88
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.8
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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" -- Abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance    
amazon.com
Metal Gear Solid 2:Substance PlayStation 2 $38.95  
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater PlayStation 2 $14.99  
Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence PlayStation 2 $26.99  
KONAMI Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PlayStation 2 $3.37  
Metal Gear Solid 2: The Document PlayStation 2 $29.99  
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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
Game Revolution Apr, 2003 A- 91
IGN Mar 03, 2003 9.1 out of 10 91
GamePro Mar 05, 2003 4.5 out of 5 90
Armchair Empire, The Mar 16, 2003 9 out of 10 90
Game Informer Magazine Apr, 2003 8.5 out of 10 85
Netjak Jan 28, 2002 8.4 out of 10 84
GameSpy Mar 03, 2003 82 out of 100 82
GameSpot Mar 05, 2003 7.5 out of 10 75

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Trivia

Hideo Kojima was partially inspired to call this version of Metal Gear Solid 2: "Substance" by 70's British band Joy Division's greatest hits compilation cd entitled Substance 1977-1980.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (62877) and Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9970)
 

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