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Darwinian Difficulty in Metal Gear Solid 3

It’s your responsibility as a gamer to be as sadistic as possible. If you want to know what a character is made of, he must suffer intolerable cruelties. Don’t worry, he can take it; he’s designed to take it. But you — you twisted sadomasochist you — will have to endure as well, for you are not just the torturer but the tortured.

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Jirachi4851d ago

I really hate the attitude that games are only good if there brutally hard.

artisin4851d ago

Well, good thing the article neither discusses "games" in general nor does it say they're only "good" when hard.

Jirachi4851d ago

I know that but that doesn't change the fact this article places too much importance on difficulty.

artisin4851d ago

But difficulty IS important. It's important to game design and important to enjoyment. If you play a game that's so easy you never get around to using 50% of its mechanics, then it's bad game design. So, yes, difficulty is important.

I'm not saying every game needs to be "brutally difficult," but that a certain level of challenge is necessary for enjoyment, and in the case of MGS3, it's important to establishing the necessary skills to finish the game in a way that satisfies the narrative and the player's sense of reward. The point of this article in particular is to examine how higher levels of difficult enhance empathy with Snake's character and creative thinking, or fluid intelligence.

VonBraunschweigg4851d ago

MGS games have a good variety in difficulties, you don't have to be a hardcore player to be able to finish them, the higher difficulties are there for the fans who want to get the most out of the experience. Far better than series that get dumbed down over time to appeal to the masses. MGS games are best experienced on the higher difficulties so as a player you will have to use most of the available gamemechanics in order to finish it. Only then these games become good for us fans. As mentioned by artisin above, how good is a game when you don't have to use half the options available? A solo sneaking mission during the Cold War should be hard period, easy gameplay doesn't fit a character like Snake. Go play Uncharted if you want to wise-crack yourself through a jungle, this is serious business. Nothing wrong with Uncharted ofcourse.

But fighting The End was special indeed, I finished the game on Hard but not European Hardcore or whatever it was called. After killing tons of Ocelot snipers in that area I started to wonder if he would ever show up, then the internet told me I accidentally must have capped his ass earlier when he was in a wheelchair although I couldn't really remember. I felt I cheated myself, didn't want to miss that Boss fight so I reloaded an older savegame and got 'the fucker' on his own terms, the way it should be. Endless sneaking on your belly and hunting for food, use of thermo goggles & the right camo and finally I found myself right behind him for an easy kill. But that took days, and I enjoyed every minute of it. With the old skool camera I might add.

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Gaming's Greatest Month 20 Years Later - Remembering November 2004

Eight seminal games were released on the gaming market between October 26 and November 23, 2004. Twenty years later, here's Wccftech's retrospective.

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theandinator92218d ago

You're not gonna include Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal or Jak 3 on that list? Just change it to Fall 2004 Releases and include the masterpiece that is Sly 2.

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Metal Gear Solid 3 Eva's Voice Actor Finally Revealed After 20 Years

After over 20 years of fan speculation and theories, Metal Gear Solid 3's Eva voice actor has finally been revealed.

SimpleDad231d ago

OMG they fixed her... Yes... oh I'm gonna buy this game again it's ridiculous!

cell989230d ago

Well that's awesome!! I would have never guessed

KwietStorm_BLM230d ago

What do dey got a lot o sand? We got a hot crustacean band🦀

BISHOP-BRASIL230d ago

I'll save you the click. It was Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid), 20 years ago they decided to credit her under a pseudonym so the M rated game would not conflict with her family friendly voice acting curriculum back when that was still a concern with Disney.

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Why Metal Gear Solid 3 is the Best Prequel Ever Made

With Metal Gear Solid Delta on its way, we look back to see how the original Snake Eater is the foundation on which the entire Metal Gear series is built and is without doubt the greatest prequel ever made.

just_looken376d ago (Edited 376d ago )

The fact you can kill the end by either changing your console clock or my way when he is on the dock is such a cool Easter egg.

My video/play through i time coded the part of end getting killed at the dock
https://www.youtube.com/liv...

