MGA: METAL GEAR AC!D

[Dirty Duck]

Oh I love AC!D and its sequel, though I haven't played them in about a decade. I should really give them another go through, here's hoping they get thrown in the next collection.
The art still sticks in my head as very cool and rather unique, though AC!D 2's character designs go a little... far in places, I would say. 
I wonder, is there any other game that plays even a bit like it?

Honestly so far, while I appreciate AC!D² for doubling down on having a unique style I do feel like I prefer the designs and character portraits of AC!D.

Have you guys seen the originally intended character portraits for the first game? They were way more anime, like the sequel's. I don't love them, personally.

[Dirty Duck]

I've just met Takiyama in MGA2 and I'm...surprised by the extent of the jiggle physics on display here. Clearly pushing the PSP to its limits.

I mean...

Gameplay has been great though. Finding even stuff that was in AC!D just works better here. Used hang to bypass a section with a guard and infrared sensors and then equipped a C. Box so that the machine sentries patrolling where I dropped wouldn't insta-spot me before my next turn. Once none of them were looking I threw a chaff grenade and shot it, but they were still blocking my path forward so I punched them out of my way and proceeded. Again, all doable in MGA but I never found a moment to use hang really and the cardboard box was mainly used just as a cheap card to exchange for movement.

[Dirty Duck]

Just did the train mission in MGA2. Really good section but I kept letting Venus get hit by the train by accident (it got a bit hilarious honestly) AND the game counted a guard that got run over by the train as MY kill! That's so unfair!

It's been a lot of fun so far though. It is awkward trying to play non-lethally though, you can think you're fine going ahead with your non-lethal deck so long as it's not a boss fight only for there to be a segment at the END of a level where you have to beat 10 robots. I managed to do it as I had a single stinger and a few M1911s in my decks, paired with chaff grenades and melee attacks I barely managed to do it without having to restart. This game would really benefit from being able to save a deck as a loadout, it's quite annoying having to change it to loads of damage dealing weapons whenever a boss appears.