Well, where to start...
I own a Gamecube and a PS2 (as some of you know) and one of my favourite games on the very first Playstation (otherwise known as the PSX) was Metal Gear Solid. This game was incredibly engaging and detailed, and very smartly executed. I loved the mission storyline; I loved the chaacters; I loved the boss scenarios; I loved the scenary; I loved the abilities; and I loved the fact that this game marked the first time any game had really made great use of the Dualshock controller! (Remember the helicopter take-off at the very beginning? Try 'accidentally' dropping the vibrating controller in your lap in those moments)
Even now, the graphics don't stop the enjoyment of the storyline. I could still sit down and play this game simply because of the cool things you end up doing along the way. (Firing the Nikita missles at that helicopter on the roof is one of my favourite battles).
But I'm digressing...
For all you Metal Gear Solid 1 story/game fans... Meta Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes is a remake for the Gamecube with the graphics you come to expect from a Nintendo release (all consoles seem to have their own personal stamp on graphics). They have kept the original story, gathered the original cast together to record new voiceovers, and added cooler things in besides. For this remake, they have added some of the abilities and actions you get to experience and carry out as in the second Metal Gear title that us first gen PS2 buyers bought the console for in the first place. (I can remember those days of anxiously awaiting MGS2's release date. For there was no point in owning a PS2 until I had MGS2 to play on it).
I was highly disappointed in the second half of the MGS2 game where you are forced to play as some girly-looking guy with a weird girlfriend taking up the radio airwaves just to talk about their relationship... but I'm digressing again.
The reason I'm buying this remake on the Gamecube that I only bought to play new Resident Evil titles on -- as the creators cruelly switched their loyalty from the PS2 to the Gamecube -- is because I want to see how they can possibly make this fantastic, flawless game even better. The only way they can is from modernising the graphics, which they have done. WOW! I can't wait to get this game from that Amazon Marketplace seller this week.
Just check out the overhaul they've done on my favourite MGS character, Sniper Wolf:
Surely this is reason alone to buy this game?
**SPOLIER BELOW FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER PLAYED MGS**
**SPOLIER BELOW**
(I actually cried when your character, Snake, kills her in the snowfield and then places a handkerchief over her head -- the music was very touching).
**END SPOLIER**
But yeah. Her accent was very sexy in the first game. Buy this remake!!
~ Cuddle Cuffs