phanero

I think the story of MGS2 left less of an impact on me than the first MGS, but MGS2 really went off with its analyses of the age of information, which was unexpected but not that bad. That being said, the story of MGS2 was still a bit convoluted, and I think it could've worked with a few parts taken out. So overall, good, but I think MGS1 was more interesting and cleaner (i.e. less distractions).

I watched CenterStrain01's walkthrough series here.

Spoilers.

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I just finished watching a Let's Play for this game. Well, Part 1 of it anyway. I watched the Let's Play by theRadBrad here.

In general, it was fine. Like many teenagers, I grew up interested in this story, but I didn't have a gaming console, so all of my knowledge of this story was based on what I'd read. This was my first chance to actually get to the know the story, though new story aspects were added for this game. Basically, I wasn't sure if my nostalgia had a part in elevating my opinion of this game, but I don't doubt that most people playing this game probably had similar if not fonder memories of this game, so it shouldn't be a huge deal.

As a standalone video game, I'd say it was probably average. I didn't actually play the game so I can't comment on the gameplay itself. I thought the story and characters were fine, but again, it was riding a lot on the coattails of hype, and as we know, it is only the first part of many, so that is why there were so many things left unresolved.

Spoilers.

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Many years ago, I tried to start this game a couple of times but never managed to gt any further than a few minutes. I didn't actually end up playing this game, but I watched this let's play series. Spoilers.

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