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Great game, if you don't already own it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Metal Gear Solid 2 is a great game. Although not everyone liked the plot, the stealth gameplay is still the most fun on the market. The game was released over a year ago on PS2, but last winter, this souped-up game came to Xbox. Now it is back on PS2, and finally PC.

The main game, Sons of Liberty, is a great game. People have critized the plot, but I found it enjoyable. The variety of gameplay is great, though. You go undercover as a terrorist, defuse bombs, destroy security cameras, take pictures of Metal Gear Ray (a powerful nuclear weapon), and fight hard bosses. All of Snake's stealth tactics are present, even the new first-person view. In case you haven't heard, there is a new character (Raiden). However, he can perform all the same moves that Solid Snake could. The main game really emphasizes stealth, but if yuo are caught, it is not game over. Instead, you have a hard firefight ahead of you. It is fairly long, about 15 hours.

What is good about this game is all the extra content. There are over 300 VR missions. They are similar to the main game, but take place in a computer-generated combat zone. They have a good variety, and are fairly challenging. There are also over 150 alternative missions. The difference is that these take place in locations from the game (Big Shell or Tanker). Once again, these are challenging, varied, and cool. There are also 5 new Snake Tales. These include Solid Snake, and take place in levels from the game. However, all theese extra modes are difficult. There is no difficulty select for them.

Overall, this is a great game. If you do not own it, buy it. If you own another version of Metal Gear solid 2: Substance (PS2 of Xbox), this is not worth buying again. If you own the original on PS2, you should buy this for the extra content. As for which system? Depends on if you like a controller over a keyboard and mouse.

Metal gear solid for PC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off this is one of the best games for teh xbox and ps2 and now its on the PC!!! despite what ever you have heard for other sources and from other reviews they are mostly wrong. this game does play well on a non super computer
you dont need all the best graphics cards and such to run it.
i have an old dell with 256 ram and a geForce 2 ultra and it runs good enough for me and on the tanker level (the first level) i crancked up the graphics all the way and it runned like "buttuh"(butter) smooth as silk. and another thing people complain about is the "bad controls" tthey are NOT that bad sure a controler would be nice but i am not made of money so i stuck with the defult settings and itt works slick!!! one thing though press "enter" then press "down" to save and press "esc" to quit DONT HOLD ESC!!! or the game starts getting wierd. if you wanna use rations hold "a" select rations then press "x" (all with default controls)

A good game that looks really great on the PC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I got this game, I had to play around the graphical options because it needs to be at a level of balance. well for instance if you set the texture level too high and model level too high, then the only thing you'll see are the environments and models looking like their in stealth camoflauge (you can see them in a way, but you mostly see nothing but rain and rain hitting your characters). this was the beginning of the game that I was screwing around with the graphical options. once I got it going to the point where it was playable, it was beautiful. The water effects graphics are great, models were awesome, and the games was fun. Basically, you play as Snake in the 1st half of the game and Raiden in the other. It's not quite like Splinter Cell which is good because if you get caught you don't get a game over (except towards the end of Snake's half, it's like running in a baseball field naked, if you get seen, you'll most likely to be caught and arrested). There is one thing I need to add, games that are ported from a console (like this game, Grand Theft Auto, Leisure Suit Larry, etc.) needs a USB controller. it's ridicously hard to play on a keyboard. get the Logitech Dual Action controller as that is the best controller for the PC. If it were a FPS, I wouldn't say this but it isn't. If you have a slow computer (one made before the time of this game's release) make sure that your computer can handle it and make sure you have a DVD Drive! this is important as more and more games are being developed on this format and this was one of the first games to ever do that.

yeah

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

if your the Xenosaga type and can stand long times when they won't shut up then this is for you. If you can't stand them talking then you will be screwing yourself. I think it's a great game. So many added features. but they just won't shut up. Anyways I give it a 5 out of 5

[darn it] raiden why do you have to look like a girl?

Sound fixes...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you have staticy/glitchy sound in MGS2S for the PC:
1. Install the latest patch. (As above!)
2. Go to "Sound" in Control Panel.
3. Click the "Advanced" button in the "Speaker settings" box.
4. Click the "Performance" tab.
5. Lower your "Hardware acceleration" slider by one notch.
6. Try the game and it should sound fine now!
7. If you still have problems, try lowering it more.

Love this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game. I got it on the XBOX the day it was released. (didn't have a PS2) The PC version is just as good, if not better. The game play is great, especially if you have a Gamepad. I used my 360 controller, because the keyboard controls are kind of wonky. The graphics are still great. No real-time lighting, but the textures are crisper and cleaner than their console counterparts. The sound is well done, with a fantastic soundtrack and crisp effects. For the price, this is a must own for every Metal Gear fan. There are dozens of hours of gaming goodness to be had here.

Just what I ordered!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Just what I ordered! I had trouble when I first started the game because the character in the first cut scene was a white silhouette. I adjusted some video settings and everything worked out fine.

