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11 Years Later Metal Gear Solid Still Amazes - PSI Retro Review

From PSI;

"In some ways, Kojima's first 3-D endeavor with Solid Snake is his best because it has a very bare bones storytelling presentation. The cinematic flair and the over-the-top drama that ended up plaguing MGS2 and MGS4, in particular, is absent. The story is still flawed because some of the plot twists are telegraphed too easily and don't stand up very well upon inspection (mostly with the DARPA chief), but the basic story arc is very consistent and is able to get the point across without grandstanding too much."
9 / 10
Blaze929 - contributor
Published: 144 days 10 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Sony PSP | Arcade
 
 

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Whiskers - 144 days 10 hours ago
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Poor Kojima,Rising will tarnish the MGS name forever
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Cthulhu - 144 days 10 hours ago
1.1 - Burn!
It happened way before with games like Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Acid, Metal Gear TOUCH and Portable OPS.

Splinter Cell obliterated the Metal Gear franchise, and can't wait for Conviction, which is likely to surpass the best stealth game of all time: Chaos Theory.
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TheHater - 144 days 10 hours ago
1.2 - @Cthulhu
"Splinter Cell obliterated the Metal Gear franchise"?
In terms of what?

Story? MGS has a better story

Graphics? Depend if you like the SC graphic style more than the MGS graphic style

Gameplay? LOL... not contest, MGS Gameplay is greater than SC?

Boss Battle? No boss battle in SC

Unforgettable characters? Again, MGS got this one

So what exactly do SC got on MGS, Cthulhu?
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Cthulhu - 144 days 10 hours ago
1.3 - Let's burn this kid too
Sure, I get your point. If you are a 12 years old who dreams about being a super agent and watches Cody Banks movies, then yes, Metal Gear is the best franchise thanks to its cheesy characters, cheesy storyline, etc.

If you are an adult who is into the Tom Clancy's storylines and enjoys hard, sophisticated and realistic stealth action, then the Splinter Cell franchise is for you and puts Kojima's fiction to absolute shame.

And don't even start talking about graphics, LOL. Chaos Theory on Xbox 1 looks nearly as good as MGS4 on PS3.
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Cthulhu - 144 days 10 hours ago
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Oh, in MGS4 you play as an old, walking corpse, in Conviction you play as a badass. I guess that's only one of the reasons why SCC is going to sell about 3 times what MGS4 sold in America (barely 1m.)
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solidosito - 144 days 10 hours ago
1.5 - Who is the kid
man enjoy "the game", is not real life and if you want to be so mature go and join the army.
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AntoineDcoolette - 144 days 7 hours ago
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Splinter Cell obliterated MGS? That's funny when I first got into PS2 and Xbox I felt Splinter Cell was a half assed, empty, unimaginative, un-passionate rip off of Metal Gear Solid franchise and I was introduced to both at the same time.
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iamtehpwn - 144 days 7 hours ago
1.7 - I'm sorry but to me
MGS1 still, and always be the very best Metal Gear Solid.
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gambare - 144 days 7 hours ago
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"Splinter Cell obliterated the Metal Gear franchise, and can't wait for Conviction, which is likely to surpass the best stealth game of all time: Chaos Theory."

sorry but.... NO SC is great but MGS series are far more deep
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Tarasque - 144 days 7 hours ago
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Well i think the original MG on the NES was the best time i had out of the series.
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blind-reaper - 144 days 7 hours ago
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For Kojima's sake I hope not... but I do fear
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Obama - 144 days 7 hours ago
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"realistic stealth action"

