Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a video game that consists of 7 releases

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Revamped version of the 2nd game in Kojima's Metal Gear Solid series. With bonus content such as a Metal Gear themed skateboarding game and the ability to mix up the roles of characters in certain cutscenes.


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Boss Survival and Casting Theatre

These two new features were previously exclusive to the original PAL and Japanese versions of the game, but have now been implemented to all versions of Substance. Boss Survival gives players the chance to re-live each boss battle within the game. Each battle is timed. The casting theater allows players to watch different cutscenes and replace the character models.

VR Missions

The main addition to this new release was the extra 300 VR training missions (very similar to the ‘Special Missions’ game released on the original PlayStation). This gave players the chance to guide either Snake or Raiden through a virtual reality world and getting to the end of a set course. This could be achieved in different ways - such as sneaking past each guard or killing everything that moves. By progressing through the missions, the difficulty of each course increases, and in time, different costumes for Snake and Raiden will unlock.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
A typical VR mission
A typical VR mission

Snake Tales

Snake Tales gives players the chance to control Solid Snake through five story based missions on the Big Shell and Tanker. The final boss on the Tanker, Olga Gurlukovich, is replaced with Meryl Silverburgh from the original Metal Gear Solid.

Skateboarding

A mini skateboarding game called ‘ Evolution Skateboarding’ was exclusively added to the PlayStation 2 version of Substance. The player can use Snake or Raiden to complete small objectives through ‘ Big Shell’ themed levels. These objectives vary from blowing up parts of the level or simply collecting dog tags.

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Original US Release Nov. 5, 2002
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