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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

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2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

I can't please everybody with one review, so I'm gonna give you two:

Never Played The Original PS-one Title?
---"This is the game that created stealth gaming as we know it. The emphasis is on avoiding the enemies to reach your objectives, though enemy contact is sometimes unavoidable and will result in some bloody gunfights. There are creative boss battles, each vastly different from each other. Simply put, this game never runs out of ideas to keep the experience fresh. Like the great "God of War" or "Zelda" titles, it's an epic game, but not so big that it's overwhelming - it's got just the perfect balance of familiarity and discovery. The basic story is that six terrorists have taken over a nuclear weapons base in Alaska, and a retired covert operative named Solid Snake is sent to stop the crisis. Make no mistake, this plot is one hell of a labyrinth. This story goes from double crosses and political intrigue, to figurative subjects like the nature of love and the ethics of genetic research. Also, even though this is the third game in the 'Metal Gear' franchise, the game includes summaries of the first two 'Metal Gear' games. However, I hadn't played those, and found this game just as easy to follow. You will be doing more watching than playing, but both are experiences like no other. Give it a rental, as this game is only 8 hours tops, and see what you think."
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Already Finished The Original PS-one Title?
---"This game is identical to the original in almost every way. The levels design hasn't changed at all, although the graphics are much prettier. The written dialogue is pretty much the same, however the new voice-acting make it feel less forced. The cutscenes are the biggest change, as fight choreography and cinematography are given a breath-taking facelift. As many have said, the story from the first MGS merges with the gameplay of MGS 2: Sons of Liberty. Unfortunately, this makes the game much easier to beat, which is the only reason I'm giving this game an overall 4-Star rating. But that's a small price to pay, because this is a proper tribute to the PS-one classic's gripping story and innovative gameplay. In short, 'The Twin Snakes" isn't different enough in order to guarantee a purchase for the skeptical, but it's defintely worth a rental even if you've already beaten it."

FOR THE NEW PLAYERS
Original versions
"Metal Gear Solid" (PSone, 1999) and (PC, 2001)
"Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" (PS2, 2001)
"Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater" (PS2, 2004)
"Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" (PS3, 2007 - we hope!)

New versions of the old titles
"Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes" (Cube, 2004)
"Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance" (PS2/X-Box/PC, 2002)
"Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence" (PS2, 2006)

Let me start this review by saying METAL GEAR SOLID for PSX is my all-time favorite game ever. And before that was my favorate game of all time, SNATCHER for the Sega CD was (both written and directed by Hideo Kojima). After the huge let down that was Metal Gear Solid 2, I was looking forward to this remake that would feature the same great gameplay mechanics as MGS2 with the same great storyline of MGS. Did this game deliver? Yes. Well...sort of. While the game has much prettier graphics and gameplay, there are some things changed where they never should have messed with perfection:

1.) My first gripe is the decline in voice acting. Naomi, Mei Ling, and Natasha have all lost their ethnic accents which gave them personality in the original, so now they just seem stiff and boring. The voice acting overall is just not as good, and I didn't like the tweaks made to the script.

2.) The absence of the classic music that made scenes so exciting in favor of that weird techno crap from MGS2.

3.) While I do like some of the extended cutscenes, such as the first encounter with the ninja, others are just ridiculously over-the-top, and too matrix wannabie.

4.) While the game does sport the much improved gameplay of MGS2, the level layouts are exactly the same and were not designed with these play mechanics in mind, rendering them pretty much unnecessary to use, with the exception of the first person view mode... which, as another reviewer pointed out, deletes certain challenges from the game.

Overall, it just doesn't have the magic or the soul that the original does. If you never played the original game, none of the above will bother you, so I highly recommend you buy this. For those of you who have played the original, it's worth a rental to play through with the spiffy new graphics, cutscenes, etc. But I'd take original over this remake any day of the week. If you want to play a remake that surpasses its original, I recommend the Resident Evil remake for the Gamecube.