LOL I didn't know in real life Night Google emit green light which conveniently reveal your location to your enemies. Did you even watch the Conviction trailer? He sneaked up and chocked an enemy from behind and said to the others: what happens next is up to you. SO REALISTIC imao.
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Reshun - 144 days 6 hours ago
1.12 - Relax Cthulhu
You can just say both games got their own unique touch to it. "Chaos Theory on Xbox 1 looks nearly as good as MGS4 on PS3." I don't think you really needed to go that far.
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HQLocated111 - 144 days 6 hours ago
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I'll LOL when Splinter Cell gets 7.5 from every major gaming website. Then what's the excuse gonna be? "Oh well it's better than any PS3 exclusive." "Wait for Alan Wake that's going to be the best!"
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Transporter47 - 144 days 6 hours ago
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don't compare Metal Gear to Splinter Cell, guys come on, 2 different kind of games seriously, but i do prefer Metal Gear hands down, Splinter Cell is okay too :P, but please Metal Gear = Epic Forever, Splinter Cell = something i played a long time ago.... who here thinks the first Splinter Cell was more epic then the first Metal Gear and if you do, Your a Fool!!!
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Lifendz - 144 days 5 hours ago
1.15 - Amazing
I see so much made on here about Sony fanboys and yet nothing is said about MS fanboys like CTHULHU. Seriously, an Xbox 1 games looks nearly as good as MGS4? Wow. That's beyond being a fanboy; that's just insane.
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caladbolg777 - 144 days 4 hours ago
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Don't feed the troll. De-bubble him. Report him. Ignore him. Walk away.

When he creates another mule account, do the same to it.
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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 144 days 4 hours ago
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Xbox fanboys don't make sense anymore. They go as far as saying an xbox 1 game looking as good as MGS4? How is that possible if no game on the 360 looks as good as MGS4? Beyond stupidity.
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Blacktigra - 144 days 4 hours ago
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http://www.metacritic.com/g... SC1 Score 93

http://www.metacritic.com/g... MGS1 94

http://www.metacritic.com/g... Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Score 93

http://www.metacritic.com/g... Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Score 96

http://www.metacritic.com/g... Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Score 94

http://www.metacritic.com/g... Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 91

http://www.metacritic.com/g... Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent Score 89 IGN= 9 http://xbox360.ign.com/arti...

http://www.metacritic.com/g... Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Score 94 IGN= 10 http://ps3.ign.com/articles... First 10 for an exclusive since Soul Caliber 1

MGS Series Sales estimated at 22 Million(PS1.PS2,PS3 sales included)
SC series Sales estimated at 12 Million(PS2,PC,XBOX,XBOX 360,PS3,WII Gamecube sales included)
Its obvious which series the public and reviewers like more. Now im not saying SC isnt good by any means.Pandora's tomorrow is one of my favorite games,but most people's opinion is that MGS is better.
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TheBlackSmoke - 143 days 23 hours ago
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Splinter Cell = hide in shadow...wait....hide in next shadow....wait....hide in next shadow.... wait

Pre scripted "AI", context sensitive stealth moments, shadow = invisible..... no wonder you simple minded people like it so much.

Also this is a mgs1 psn review, stay on topic
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Redempteur - 143 days 19 hours ago
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metal gear solid 2 and metal gear solid portable ops destroy ANY splinter cell game with their story and presentation .

splinter cell conviction might be good but it's the only one that LOOK LIKE a tom clancy game ... i'm saddened it took so many tries for ubisoft to get it right ...
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Valkyre - 143 days 17 hours ago
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Haha poor little Cthulu , is comparing MGS with Spliner shlt... haha ... keep going little twat , you amuse me so much!
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callahan09 - 143 days 16 hours ago
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@Cthulu: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory has better graphics than MGS4? Get outta here, you can't possibly believe that.
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cmrbe - 144 days 10 hours ago
2 - I still have my original
PS1 game disc. Replayed it leading up to MGS4 launch last year and i must say that it's still as good as most current gen games minus the graphics offcourse.

MGS was ahead of its time. Story telling and gameplay wise it was way ahead of other PS1 games.

MGS stil has the most original boss fight ever in games with Mantis being the best imo.
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solidosito - 144 days 10 hours ago
3 - METAL GEAR SOLID Rules
"The best of the best", best history telling, best boss fighting, and best Charismatic characters.
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arsenal55 - 144 days 10 hours ago
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need to go buy this naoooo.

Cthulhu - you fail
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zootang - 144 days 10 hours ago
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the funny thing is cthulthu has probably never played MGS and another thing you sound a little insecure, why are you here? Go play splinter cell!
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Cthulhu - 144 days 10 hours ago
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I played MGS when I was 10 years old and thought it was badass (OMG, Fighting with my brother semi-naked on top of a metal gear trying to save Meryl was da best thing evar!!).

