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The "substance" is nothing more or less than a collection of disconnected additions to the core game Sons of Liberty, which remains unchanged from its original release: you play as Solid Snake in stealthy espionage/assault missions, infiltrating the lairs of bad guys to take down nuclear-powered bipedal creations called Metal Gears. Snake has all kinds of tricks up his sleeves: high tech weapons, the ability to sneak around undetected--he can even flip over the side of a railing to hide (a "Grip Meter" counts down, increasing the tension and making you pray the enemy walks away). Both a boon and a detriment to the game is its reliance on cinematic scenes to further the convoluted plot. They're well-rendered and professionally done, but you'll seemingly find yourself spending more time watching the game than playing it.
Substance is worthwhile for anyone who doesn't already own Sons of Liberty. That goes double for Xbox and GameCube fans, because the game looks much better on those consoles than it did on PS2. For those who've already played the original, this reissue just doesn't add enough, pardon me, substance, to merit purchasing it again. --Bob Andrews
Pros:
- New modes and missions
- Graphics improvements on Xbox and GameCube
- Skateboard mode on PS2
- New content too sparse for players who already have the original game.
| PLATFORM: | PlayStation2 |
| AGE GROUP: | 17 years and up, 17 years and up |
| CATEGORY: | Video Games |
| MANUFACTURER: | Konami |
| ESRB RATING: | Mature |
| MEDIA: | Video Game |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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| UPC: | 083717200512 |
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Customer Reviews of Metal Gear Solid 2:Substance
Good update to MGS2:"Sons of Liberty" but RARE! If you don`t have MGS2:Sons Of Liberty and want to play MGS2,just go for this one;Substance,afterall it contains the entire Sons Of Liberty game along with a couple of extras: <
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>*Entire "Sons Of Liberty" game(main game)-rated 9/10 <
>*VR Missions(digital-style mini-missions)-7/10 <
>*Snake Tales(All the games boss fights which star Solid Snake)-7/10 <
>*SNAKEboarding mode(Raiden/Snake on a skateboard)-7/10 <
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>Its a good update and all,But its nowhere near as good as Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater`s update "Subsistence" as you get much more worthy contents,the main game "Snake Eater" has a new low angle 3D camera,MG1 and MG2,Online play,secret theater and demo theater modes-all for only 30$. <
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>Only buy Substance if you don`t own MGS2,if you own Sons Of Liberty,than you can live without Substance. <
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This isn't really a sequal
This is more like the conclusion of mgs 2:sons of liberty.what i mean by that is its pretty much the hole story with alot of extras but if you already have the original copy then yes this still worth buying but i might suggest selling the original.Unless you like colect or somethin like that but this is a great add to the series.
Classic MGS
I think the best way to approach a massively hyped up game like MGS2, is to ignore the hype. I know people who bought this game and were really dissapointed, basically because they had been lead to believe it was going to be the best thing ever. I however was completely amazed by this game, it was a big surprise and it is definetely one of my favourite games of all time.
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>I owned MGS1 for the PS1, and to be honest thought it was a little over-rated, it was a great game, but people claiming it to be the best game ever, made me anticipate too much from it. I went into MGS2 not expecting too much, but I was completely blown away by the game. Great additions were the aiming in first person, which meant much greater accuracy when shooting, and generally the gameplay is superb. Collecting the Dog Tags was also a great addition, and adds longevity to the game (I have completed it about 10 times), the boss battles are also amazing, though there are fewer than the other games in the series. In particular the battles with the harrier, Vamp and the final bosses are great. So far so good, in fact there is very little wrong with the game, I only have two minor problems. Firstly you don't get to play as Snake enough, only a slight problem but Raiden is a bit of an (...), and most people agree Snake should have been the main playable character. The biggest problem though is the plot.
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>Up until about an hour from the end of the game the plot maves along nicely, with a couple of nice twists along the way, then it all goes to pieces. There is a ridiculously long cut scene (about an hour), near the end where you lose all idea of what is going on. I wont explain it here, mainly because I cant, I have completed the game loads of times and still can barely comprehend it now. The good thing is, when you have completed the game once you can skip the cut scenes, and you will want to at the end. While I did eventually grasp the plot at the end, it was just stupid, and were I reviewing this game out of 10, it would only get 9, just because of the plot.
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>Luckily for Hideo Kojima, the daft plot doesn't ruin this as a gaming experience, it is a fantastic game and highly recommended to any gaming fan. This review is not of the Substance version, but for some reason I can't find the original PS2 version on Amazon anywhere.