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes is the remake to Konami's Playstation smash hit Metal Gear Solid where we were reintroduced to our favorite super spy of the 1980's - Solid Snake. In both the original and Silicon Knight's remake, Solid Snake is pulled out of retirement and sent to a nuclear test base in Antartica called "Shadow Moses" to stop a bunch of geneticly enhanced super soldiers from unleashing the new Metal Gear. Along the way Snake is going to meet up with some people from previous missions, make new allies, and unravel a conspiracy far beyond Snake's comprehention.

Twin Snakes is straight up one of the most action packed games I played, even though you are supposed to rely more on stealth then fighting. However, you will find yourself taking on a tank with grenades, crossing a minefield, repeling down a wall while being fired at by a Hind chopper which you will later be shooting rockets at, fist fights, a massive firefight going up a large tower, and the most intense sniper shootout protrayed in any video game. Obviously you will be doing more than this, but I think I caught your attention by now =]

So the story is told, so how does the game play fair up? The basic idea behind MGS: TS is this: You run around using your enviroment to your advantage, such as pressing against a wall or crawling under a table, to avoid being seen. You have guns, like the SOCOM pistol or the FAMAS machine gun, but in all reality those are supposed to be used as a last resort. Anyway, when you approach a guard you can grab him and snap his neck, when he falls you can grab his body and hide it in a locker or other various areas. If you wish, you can go into first person mode, aim with your weapon and shoot out a camera or a guard in his head.. its really up to you. You get grenades too - chaff (which jams electric devises) and stun (which knocks out enemies for a short period of time). Also, you can do a small melee combo, which at first, doesn't look like much - but I guarentee you will use it almost constantly when in tight spots.

From the original, pixalated Playstation version, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes looks almost life like with fluid motions both in-game and in FMV sequences, realistic (for the most part) physics, and some of the best graphics I have ever seen thanks to Silicon Knight's hardwork and Nintendo's awesome Gamecube system. Everything looks magnificent, and at the same time, dark, lonley, and terrifying. The character models look so real its hard to tell if its simply a video game, and that goes double time for Snake & all the bosses he fights. The codec sequences seem a little corny, that same as it was back in the original, so that sorta sucks.. but oh well.

Musically speaking, this game has one of the best scores I have heard in a video game. It is just very catchy, and always adds elements to the atmosphere. Ontop of that, the sound effects are awesome as well. Each guard lets out a satisfying scream when he is either shot or beaten up, and the guns sound virtually like their real life counter parts. The voice acting is superb; David Hayter did an excellent job on Snake.. the same goes for the rest of the cast.

You can unlock things too, depending on what you do during the torture scene with Ocelot. If you give in and let Meryl die, then at the end of the game, Otacon will give you a stealth suit. If you insisted on enduring the torture to let Meryl live, then you are rewarded with a special bandana that gives you unlimited ammo. Also, if you take certain pictures with your camera you are given the chance to see the "ghosts" of the creators of the game in the pictures. There are other unlockables, but I will let you find them yourself.

But no game comes without some sort of flaw. Two major problems I have with MGS: TW is the excessive amount of talking (but thats found in EVERY Metal Gear game.. so we can't blame Silicon Knights) and in the movie sequences, Snake does almost impossible moves. For instance, when he first meets up with Meryl, she shoots at him with a FAMAS - Snake quickly does a flip in matrix mode and the bullets miss him.. sort of lame.

To wrap it up, you need to buy & play Twin Snakes. It is, by far, the best Metal Gear game in the series. It is even better than the original.