I played MGS again 10 years later and felt ashamed for thinking that it was good back when it got released.
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meatnormous - 144 days 3 hours ago
5.2 - So you were 10 yrs old when you played MGS
And yet on your second comment you call others young for liking MGS over SC. I was 17 when MGS released and thought the story was great and the gameplay was innovative. The last SC I played was Double Agent and it glitched up really bad at certain points, especially when I fought the guy on the boat that drops fire blowing up the ship. I never experienced a glitch in a MGS game and I have played them all.
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jams_shop - 143 days 21 hours ago
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A LIVING LEGEND - 144 days 10 hours ago
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'The most merciful thing in the world.........is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity and it was not meant that we should voyage far'. -H.P. Lovecraft,Call of Cthulhu.
Think on it my Cthonian friend.Splinter Cell>MGS?? You are a special case but entitled to your opinion.........however I must respectfuly disagree.=)
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Too_Hyped - 144 days 10 hours ago
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nice post, but this retard (which is probably PP's new account by the way) won't understand half of it :))
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onanie - 144 days 6 hours ago
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Nice post, legend.
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MGL_Gamer - 144 days 6 hours ago
6.3 - What is PP?!
.........
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akaFullMetal - 144 days 5 hours ago
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you dont know who pp is??? you must be new
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steck67 - 144 days 5 hours ago
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PP was this very unintelligent xbox fanboy that everyone hated even other xbox fanboys. If you want to know how stupid he sounded just read Cthulhus' post's as an example.
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A LIVING LEGEND - 144 days 9 hours ago
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I thought I would try..........oh well,cant win em all lol =)
Who is PP?
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ThatCanadianguy420 - 144 days 7 hours ago
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This was the game that made me a hardcore gamer.

When i broke my first neck in MGS, i waved goodbye to mario forever..
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xxBATTLECATxx - 144 days ago
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ditto
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GEESE - 144 days 7 hours ago
9 - Was awesome in MGS4 when Snake was dreaming
And you played that sequence from MGS, full ps1 gfx an all!
I got the chills from nostalgia!!
Then snake wakes up...amazing moment.
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oldskoolgamer - 144 days 3 hours ago
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agreed

*wipes tear*
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solsub - 144 days 7 hours ago
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"Chaos Theory on Xbox 1 looks nearly as good as MGS4 on PS3."

Oh Cthulhu... you deserve to be hung by your esophagus for this statement alone.
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akenny01 - 144 days 6 hours ago
11 - Cthulhu
well there are fanboys and there are fanboys, but i dont know what you are? is it , , a twat ?? STFU
Splinter cell is a effin rip off, wannabe mgs, so stfu n00b
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cheezman21 - 144 days 6 hours ago
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Splinter Cell > Metal Gear.

Kojima has been ripping off Splinter Cell since Splinter Cell one. You guys dont know good games when you see them. Metal Gear Solid ps1 9/10? Are you guys smoking crack?
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thebudgetgamer - 144 days 6 hours ago
12.1 - you do know there was no such thing as splinter cell when the first mgs was made right?
if anything its a ripp off of snake plisken, but you will probably bash anything sony wont ya?

:)
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dogmeat eater - 144 days 5 hours ago
12.2 - your such a fool
ha
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kazan - 144 days 4 hours ago
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this guy must be < 11yrs old LOL (hint)
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callahan09 - 143 days 16 hours ago
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First of all, there really aren't that many similarities between Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. Bosses, story, characters, and even the stealth mechanics are all completely different in MGS than in Splinter Cell. Second of all, the first two Metal Gear Solid games were already out before the first Splinter Cell game was out. And the first Metal Gear Solid game to be released AFTER the first Splinter Cell, MGS3: Snake Eater, was quite unique, and not even close to being a rip-off of Splinter Cell. It wasn't about lurking in shadows, it had a complex camo system. Saying that Kojima has been ripping off Splinter Cell is just wrong, it's not even up to argument or opinion.
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mt - 144 days 6 hours ago
13 - woow
"Kojima has been ripping off Splinter Cell since Splinter Cell one."
you win the most funny comment of the month.
kojima is the one who set the par for stealth games by MGS . and he also still rising the par of the story telling of the video gaming .

just wait for peace maker you will see what i mean when he set new par for storytelling. and best shocking moments.
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dogmeat eater - 144 days 5 hours ago
14 - they should of let the MGS series rest in peace after MGS4
MGS is probably the best video game series ever. But I think its time to stop it all together. Rising sounds like its going to milk the series. I hope kojima focuses his work on another epic game series instead of the MGS franchise.
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