Metal Gear Creator Kojima's Vibes are strong in this one.
When you play this game you can easily realize that this game developed when Kojima was young. Why? Because plot is nowhere near complicated and it's just a goofy simple: let's find out who is behind all of this with my trusty buddy yehaaaa! Kind of plot(until act 3 that is). But of course that doesn't make this game not valuable. I can guarantee you that if you love buddy-cop adventures you will love this one with our metal gear mk3 and Gillion go into a fun adventure together.
But of course this game is not perfect. It does have a really unintuitive progression system that feels trial and error(maybe to make the game seem longer than it is). This results with time wasting tbh with selecting the same choices over and over again just to find which one results with progression, but at least choices are limited so still you can make it without a guide most of the time at least (mostly...)
Also if we subtract the time wasting, story pacing is unbelievably fast, you go somehere, you ask questions, after that you find and kill that area's snatcher, then on to the next one! Tbh I wished a slower pace at times. Because it makes hard to care about payoffs when the build up itself is not longer than 20 minutes most of the time. So the scenes that supposed to be suprising just ends up flat for me.
Also that results with not being able to connect other characters other than Gillian and Mk3. I can't say I am fond of Gillian and his "pervert comedic" actions(tbh for this reason alone this game is the most pervert kj game, even more than mgs5) but his relationship with mk3 is really entertaning and motivates you to select every option so you can see what are they gonna argue about next. Also yeah maybe characters aren't developed enough but their goofy interactions with us still manages to make them memorable somewhat.
Everything changes when you come to act 3 tho. I know that this act added in later releases and didn't existed in the first release and it's really easy to see that. Because when you play it, suddenly plot becomes 5 times complex, 5 times cutsceney, 5 times serious no more goofiness. With how the writing suddenly revolves around real life technology's possible dangers also it's place on politics, it's really damn easy to see that this is the guy that wrote mgs2. But also the part that made me more engaged about the story, tbh I predicted half of it before the act itself started but still that doesn't change how fresh and suprising it felt to experience it.
Actually, you know what. Visuals and upbeat soundtrack combination makes it worth it alone. They together make this game one hell of a journey. Play this game. It's short(5 hours). Fast. 80's fun. Engaging Sci-fi mystery. Fun soundtrack. What more do you want?
When you play this game you can easily realize that this game developed when Kojima was young. Why? Because plot is nowhere near complicated and it's just a goofy simple: let's find out who is behind all of this with my trusty buddy yehaaaa! Kind of plot(until act 3 that is). But of course that doesn't make this game not valuable. I can guarantee you that if you love buddy-cop adventures you will love this one with our metal gear mk3 and Gillion go into a fun adventure together.
But of course this game is not perfect. It does have a really unintuitive progression system that feels trial and error(maybe to make the game seem longer than it is). This results with time wasting tbh with selecting the same choices over and over again just to find which one results with progression, but at least choices are limited so still you can make it without a guide most of the time at least (mostly...)
Also if we subtract the time wasting, story pacing is unbelievably fast, you go somehere, you ask questions, after that you find and kill that area's snatcher, then on to the next one! Tbh I wished a slower pace at times. Because it makes hard to care about payoffs when the build up itself is not longer than 20 minutes most of the time. So the scenes that supposed to be suprising just ends up flat for me.
Also that results with not being able to connect other characters other than Gillian and Mk3. I can't say I am fond of Gillian and his "pervert comedic" actions(tbh for this reason alone this game is the most pervert kj game, even more than mgs5) but his relationship with mk3 is really entertaning and motivates you to select every option so you can see what are they gonna argue about next. Also yeah maybe characters aren't developed enough but their goofy interactions with us still manages to make them memorable somewhat.
Everything changes when you come to act 3 tho. I know that this act added in later releases and didn't existed in the first release and it's really easy to see that. Because when you play it, suddenly plot becomes 5 times complex, 5 times cutsceney, 5 times serious no more goofiness. With how the writing suddenly revolves around real life technology's possible dangers also it's place on politics, it's really damn easy to see that this is the guy that wrote mgs2. But also the part that made me more engaged about the story, tbh I predicted half of it before the act itself started but still that doesn't change how fresh and suprising it felt to experience it.
Actually, you know what. Visuals and upbeat soundtrack combination makes it worth it alone. They together make this game one hell of a journey. Play this game. It's short(5 hours). Fast. 80's fun. Engaging Sci-fi mystery. Fun soundtrack. What more do you want?
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@Detectivefail You are welcome. I recommend it! It's really short also, you can finish it on one sitting(5 hours). But I recommend a guide because sometimes game becomes obtuse to progress
Gotcha. I'll keep that in mind
Detectivefail
9 months ago