2024-04-18 14:31:30
More than twenty years have passed since its launch Metal Gear Solid in PlayStationand many players still ask questions like “in which order to start playing the saga”, often ignoring the first two parts of MSX. Not playing the first two titles means many people miss out on the many references what is in MGS a Metal Gear y Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. And there are so many cases that are repeated in MGS of MG y MG2 what The PSX video game is practically one remake and 3D.
Author’s Note: This news item contains spoilers for Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, and Metal Gear Solid.
Metal Gear Solid: halfway between the original story and remake of Metal Gear 2
Not a few miss that Metal Gear Solid has the 3 implicit in its name: “Solid” doesn’t just refer to Solid Snakeits protagonist, but also refers to the transition from 2D to 3D in the saga. Metal Gear Solid, released in 1998 on the PlayStation in Japan and the US and in 1999 in Europe, It was the direct sequel to Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.released on MSX in 1990, exclusive to Japan.
Does it happen Metal Gear Solid is full of references to the two previous video games. They are not just winks, but outright recycling playable parts and even important plot points. There are so many cases that it is repeated It is not unreasonable to confirm that Kojima’s intention was to make some kind remake and 3D of these two titles. In fact:
- The way to reach enemy territory in Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid are diving. Furthermore, have the method by which Snake enters the enemy’s fortress in Metal Gear 2 and Metal Gear Solid is through ventilation ducts.
- A Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid Snake is trappedy after escaping there is a trap in the inventory: In the first game it’s a transmitter, and in MGS it’s a bomb with a timer.
- In Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid, it is a puzzle consisting of disable an electrified ground using guided missiles.
- One of the bosses uses an automatic weapon y One of the most effective ways to defeat him is to use guided missiles (Machine Gun Kid and Metal Gear and Vulcan Raven and Metal Gear Solid).
- Another of the bosses is a character who returns from a previous game and was presumed dead. In Metal Gear 2 he is Black Ninja (Schneider in Metal Gear) and in Metal Gear Solid he is Frank Jaeger/Gray Fox (who first appeared in Metal Gear 2).
- In all three video games, there is a battle against a Hind D helicopterand the Metal Gear Solid version takes elements from the previous two games: it is on the roof of a building like in Metal Gear, and Stinger missiles are needed to damage the unit like in Metal Gear 2.
- A Metal Gear 2 y Metal Gear Solid, Snake can catch a coldand the character’s sneezing and coughing can alert nearby guards.
- One of Snake’s radio contacts is the leader of enemy forces pretends to be an ally (Big Boss in Metal Gear, Liquid Snake impersonates Master Miller in Metal Gear Solid).
- Another radio contact for Snake is an anonymous informant who warns you of traps it’s in the place where he is (Snake’s Fan in Metal Gear 2 and Deep Throat in Metal Gear Solid). In both cases it’s the same character: Frank Jaeger/Gray Fox.
- The first hostage Snake rescues uses a locator which causes your location to appear on the radar. This hostage, moreover, turns out to be a spy who works for enemy forces (in Metal Gear 2 he is Doctor Kio Marv and in Metal Gear Solid he is Decoy Octopus posing as Donald Anderson).
- Solid Snake must follow an ally disguised as a guard to the restroomsas it is the only place where a woman can be alone without arousing suspicion among enemy forces (in Metal Gear 2 it is Gustava Heffner and in Metal Gear Solid it is Meryl Silverburgh).
- Snake is ambushed by four enemy guards in an elevator. (in Metal Gear 2 they are the Four Horsemen, and in Metal Gear Solid they are the four Genome Soldiers who use optical camouflage).
- A Metal Gear 2 y Metal Gear Solid, The Metal Gear pilot destroys a key structure to advance, forcing Snake to seek an alternate route.. In MG2, Gray Fox destroys a bridge, and in MGS Liquid, he destroys the walkway connecting the two communication towers.
- Snake suffers another ambush on the first floor of a towery You must advance by eliminating guards while continuing to climb stairs for several floors.
- After destroying Metal Gear, Solid Snake battles his pilot in hand-to-hand combat. (in Metal Gear 2 it’s Gray Fox, in Metal Gear Solid it’s Liquid Snake).
- In both Metal Gear 2 and Metal Gear Solid it is a key object that changes shape at different ambient temperaturesand you must go back to previously visited areas so that the card takes on all its different forms in order to advance.
As you can see, Metal Gear Solid is just as full of references to the previous two video games as the ambush in the elevator of four Genome Soldiers who It’s very hard not to believe that this is a 3D remake of MSX games.
Why did many people misunderstand many Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake references in Metal Gear Solid?
The reason why virtually no one understood the many references which had to the previous two games in Metal Gear Solid is the fact that The first Metal Gear wasn’t very populary The second Metal Gear didn’t leave Japan until 2006.provided that The MSX versions of both games were included as extras in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence..
In other words: The main problem why almost no one caught the flashes was a problem of availability and lack of popularity of these two video games. The franchise had a huge boom after the launch of Metal Gear Solid in 1998.and in turn This is why many believe it to be the first game in the series. when in reality it is the third.
These two video games are also available in the version of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence found in other collections such as Metal Gear Solid HD Collection or the most recent Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1.
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