Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

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The Twin Snakes is a remake of the 1998 tactical espionage action game Metal Gear Solid.

The remake has the same story and dialogues as the original (although voice-overs were re-recorded for this release). The locations in the game also remained the same, but the graphics were updated to look equal in quality to contemporary games. Gameplay was also enhanced, featuring the additions that first appeared in Metal Gear Solid 2. Snake can now roll, hang from ledges, hide in lockers, drag guards' bodies away, as well as aim and shoot from first-person view. New weapons from Metal Gear Solid 2 (such as tranquilizer gun) are also present.

Another noticeable change is in the game's cutscenes. Directed by the Japanese action movie director Ryuhei Kitamura, the cutscenes have been re-worked, featuring dramatic techniques used in action movies, such as slow motion and other effects.

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  • 潜龙谍影:双蛇 - Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Solid Snake
Liquid Snake
Meryl Silverburgh
Naomi Hunter
Hal Emmerich
Roy Campbell
Mei Ling
Ninja
Nastasha Romanenko
Revolver Ocelot
Vulcan Raven
Psycho Mantis
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Average score: 85% (based on 33 ratings)

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Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 66 ratings with 6 reviews)

An excellent update/remake of a great game.

The Good
The game is faithfully recreated, this time with better graphics, and the addition of some new abilities, and some amazing new cutscenes.

The Bad
A few of the cutscenes are a little over the top, and all the original voice acting was redone, so some of the accents are gone, and some of the actors have been replaced. It kinda takes away from the experience if you've played the original. There aren't many extras, so if you played the PSX version, you'll know exactly what to do, however, the very different controls will give you a little bit of a challenge.

The Bottom Line
Almost perfect, and still surprising the second time around.

GameCube · by elpolloesrojo (17) · 2008

The greatest remake of them all. "A great remake?" yes, Snake, a great remake....

The Good
Ok, for this review i ASSUME you have played the original ps1 version or pc version. If not, read a review of them first...

Right, lets go! This game is absolutely fantastic. I enjoyed the story and the gameplay A LOT. Everything blended perfectly and was an absolute joy to play again and again.

You see, Metal Gear Solid is neither a film or a game, its a good mix of both. The gameplay is more of a "Fill the gap" between the next exciting chapter of story to behold. And the gameplay is a lot of fun. The stealth aspect is not entirely realistic or anything, it's not re-creating the world of a spy here. The whole game is crafted to show it's characters and story and levels. There is nothing stereotypical here at all. which is why the series is so popular.

Many games have tried and lead the story on their characters. some work well, some perfect it (final fantasy series) and have the player depend on the reaction of the character to take you through the rest of the game.

All the voice acting is great, some sound a little cliched, but it's all part of the Metal Gear Solid world. Much like Star Wars, you couldn't NOT have a funny moment or strange accent or two could you? Metal Gear takes everything with a pinch of salt. Reality takes a back seat for the first part, but to zip up the tension the plot becomes longer and more reality-serious featuring things about nuclear attacks (very relevant for today) and cloning (also very relevant for today). The story poses a lot of questions and the whole thing is taken out by this character Snake.

Snake is one great guy, he has a great depth, you love his voice but you also can't understand him sometimes. But, still it's almost as if he's a great friend of yours, stuck out here against all the odds. Oh, and the odds are obviously "It's either YOU alone save the world.. OR the world ends".

This game features almost exactly the same everything as the other game. But this time they didn't just port it over to the gamecube, they totally did it again! re-recorded the voices (which sounds better this time). And everything is pretty much the same, same story, same outfits, same weapons (with an exception of the m9 tranq gun). Everything is different though, its like looking at metal gear 1 via a dvd player and not traditional video tapes. All of the controls are better, the movement is better, the abilities are better, the music is really, really great and the cinematics are inspired art-forms or high-octane eye-candy! The cut-scenes are worth seeing by any old metal gear fan. They are all added and re-directed and there are a lot of very exciting scenes (some are totally astounding). Some though are a little over the top, Snake spends a lot of his time flipping around in the air and doing "Matrix" style stuff. But it's all good. Just remember you are in the world of metal gear again and you will be thoroughly treated.

The Bad
The new features are fantastic, sniping from first person with handguns etc and using lockers and dragging bodies in a variety of ways is all great fun and adds a lot to the gameplay. But it all seems a little pointless to have (except the first person shooting views). For example, why would you want to hide in a locker when you don't really need to? The game is structurely the same as it was when you couldn't do all this new stuff, the enemies patrol the same kind of areas etc.. so you can just get by without using the new abilities just fine. I would of love to seen some more use of new abilities here, especially using enemies as body shields and hiding in lockers. And maybe some more new locals too. And maybe a new boss to fight or an extended boss fight or something. SOMETHING which isn't directly converted.



