30th March 2005, 4:45 PM
There's an absolute shedload in MGS2's storyline that is not just 'presented' to you, that you need to go searching for.
Hell, the game came with a separate menu option which was a 1XX (can't remember the exact number) page novel, detailing, and enhancing the storyline from the original game from another characters perspective. Then, through twists in the storyline, you found out even more ways, some quite subtle, that the story intertwined with MGS2. It really enhanced the stories of both games.
Oh, and you couldn't possibly know what the biggest of MGS2's philosophical questions are. Or at the very least, understand it. Almost all of his most profound and thoughtprovoking questions are raised in the final few cutscenes.
And certainly, Hideo's way of telling stories was far from perfect. Watching a 45 minute cut-scene in a game (surrounded by a lot of 5+, 10+ 20+ cutscenes), while I found it utterly rivetting, is not everyones idea of a perfect balance of gameplay and storytelling. Regardless, the story was simply amazing.
I haven't played Torment, but it's a game I always wish I had played. I've heard nothing but great things about it. :)
Hell, the game came with a separate menu option which was a 1XX (can't remember the exact number) page novel, detailing, and enhancing the storyline from the original game from another characters perspective. Then, through twists in the storyline, you found out even more ways, some quite subtle, that the story intertwined with MGS2. It really enhanced the stories of both games.
Oh, and you couldn't possibly know what the biggest of MGS2's philosophical questions are. Or at the very least, understand it. Almost all of his most profound and thoughtprovoking questions are raised in the final few cutscenes.
And certainly, Hideo's way of telling stories was far from perfect. Watching a 45 minute cut-scene in a game (surrounded by a lot of 5+, 10+ 20+ cutscenes), while I found it utterly rivetting, is not everyones idea of a perfect balance of gameplay and storytelling. Regardless, the story was simply amazing.
I haven't played Torment, but it's a game I always wish I had played. I've heard nothing but great things about it. :)
If i had a dollar for every time i ran out of hair in the middle of a spoon making contest id only eat your children with a side of slaw and THOSE ARENT PILLOWS!!