MGS2: SOL is a good game, no doubt about it. The new abilities that you have(peeking and shooting around corners, guard captures and body hiding) make for a more realistic experience when coupled with the really good graphics. However, (as many have already have noted) you only get to play as Snake for about the first hour. After that, you play as Raiden, a rookie FOXHOUND operative who knows very little about the operation that he is engaged in. Actually, Raiden is somewhat of a dork. I mean, here he is, up to his eyeballs in AK-74 toting baddies, and he allows his girfriend to  call him and ask those lame "what are you thinking about" type questions. SHEESH!! Anyway, everyone assumes that Snake was killed (YEAH RIGHT!!!) during the first chapter of the game. Eventually you find that he is in fact alive, and posing as a Navy SEAL, along with our old (geeky) pal, Otacon. Later, we also find that Otacon's sister is more annoying than her brother, and the cyborg ninja isn't Gray Fox back from the dead, but a Russian woman named Olga who has hairy armpits. Eventually, Otacon's sister buys the farm, Ocelot gets away (again), and Col. Campbell turns out to be a figment of Raiden's imagination. All of this culminates in a goofy ending that makes us all go, "what was that?" If I gave the story away, I'm sorry! BUT...The good features of the game are again, great graphics, intense and (for the most part) realistic action, and of course, the need for stealth. Now, the bad (even more so than what I described before). The cutscenes are VERY long, and you tend to get confused quickly. The story is somewhat preachy, and you get a little tired of it. I mean, if you wanted a happy little world where everyone lives in a log cabin and picks flowers all day, then why are you playing a game where quietly decapitating dudes with a silenced .45 SOCOM is so important? The ending was rather vague, and the overall plot was a little on the lame side. HOWEVER... Metal Gear veterans will probably like this game. The controls are the same as the PSX's MGS (with a few small changes), and Raiden does take some getting used to. But, I guess that's life. Anyway, this game's good outweighs it's bad, and overall, it is an enjoyable game to play. And, as for Snake's mullet, maybe he has a '78 Camero and really digs listening to Billy Ray Cyrus...
MGS2: SOL is a good game, no doubt about it. The new abilities that you have(peeking and shooting around corners, guard captures and body hiding) make for a more realistic experience when coupled with the really good graphics. However, (as many have already have noted) you only get to play as Snake for about the first hour. After that, you play as Raiden, a rookie FOXHOUND operative who knows very little about the operation that he is engaged in. Actually, Raiden is somewhat of a dork. I mean, here he is, up to his eyeballs in AK-74 toting baddies, and he allows his girfriend to  call him and ask those lame "what are you thinking about" type questions. SHEESH!! Anyway, everyone assumes that Snake was killed (YEAH RIGHT!!! ) during the first chapter of the game. Eventually you find that he is in fact alive, and posing as a Navy SEAL, along with our old (geeky) pal, Otacon. Later, we also find that Otacon's sister is more annoying than her brother, and the cyborg ninja isn't Gray Fox back from the dead, but a Russian woman named Olga who has hairy armpits. Eventually, Otacon's sister buys the farm, Ocelot gets away (again), and Col. Campbell turns out to be a figment of Raiden's imagination. All of this culminates in a goofy ending that makes us all go, "what was that? " If I gave the story away, I'm sorry! BUT... The good features of the game are again, great graphics, intense and (for the most part) realistic action, and of course, the need for stealth. Now, the bad (even more so than what I described before). The cutscenes are VERY long, and you tend to get confused quickly. The story is somewhat preachy, and you get a little tired of it. I mean, if you wanted a happy little world where everyone lives in a log cabin and picks flowers all day, then why are you playing a game where quietly decapitating dudes with a silenced. 45 SOCOM is so important? The ending was rather vague, and the overall plot was a little on the lame side. HOWEVER... Metal Gear veterans will probably like this game. The controls are the same as the PSX's MGS (with a few small changes), and Raiden does take some getting used to. But, I guess that's life. Anyway, this game's good outweighs it's bad, and overall, it is an enjoyable game to play. And, as for Snake's mullet, maybe he has a '78 Camero and really digs listening to Billy Ray Cyrus...