I became in love with the Metal Gear Solid games after I bought MGS2:Sons Of Liberty on PS2 for only 7 quid.It gripped me,i finished it over and over again in a timespan of three months,which means i finsihed it well over 9 times.After MGS2,i went and bought MGS3:Snake Eater,an even better game than MGS2 which featured much better gameplay,and beautiful storyline,I also introduced MGS3 to three of my friend,my friend Danny loved the game,my other two friends,Samantha and Calcie thought it was OK but they weren`t really good at it.My other friend Lewis had already finished and completed the game months before.
So after the excellence of MGS2&MGS3 I was deciding on whether to buy MGS1 or MGS:TTS since i have a GameCube,I bought TTS and its a great game,just not as good as MGS2&3.
Metal Gear Solid:The Twin snakes,or MGS:TTS is an enchanced remake of the PlayStation classic,MGS1.
it has been updated in three ways:
1)New graphics to make it appropriate for a GameCube game.
2)First Person Shooting added,but from what i`ve heard it makes an average game easy.
3)Three new items from MGS2 added,M9 tranquiliser pistol,Porn magazine and PSG1-T tranquiliser sniper rifle.

The gameplay is on par with other MGS games,graphics are great,sound and music are great too.nuff said.
by the way,I reccomend MGS to people who love action games with a movie twist in them.the MGS series so far:(Not part of the review and LOOONG!)

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Release order:
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2:Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons Of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid:Portable ops.
Metal Gear Solid 4:Guns of the Patriots.

Chronilogical order(timeline):
Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater,set in 1964.
Metal Gear Solid:Portable Ops,set in 1970.
Metal Gear,set in 1995
Metal Gear 2:Solid Snake,set in 1999
Metal Gear Solid,set in 2005
Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons Of Liberty,set in 2007 and then 2009.
Metal Gear Solid 4:Guns of The Patriots,set in 2014.

Sidestory Metal Gear games:
Metal Gear:Snakes Revenge
Metal Gear:Ghost Babel
Metal Gear AC!D
Metal Gear AC!D 2

Updated and remade MGS games:
Metal Gear Solid:The Twin Snakes(remake of Metal Gear Solid)
Metal Gear Solid 2:Substance(updated version of Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons Of Liberty)
Metal Gear Solid 3:Subsistence(Heavily updated version of MGS3:Snake Eater).

MSX 2:
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2:Solid Snake

NES:
Metal Gear
Metal Gear:Snakes Revenge(sidestory)

PlayStation:
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid:VR mission(expansion pack to MGS1)

PlayStation 2:
Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons Of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2:Substance
Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3:Subsistence

XBOX:
Metal Gear Solid 2:Substance

GameCube:
Metal Gear Solid:The Twin Snakes

PSP:
Metal Gear AC!D
Metal Gear AC!D 2(sidestory as is the original)
Metal Gear Solid:Portable Ops(not yet released)

GameBoy:Color:
Metal Gear:Ghost Bebel(MGS in the US)

PS3:
Metal Gear Solid 4:Guns of The Patriots.
Metal Gear Solid 4:Sub...?(it might get an update like its predeccessors did).

Ok. If you played the Original MGS you need to buy this now. There's added stuff and improved graphics. If your new to the Metal Gear stuff, just ask yourself "Do I like Stealth/Action Games?" If you answer yes...Buy it you fool! A MUST HAVE FOR THE GAME CUBE OWNERS!

I never got a chance to play Metal Gear Solid when it debuted initally back for the Playstation. As such, I came into this game not really knowing anything about the series and about the nature of the game as a whole. Yet, i was surprised to see just how fun it really is.

MGS: The Twin Snakes is remake of the Orginal Title for the Playstation. The game, while an action title at heart, places emphasis on strategy and stealth. It is not so much that you must defeat all the enemies present, but rather you must outsmart them. If you do no avoid the enemy, you may find yourself dangerously outgunned. Though you do acquire some great armaments, the name of time is still stealth. This adds a bit of realism in the game, since in reality it is impossible to charge a room full of opponents and expect to survive them.

Graphically, the game features some well done visuals. It is comparable to the Playstation 2 release of Metal Gear Solid 2. However, if you have never played that game, take heed that the graphics are well done and very crisp. Yet, it feels that the developers did not take take to take advantage of the Gamecube's capabilities. Still, they are impressive.

When it comes to the sound department, TTS does not dissapoint either. The voice acting, as a whole, is superb, considering that there are no big name talent on board. However, when compared to the original, the voice acting comes up a bit forced. When you hear some of the characters speak, you will know what I mean. The music and sound effects are also great, adding a degree of depth to the game.

