Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty hits the Xbox with a host of additional mini-games and missions under the codename Substance.

Solid Snake infiltrates Microsoft?s Xbox with the Sons of Liberty PS2 adventure and a host of new mini-missions under the name Substance. So what do you do when you have an awesome play engine? Simple: Don?t make a new game?just add extra stuff and squeeze every drop out of it.

Solace in Substance
Metal Gear?s place in video game history is secure as it was one of the first popular games to encourage players to sneak around enemies rather than blow them to pieces. Solid took the series to an awesome 3D realm and the sequel, Sons of Liberty, tweaked the already innovative play engine. Substance adds a few more things for you to do, such as VR Training, Alternate Missions, and five new lengthy adventures starring Solid Snake. There are a host of rewards to unlock, such as extra characters, outfits, and more.

Substance?s other half, the complete Liberty adventure, is a challenge, too?until it dissolves into a convoluted plot and a series of rambling soapbox speeches. Other flaws from Sons remain?especially the ultra-touchy analog controls. However, the Xbox version?s method of switching to first-person view compounds the problem as the preset configurations are hardly intuitive and require patience to fully master. On the flip side, the visuals here are cleaner than those on the PS2, and the audio marries well-cast character voices to a driving music score.

Sons of Liberty or SoL?
For those who never played Metal Gear Solid, Substance is an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with a unique and innovative play engine. Those expecting a true sequel here will be disappointed: Substance strictly builds on the success of existing material.

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