Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake does up the “story” of the series, though. Without some help from an FAQ, it’s downright unpleasant to be wandering unsure what to do next-and even when you do, having to do absurd things like backtrack to get a hidden key after you’d already had to backtrack multiple times to collect rations (in order to use the chocolate to neutralise several acid pools… really) is just punitive and pointless. What makes MSX2-era Metal Gear particularly unsuccessful though, of course, is that it’s just not very fun to navigate, sneak or fight enemies with Snake’s clunky four direction movement. It’s easy to forget that at the release of even Metal Gear 2 Link to the Past hadn’t been released, so “The Legend of Zelda” as a franchise hadn’t calcified into what we now all think of it (more clean, discrete and hand-holdy.) As a result, MSX2-era Metal Gear has awkwardness like juggling card keys to open unlabelled doors (no way to be like “ah, now I know I can open this door”) and genuinely horrendous and tedious back-tracking (I think Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is worst for this, with long segments of trudging back and forth between two buildings.) From my memory of playing the original Legend of Zelda, even Metal Gear’s defining “sneaking” feels like it was inspired by the way you’d usually try and just survive screens by avoiding enemies for most of the game. In fact, I’d say that you can pretty much consider these games an attempt to take at least the early NES-era Legend of Zelda design and translate that into a “modern-era” military thriller.Īfter all, these games are about navigating a hostile open world (many areas of which are blocked off to you at first) avoiding or defeating enemies and trying to find weapons or solve puzzles to defeat bosses-who then open up new areas for you. You see, it’s only after playing both of them that I grasp that the Metal Gear MSX2 games are heavily indebted to the Nintendo school of design seen in Legend of Zelda and Metroid-it’s just rather obfuscated to modern eyes. In the last article I was kind of frankly dismissive of Metal Gear, saying “there’s really not much to say.” I’m going to admit now that I was wrong-even if I’m not going to argue that you should actually play these games. It doesn’t mean that Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is particularly good, though. Graphics are more detailed and colourful (in a way where you’re like “dang, how come Metal Gear didn’t look this good?”) the music is better and in general the world and story is more detailed. However! It is, if not vastly, certainly rather improved from its predecessor three years earlier. And make no mistake, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is still a clunky MSX2 game. I’ll be honest-it’s taken me this long because I just didn’t fancy playing another clunky MSX2 game. What that reveal is remains to be seen, but we're keen to play along for now.Phew! Well, it’s only taken me nearly a year to get around to Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake after polishing off the original, so with this kind of rate I look forward to finishing The Phantom Pain in about 2022. We don't know, but right now, it's very obvious that this 'Tom Olsen' is building up towards some kind of reveal. Could it also be an elaborate hoax? Absolutely.
Could it be a clever Konami marketing campaign? Very likely. Right now, this account remains a mystery. When responding to a fan question about all of the rumors about a potential remake, he responded, saying that he received an industry-related text message that seemingly confirmed some kind of remake was happening. This social media spiral also comes on the heels of Solid Snake actor David Hayter previously stating that he believes that a Metal Gear Solid remake is in the works. Many have been left to wonder if there is any future to be had for the beloved franchise, but this new Twitter account does seem to be sparking up that old hope.
Konami hasn't done anything with the franchise since Metal Gear Survive, and that game couldn't.well, survive. The account has fans running wild with theories on YouTube and Reddit, all concluding that this must mean a Metal Gear Solid 2 remake is in the works. The account with the game character as its avatar claims to be a maintenance technician at the Big Shell. I'll just wait here until everyone leaves. It sounds like my friend is REALLY tearing into someone. until I ended up stuck in an awkward situation. A follower suggested riding the conveyor belt in Strut E to see where it goes.
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