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Friday, March 12, 2004

The OB Testament..
Yes, I've been thinking about the OtakuBoards Bible more as of late. I don't quite know why, really, but over the summer I will need something to do, and perhaps creating a sacred religious document spoof might be fun.

The big topic of the day: Metal Gear Solid 2: The Twin Snakes.

After some convincing, I finally got my parents to buy Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (with my own money, of course.. The game's rated M) earlier today. After a half-day of school I helped out with the yard some and then ran over to Best Buy, purchasing the next-to-last copy in stock at the moment.

Now, I was expecting a good game, but I was really blown away when I first started playing. In most games I've played involving sneaking around, things are really simple- Run as fast as you need, scream out loud of you want to, just don't let the guards (or whatever) see you directly. Oh, how unprepared I was when I started playing this.

I have never played a game actually based on stealth. I wanted to get Splinter Cell, but my parents were disapproving of the Teen Rating on that one when it came out. Oh, the irony.

Anyway, I'm only in the third room. I suck at stealth, heh.. Whether it be my shadow sticking out from behind the box I'm pressed up against or the guards seeing my footprints in the snow, I always end up dying in a pool of blood while trying to fight off three crazy people with Semi-automatics with only my hands and feet. I think I've already died maybe 30 times, in this room alone.

There's a lot more depth in this game than I expected.. There are more possibilities for what you can do, rather than just having to do one thing. For example, the room I'm in is covered in cameras that send out an alarm if you get too close. Now, I thought that the only method of getting past them was to throw a certain type of grenade at them which short circuits all electronics for a short while. Now, Kazuko told me just a little while ago, that you could do two other things instead:

- I could have simply gone into first person mode and shot the cameras

Or

- One can press against the wall and not get seen.

I wouldn't have even thought of shooting out the camera, because this game isn't always first person mode.. And as for the wall thing, that didn't even cross my mind.

Yeah, I love this game. It was worth all $39.99. I'll talk about it more in the OB Twin Snakes thread, once I've gotten a little farther in the game.
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