23rd November 2004, 10:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 23rd November 2004, 11:14 PM by OB1.)
19 hours, 29 minutes, and 37 seconds. That's how long it took me to complete Metal Gear Solid 3. And what do I have to say about it?
WOW. Wow. Wow. Wow. Holy fucking wow.
I just beat the best damn game of the year (well, I still have to finish Prime 2, so it may be a bit too early to tell right now). I just beat the second best PS2 game ever, and one of my favorite games of all-time. Only topped by ICO in terms of artistic magnificence, and only topped by ICO in having the most emotionally satisfying ending a video game has ever had. ...No wait--scratch that. It's one of the most emotionally satisfying endings I have ever witnessed, be it from a game, movie, book, whatever. The sheer joy you'll feel at the ending of the game will bring tears to your eyes. It almost did for me.
Throughout most of the game I found the story to be pretty pedestrian for a Metal Gear game, but the last hour or so changed all of that, and really changed the way I look at the entire game story. It's not as wonderfully insane as MGS2's storyline is, and in that respect MGS2 is still very unique. It does explain the backstory of the main MGS2 plots, though it still leaves a few things unexplained for MGS4. There is a lot of closure in the game, both in terms of plot and emotion and it does feel like the trilogy is complete, though MGS4 is definitely needed. It makes me want MGS4 more than just about anything else (save Wanda), and I pray that it comes out as soon as possible.
MGS3 is the culmination of everything Hideo Kojima has learned about game design, and it's one of the best games ever created. I sincerely hope that he continues to make more Metal Gear games because is it his child, and only he can make a game like MGS3.
Any questions? :D
WOW. Wow. Wow. Wow. Holy fucking wow.
I just beat the best damn game of the year (well, I still have to finish Prime 2, so it may be a bit too early to tell right now). I just beat the second best PS2 game ever, and one of my favorite games of all-time. Only topped by ICO in terms of artistic magnificence, and only topped by ICO in having the most emotionally satisfying ending a video game has ever had. ...No wait--scratch that. It's one of the most emotionally satisfying endings I have ever witnessed, be it from a game, movie, book, whatever. The sheer joy you'll feel at the ending of the game will bring tears to your eyes. It almost did for me.
Throughout most of the game I found the story to be pretty pedestrian for a Metal Gear game, but the last hour or so changed all of that, and really changed the way I look at the entire game story. It's not as wonderfully insane as MGS2's storyline is, and in that respect MGS2 is still very unique. It does explain the backstory of the main MGS2 plots, though it still leaves a few things unexplained for MGS4. There is a lot of closure in the game, both in terms of plot and emotion and it does feel like the trilogy is complete, though MGS4 is definitely needed. It makes me want MGS4 more than just about anything else (save Wanda), and I pray that it comes out as soon as possible.
MGS3 is the culmination of everything Hideo Kojima has learned about game design, and it's one of the best games ever created. I sincerely hope that he continues to make more Metal Gear games because is it his child, and only he can make a game like MGS3.
Any questions? :D