Metal Gear Solid follows Solid Snake, a soldier who infiltrates a nuclear weapons facility to neutralize the terrorist threat from FOXHOUND, a renegade special forces unit. Snake must liberate two hostages, the head of DARPA and the president of a major arms manufacturer, confront the terrorists, and stop them from launching a nuclear strike.
Fairly original
Decent graphics and display for GBC
Negatives
Far too linear
Very difficult in parts
In no way replay worthy
Rating
Score3
A very mixed bag of stuff: on the one hand, the presentation and story were surprisingly good for a GBC game, very in depth. Obviously not as good as the PSX MGS, but closer than I expected. On the other hand, this game was STUPIDLY hard, yet somehow sparse at the same time. In the end, I had to cheat a little at the VERY end because it was going to force me to go through the end part OVER and OVER, but it’s done.
Fairly original
Decent graphics and display for GBC
Far too linear
Very difficult in parts
In no way replay worthy
A very mixed bag of stuff: on the one hand, the presentation and story were surprisingly good for a GBC game, very in depth. Obviously not as good as the PSX MGS, but closer than I expected. On the other hand, this game was STUPIDLY hard, yet somehow sparse at the same time. In the end, I had to cheat a little at the VERY end because it was going to force me to go through the end part OVER and OVER, but it’s done.
Score Breakdown
“The Tale”
Story- 7
Pacing- 6
Characters- 7
Originality- 8
Linearity- 4
Length- 6
Epicness- 7
“The Presentation”
Visuals- 7
Display- 7
Music- 7
Sound FX- 5
“The Mechanics”
Ease of Use- 3
Innovation- 6
Replayability- 2