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Jan 15th, 2008 at 01:09:18 - Metal Gear Solid (PS) |
Gamelog Entry #1
In Metal Gear Solid the player controls the protagonist "Solid Snake", who is a retired soldier that is sent to stop the terrorist group FOXHOUND who have taken over a nuclear weapons disposal facility.
The game gives you a radar screen which shows the locations of near by guards, as well as there field of view. This is helpful throughout most areas of the game since it is almost always better to sneak past the guards rather than confront them directly.
There are many intense moments when you are seen by a guard, and must escape and hide. Then you must remain hidden for a certain amount of time while the guards look for you.
The game combines sections of more intense strategy during the parts where you are sneaking past guards, as well as skill during the boss fights.
Gamelog Entry #2
Gameplay:
This game is excellent. The stealth sections are fun and exciting, while offering a good amount of strategy. It is a landmark game,in that it basicly created the stealth game genre. The characters throughout the game are all great, and the boss fights can vary greatly with the difficulty set at the start of the game. The The story line is very engaging, with many twists and turns. I have only good feelings about this game.
Design:
The idea of a stealth game was probably around much earlier, but this game brought it to a whole new level. You can knock on the walls to distract guards, the guards can see the bodys of their fallen comrades and call in more guards to start looking for you, the guards can see your footprints in the snow as well as hear you walking across noise floors and you can even hide inside of a box. The radar is a helpful tool and the inventory menu is simple and straight forward. The inventory menu lets you look through your items while holding the button down and selects the item when you release it, and it lets you see your character and surrounding while you do this, which make getting a new item out fast and for the player this makes it less dissengaging from the game world. The levels of the game vary quite a bit and have key story elements scattered evenly throughout. The stealth sections and boss fight/events and evenly spread out also. The controls for the game are smooth and easy to grasp from the first room. Overall this was one of the best games I have ever played, and I would recommend it to everyone.
This entry has been edited 1 time. It was last edited on Jan 15th, 2008 at 02:20:47.
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