I HAS IMPORTANT NEWS a.k.a FUCK YEAH!
Jun. 1st, 2008 01:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I got a bit worked up during this post so I'll cut it, so that people who can actually be bothered to read my randomness... can...
Okay so a while ago I bought Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, mostly because dantes_girlgot it and I was like "Hey, I wanna try that." I remember MGS1 after waching my Dad play it years ago on PS1. The bit I remember most is one time when Dad left the room, and almost immediately the bad guys started torturing Snake. You were supposed to mash the circle button and I tried to do so but I was using the wrong controller and when Dad returned, poor old Solid Snake was DEAD. Boy, Dad was pissed.
MGS2 is fuuuuun. Playing as Snake in the first bit is great and Otacon's 'proverbs' are incredibly amusing. He's a perv. Take a picture of a poster of a semi-nude girl, upload it to Otacon and he goes, "We can't use this... but I'll just, er, save this one." Raiden is... a prat. He's cute and adorable but he is A PRAT, though I love his appearance *protects his hair fromveiravx * AND BLOODY HELL ROSE. Jesus! She's so annoying! God she was always whinging:
Rose: Jack! You don't have anything in your bedroom?
Raiden: Er, no. I'm a cold and empty person, I'm HORRIBLE.
Rose: Don't you love me? (she asks this about 209381398 times throughout the game)
Raiden: You know I do!
And so on and so forth...
The Colonel's also a perv.
Raiden: *has just taken a picture of a view up a woman's skirt...*
Rose: JACK! I don't believe you!
Colonel: Rose, leave him alone.
Rose: But -
Colonel: Can it! Raiden, there are some things you can't do... but, er, keep that picture.
Raiden: Colonel?
Colonel: What?
Raiden: You... you weren't kidding.
Pliskin i.e. Solid Snake is awesome. I kept aiming my gun at him while he was asleep. Which was unwise though it was funny seeing him suddenly wake up and go "I wouldn't try that if I were you." Also, when he's back to his old self and gives Raiden the sword, I was a bit confused - I thought I was supposed to practise against Snake and ended up stabbing the poor guy. A lot. As you might expect, he wasn't pleased.
THAT REMINDS ME: NAKED CARTWHEELING RAIDEN FTW! He looks so STUPID running around with his hands covering his 'bits'. That was the most fun I've had in a while. A great bit is when you set off the alarm and then run back to Raiden's prison bit. A guard comes along to investigate, sees Raiden and mutters, "Wish I had that..."
Oh I've gone on a bit and I ain't done yet. MGS3!
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is FUCKING. AWESOME. I cannot begin to describe its awesomeness. The bosses - or the cobras - are an incredible amount of fun. Fighting The End was just... *shudder*. If you don't know, he's an old sniper. You have to explore a forest looking for him but if you just run round like an idiot, he'll spot you. And shoot the crap out of you. So you have to painstakingly crawl SO slowly and quietly, trying to find him. Using the directional microphone helped a lot. I was playing in my bedroom on my own with the lights out and it was utterly silent as I carefully swept the mic around... then I caught faint breathing and from time to time a whispered, "This... is the end..." As you get closer the volume of his breathing increases and in this way you approach him. If you're smart you get him from behind, which I did the second time. The first time I caught sight of him lying on a ledge so I took out my own sniper rifle, zoomed in on that guy's bald head and let rip. He was soon off and I gave very slow chase. The second time, I got the shotgun and blasted him. I lost him... er, because I chucked a stun grenade, forget why, and couldn't see anything for two minutes. I went off again to find him and settled upon a ledge with my trusty mic... slowly moved it round, holding my breath... then I hear The End's breathing... but footsteps too... so where is he off too? I followed the sound with the mic, trying to pinpoint his position... suddenly I hear him say, "I haven't had a battle like this in a long time..." Sounds like he is RIGHT next to me, so I unequip the mic, look up and FUCK he's RIGHT NEXT TO ME WITH A GUN AT MY HEAD. He shoots me...
...and the rest is silence. Okay, not actually because he only used a tranquilliser and I ended up in a prison cell. I had to get out of the cell, travel through a warehouse again and back into the forest before I could get that damned bastard. It was so tempting to just save and let him die of old age, but I'm nothing if not persistent and I tracked him down once more and this time got the job done. That one battle took me ages. Two minutes later, I'm sent climbing up a ladder for about five minutes while an echoing voice sings the theme tune at me. There aren't many games that do that to you. Just one example of how Metal Gear Solid really stands out from other games.
