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So Which One Is It?
\Bone577 said:<WARNING, SPOILERS>
I realy didn't like SOL, im still not completely sure why. It just kinda sucked.
It was fantasticaly produced, immaculate in many respects, graphics flawless, sound great, presentation lovely.
Gameplay? Uninspireing, old, tireing, boring, uninvolving.
Atmosphere? None, the completely overdone story, which was just way to forced and cliche, which crapped on forever and had too many plot twists to be taken seriously certainly didn't add to this. Some parts were just pointless and did nothing but destroy what little atmosphere the story had, like when Otacon admits to having an affair with his mum, I mean WTF? Made me laugh for 5 straight minutes, but it wasn't meant to be funny, so it is just sad.
Besides that they tried there best i suppose, but some of the things they threw in were just too juvenile or something, i mean the enemies were just so cliche, i remember seeing Vamp murdering the Alpha Team all i could think was <sarcasm>"yeah this is realy cool, a ultra fast vampire who dodges bullets and runs on walls and stuff"</sarcasm>.
I think the lack of atmosphere had alot to do with the setting. Which genius decided to have the setting in what appears to be an oil refinery? Once you enter Arsenal gear the game picked up as far as atmosphere went, the areas where Jack is naked are just MUCH better suited to this genre of game, unlike single well-lit rooms with a yellow tinge with PC's and such which you do for most of the game.
Also, how am i supposed to take the main character seriously when he is called Jack and his girlfriends name is Rose? Do i need to be reminded of the Titanic while i play what is supposed to be an ultra-cool stealth-em-up?
Also, raiden is a batty-boy, he has no coolness, he wrecked the atmosphere. Snake has long sideburns, wears a headband and smokes, and have you heard his voice? These things make him a total bad-arse, Raiden has none of these.
I really want to like this game, but I just don't, it was completely uninvolving, I couldn't bare to play it more than twice through. This is especially upseting considering how much I loved Metal Gear Solid while it lasted.
jhakka said:Metal Gear Solid has as many weirdoes as Sons of Liberty. What about Psycho Mantis? He was a whacko.