Controlling the game is a brisk as well. The gamecube controller is well suited, as you will find that most of the control functions easy to handle. Movement can be done via the control stick or the D-pad. I prefer the jostick, since the D-pad is a but too small. If you manage to get a hand of the Hori Digital Game pad for the Gamecube, then that works as well.

I really do not want to get into the story too much, since that can spoil the game. However, understand that MGS games are known for containing very deep storylines that you may or may not agree with it. However, when all is said and done, you will be amazed at the many twists and turns the story has taken. Suffice to say, Solid Snake is a likeable protagonist.

My complaints from this game are few but worth noting. The game is rather short, placing more of an emphasis on the story rather than actual gameplay. This is dissapointing, as had the game been a bit longer, it could have been better. However, there are many difficulty levels and modes of play, so you can find yourself revisiting this one for a bit of time. Secondly, many of features implemented from MGS 2 are nice, but detract from the fact that this was made for the Playstation. As such, had the remake been more like the Resident Evil one, the new features could have been a more welcomed addition. However, due to the intense story, it might have been difficult to incorporate new areas, bosses, etc.

As a whole, this is a worthy Gamecube title. It is very fun, albeit a bit frusturating. The productions are of high value, as you may feel you are watching a movie. If you never played a Metal Gear Solid game, give this one a spin. If you have played the orignal title, then try this one out. It's definitely one of the finer Gamecube Titles available.

If you are a fan of the original you may be shocked to see what the cutscenes are like in this game. Snake finds himself jumping off of live missiles and doing cartwheels down hallways. You feel like you're watching Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon instead of an MGS cutscene. Snake is no longer a cool-headed soldier, but an overly aggressive maniac who points his gun at injured old men. That's aside from the slapstick humor that's been injected into every other cutscene.

The gameplay is largely unchanged. You can now go into FPV and a few other features from MGS2 make it in. Other than that nothing has really changed. A few very minor level changes. If you are an old fan and can get over the cutscene and voice changes than you'll find the gameplay is fun like you remembered, if a bit too easy. Newcomers will have fun playing the remake of a masterpiece, but might find themselve confused by the story if/when they move onto other parts of the series.

This game was awesome. I played the original on my friend's PS1 and i liked it. I rented this on my Gamecube, and i loved it. It is, handsdown, one of the best games i have ever played. But it has a downside, it is rather short. I beat it the first day i rented it, but i would gladly rent it again. What i liked was the ability to play the game over using the special items that you unlocked. I would definately recomend this game, if not to buy, then to rent. Oh, and make shure you have lots of space on your memory card cause you'll probaly need it. :) L8r.

I never really played the old metal gear solid game buy i recently purchased Sons of Liberty for PS2. And boy was it great. So I saw a commercial for Twin Snakes and i thought "What the Heck..It looks good. So I bought it. IT BLEW MY MIND. AWSOME STORY. GREAT HAND TO HAND COMBAT, FUN FIRST PERSON. SIMPLY AMAZING.That pretty much dercribes it

Metal Gear Solid was perhaps the greatest title available for the original Playstation, and one of my all-time favorite games. When Metal Gear Solid 2 came out, it dazzled me with it's excellent graphics and new gameplay options, but left much to be desired for the plot. Did we really need another action game that rips off the Matrix? (re: training program). Raiden was also a woefully stale character.

Fortunetly, Nintendo and Hideo have come together to release Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. This new game blends together the compelling cinematic storyline and great characters of the first game with the new gameplay options of the second game. For an added bonus, we now have all-new, John Woo inspired cut-scenes to help carry the story.

One reviewer made the erronous statement that Snake cannot run and fire a weapon at the same time (said reviewer should have perhaps read the gameplay section of the manual). Snake can indeed fire all manner of weapons while on the run, although any player will find that the "gun's blazing" approach will have them seeing a game over screen more often than not.