Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

The Good
A true meaning of a remake, you can expect as much extras and pushing to the limits as you got from Resident Evil remake. I suppose I would be nagging a lot if I wouldn't have this pretty little package called GC to be able to play this game. But then again, it would be pointless to say that big portion of why I got it was this game's title. I kid you not when I say this game is a point of envy for any MGS or such game style fan that lacks the GameCube.

For those that got into MGS universe from MGS2, this will be a great way to complete the story without folding back to outdated graphic of PSX version of Metal Gear Solid. Graphically this game is at least on the level of MGS2, so you can understand why there is no need for any pre-rendered cutscenes in this game. Speaking of cutscenes, they're plenty as well, and the direction of them is amazing, every detail is carefully thought through, adding a humorous hex or two on top of all that. Of course, if you saw that 27 mins VS trailer like I did, you pretty much spoiled 80% of the game for you (what can I do, I'm so feeble-minded when it comes to cinematics, someone please restrain me next time).

Gameplay is now enhanced to that of MGS2 (with a little less moves, I think), so you won't have any trouble shooting and aiming in first-person perspective like it was the situation with the original version. But again, there will be so many cutscenes and dialogues that you will barely have any time to test all the goods. And prepare to fight the bosses quite constantly, you'll be lucky if you run to a regular soldiers here and there, mostly during the warming up mission start.

The Bad
It would be unfair to pinpoint any small glitches on this game. It's so full of details and you can get some neat results if your mind's creative enough.

The Bottom Line
A neat touch to bring back the roots of MGS franchise up on the level of an action movie and to hold along with MGS2 and incoming MGS3. Meet the Snake's truest self, and immerse yourself in a story full of twists and intrigues to get a closer connection with the sequels. There is also neat very extensive briefing you can watch, as well as read about Snake's first missions... now those two would be great to see as remakes one date. It is really bad for those that do not have GameCube and cannot play this game, but it is even worse to won a GameCube and not have this game.