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I was late to the party. I didn't have a Playstation. I'd heard things - about the Mantis fight. And later, about MGS2's crazy story, the details of both gameplay and world design. Then I saw trailers for Substance - and knew it was time to "do my homework". I played the PC version of MGS1. I struggled through it, even on the easiest difficulty - but I was engrossed. I fell in love with the story, the characters. When the end credits rolled, I was left feeling somber, introspective. I had months 'till Substance came to PC so I went through a few more times. Getting ready for what came next.
Then it came out that Substance's PC version wasn't so good, and my Win 98 machine had no hope of playing it. And then trailers for Snake Eater and Twin Snakes emerged. Finally getting a PS2, I went all in. Basically, 2003-2004 was me getting absolutely, positively immersed and addicted to the series. At one point, I had so little free time between studies that I actually spent more time watching trailers for Snake Eater than I did playing games I actually did own.
I was never more hyped for a game than MGS3 - and it's still my favorite single player experience of all time. And while I've enjoyed just about everything that followed (Portable Ops was a chore, I will never touch Survive), that's still the high point.
Though, my absolute favorite game ever - which I got into only a year or so after Snake Eater - was The Matrix Online. The most ambitious piece of interactive storytelling ever. Which more or less coincided with the post-Snake Eater boom that ran from Subsistence through Guns of the Patriots. I think there may even have been just a little bit of Peace Walker / Revengeance hype in that overlap? Was that weird website with the mask in 2009?
As for where I'm at now... I'm open to sequels. Maybe something to cap off Phantom Pain's unfinished threads? Re-imaginings of the MSX games? Rising deserves a sequel by now. Unsure if we should see much more of the world after Guns of the Patriots, though. If Konami just wants to do more Delta remakes, I'm cool with it.
Then it came out that Substance's PC version wasn't so good, and my Win 98 machine had no hope of playing it. And then trailers for Snake Eater and Twin Snakes emerged. Finally getting a PS2, I went all in. Basically, 2003-2004 was me getting absolutely, positively immersed and addicted to the series. At one point, I had so little free time between studies that I actually spent more time watching trailers for Snake Eater than I did playing games I actually did own.
I was never more hyped for a game than MGS3 - and it's still my favorite single player experience of all time. And while I've enjoyed just about everything that followed (Portable Ops was a chore, I will never touch Survive), that's still the high point.
Though, my absolute favorite game ever - which I got into only a year or so after Snake Eater - was The Matrix Online. The most ambitious piece of interactive storytelling ever. Which more or less coincided with the post-Snake Eater boom that ran from Subsistence through Guns of the Patriots. I think there may even have been just a little bit of Peace Walker / Revengeance hype in that overlap? Was that weird website with the mask in 2009?
As for where I'm at now... I'm open to sequels. Maybe something to cap off Phantom Pain's unfinished threads? Re-imaginings of the MSX games? Rising deserves a sequel by now. Unsure if we should see much more of the world after Guns of the Patriots, though. If Konami just wants to do more Delta remakes, I'm cool with it.
