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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Great graphics, great story, redone cutscenes.

Weakness: Remake of an old game, sometimes too much dialogue.

Silicon Knights did a fantastic job time remaking the original Metal Gear Solid game that first appeared on the Playstation One in 1998. While I blazed through the original game years ago, it was nice to see (depending if you're a purist or not) that this version did not stray too far from the original. Basically this game has been brought up to date with Metal Gear Solid 2 standards - in terms of graphics, sound and gameplay mechanic. This is a good thing because I went back to boot up my old Playstation One Metal Gear and time has not treated that game well. While this game is not as flashy as MGS2 (or even MGS3), it's stands out as a monument to how video games should be remade. For Nintendo fans, there is a little bonus as you will find some old friends in a certain area (I won't spoil it for you, go play it for yourself!). This game is all about stealth. If you're looking for a guns blazing type of game, then avoid this Twin Snakes. But if you enjoy intelligent gameplay with top-notch presentation, the get this game!

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Nice remake of the original, major graphic and sound upgrade, new first person view

Weakness: None apparent

The original Metal Geal Solid for the Playstation gets redone on the Gamecube, with the game engine from Metal Gear Solid 2.

With the new engine from MGS2 is the first person mode that was missing from the first incarnation. The first person mode makes some of the game much easier, and the new weapon system that comes with it also changes the gameplay around a bit, all for the better.

The graphics and the sound have all received significant upgrades, giving the game a great look and sound. The graphics have been worked even better than in MGS2 and they work extremely well through all the game. The sounds and voice acting all have been greatly improved, and they add great things to the atmosphere of the game.

Overall, this game is a great remake of the original title, and a must-have for the action fan.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Solid graphics, gameplay engine, and voice acting

Weakness: Almost too cinematic (let me play!)

I have not played the original Playstation MGS. My last experience was back on the NES, so I cannot comment on the remake aspect of the game. Whether this game has been faithful to its original is independent though of how much fun it is to play. A stealth action game in the same genre as Splinter Cell, Twin Snakes has slightly more action its stablemates. The learning curve is well sloped as you get initiated into the world and controls work fine with the cube. The visuals are topnotch and the voice acting easily among the best the gamecube has had. The overall feel of the game is like a movie. But this is where the game losing some enjoyment. The cutscenes and dialogue are long. Now you can always skip any of these scenes, the tradeoff being you miss out on information or the progression of the plot and it is more difficult to slip into the world of Snake when it becomes so disjointed. I have nothing against cutscenes, especially when they are done well (which they are in this case), but at times I wanted to play the game instead of watching people interact or listening to them talk. It seemed, though I was not timing it with any great accuracy, that I would play for 5 or 10 minutes and then watch a cutscene for 5 or 10 minutes. That aside, the game is a great deal of fun (it comes on two discs) and almost always a blast to play.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GC)

Strengths: Good graphics and story

Weakness: Lack of lock-on targetting

I've never played any of the other Metal Gear games, but I have an enthusiastic friend who has informed me about the over-arching plot. So when this title had a price drop to Greatest Hits status I decided to give it a whirl.

Meh. The graphics are pretty, and the story is good. I especially like the cutscenes. However I find that I just don't like the sneak-em'-up genre. The lack of a lock-on targetting feature was irritating and contributed to my general feeling of disatisfaction.

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Disappointing remake of the superb Metal Gear Solid...

Strengths: Updated to play like Metal Gear Solid 2, detailed character models

Weakness: Completely ridiculous cutscenes, decreased quality of voice acting despite retaining the SAME voice actors.

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes was a big disappointment for me. Considering I hold its source material in such high regard, I was expecting terrific results.

My main complaints relate to the way in which the story is told. This is why I enjoyed the original game on PlayStation 1 so much. While some of the situations in the original Metal Gear Solid were far-fetched, the game was presented in a way in which gave it real-world believability despite having largely sci-fi elements.

This isn't true with the updated GameCube release, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. They brought in a new director to work on cutscenes and the results are ludicrous and embarrassing.

Several cutscenes completely took me out of the mood of the game with their superfluousness and The Matrix-like presentation. The one that stands out the most to me has the game's hero Solid Snake able to perform a backflip off of a missile travelling in his direction at several hundred miles-per-hour. This bit of direction was not in the original game and seems to be added for the sake of perceived "cool factor" by the director and for that reason alone. It adds nothing to the story and only has a negative effect on Snake's characterization. A large theme to the story is that while Snake is the best at what he does and was genetically enhanced to be so, he's still only one man, with the same feelings and desires as any other person. He should not be doing backflips off of short-range missiles like he's the freakin Flash.

The other area which disapointed me greatly about The Twin Snakes is the voice direction. It may be because I'm so used to the delivery in the original game, but the voice direction seems to me nowhere near the quality as it was in 1998. One obvious example of this, is the character Mei Ling's voice actor. No longer does the character have the Asian accent she had in the first game, despite having the same voice actor. Why is this? From what I hear, speaking with the accent hurt the actor's voice. Whatever the case may be, it detracts from the character's personality as an American-raised girl with Asian roots and very much interested in retaining that part of her identity.

