Metal Gear Solid 2 is an execptional game with great gameplay, great music and a story that throws you for a loop.
Metal Gear Solid 2 takes every aspect from the fisrt game and reuses it yet adds gameplay mechanics in this one that are better such as a first person veiw, and being albe to selthfully pass any enemy by hang over the ledge. The game adds some uniqueness as you must go around and deactivate bombs while avoiding enemies it can be a nusanse but its fun. Metal Gear Solid 2 only adds on what the first on built and continues to add unique boss fights to the game. Not only that but you have more obtions to hide of course there is still the hide in the box.
Metal Gear Solid 2 has a great story just like the first one did. taking place after the events on Shadow Moses, snake is called in to take pictures of the new Metal Gear, but things go to crap when Ocolet Revolver shows and and frames Snake and sets him up as a terrorist. a couple years Later Raiden is called into the Big Shell to hunt down and destroy Metal Gear only being trained in VR through a complete replica of Shadow Moses he went through. Not to Mention the group Dead Cell has its own agenda, and the president does not appear to be who he seems. The Russians are also after Metal Gear and things look grim for Raiden. He meets a solider named Plistkin who helps him out. What is going on what is the secret of the new Metal Gear, its just one thing after another.
If you have not played Metel Gear Solid then by golly do so, buy the HD remakes coming to the PS3, Metal Gear Solid is one of the most popular games from Japan for a reason and Hideo Kojima is an amazing developer. Metal Gear Solid series has struck its way to my favorites and 2 perhaps one of my favorite games. 9.5/10