Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, The - GameCube

Posted : 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Jan 11 10:26

Awesome upscaling of the orginal game. Retains all of the gameplay elements and great features of the first game and even eight or so years after the orginals release this Gamecube port only re-enforces that the game was truly ahead of it's time. Nothing has been changed in this remake and it features everything that was in the first but now the graphics are improved to resemble those of the Sons of Liberty. The voice acting has all been re-recorded in a studio enviroment giving it a far superior quality because it was recorded in a sound proof area. Aclaimed director Ryuhei Kitamura has took over duties on directing the cut scenes and all his dynamic style is present in them giving them new life and style. The new MGS2 gameplay elements are added which are welcome addition apart from in t...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 25 9:19

I have never played the original so I cannot compare this excellent remake version for the Gamecube to that but if you are looking for an introduction to the series, this game is probably the best you can get. Silicon Knights has done a good job with upgrading the classic even if Snake looks a little softer than he does in MGS2 and Ruyhei Kitamura's (a japanese film director friend of Kojima) interpretation of the cutscenes might even be superior to Kojima's own work in my opinion, but some see it as a bit too much over the top. The reason that this remake of the first game in the Metal Gear Solid series is, in my opinion, the best introduction to the series is that the plot is not as hard to understand as MGS2 was. The story is a more traditional action-movie type affair but has it...Read more