While it's nice being able to play MGS upgraded with the MGS2 engine (or something very close to it), the reduced quality of the presentation makes me reach for my copy of the original PS1 game instead.

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New for me

Strengths: Graphics

Weakness: slightly old gameplay

This was the first time that I played a metal gear solid game, so the fact that it was a remake of the first one really didn't bother me too much. Much of the gameplay unfortunately did feel a little outdated. I could tell that a few years ago, it would have been a fantastic gaming experience for me, but too many games have taken the ideas from this one and refined them. If I didn't know it was one of the first ones, I would think it was simply an uninspired game.

If you didn't play the first one when it came out, you might not really enjoy this game too much. I think it really is just mainly for nostalgia nowadays, but there is nothing wrong with that.

The game did inspire me to try Metal Gear Solid 3, so that was really a good point for me. I'm going to give this a four because even as I played it for the first time, I could tell it was a classic, even with all the little frustrations it has.

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MGS

Strengths: Story, Gameplay

Weakness: Lengthy cutscenes, May not be enough for longtime fans, short game.

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes marks a collaboration between Nintendo, Konami,and Silicon Knights. Konami originally released a variant of this game as a seminal title on the original playstation in the late 90s. This collaboration is Silicon Knights second and final game on the Gamecube, following up on their excellent Eternal Darkness. This game is a reimagining of the original game, changing stuff here and there with upgrades to sound and graphics.
MGS: TTS is an interesting game that throws back to the old MGS games, adding some new and creative concepts. The game forces a certain perspective for most of the game, the player can't always necessarily see what is going on, and this can be trying. The game does offer a radar that helps, but is often little consolation when an off-screen enemy kills you. That is part and parcel of MGS, so that goes with the territory.
Most of MGS is designed around your infiltration as "Solid Snake" into a secret military base and accomplishing your mission. This gives the player a variety of tasks and choices when it comes to evasion and engagement of enemies as well as some engrossing puzzles.
MGS: TT serves up a top notch presentation, in a very movie like unfolding of the games story and plot. The music and sound effect are quite well done, and very much important to the gameplay. The graphics while much improved over the original Psx version of the game aren't nearly as accomplished as the top gamecube games.
The main complaints with MGS: TT are those that you will hear in various degrees with all mgs games: short length, story preachiness, and cheesy voice overs. Then again, many of these things are lauded, as MGS does take a interesting look at global conflict, and the voice overs are better than 90% of games.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes is a good game, especially at current price points. It is a short game, filled with lengthy cinematics. But it is also a tense game filled with an exciting and compelling story, interesting gameplay, and great presentation.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Graphics, voice acting, storyline

Weakness: Too many cutscenes, length of game.

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes is a remake of the game which was originally released back on the Playstation in 1998. The game is really the first stealth action type of this genre (i.e. Splinter Cell) and while others have improved on the graphics and actual gameplay, they don't top this game in story line. The actual fighting in this game isn't the best due to the inability to lock on to a target, but doesn't significantly distract from the actual game play. The cut scenes are really amazing to watch and greatly help the story, but at times distract from the game since you're not playing for such a long time. If you've played this on the playstation, it may not we worth it to pick up, but GameCube owners should definitely check it out as its one of the best games of this type on the platform.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Remake of an excellent game adds improved graphics and sound as well as some new gameplay features, interesting storyline

Weakness: Short, despite being on two disks, may not be enough new material for players of the original

I had never played the original Metal Gear Solid when I picked this up, so most of the reasons that I was impressed with this game also apply to the original. For anyone else who has never tried this series, I would strongly recommend at least renting this title to see if the stealth gameplay appeals to you. It takes a little getting used to, but eventually avoiding and sneaking up on guards becomes second nature. However, the core gameplay changes very little from start to end. The best moments in this game, in my opinion, are the boss fights, all of which are unique and very memorable. Fans feeling nostalgic might check this out for the impressive new cutscenes, new players should definately consider it, as it's a great way to introduce yourself to the series.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Excellent story and quality graphics; worthwhile update of a classic game

Weakness: Nothing significant for those that played Metal Gear Solid for PS1

This is an updated version of the PS1 game Metal Gear Solid. The graphics, cutscenes and even the voice acting has been overhauled, and almost always for the better. The original had an epic story and was a great espionage thiller, and this updated version retains those qualities while improving on the original. There's not much nere here for players of the original version, though, so it can only be recommended to die-hard fans and those new to the series.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Mario makes a guest appearance, graphics, Dolby Pro Logic II, Progressive Scan compatible, one of the best stories in a video game ever, the game that started the stealth idea in action games

Weakness: Just like the original Metal Gear Solid it's fairly short

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes is a remake of Metal Gear Solid that originally made for the Playstation in 1998.

