metal gear solid 2 has a much better gameplay loop than the first despite being relatively the same, it just feels a lot more refined and less like a tool to get the story from one point to another; there's still definitely improvements i'd like to see moving forward but this was definitely a massive improvement in that department.

the story was extremely solid too, it may have gotten a little hard to follow in the latter half but that's probably a dig at me more than the game itself. raiden grew on me and so did all of the new characters introduced, as well as some old friends. the note it ended on was way too real for a video game, man; some real existential shit thatwill stick with me for a long time. one of the most unique ways of conveying a point in this medium probably. generally a very solid game, definitely a certified classic. can't wait for snake eater.

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metal gear solid 2 has a much better gameplay loop than the first despite being relatively the same, it just feels a lot more refined and less like a tool to get the story from one point to another; there's still definitely improvements i'd like to see moving forward but this was definitely a massive improvement in that department.

the story was extremely solid too, it may have gotten a little hard to follow in the latter half but that's probably a dig at me more than the game itself. raiden grew on me and so did all of the new characters introduced, as well as some old friends. the note it ended on was way too real for a video game, man; some real existential shit thatwill stick with me for a long time. one of the most unique ways of conveying a point in this medium probably. generally a very solid game, definitely a certified classic. can't wait for snake eater.

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it's alright, no clue if this was made for console or pc but the pc version felt kinda sloppily thrown together, shittily mixed audio, bugged animations, sometimes sequences would fail to start so i'd have to reset to the last checkpoint, was pretty annoying. the gunplay feels pretty nice and the levels were fun occasionally.

the narrative was a big whatever to me, felt like a decent call of duty campaign at best; feels like they could've done a lot more with the unique setting of the nazis winning WW2 but it kinda felt like a story i'd seen play out a billion times before, BJ is a really cool protagonist however.

i might play the new colossus but idk if it'd be any time soon, maybe if i'm itching for more fun action shooter stuff.