Suffers heavily from a rushed development cycle and sections which are completely pointless in hindsight but the characters pull through to make it worth it

It's the first in the series so naturally it has a few growing pains but the writing still holds up amazingly to this day

The textbook definition of a perfect sequel, improve on the original in every way, add great new characters and expand on the ones previously introduced, refine the gameplay systems to be more user friendly, just a masterpiece of a game

Almost as good of a finale as MGS4 with excellent new additions to the cast which expand on the world but the pacing can struggle at times which is why it isn't quite a 10