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes takes the epic story of the original Metal Gear Solid and updates the graphics while adding some new gameplay elements in also. MGS:TTS takes advantage of the 1st-person shooting, rail-hanging, and guard-dragging gameplay from Metal Gear Solid 2 and adds them in as they weren't in the original Metal Gear Solid. I would recommend Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes to anyone that missed the 1st Metal Gear Solid or anyone that was a big fan of it and would be interested in playing though it again with the enhanced power of the GameCube.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Interesting plot, MGS2 gameplay in MGS1, improved graphics, redone audio

Weakness: No secrets were added, a few cutscene stunts are way too over-the-top, redone audio

As you know, this a remake of Metal Gear Solid 1. Konami has taken the graphics and gameplay of MGS2 and has basically pasted them onto MGS1. Snake has most of the weapons and techniques that he had in MGS2, including the tranquilizer gun, ability to hold-up guards, and the ability to drag guard's bodies, among others.

The core story remains the same, but the audio sounds much better than the Playstation version. All of the voices have been redone, which is good and bad. Some of the characters have lost their accents due to different voice actors (Mei Ling and Naomi) while other have improved thanks to the voice actors talent improving (Snake and Liquid).

The cutscenes have been moved up in the action department. Some of the cutscenes are way too over-the-top, borrowing ideas from the Matrix, while some fit the game perfectly like the upgraded Cyber Ninja cutscenes. For some reason, Konami did not add any other secrets besides the ones that were in the original, aside from collecting dog tags for no purpose whatsoever. This severely dampens the replay value for those that have played the original.

Overall, I would say that the original is better since it was perfect for its time, but I would much rather play though MGS: The Twin Snakes again given a choice between the two. If you have never played MGS1 before then I cannot recommend this enough and I envy you.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: The gameplay of MGS2 with the story of MGS1. It's the best of both worlds.

Weakness: Little new for fans of the series.

Konami's Metal Gear Solid for the Playstation is still regarded as having one of the best stories of any game in recent memory, and it had some fairly good gameplay, even today. MGS2 completely stepped it up in terms of gameplay, thanks in part to added emphasis on shooting in the first person. MGS2's story, on the other hand, is almost universally looked upon as incredibly disappointing. Konami and developer Silicon Knights decided to remake MGS1 with the added gameplay elements of MGS2, and put it on the Gamecube.

If you've played MGS1, you know what's going to happen at every turn in this game. If you've played MGS2, you're already good at this one. The game is exactly as one would expect; indeed, one wonders why Silicon Knights spent so much time reprogramming the MGS2 engine for the GC when Konami could've just dropped the MGS1 environments into the MGS2 engine, sold it for $20, and called it a day. Rerecording the voices is just a bad move on their part; the voices were actually better before.

Although the way they went about it is a waste of time, and there's little new here for old fans, people who haven't played MGS1 and/or MGS2 are in for a real treat here. There's a fantastic story, told through long audio conversations and new, action-packed cutscenes. The gameplay is great, too. Hardcore MGS fans will get this, casual players who haven't already gotten both MGS1 and MGS2 should check it out. But the middle crowd, the crowd that's already got MGS1 and MGS2 but doesn't have Liquid Snake posters on their walls, will find this game terribly redundant, and wish SK spend their time on something else.

Taken just for what it is, this is an amazing game. But when you take into account that it's all been done before, it seems a little... useless.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Very good remake. First person view option. Re recorded cut scenes.

Weakness: Cut scenes are too long.

This is a very good game. It is a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid. The voices and cut scenes are all re-done. First person view is extremely helpful and fun when aiming. I would recommend this game if you never played the orignal. If you've played the original, you might be able to pass this one up. No new content is added. This game is definately worth $20.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: good graphics

Weakness: missing the VR Mission

As a remake of the original MGS, this game makes some improvements. The graphics is now MGS2 quality, and the voice acting is redone. They also fix a few gameplay issue like the PAL card event that used to take a long time. My only complain is that they couldnt bring the VR Mission, which would have added a higher replay value.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Graphics, classic Gameplay

Weakness: just a straight remake

As you probably already know by now, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, is a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid game which came out in 1998 for the PS1. Well this version brings completely redone graphics into the mix, which look really good -- on par with MGS 2. The sound is in surround this time and like the graphics, it's a major improvement. The gameplay remains pretty much the same save for the fact that one can now use the new techniques found in Metal Gear Solid 2 which means one can now aim in first person mode for better accuracy. The game is still a classic and is a lot of fun for people who enjoyed MGS 1 or for those new to the series.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Stealthy gameplay, good cutscenes, a nice shooter.

Weakness: It is very similar to the original MGS on Playstation.

If you have played Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation and liked it, you will be pleased with Twin Snakes. The gameplay is pretty much identical to the Playstation version and the graphics are better on Gamecube. I loved the original, and was excited to get this game. I was not disappointed.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Strengths: Good graphic and control.

Weakness: Story line is the same as on Play Station.

This is a great action / adventure game. It has the same story line as it is on Play Station. The new feature, shooting in first person mode, changed the game a lot. The best thing of this game is the cut scene.

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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

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