Just played metal gear solid. Damn, that actually surprised me. The story was good, gameplay was good, and this was all done on the PS1? I’m taking a small break before heading up to MGS2 and figured I’d share this screenshot for all my fellow gamers XD

    • Silvia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Sadly no, too many damn lists, “top 10 details in gaming”, and other such things like that to avoid the spoilers lol. But, i sat back and enjoyed the game as not only a “game” but a little piece of gaming history and DAMN, MGS is very ahead of it’s time in style, meta references, and presentation. I couldn’t stop a big dumb grin spreading on my face when

      spoiler

      the screen blacked out with a green “Hideo” in the corner in Mantis’s fight.

      (Mantis fight spoilers) I even loved the little deathtraps in the game, trap doors in the floor, bullshit little gun turrets hidden around corners… but my dumb ass likes Fatal Labyrinth on the Genesis, so do with that as you will XD

      • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        I imagine you played the remaster on Steam, how did you defeat him though? In the original

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        You had to plug your controller on the Player 2 slot so that Psychomantis couldn’t read your mind.

        And that seems hard to reproduce the feeling on a PC while still giving everyone a chance to win the fight

        • Silvia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago
          spoiler

          There’s a setting in the Master Collection’s options menu that let you mess with controller settings, and one of those settings is connect as P2