All the cutscenes in TS were directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. Who did the movie Versus, if you liked the action sequences in TS. You really owe to yourself to give it a viewing, just turn your brain off if you do.
Acually, i uploaded the opening scene to my youtube page along time ago. In the clip, it takes place in feudal Japan.
Twin Snakes was just a novelty game for me... I didn't think the voice work matched up to the original (most notable disappointment was that Mei Ling and Naomi lost their accents!) and some of my favourite lines of script were changed. The first person system from MGS2 really made the whole game a complete cakewalk as well... the only difficult part was adjusting to the controls. What could be performed with a single button press on the DS2 (thanks to the pressure sensitivity) required a combination of three or four buttons on the GC - holding guards hostage was a freaking nightmare.
I have never played it again, and if I was to go back for another run through it would be the PS1 version (again!).
That quoted review is hilarious... so far off the mark it's untrue.
Shouldn't this be a contender for Replay Appreciate, or has this already been done?
I can't understand why Twin Snakes is hated on, tbh - MGS1 remade with the MGS2 engine (moreorless) would be a dream ticket for most die-hard Metal Gear fans. From what I understand, Ryuhei Kitamura originally did the cut-scenes in Twin Snakes to match the PSOne version, but was then told to re-do them by none other than Hideo Kojima himself.
IMO, Twin Snakes is a brilliant introduction to the Metal Gear Solid saga if you never got around to playing it on the PSOne.
I'm hoping to have a PAL copy of Twin Snakes secured by the end of this week, but it's surprisingly tricky to find at a decent price.
Twin Snakes was alright but the action in the cutscenes sorta ruined it for me, I know he's supposed to be super human and all, but meh. Too easy with the MGS2 additions also, I only played it through once and then went back to the PS1 original.
I actually thought MGS1 was a piece of trash when it was first released and didn't understand what all the fuss was about.
After playing it fully in 2004 however it was like a masterpiece compared to the amount of gash released at the time, and moreso right now.
Funnily enough after I played the demo that came with an OPSM I thought 'what's the hype all about?' - I thought it was rubbish......however after buying the game many months later realised just how completely wrong my initial impressions were - it truly was/is a spectacular game.
I've had a 1 hour and 11 minute go on MGS1 today according to my save. I managed to get up to the nikata guiding bit just before the ninja battle. It's old, but still really great; especially the cutscenes and codec chatter. Even if they are long, I get totally immersed and don't once look at the clock.
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