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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Snake. This character is infamous in the gaming realm. He could perhaps be one of the greatest character is Espionage history. Even more so than James Bond, in my opinion. And with the latest Metal Gear Solid title from Konami, Snake is cemented as that character even more so.
Also prequels seem to be very in. People have been stuffed with prequels for the past few years. So, why not go back to how Snake became known as one of the greatest soldiers alive? Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater has been a game long overdue. And now that it's here,
it'll take its place as one of the great sneaking games of all time.
I really want to first talk about the opening of this game. If anyone out there is a fan of the James Bond series and knows how there openings go, then it's as if
The story of this Metal Gear takes place in 1964, so it's safe to say that you are not Solid Snake (Big Boss perhaps...hmm?). You are sent to a jungle in Tselinoyarsk to
Snake Eater copy and pasted an opening from one of its openings. The sequence is beautifully done and the singing is superb. Like the movement of the skeleton snakes.
rescue a scientist held by Soviets. This story is very detailed since if just comes off the heels of the Cold War and the assassination of JFK. The world rightnow is on the brink of another World War and
America has decided to send in Snake, code-named Naked Snake, to make everything right. You soon find out that the scientist, Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolow, has been working on a weapon called the Shaggohad, a mobile walking tank capable of launching nuclear missiles.
The main premise of this game is still sneaking. Sneaking had become even more involved. The main thing that this game lacks is a radar system to tell you enemy locations. Now you must rely more heavily on first-person to see where guards are stationed. You still have tricks like being able to knock them out or just flat out kill them if you get the chance. One good way to kill with stealth is to grab a person before he can alert his comrades and slit his throat with your knife, which is perhaps my favorite means of dispensing with enemy. Now, you must also rely on being able to hide in plain sight. The way to do this is to wear the right camouflage at in the right areas. Snake is given a certain set of suits, but can find more as he travels. You have a camouflage index that tells you how well you are hidden. The higher the percent, the better chances you have of not being seen.
The boss battles are still intense. The characters you face seem to have special powers and you must use your wits to try and defeat the. Possibly one of the most intense battles is with an old man called The End. It's a Sniper Battle in the jungle and the key is to stay low and not move around. This battle is said to go on for about an hour. While you try to kill the boss, he takes his time shooting you with tranquilizers and knocks you out.
Another feature on this game is the stamina gauge below your health. Food in this game isn't used for restoring health.
You health regenerates by itself. The food is used for gaining stamina. If your stamina gauge drops too low, your actions become hindered. Such things include a rumbling stomach that may alert guards to you as well as a shaky hand when trying to aim a gun. In order to eat, Snake must hunt. You can kill things such as rats, alligators and snakes for nourishment. Also, Snake has a preference of what he likes to eat and that will depend how much stamina you gain back. Also if, you kill his prey and keep it with you for too long, it will begin to rot and may poison Snake if he eats it.
Another very involved system is the Cure system. Snake can now sustain damage such as broken limbs and bullet wounds. When this happens you must go and fix them, or Snakes performance will surely be diminished. For instance if you get into a vicious fire fight, you will have to use your knife to remove the bullet, antiseptic to clean the wound and bandages to wrap yourself up. All of these things give the game a more realistic feel to it.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is by far the most involved Metal Gear game yet. Hideo Kojima has outdone himself again. If another Metal Gear Solid game is in the works, I can't even imagine what else they can add to it. It's already a masterpiece.
Grade: A+
—Chris Moore
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