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User Rating: 9.7 | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Mega Hits!) PS2
Easily the most anticipated videogame yet, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, is a game that will crush all opposition. The first Metal Gear Solid on the PSOne proved to be one of the greatest videogame releases ever. Its amazing story that combined intriguing dialogue and incredible plot twists was one aspect that made MGS such a deep and memorable adventure. Metal Gear Solid was an epic, an epic of immense proportions that was fully recognized by the media and public alike. While some may claim Zelda: Ocarina of Time was the best game of the last era, I strongly object, as I don't really find visual rehashes of the same story worth of my praise. Simply put, the best game of the 32/64-bit era had to have been either Final Fantasy VII or Metal Gear Solid. Some may say Final Fantasy, others MGS. But one thing's for sure, both games were equally and nearly perfect pieces of coding. The plot development was something remarkably high in Metal Gear Solid. The characters such as Meryl, Otacon and especially Naomi all had very detailed and yet interesting lives. Finding out who "Master Miller" really is, was probably the most classic "oh man, how couldn't I have spotted that before" moment. It almost felt like the ending of Sixth Sense. Even though we don't know much about Snake, that's the beauty of excellent character development. The hidden and unseen appreciate being unknown. Metal Gear Solid wasn't like any game I've played before. No game, shared the elements that made Metal Gear Solid what it is today. Perhaps the espionage factor had to do the most in terms of setting the game's atmosphere, but I believe that the incredible setting of Alaska played an important role as well.
