Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

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.