KillerMoose

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

bought this item back in Oct.2007 tried to install this game on my computer and half-way threw the installation process, the disk gave me an error message stating that there is a corrupt or missing file, so i am not a happy customer! very disappointed with this item!

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: February 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Metal Gear Solid was, unquestionably, one of the finest games even released for the classic Playstation. It was a surprise hit that took the world by storm. And when creator Hideo Kojima promised a sequel, gamers were ecstatic. And now the sequel has arrived! How does Metal Gear Solid 2 - The Sons Of Liberty measure up? Read on and find out! This will be a two-part review - one part covering the game, one part covering the extras of the "Substance" reissue.

-THE GAME ITSELF-
PROS:
-The most noticable improvement over the original Metal Gear Solid is the graphics. The first game had terrible, pixelated graphics which were a pathetic attempt at 3D. NOT SO HERE. These are some of the finest graphics ever experienced in a video game!
-Unlike the first game, you can now shoot from a first-person perspective. This makes hitting your targets WAY easier than in the first game.
-Other play control aspects are also improved.
-The game is divided into two quests - the first involves Solid Snake going aboard a Marine ship to photograph the new Metal Gear prototype - Metal Gear Ray. The second involves a new agent called Raiden (no relation to the Mortal Kombat character) infiltrating an ocean base.
-The game has a variety of cool weapons, items, and characters.
-The game uses the voice talents of Phil LaMarr - better known as Hermes from Futurama (he does the voice of Vamp in this game.)
CONS:
-The storyline in the Raiden quest is terrible. It adds so many plot twists as you progress, that after a while, nothing makes sense anymore.
-WAY TOO MANY CUT SCENES! I like cut scenes, but this game beats them to death! And if you skip them, you miss important storyline information!
-Many of the new characters destroy the "realistic" feel of the game. For example, Vamp seems more like he belongs in Konami's vampire-hunting series, Castlevania.

-THE SUBSTANCE REISSUE-
PROS:
-The game adds a number of VR training missions.
-There are also new sub-quests that let you experience the Raiden quest through Snake's eyes!
-The skateboarding mode is pretty cool - It's an actual skateboarding sub-game, comparable to the Tony Hawk series.
CONS:
-There just aren't enough new features to make people who bought the original version of the game want to buy this version.
-The original version of the game is a MUCH better value. Let's see. You walk into a store and see the original for $20 and this version for $50. Which would YOU choose?
-The skateboarding mode, while fun, isn't everything it could have been.

OVERALL:
Overall this is a excellent game, despite some flaws. If you've got a Playstation 2, just get the ORIGINAL version of the game (it's now a Greatest Hit.) If you've got an XBOX, this is the only version of the game available on it. This is also the only version of the game available on the PC. My final verdict is just to buy whatever one you own the system for.

Awesome game, awesome price, terrible port

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: April 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First things first. This game was amazing. I loved every second I spent playing it and finally, after not having played any of the Metal Gear Solid games on a console, I now know what all the fuss is about. However, the game is pretty much just a direct port of the Xbox version which is pretty much just a direct port of the PS2 version so as far as the game itself is concerned, you can generally just go by the reviews for these versions and I won't be saying anything that hasn't already been said if I continue talking about.

The really unfortunate part about the PC version of this game is that what you get for your money is, literally, an image of the XBOX disk and what is essentially just an XBOX emulator, to make it complete you even get a copy of the MGS2 XBOX version's manual. I kid you not. It's true and it sucks.

This might all be tolerable if it weren't for the fact that the emulator program isn't even a good one. Namely, it makes it virtually impossible to play this game without a gamepad, not that this comes as much of a surprise. Intend to play this with keyboard and mouse? Dream on... it simply is not possible. You can't map anything to your mouse or mouse buttons. By default the mouse funtions as the equivalent to the right anlog stick on a PS2 or XBOX controller and that is all you will ever be able to get it do (unless of course you want to manually configure a control scheme using a text editor in which case it might work, don't know, haven't tried).

If you happen to own a game pad that has a minimum of 10 buttons along with a D-Pad you should be fine as far as controls go.

There are also some serious problems with graphics card compatibility. Owners of newer NVIDIA cards (geforce 5, 6, and 7)
have pretty much unanimously reported issues with setting the "model quality" option to anything higher than 2 out of a possible 4. There have also been numerous reports of improved performance on NVIDIA cards AFTER installing the game's ATI patch, though this in turn can cause some minor texture issues within the game. Not owning an ATI card, I can't really say much about them except that it sounds like ATI owners HAVE to install the MGS2 ATI patch in order to get the game to run at all.

I personally also had some problems trying to re-install the game. Namely, the installer wouldn't even run.

Overall this is a fantastic game but a very shoddy port. It's definitely worth the money if you can get it up and running properly, and at the current price of $10 it's an absolute steal.

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