You see, I'm a long time MGS fan. And by "long time" I mean I've loved the games ever since the first Metal Gear for the Playstaion was released. I can without doubt say that the first and original MGS for the Playstation is the best in the series, and the best game of all time, imo. And I can't imagine the remake for the Gamecube, Twin Snakes, really being the same experience. But I suddenly got this, rush, for the lack of a better word, to try out Twin Snakes. Now, I don't own a Gamecube. Neither do I know anyone who own one, so I can't really borrow one. But if I were to buy a Gamecube sorely for the purpose to play Twin Snakes, would you say it's worth it?
So, I guess what I'm asking, is the game good?
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Mar 09, 2004
Remake of the acclaimed PlayStation stealth-action action title Metal Gear Solid, developed under supervision of creator Hideo Kojima and legendary Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
Did anyone actually play the remake?
I love both, to be honest. Twin Snakes has a very different style (think The Matrix meets MGS 1) in terms of the cutscenes, but some of them are actually pretty neat. It's a bit of a different experience, and honestly, waaay easier, but still worth playing if you like metal gear games.
I played it. It's a faithful remake, and it brings the control up to the MGS2 era, so you can shoot from first person. Also, if you have a Wii you can just play it on that, they are backwards compatible. You'd still need a Gamecube controller though.
This is actually just the answer I was looking for! I recently got informed the classic for the Playstation is available at PSN. So as soon as I can spear the money I'll buy that off there. It's really a drag having to hook up my Playstation every time I wanna play MGS. Cause I too replay that game fairly often. Anyways, if a fan of the game says the classic is way better than Twin Snakes then that certainly slows down that "rush" I suddenly felt to play Twin Snakes. Thanks, man." Metal Gear Solid for the Playstation is probably my favorite game of all time too. I still play that game every once in a while and even though I have Twin Snakes I would rather play the PS version. "
@XII_Sniper said:
Well, I sure like the MGS games. God, I love em! But is it worth getting the Gamecube as well? Cause, I mean, I don't have one so, I will be needing that to actually play the game." I love both, to be honest. Twin Snakes has a very different style (think The Matrix meets MGS 1) in terms of the cutscenes, but some of them are actually pretty neat. It's a bit of a different experience, and honestly, waaay easier, but still worth playing if you like metal gear games. "
Not all the changes are good, the cutscenes became a little bit much at times, but overall it's very good and has some of the nice MGS2 enhancements like the FPS shooting view.
@Dahnosaur said:
never played any of the MGS games. is this the place to start?
I think you should try the original but if you can't take the graphics or the lack of some of the gameplay additions then you should play Twin Snakes. It wouldn't be a bad choice either way I just prefer the original overall.
After you take care of 1, grab the HD collection. My favorite in the series: MGS 3, MGS 1, MGS 4, MGS 2.
Please Log In to post.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.Comment and Save
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Log in to comment