MGS3

[PBH]

Metal Gears are The most sucessful tactical espionage games put out on the market. Does this one carry the reputation? I certainly think so and this is one of the best games to come out on ps2 this year.

 

[Rostam]

Errr you have it? If so, please share some more thoughts, information and opinions.

 

[Vega-don]

please test it

i have still not digested GTA san andreas.
i think ill be able to buy a new game in 1year, when ill finish san andreas

 

[PBH]

I absolutely love the fact that it’s set in the Cold War era. That adds to the plot immensely and makes it obvious from the start that Solid Snake couldn’t live 40 years or so in the past. With that said the next thing I will like to tackle is the weapons. Amazingly modeled weapons that pertain to that era make killing enemies a synch. The new feature that I think makes the game different from the last and better in many ways is that on almost all weapons even rifles you can use iron sights. In the last one you could but you couldn’t bring the m4 to your face which irritated me. Now you can use the m16 and AK goodness with precision. The newest feature which makes the game unique from almost all other games is the use of camouflage! The amounts of camos and settings are nicely textured and make the stealth in this game more intense that before. Crawling into logs or going into the wilderness at dark with black camo, finding enemies and creeping up on them with a knife is the greatest feeling anyone can and should be able to feel. You can also interrogate your prey to learn valuable information.

The only thing that I do not like is the enemy bosses. They seem to be derived from past ideas. That is my only complaint.

 

[TheShiningWizard]

Do you get to spend an hour listening to stupid shit for every 10 minutes of actual gameplay?

 

[OICW]

It won't come out here until March Hopefully the plot won't be spoilt for me before then.

Anyway, one thing I've noticed is that in the E3 2003 trailer, when the iron sights were shown in it, there was no field of field zoom, but there is in the E3 2004 trailer. I'm not a big fan of zooming with iron sights to be honest. Is it very distracting ingame? Also, do you get to carry a PKM machinegun (I recall seeing it in the E3 2004 trailer as well)?

 

[PBH]

There isn't a zoom feature that I'm aware of. The irons are as real as it gets. As for the PKM I'm not sure what that is. You can carry a m60 if thats it or maybe I just havent found the PKM yet.

Nathan by **** do you mean amazing plot and nice cg's? This time around they try to blend the cutscenes with gameplay.

Oh did I mention that you can man stationary guns like turrets and 50.'s. Their irons are awsome...

 

[DEFkon]

worth a free rental i guess =)

 

[OICW]

PBH- really? In the E3 2004 trailer, there's a scene in the E3 2004 trailer where Snake uses a M16A1 and when he raises it into the iron sights position, his FOV is zoomed in In that trailer, there's a scene with a DshK emplacement where the first-person view mode shows its iron sights (unzoomed) but then the player zooms them in with them whilst shooting the enemies.

Interesting, thanks for that.

 

[Sterno]

Didnt realize that this game was already out. I loved the other metal gears and after watching the trailer for this one it looks like it will be the best yet.

While I have a ps2, any word on if it will be coming out on pc?

 

[Arethusa]

Is the voice acting as horrendous as it was in the E3 trailers? Or at least an option for the original Japanese?

 

[PBH]

I doubt It will come out on pc. As for the voice acting I didn't see the E3's so I couldn't comment. I didn't seem to mind the voices either, they all seemed to fit the character they were portraying. Sorry for spelling.