Where does Metal Gear Solid rank in the history of great video game opening sequences? This week John and Stace discuss the opening hour of the original Metal Gear Solid (1998), from the initial cut-scene to the Revolver Ocelot boss fight. The sequence is a masterclass of game design, narrative and originality, providing us with numerous concepts and ideas that have gone on to become commonplace across many games. Our discussion of Metal Gear Solid comes ahead of our look at Metal Gear Solid 2 w
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I’d have taken a few of those out. Prefer Sonic over Sonic 2. Outrun should be in there. Maybe even Pong as millions of people had fun with that even if it was repetitive. Final Fight pipped any Streets of Rage game, although Streets of Rage had the better soundtrack. Too many to list l guess. To me, retro gaming is the 1980s, maybe going into early 1990s.
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It looks wonderful visually. Frame rate is very inconsistent though, and definitely running sub-30's at times. I get that this is an alpha version. I just hope we can hit a locked 60 on the final release. Also, I kind of wish they'd expanded the areas a bit. Might feel a bit odd going through these sections that are still clearly going to be on a PS2 scale in size.
So way ahead of its time !
Everything from the music to boost the atmosphere is brilliant.
Ill never forget the feeling of playing this game for the first time when it came out… Kojima man… he’s a legend for a very good reason.
Best game ever made, impossible to top in my opinion.