the goodies a special Camoflage Uniforms and Facepaints) or to understand the story better,To check out more stuff on the Radio like funny or interesting radio conversations(in MGS3 you have the best command team-i will explain them later in my review) or for just Sheer Fun.
As i said already the game takes place during the Cold War,1964 and the beginning anouncement is:

"After The end of World War II,The world was split into two,
East and West,This marked the beginning of an era called the Cold War"

And a USAF Gunship is flying through Pakistan,with an altitude of 30,000,00 feet in the air and it is 5:30 AM in the morning-It is also thundering.An elite soldier is sitting in the gunship smoking a cigar with most of his face hidden in the shade-the Gunship is now in Soviet AirSpace and a fellow soldiers tells him to put on his oxygen mask and throw his cigar away,but the elite soldier ignores him.His commander Major Zero then tells the pilots to open the rear hatch of the gunship and says to himself "One for the history books,the worlds first HALO jump"-then commands the soldier to put on his mask and throw away the cigar-this time he responds and does so.the soldier than stands up slowly walking to the open space,until he is to the ledge and then Major Zero commands him to to jump:"Spread your Wings and fly,God be with you" as Zero wishes him good luck as he jumps down performing his HALO jump successfully,but with a tacky landing.The elite soldier then rips his oxygen mask off-The elite soldier is indeed "Snake"-no not Solid Snake some one related to him..Then the game starts.
That is quite a thrilling opener even if it were on a film i would be impressed.
The game is different-You are not infiltrating a military base,nor an oil tanker and nor a clean-up facility this time round-You are now sneaking around in the jungle,the jungle is the best environment Konami have used yet in MGS!
The jungle maybe big-so now you have a new hiding abilty-camoflage in surrounding colors-and decieve the enemy guards eyes.
You can find camoflage and facepaints around or use the default ones-these are the camo`s you use for hiding however you also can unlock camo`s by beating Bosses with tranquilizer rounds and other non-lethal ways,including "Starving" which means drowning the enemies STAMINA,in one boss "Poisoning" as he/she needs to keep collecting food-you have poisonous animals and plants in the game which will reduce anyone`s LIFE gauge until IF it is cured.Another way to get camo`s is downloading them of the official site(www.konami/metalgearsolid3.com,i think)-which is the Metal Gear Solid games debuting ONLINE-however you cannot play online but in its make-over "Subsistence" you will be able to play against other players online.There is one more way of getting cmaoflage is the "Special camoflage Disk"-but that CD is quite rare-My friend Daniel wanted it before MGS3 went "Off Topic".
OK let me intoduce you to the command team as promised:

MAJOR ZERO:A British ex-SAS soldier and MI-5 agent is now the commander for Force Operation X(fox) He is a huge 007 James Bond fan.The guy is quite daft sometimes-he is better than col. Campbell or anyother commander in the past games.

PARA-MEDIC:Oh how could i forget her!-She is a movie fanatic(a HUGE one) and had the nickname "Quack!" when she was a doctor as she never shut up about movies to her patients.Her and Zero are both 007 fans though she ain`t a huge one.

THE BOSS:She is a veteran soldier and ex-commander of the elite COBRA unit-she is a motherlike figure to Snake and his mentor.she is(SPOILER) the mother of Ocelot(END).
There is so much more about her but i don`t want to spoil the game for anyone.(Note she is replaced by SIGINT in the second part of the game-because....)

SIGINT:Replaced The Boss in the second mission as a weapons and stealth advisor.He is an African-American who joined with FOX as he was racialy non-accepted in other organisations-but Zero was different as he thinks that everyone should be treated equally Male or Female,Black or white.This guy is VERY funny sometimes though the first time i played through i never actually spoke to him apart from when i went to check him out.

There are more characters through out the game.
You get more guns than the last game and guns are more realistic you now have a TQ gun that can use suppressors but the suppressors deteriate over time.You get loads of guns-from pistols to assault rifles,CQC knife to grenades,grenades to the RPG-7 rocket laucher.
CQC is a new form of combat introduced in MGS3 and will be in any Metal Gear game from here.CQC is useful when sneaking up on guards,you need the CQC knife to actually be able to use it-you can now interrigate guards,slit their throats,and SLAM them real hard.Its also useful for running through when guards are ahead-its a real nifty adition.
You can hunt and fish for food in this game,eating food will recover stamina-Stamina keeps Snake healthy and Happy as he needs it to perform most of his efforted actions.

I RECCOMEND this game to anyone who likes action.Its better than 80% of other action games.
I have all the Metal Gear Solid games-completed and found and unlocked everything.As with Splinter Cell 3:Chaos Theory.
I plan to get The Great Escape and Hitman 2-I love the stealth genre of evey other genre.
Not to mention its got the RICHEST story in any game with romance,action,thriller,horror and sadness.

BYE:
PS:
Has anyone else played Snake Eater-well i`m looking for another game like it-PLEASE TELL ME if there is one.
Here is what i hope it has.
1)ACTION/STEALTH ACTION.
2)ROMANCE-SO IT SHOULD HAVE A WOMAN IN IT(Like EVA,As my friend Daniel likes that!
3)A GOOD STORYLINE!

MGS3 has all these so i am hoping another game has this and please let it not be TOO Sci-Fi(just as much as Snake Eater,nothing like Star Wars or Horror).
If there is please make a review and tell me!

Very Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is sooo much fun! I highly recommend it. It was a blast to play from beginning to end. The only thing I found wrong with it was the camera angles, but the remake Subsistence I hear fixed that problem by giving you a third person perspective. But sneaking through the jungle and takin out the bad guys was so cool! The graphics of gameplay were amazing as well as the cinematic cutscenes. When watching cutscenes, be sure to hold R1 button when prompted at the top right of your screen. It gives you a different scene to watch temporarily during cinematics. For example, if you see Snake looking through binoculars, you won't see what he is looking at without holding R1 when prompted to do so. If you enjoy shooters and jungle themes, then go get this game. You won't regret it!

why?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: December 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

ok i got this game for christmas and was really looking foward to playing it, then i played it and was i dissapointed, whats up with the overhead camera view it sucks, ruins the whole game, they should of just stoped at metal gear solid 2.anyone want a free game, cause i would feel bad charging someone for a cheap ass game.

This "Snake" guy is a babe

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is the best ever!! It's got everyting, or should I say, Snake's got everything!! I'm going to be completely honest. My brother bought this game, and when I saw him playing as Solid Snake, I immediately became attracted. The only reason I gave this stupid game 4 stars is because Snake takes his shirt off. Yeah, baby!! He's HOT !!! I just wish he would take off his shirt more often, though!! So this game is for other girls like me who like to see nothing but sweaty, hot video game guys. Boo yah !!!

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