Positives:
-If you have any intrusive thoughts of doing something stupid just do it probably most of them will work. This is how crazy the amount of stupid little things you can do.

-The plot and cutscenes are somehow even more crazy the main villain is super over the top in the best way.

-the game just feels smoother and better. And adds insane details. This is the best enemy AI in the series. Not just intelligence they're just funny and react to a lot of things.

Negatives:

-I know I said the game felt smoother and it also has the best AI. But for my first playthrough it's a negative. The game is waay too hard and I'm bad at stealth. I switched to easy mode but the things those enemies did to me.

-sadly the codec took a nosedive here. It's still unique for spoilery reasons. But for most of the game it's just them telling you what to do without any added personality. Rose just sucks.

This is my favourite game of all time. Everything I love in a game is in it. I love almost everyone in the cast to an insane level. It has my favourite character of all time(Solid Snake). So many insanely bullshit twists and stuff happening that just make me laugh in the best way possible. It takes all the great ideas from the first two games and cranks it up to 100. Every boss is unique in both character and just the fights themselves are always fun and interesting.

But the crown jewel is the codec. Metal gear 2 made the codec but solid perfected it. It's insane the amount of minute stupid stuff you do that you wouldn't think about the codec characters comment on. They will comment on everything and even just the advice they give always have character traits sprinkled into them. The codec hijacks a lot of story cutscenes and some of the most insane twists happens in it. You will abuse this poor device but even then YOU WILL NOT get all the dialogue. This is how deep it goes.

PEAK.

I also feel this and the first two act like a trilogy. They feel different from the games that come next. And most of the stuff that happens here are results of what happened in the previous games.

a huge improvement. It still didn't age the best today. But they went even more insane with the great ideas and concepts from the first game. The game has cutscenes. An MSX2 game has a great story with cutscenes and twists.

And of course this game added my favourite mechanic in a videogame. The codec. This genius mechanic lets you call your crew to navigate you through areas and bosses. But it's not that basic. It's a way to give these characters more depth. They don't just advise you this is where so many of the character interactions happen. They sometimes just comment on stuff you do in gameplay too. It lets you fall in love with characters who don't even show up physically in the game(Master Miller 🔥). Metal gear 1 did have a codec that's how big boss has presence in the story. But in that game he's the only one that takes advantage of it. The others rarely do anything. And even for big boss he only adds interesting dialogue in certain story areas. So when I say this game made the codec I don't mean the device I mean the mechanic of calling for advice or comments in any area or situation.

Did not age well but at the same time aged surprisingly. The main problem is that the map is a maze and a guide is basically necessary to even finish it. But it has so many good ideas that makes it one of the most unique games of that time. And I actually think the bosses are still really fun.

The game actually made me laugh multiple times with the funny bosses and the star of this game, big boss. He just says intentionally funny stuff he's awesome.

I'll just mention here on behalf of all of metal gear. Every game's soundtrack is amazing including this one.