Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG)

Director:

Hideo Kojima

Writers:

Hideo Kojima (story)
Hideo Kojima (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Year Of The Snake

Plot:

Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Tanker | Snake | Metal Gear | President

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

David Hayter	...	Solid Snake (voice: English version)
Quinton Flynn	...	Raiden (voice: English version)
Christopher Randolph	...	Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich (voice: English version)
Lara Cody	...	Rosemary (voice: English version)
Vanessa Marshall	...	Olga Gurlukovich (voice: English version)
Paul Eiding	...	Colonel Campbell (voice: English version)
John Cygan	...	Solidus Snake (voice: English version)
Maura Gale	...	Fortune (voice: English version) (as Maula Gale)
Phil LaMarr	...	Vamp (voice: English version) (as Phil La Marr)
Barry Dennen	...	Fatman (voice: English version)
Greg Eagles	...	Peter Stillman (voice: English version)
Jennifer Hale	...	Emma Emmerich (voice: English version)
Patric Zimmerman	...	Revolver Ocelot (voice: English version) (as Pat Zimmerman)
Cam Clarke	...	Liquid Snake (voice: English version)
Earl Boen	...	Sergei Gurlukovich (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

MGS2 (short title)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (USA) (short title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (cutscenes) | Dolby (gameplay scenes)

Certification:

New Zealand:M | Australia:MA | Ireland:15 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:M

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Konami Computer Entertainment

Trivia:

Towards the (very strange) last part of this game, the Colonel begins acting very erratically and speaking nonsensically. Many of the things he says are what his character has said in previous Metal Gear games.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: On top of Federal Hall, Solidus tells Raiden that George Washington became the first US president "200 years ago today". Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, but this scene takes place on the same day in 2009 - 220 years later, not 200. This is because Solidus is intentionally rounding the number down, presumably to make his dialogue flow better.

Quotes:

Raiden: All you want is power, at any cost.
Solidus Snake: Jack, it's not power I want. What I want to take back from the Patriots are things like... freedom, civil rights, opportunities. The founding principles of this country. Everything that's about to be wiped out by their digital censorship.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Metal Gear Saga Vol. 1 (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday

A BEAUTIFUL sequel

When the first Metal Gear Solid was released on the Playstation, it blew every other game out of the water. It wasn't just a game... it was a piece of art. Not only was the gameplay excellent and heart-pumping, but the story was gripping and touching, the quotes were novel-like and cutscenes were as memorable as your favorite scene in any movie.

Now, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty has been released for the Playstation 2, with an improvement upon everything. The enemy intelligence has got to be the most impressive I have ever seen. They constantly radio in their reports of their guarding spots, and if you kill them, the ones they radio to will check out why they are not responding, forcing you to think before you shoot, unlike many other games. You can sneak up the guards and hold them up or snap their necks if you want, you can limp them by shooting specific body parts, or you can even make them bleed to death by shooting them a few times and letting them live.

The characters are still as three-dimensional as they were before (and I don't mean physically as models, but as a character by inner traits, motives and feelings). You'll feel very emotional for them. Whether you hate them because they're a backstabbing b*****d, or you feel sorry for them because of their past or situations that they are stuck in. The story is as gripping as the first, however, it IS a lot more complicated and one would probably have to play through a few more times to understand the plot a lot more. There are so many pieces of the plot that are in their own seperate places, that it's hard to put them together until you do play a few more times. It's almost impossible to give away the plot without spoiling anything, so I will not say anything, because this game is FULL of surprises. Even at the nearing of beginning of this game that you will be surprised.

Metal Gear Solid 2, in my opinion, is not as good as the first game, but it surely does not make this a bad game. In fact, this game is a worthy sequal, as much as The Empire Strikes Back was for the first Star Wars film (well, I liked the first better). There are some parts in Metal Gear Solid 2 that will seem too similar to the first game, which is the weakest point of this sequel, but the new quotes and philosophies, outstanding gameplay, wonderful story, and hilarious humor will make this game worth a purchase.

HOWEVER, if you have never played the first game, do so, before this one. This isn't like a James Bond film, in which every story is quite new. This game does continue with explanations to the first game. You can read the "In the Darkness from Shadow Moses" in this game, which summarizes (despite being about 349 pages) the events of the first game, though the summary has inaccuracies that were put in on purpose (most likely to put a touch of realism in which the author can't remember what everybody says...can't blame her, there's a lot of speech in it).

Another congratulations to Hideo Kojima and the crew at Konami for making the second best game out there (the best game out, in my opinion, is the first Metal Gear Solid still...).