Another thing that makes it stand out: WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THE MAKERS? In MGS2 and 3, at least one of the bad guys is bisexual: Vamp in 2 and Volgin in 3. The hell? Although it amuses the hell out of me that one of Volgin's lovers (and Volgin is damn ugly) is a facsimile of Raiden. His name is Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov for god's sake. And according to Major Zero, Ivan is the Russian equivalent of John and a common nickname for John is Jack. (Konami: I see what you were doing thar!) Also, they also seem to have a thing about crotch-grabbing. Seriously. In MGS2, the president grabs Raiden to see if he's a robot. And then in 3, you get Raikov grabbing Snake if you're wearing the mask, and then Volgin grabs Snake and from this is able to tell that disguised Snake is NOT Raikov. So not the fact that his lips can't move then. There are some GREAT Codec moments though. This is one of my personal favourites:
"YOU should come inside the box. Then you'll know what I mean." I wouldn't mind getting in that box, Snake is too cool. 'Kay I'm gonna end my MGS3 fangasming... I just LOVE that game to bits, it's made of so much awesome. I'm currently locking up in a cell. I know how to get out though, some guy was waving a chalkboard with a frequency number on it behind The Boss's head. (I'm informed he was actually The Sorrow... that's what I thought.) Oh yeah, I heard that when you battle The Sorrow, there's a river full of the people you've killed and they try to get you... if that's true, I'm screwed. I kill EVERYONE. I interrogate them and then slit their throats.
dantes_girlgot it and I was like "Hey, I wanna try that." I remember MGS1 after waching my Dad play it years ago on PS1. The bit I remember most is one time when Dad left the room, and almost immediately the bad guys started torturing Snake. You were supposed to mash the circle button and I tried to do so but I was using the wrong controller and when Dad returned, poor old Solid Snake was DEAD. Boy, Dad was pissed. MGS2 is fuuuuun. Playing as Snake in the first bit is great and Otacon's 'proverbs' are incredibly amusing. He's a perv. Take a picture of a poster of a semi-nude girl, upload it to Otacon and he goes, "We can't use this... but I'll just, er, save this one." Raiden is... a prat. He's cute and adorable but he is A PRAT, though I love his appearance *protects his hair from
veiravx * AND BLOODY HELL ROSE. Jesus! She's so annoying! God she was always whinging:Rose: Jack! You don't have anything in your bedroom?
Raiden: Er, no. I'm a cold and empty person, I'm HORRIBLE.
Rose: Don't you love me? (she asks this about 209381398 times throughout the game)
Raiden: You know I do!
And so on and so forth...
The Colonel's also a perv.
Raiden: *has just taken a picture of a view up a woman's skirt...*
Rose: JACK! I don't believe you!
Colonel: Rose, leave him alone.
Rose: But -
Colonel: Can it! Raiden, there are some things you can't do... but, er, keep that picture.
Raiden: Colonel?
Colonel: What?
Raiden: You... you weren't kidding.
Pliskin i.e. Solid Snake is awesome. I kept aiming my gun at him while he was asleep. Which was unwise though it was funny seeing him suddenly wake up and go "I wouldn't try that if I were you." Also, when he's back to his old self and gives Raiden the sword, I was a bit confused - I thought I was supposed to practise against Snake and ended up stabbing the poor guy. A lot. As you might expect, he wasn't pleased.
THAT REMINDS ME: NAKED CARTWHEELING RAIDEN FTW! He looks so STUPID running around with his hands covering his 'bits'. That was the most fun I've had in a while. A great bit is when you set off the alarm and then run back to Raiden's prison bit. A guard comes along to investigate, sees Raiden and mutters, "Wish I had that..."
Oh I've gone on a bit and I ain't done yet. MGS3!
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is FUCKING. AWESOME. I cannot begin to describe its awesomeness. The bosses - or the cobras - are an incredible amount of fun. Fighting The End was just... *shudder*. If you don't know, he's an old sniper. You have to explore a forest looking for him but if you just run round like an idiot, he'll spot you. And shoot the crap out of you. So you have to painstakingly crawl SO slowly and quietly, trying to find him. Using the directional microphone helped a lot. I was playing in my bedroom on my own with the lights out and it was utterly silent as I carefully swept the mic around... then I caught faint breathing and from time to time a whispered, "This... is the end..." As you get closer the volume of his breathing increases and in this way you approach him. If you're smart you get him from behind, which I did the second time. The first time I caught sight of him lying on a ledge so I took out my own sniper rifle, zoomed in on that guy's bald head and let rip. He was soon off and I gave very slow chase. The second time, I got the shotgun and blasted him. I lost him... er, because I chucked a stun grenade, forget why, and couldn't see anything for two minutes. I went off again to find him and settled upon a ledge with my trusty mic... slowly moved it round, holding my breath... then I hear The End's breathing... but footsteps too... so where is he off too? I followed the sound with the mic, trying to pinpoint his position... suddenly I hear him say, "I haven't had a battle like this in a long time..." Sounds like he is RIGHT next to me, so I unequip the mic, look up and FUCK he's RIGHT NEXT TO ME WITH A GUN AT MY HEAD. He shoots me...
