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MGS2: The E3 Frenzy

Where were you on May 11, 2000? In this crowd, perhaps? Everyone else was.

The eternal battle between Giant Bomb and the Electronic Three rages on.

May. 28 2009

Posted by: Brad

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nerd, nerds, NERDS.

Good God is that what I'm like?

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What did the japanese text say?

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People saying it was amazing, shows how far games have come, having watched the other video then this, for it's time it was an amazing game, but watching it now it just looks terrible. I could still play it, and get beyond looks because I'm not a graphics snob, but still either way....


And is the site running slow for anyone else?

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This is from that DVD that you could rent in Japanese rental stores right? I love this stuff. Too bad none of this was on the Document disk.

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Damn, some of those cats are near-crying.

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ITV: People who seriously need to get laid.


btw, the dude at 4:12 was one of the reaction guys meme, right?

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God, I really need to go to E3.

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That's nothing compare to The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess reveal back in 2004 E3.

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That's the screen size I saw the trailer as well .  Nothing has topped that trailer since.

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I don't know what you are saying. MGS2 is the first realistic looking game on console and still looks great to me.

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I wish I knew what the writing meant...

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Does anyone know if anyone from Giant Bomb is hidden in the crowd somewhere?

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Lol @ the dude who almost cryed ;p This game was awesome I think I even prefered it to the original, The Plant & Raiden aside.

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4:08 - MonsterQuest should be on the  look out for that guy.

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Mouth WIDE OPEN DUDE WAS CRYING...........CRAZY

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They know how to make their game trailers for sure.

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god that turned out to be just an awful, terrible, vile abomination of a game.  one of the most disappointing games ive ever played

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Roboyto said:
god that turned out to be just an awful, terrible, vile abomination of a game.  one of the most disappointing ... [more]
you really have no idea about the MGS franchise if you throwing that into the "worst game" category. your just a whiney fan who didnt get to play with snake long enough
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God I love MGS2.  

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I actually had no problem with MGS 2 or Raiden. 

Of course I'm probably a casual fan at best.

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Why do you guys keep putting stuff up like this when i come in from the pub? I'm so confused.

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That was great. Everyone's face changed expressions at nearly the same time, which goes to show the impact this game had on everyone and how great the MGS franchise is. It's the games that evoke emotion that are truly amazing.

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Yellowshirts said:
Roboyto said: god that turned out to be just an awful, terrible, vile abomination of a game.  one of the ... [more]
rofl, nah, im not a whiney fanboy...couldnt have cared less about how long i played as snake. my problems with the game come from the fact that the story became just about the most convoluted, non-sensical clusterf*** imaginable. i was glad the game ended just so i wouldnt have to pay attention to the storyline anymore.

but hey, keep insulting me just cause i dont happen to agree with your own personal fanboy opinion about the game.
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I loved the guy who was shaking his head.  He couldn't believe it and had to look around to see if he was real.

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whats with all this old time shit ?

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Edited By sneakysnake128

I replayed MGS2 after MGS3 before MGS4 came out and the story made tons more sense.

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I expected more of an 'OH MY GOOODD!!' roar when Revolver Ocelot was shown, man I remember this when I was young and just being amazed and it was all ingame graphics. And the shoot out with Snake in the food storage room and everything breaking is just iconic.


Little did we know then that there was a sneaky Raiden up Kojima's sleeve. 
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00:43 . . . japanese Ryan

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i love mgs2. i still play it even tho its nearly a decade since its released

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That video would have been hilarious if they would have ended that trailer with the reveal of Raiden as main character... just hearing the applauses and cheers turn into boos and WTF's would have been funny.

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That MGS2 and 3 theme still sends shivers down my spine.

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*with all the enthusiasm of a wet sock*

I was watching it and I said to myself, "wow".

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That game still holds up, in my opinion. Played it again after the disappointing MGS4...yeah, I said it.

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is that jake rodkin i spot in the vid?

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Little did they know that the game would turn out to be 90 % listening to Codec conversations =P Still an awesome game and the physics (breaking glass, bottles, fruit etc.) was mind blowing at the time and still there are games that have barely cought up with that so many years later.

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One of the definitive "OH SNAP!" moments in gaming.

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right...? Why are we suddenly talking about the MGS2 reveal? Did I miss something?

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WOW ... played all MGS games, got goose bumps when the music starts to play. what an awesome game, trailer, series etc.

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Kyle said:
right...? Why are we suddenly talking about the MGS2 reveal? Did I miss something?
cause its one of the biggest moments in E3 history
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I remember being at that E3 and seeing that video, (I went on Friday though).  The fire marshal was trying to get people to move and he eventually gave up with literally hundreds of people crowding into a 20x30 ft space.  Right after it ended the same crowd of people would go over to Tecmo's booth for a DOA fashion show.

E3, how you've changed.

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i counted more then 50 geeks having an orgasm.

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@Roboyto:
you're obviously out of your mind if you think it was a "awful, terrible, vile abomination of a game."
MGS2 was at the time of release, the best game on the market in terms of graphics, gameplay and innovation!
Saying this was a bad game is like saying, super mario bros was a bad game.

Weather or not you think the story is good, is of course subjective, (i mean i thought the story in super mario bros, was pretty lackluster,)  but on all other fronts Metal Gear Solid 2 was amazing.

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@outerabiz

While i certainly dont hate stealth games its not my favorite thing in games. So, while i appreciate the quality of the gameplay, it's hard for me to give it a pass solely on that and the graphics.  Especially in a series like MGS where tha games are basically interactive movies, the storyline is a huge thing for me. So when the storyline in MGS2 just went all the over place and, in my mind, became just plain nonsensical, it really disappointed me and is the reason ive never touched the game again after my second playthrough(which i did solely to see if i just missed something in the story that would make it better.)

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3:57 - is that Vince from the Shamwow! commercials but with long hair?

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Talk about "jawdropping"

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I was at E3 after this one when they had the MGS2 demo stations up.

Hah the guy with his mouth wide open was too much.

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nice behind the scenes

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This had some of the ugliest people I have ever seen in my life.

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That's a lot of dudes.

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Total sausage-fest.