The river scene with ocelot's dad will also change depending on your kill count
https://www.youtube.com/liv...

So many things that can change on each playthrough

Oh also the iconic ladder scene always a classic
https://www.youtube.com/liv...

just_looken376d ago

wait are people upset i gave out spoilers on a 20 year old ps2 game?

Like for real this was on top of alot of charts for sales with so many different versions

SimpleDad376d ago

There are many people (new) that didn't experience the game dude.

just_looken376d ago

It's 20 years old man these new "gamers" are weak

No one here ever turn on a history channel or go to school there are scary spoilers there too.

Getting hate for talking about a 20year old game on a comment section with a article that talks about the 20year old game with spoilers in the article

" original Snake, aka Big Boss, whose DNA was used to create the clones Solid, Liquid and Solidus"

Quick call 911 IGN spoiled the game

Chard376d ago

Wait til he realises there are people born years after MGS3 released who are now getting into mature gaming

just_looken376d ago

@chard

I was watching robocop before i grew chest hair are you seriously saying people only play M rated games after they turn 17?

Chard376d ago (Edited 376d ago )

@just_looken
That’s not what I’m saying at all.
Im referring to the weird conclusion you jumped to, which is that anyone who hasn’t played MGS3 by now took too long and are also weak for being bothered by spoilers this long after the original release.

Plenty of people without chest hair will try this remake as their first exposure to MGS3. It’s not somebody’s fault or weakness if they were born in 2010 and had better things to do than play MGS3 prior to this remake. The world doesn’t revolve around you

Aphrodia375d ago

And no one who hasn't played this game yet will know what the hell he's referring too. sensitive, delicate, snowflake.....

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Inverno376d ago

Have an agree, if people haven't bothered playing a 20 year old game and get mad at spoilers then they should stay out of enthusiast posts.

just_looken376d ago

Right and this article has series/game spoilers

Yui_Suzumiya376d ago

I'll call the WHAMBULANCE for the down voters, lol

just_looken376d ago

Right? like wow perhaps i should post about the gta 3 story in the next article get hate there for spoiling that game.

SimpleDad376d ago (Edited 376d ago )

You really are something. Not only does a world turn around you, but you also are sensitive to 5 dislikes.
Who is weak now?
All remakes are done to bring in a new audience and make new money.
Why would you spoil a game or any kind of media for whatever reason If You experienced it?

Ohhh for your Youtube channel... there it is.

Jesus... imagine if someone commented your gameplay. Badly...

My boys will experience this remake for the first time.

just_looken376d ago

1. Its not the dislikes its many post's on this site and other's always the haters or like you mad about spoilers on old old games.

2. My youtube channel is older that most "gamers" today i lost alot of vids do too youtube bots and yourself has no proof even playing any of the games so go ahead post away on stuff you have no idea how to play.

3. My header is real i used to make a few k or more a month or more with mahcinima when bf/gta/halo/world of tanks were in there prime.Now there is just few vids here there

MeteorPanda376d ago

love it.

Just remember while this game came out years ago, theres a whole generation f gamers who would have never played it. it wasn't current for them.

So the remasters are aimed at bringing in new fans of the franchise, posting these may spoil it for some.

just_looken376d ago

The article literally has spoilers in it who the boss's kid is the eva relationship and entire series information you only get by playing the games.

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VersusDMC376d ago

Personally DMC3 is my favorite prequel. MGS3 is top 3 though next to Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Kinda surprised Red Dead 2 isn't IGN's pick for best prequel.

just_looken376d ago

Its red dead revolver red dead redemption red dead redemption 2

I am still waiting for a way to turn off kingdom hearts looping music but the collection is cheap on amazon for those wanting 2 play the games.

franwex376d ago

My favorite prequel is Yoshi’s Island.

Yui_Suzumiya376d ago

Dan Salvato's favorite game to speed run

purple101375d ago

thats a real gamer there, someone who plays a hack'n'slash, a stealth, and an aRPG. * claps hands *

Yui_Suzumiya376d ago

Definitely not arguing that 😁

mastershredder376d ago

Ever? So much nopes to this. Also, IGN licks feat for $.

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