3/10
Just Play The Demo and Leave This In The Shops.
21 June 2006
***Tip: Have It Read To You, Heres How***

1) Copy And Paste This To Notepad (NOT WORD) 2) Go To. START>ALL PROGRAMS>ACCESSORIES>ACCESSABILTY>NARRATOR

When I played the demo to MGS2: Sons Of Liberty I was really looking forward to playing the full game. I thought that the graphics were perfect, the way the rain would distort the lights on the oil tanker, the voice acting was just as good as MSG1 with both Snake and Otacons friendly banter and the character movements looks awesome.

The demo would allow for me to play up to the first boss fight and then would end, little did I know that thats about all I get to play as with snake, thinking that when I got the full game that I would be able to explore more into the tanker, maybe get off the tanker and look around a new destination with Snake. When I looked at the box, all that I could see was Snake, it was him on the front, screen shots of him on the back in the rain and information about how SNAKE IS BACK. This was really only bait, you don't play as Snake but as a different character called Jack (Code Name Raiden).

It would not have been as bad if I knew that I was going to be Raiden but the developers decided not to let on to this until I owned the game.

About the full game; well once you get past the tanker everything changes, the graphics become dull and lifeless with horrible orange walls in every part of the oil rig and then there is the storyline.

What i liked about the Tanker was that the cut scenes and radio comms were short and sweet, not anymore they ain't. Every time I entered a new part of the oil rig there would be a cut scene showing me where all the enemies were, followed by a 15 minute lecture about how to tackle them, this don't just happen once but every time for the first 15 minutes of the game and every time a new enemy comes into the game.

This game is also heavily bogged down with unnecessary radio comms, for example when you first open the door on the oil rig you see a lone guard recovering from some kind of an attack, this frightens our hero who then runs into the corner (The Computer Will Take Control Of The Character) and rings the commander;

"Colonel, I've spotted an enemy, what should I do" "Raiden, Engage the enemy" This will always be repeated with a questioning tone "Engage the enemy?" "Yes, Engage the enemy" "How should I best do this?" "Well..." and about 20 minutes later you get back to the game.

Bad, but not half as bad as when his girlfriend pops up with more ear bending.

"Jack, Do you remember when we first met" "Jack, Do you know what to day is" or "Why don't we talk anymore"

Jezz, Its seems to me they do nothing but talk. During major operations do elite soldiers have to put up with this sort of thing I mean;

"Sir, I've found the bomb" "Jack, did you take the bins out" or "Your always to busy to talk to me"

This is bad but Raiden complains more to his girlfriend like when he asks about seeing him kill someone.

"Rose, I've just killed someone, ain't you gonna say something" "No" "Taking a human life is....Blah Blah Blah"

And this sort of thing goes on. I thought this game would be worth buying just for the storyline but it is not, mainly down to the fact that the story is to hard to follow after the many U-turns the game makes. I've clocked it about three times and I still can't make head nor tail of it.

Your better off playing Pac-Man, at least that games story line was easier to follow, and Ms. Pac-Man didn't keep popping up asking Mr. Pac-Man about if he knew when their wedding anniversary is.
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