The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Buzzman]

I thought it was decent. The gameplay is good while you're in the main missions and the upgrades are decent. Hopefully you can ignore the bad story and terrible acting lol. I also got rather bored with most of the stuff in the open world. But yeah, the gameplay makes it not too bad.

I had a friend borrow the game to me and I absolutely didnt want to play it, but he kept insisting so I forced myself to play it. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

[Twigg4075]

I had a friend borrow the game to me and I absolutely didnt want to play it, but he kept insisting so I forced myself to play it. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Did you mean lend the game to you?

That game is one in my giant pile of shame. I got it crazy cheap a while ago. Any clue if any of the DLC is worth it? All of it is on sale on PSN really cheap. I'm guessing no one cares that much about the game to concern themselves with dlc.

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[j.hen]

Just took down The End in Snake Eater. I love this game, so much better than the 2nd one. (Not to say the 2nd one wasn't good, but the 3rd one is just that awesome.) Is the jump from 3 to 4 as big as the one from 2 to 3? I've been wanting to play 4 for such a long time now, I cannot wait.

[j.hen]

Also, I love the way Ocelot plays Russian Roulette. 6 shots, 1 bullet, while juggling 3 guns.

[Twigg4075]

Just took down The End in Snake Eater. I love this game, so much better than the 2nd one. (Not to say the 2nd one wasn't good, but the 3rd one is just that awesome.) Is the jump from 3 to 4 as big as the one from 2 to 3? I've been wanting to play 4 for such a long time now, I cannot wait.

4 is amazing but I think 3 is the pinnacle of the series. I slept on 3 for so long too. I played through 2 as soon as it came out. I think that was the first year TRU had their annual B2G1 sale. I got MGS2, the first Devil May Cry and I can't remember the third game. GTA3 possibly? Either way, what classics back then! I think I initailly skipped 3 because I was put off my all the camouflage shit and having to eat animals. It sounded so fucking boring. I'm pretty sure I played through 4 first and went back to 3 when I was able to find a used (in mint condition) copy of MGS3 Subsistence. Once I started playing I couldn't put that game down. Wow.

[CrimsonGhost56]

hope you like cutscenes jhen. still a great game though. need to go back and play through it again

[Twigg4075]

hope you like cutscenes jhen. still a great game though. need to go back and play through it again

Yup. Tons of cutscenes, but tons of amazing gameplay too. Hell, isn't the ending cutscene like 45 minutes long? I wish more games had endings like that (maybe not quite that long). I hate spending hours and hours playing through a game only to get some 30 second clip and then credits.

[Misogi]

Yup. Tons of cutscenes, but tons of amazing gameplay too. Hell, isn't the ending cutscene like 45 minutes long? I wish more games had endings like that (maybe not quite that long). I hate spending hours and hours playing through a game only to get some 30 second clip and then credits.

Naw it's like 2 hours. Getcha popcorn ready.

[j.hen]

I love cutscenes in video games. And I'd rather have a 2 hour cutscene at the end then a 2 minute long cutscene that you get after you choose one of three colors. (I'm looking at you Mass Effect.)

Planning on watching the first game be beaten online before starting 4 because I've heard they have a lot of flashbacks to the first one. Are there any good vids on YouTube that sum up the first game well?

[Twigg4075]

I love cutscenes in video games. And I'd rather have a 2 hour cutscene at the end then a 2 minute long cutscene that you get after you choose one of three colors. (I'm looking at you Mass Effect.)

Planning on watching the first game be beaten online before starting 4 because I've heard they have a lot of flashbacks to the first one. Are there any good vids on YouTube that sum up the first game well?

Play it! If you can, find a Gamecube and play the Twin Snakes version. I played through the PS1 version, several times, but the GC version obviously looks miles better.

[j.hen]

Play it! If you can, find a Gamecube and play the Twin Snakes version. I played through the PS1 version, several times, but the GC version obviously looks miles better.

Ain't nobody got time for that! I just wanna get to 4 already. lol

I found this:

http://youtu.be/MeYbHWQrM9A

Probably watch it before starting 4. 4 hours isn't bad at all.

[Misogi]

Just play 1, it's relatively short and (arguably) the best one in the series if not just SLIGHTLY behind 3.

[j.hen]

I might go back and play through 1 again and then play through all of them closer to when 5 is coming out. That YouTube vid I found will suffice for this initial run through.

Actually I should probably watch the Twin Snakes version with the updated graphics and such:

http://youtu.be/gGlgEsmX3XE

YouTube ftw.

[Maynard]

reading through these comments is making me want to shoot my couch. 2 hour cut scenes and loving it....you guys are killing me.
i loved MG1 and MG2...3 had way to many cut scenes and 4 was even worse. its like being forced to watch a bad movie.

[Buzzman]

I thought the 2 hour cutscene at the end of 4 was really too long. It got to the point where I stopped enjoying it and was just bitching at the TV for it to end.