87
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.6
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5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Substance is a re-vamped and re-vised edition of the original Metal Gear Solid 2: Son's of Liberty, in which Solid Snake must recover the stolen Metal Gear Ray from a group of terrorists bent on using its power for un-thinkable reasons.

Along with the original espionage shooter comes a collection of 200 virtual reality (VR) missions. Missions range from killing certain targets and using particular weapons, as well as seeing the world of Solid Snake from different perspectives and styles, with 1st person target modes and a variety mode including crazy characters of different shapes and sizes.

Also included are a range of alternative missions, that has you sneaking around and snapping photos of targets, to bomb disposal, all out destruction and more.

Alternate Titles

  • "MGS2S" -- Common abbreviation

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The Press Says

PSX Extreme Mar 06, 2003 9.9 out of 10 99
GameZone Mar 31, 2003 9.3 out of 10 93
IGN Mar 03, 2003 9.1 out of 10 91
Game Revolution Apr, 2003 A- 91
Armchair Empire, The Mar 16, 2003 9 out of 10 90
GamePro Mar 05, 2003 4.5 out of 5 90
Game Informer Magazine Apr, 2003 8.5 out of 10 85
Netjak Jan 28, 2002 8.4 out of 10 84
GameSpot Mar 05, 2003 7.5 out of 10 75
Games TM Feb, 2003 7 out of 10 70

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Trivia

The PC version is direct port of the XBOX version with no modifications. Even the tutorial refers to the XBOX controllers.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66128) and Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9944)
 

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