The Bottom Line
This game is pretty much the same as the original version, but this is the version it SHOULD of been. The dated graphics are not up to class of the voice acting it had and the story which was being told. I found the old meal gear was like watching puppets act out a fantastic story. You just blurred the faces with your imagination and instantly the game became enjoyable... But this time the game impresses you throughout. I love all of the characters. This is so much more fun than getting a bunch of dvds and having a weekend in. The quality of this game and the story and everything is fantastic.

Ok, one of the only things which kind of bugs me about metal gear is the way Snake is the legendary hero, but seems pretty clueless to what is going on around him. He constantly asks questions about a question which was just answered.

But it's these reasons which bring a warm smile to my face and i think "oh yes, metal gear is back!"

GameCube · by MrBee (28) · 2005

Good, but not as good as people make out…

The Good
Looks amazing! The detail on the backgrounds and character models is great, speaking of the character models, there smoothly animated and move very fluently. The music in the ending is very good and really tops the game off (apparently it's called "the best is yet to come)". Down to the game play, well the controls fit well, even though some commands require multiple button presses (such as running with a aimed weapon) lots of mechanisms from metal gear solid 2 have been bolted on such as first person mode, new weapons, and moves. These new additions don’t make a big difference in the way you approach the game but make it more varied than the 1st metal gear solid. The cut scenes have been redesigned and they look really astounding, on a par with the matrix with all the slow-mo bullet time and bloody action. The story is also another good point, it twists and turns like a screw, and is very involving and deep thanks to the interesting and varied characters, as all of them have a past and reasons to be doing what there doing.

The Bad
First of all its too easy , you can just go through and kill guards just using the first person mode, so the first person mode makes it to simple and you can leave there bodies where they lie, there’s no need to hide bodies in lockers, there is also no need to hide in lockers or hang off edges or do almost any of the new metal gear solid 2 additions as the original metal gear solid wasn’t design for them in mind, so the new moves are only of any use if you decide to go out of your way and use them, making them redundant and not worth the time or the bother. Of course another thing is the fact the codec messages are incredible boring and muddled and tend to just drown on like some old crusty history teacher. And also the thing that really cripples the game is the fact that there are no extras, I mean what! The secret stuff you do get is fun for while but gets boring, the only other stuff is a boss rush mode and a new costume which are silly. Come on silicon knights where’s all the VR missions form the original! Also like the metal gear solid 2 you can collect dog tags, unlike metal gear solid 2 you get no reward for collecting them, so what’s the point!? This lack of long term love really, REALLY rubbishes the game. Another thing is that it’s a six year old game rehashed and the plain fact it could have been soooo much better.

The Bottom Line
You’ve got to take the rough with the smooth.

GameCube · by Garland (12) · 2004

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

References

As much as this group effort by Nintendo, Konami and Silicon Knights was, it's no wonder this game has a commemorative feel. And those can be noticed as Easter eggs, such as: If you have an Eternal Darkness file on your memory card, Psycho Mantis says something like "You like adventure games don't you? Do you like SILICON KNIGHTS games? Did you enjoy ETERNAL DARKNESS?" He also says something if you have a Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, a Super Smash Bros. Melee or a Super Mario Sunshine file on the memory card as well. * The GameCube + Wavebird controller with a GameCube setup screen on a TV at Otacon's office * The Yoshi and Mario action figures (shoot them for some nice surprises!) * Alexandra Roivas (from SK's Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem) is the centerfold for the adult magazines you can use to distract grunts, and there is an Eternal Darkness poster in a soldier's locker * The Silicon Knights website is on one computer's screen * On Psycho Mantis' room, the three pictures on the wall feature Hideo Kojima (MGS creator), Ryuhei Kitamura (movie director responsible for the Twin Snakes* cutscenes) and Denis Dyack (president & producer from Silicon Knights)

Secrets

After defeating Sniper Wolf in the field, you can see the parachute Liquid used to escape the Hind tangled in a tree. Unless you look directly at it you will not trigger the codec conversation with Campbell.

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The game has one of the longest trailers ever, it runs for 26 minutes and 40 seconds.

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Game added March 10, 2004. Last modified January 8, 2024.