...and the rest is silence. Okay, not actually because he only used a tranquilliser and I ended up in a prison cell. I had to get out of the cell, travel through a warehouse again and back into the forest before I could get that damned bastard. It was so tempting to just save and let him die of old age, but I'm nothing if not persistent and I tracked him down once more and this time got the job done. That one battle took me ages. Two minutes later, I'm sent climbing up a ladder for about five minutes while an echoing voice sings the theme tune at me. There aren't many games that do that to you. Just one example of how Metal Gear Solid really stands out from other games.
Another thing that makes it stand out: WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THE MAKERS? In MGS2 and 3, at least one of the bad guys is bisexual: Vamp in 2 and Volgin in 3. The hell? Although it amuses the hell out of me that one of Volgin's lovers (and Volgin is damn ugly) is a facsimile of Raiden. His name is Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov for god's sake. And according to Major Zero, Ivan is the Russian equivalent of John and a common nickname for John is Jack. (Konami: I see what you were doing thar!) Also, they also seem to have a thing about crotch-grabbing. Seriously. In MGS2, the president grabs Raiden to see if he's a robot. And then in 3, you get Raikov grabbing Snake if you're wearing the mask, and then Volgin grabs Snake and from this is able to tell that disguised Snake is NOT Raikov. So not the fact that his lips can't move then. There are some GREAT Codec moments though. This is one of my personal favourites:
"YOU should come inside the box. Then you'll know what I mean." I wouldn't mind getting in that box, Snake is too cool. 'Kay I'm gonna end my MGS3 fangasming... I just LOVE that game to bits, it's made of so much awesome. I'm currently locking up in a cell. I know how to get out though, some guy was waving a chalkboard with a frequency number on it behind The Boss's head. (I'm informed he was actually The Sorrow... that's what I thought.) Oh yeah, I heard that when you battle The Sorrow, there's a river full of the people you've killed and they try to get you... if that's true, I'm screwed. I kill EVERYONE. I interrogate them and then slit their throats.
All right, [/MGS randomness]
Anyway the real point of this post is that I just realised MGS4 is out in less than a fortnight. I WANT that game. I am not going to leave Dad alone about it. I mean, he bought HAZE because we saw it in an advert and I said, "I heard that's not too bad, you get to use drugs..." So if I see MGS4 ads, I will be "DAD THAT GAME IS FUCKING AWESOME WE SERIOUSLY GOTTA GET IT!" Liking some of the trailers for it: Vamp tap-dancing on Raiden = lulz. Although: WHY CAN'T THAT BITCH DIE?
H'okay, I'm exhausted so...
*footsteps*... This... is the end...
Edit: Okay, I absolutely love young Ocelot, he's such a showoff with his revolvers yet adorable in a strange way. You gotta watch this. HIS MEOWING IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVER EVER HEARD, WHAT WERE KONAMI THINKING?!?! And I really do not understand all his random hand gestures... though I find myself subconsciously imitating them... *points*
Also... when he's reloading... "Tension like this... OMG THIS IS FUCKING GREAT, TAKING AN AGE TO RELOAD MY GUNS, HELL YES!" Now, is this just me or do his words sound... sort of... perverted... when I was doing this fight I was thinking "What is he DOING... is he, like, pleasuring himself with his revolvers?"
OH YEAH AND OCELOT IS THE BOSS'S SON.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2008-06-01 01:34 am (UTC)The box thing is hilarious... that game really sounds like it's playing you opposed to the other way around XD
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Date: 2008-06-02 09:52 pm (UTC)And yes, the game really does play you. It scared the hell out of me once because I loaded it in the cell, and I was suddenly fighting these zombie things in police uniforms with swords. Apparently Snake was having a nightmare.
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Date: 2008-06-04 11:58 am (UTC)I have tits of steel, so none of that shit ever bothers me :'D.
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Date: 2008-06-01 07:40 am (UTC)Nah, I love the guy. One of my favorite parts of the game was hitting the buttons during codec calls so Raiden talks back. "WHATEVER!"
I'm definitely looking forward to MGS4. I've gotta finish 3 first though. *whistles*
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Date: 2008-06-02 09:57 pm (UTC)Snake does the talk-back thing as well, though I forget what he says. *jab* GO FINISH 3 NAO. I did yesterday :P though it gives me no excuse to avoid RE4 anymore...
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Date: 2008-06-01 11:28 am (UTC)As for Rose, she's been molded to suit Raiden's taste. Really, she might not be a nagger -- he might like women like that. Have you completed it?
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Date: 2008-06-02 10:00 pm (UTC)o.o That actually never occurred to me... I mean, I finished it and all but I never thought Raiden might LIKE a nagging woman. The guy has issues if that's the case.
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Date: 2008-06-02 10:04 pm (UTC)*BREATHES*
Yeah, in Rose's defense, Raiden's probably into that shit. That's why she seemed different in the end. To find the "real" her.
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Date: 2008-06-02 09:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-02 09:55 pm (UTC)Look, you can't play MGS just for the box and cat noises. It's a bloody long game and can take ages for those bits. Youtube it. OR COME ROUND AND PLAY IT WITH ME.
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