Raymond Benson's second novel based on Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid franchise is out. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty the novel follows where the first novel ended. Following the Shadow Moses Incident, Solid Snake and Otacon now members of The Philanthropy, an anti-Metal Gear organization, head to the Hudson River to investigate the possible existence of a new Metal Gear. Their mission is simple, to prove the existence of the nuclear equipped walking battle tank and blow out the news to the media. Is it going to be that simple? Find out more about Snake's sneaking journey with this 320 pages novel.
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I'd put Street Fighter 2 over 3. 2 and all its different versions dominated the arcade scene back in the day in a way that 3 never did.
Ms Pacman?
Robotron?
SSF2 Turbo over 3 simply by the 10000000000's ports of the game we're still having
Castlevania SOTN?
Zelda Link to the Past over Wind Waker
Super Mario Bros 3?
Chrono Trigger?
Resident evil4?
COD MW2 (the original)?
Uncharted 2
Metal Gear Solid?
Here's my reasoning for all of them versus the list proposed in the article.
They are still quite enjoyable from start to finish on their original platform, unlike some Wind Waker or Okami that are fun when you play the remastered version (unless you call: forced to watch a 20-minute cutscene or have to blow for wind chance constantly fun).
Some of them are the pinnacle of what the console could do (MGS, Chrono, MGS)
Lots of them are still considered the go-to-go game for their genre.
It’s been 20+ years since the time that gave us Mulholland Drive and “Bootylicious”, meaning this look at the best games of 2001 is going to make some of you feel very old very quickly.
Must. Read.
hmmm...
I'm to lazy/busy to actually sit down and read a full book these days.
I remember having read all the background stories in MGS2, including the very long but fascinating story of [SPOILER] that kind of journalist that decides to go to Shadow Moses disguised as a giant tuna [/SPOILER].
So It wont hurt to read a 320 pages book if it actually brings something new to the game or the overall story.
I read the first book, and won't be reading the second. The author turned snake into a real cornball (in the first chapter, snake says "Merry Christmas" before he knocks out a guard. Snake isn't a bad b-movie action star...