Substance gets a double smackdown because the game is actually a port of a port. I've ranted before on the common mistakes that developers make when porting a console title to the PC. PC cut-scenes are usually more influenced by Western cinema, but it's not really a drawback and the scenes are so well done that it won't slow most gamers down for more than a few seconds. This may actually take some getting used for some PC gamers who aren't anime fans. The style and presentation of both story and cut-scenes are obviously influenced by the Japanese anime tradition, with plenty of slow-motion and unusual camera angles. The game is filled with long, incredibly well-produced cut-scenes that are almost as much fun to watch as the game is to play. One of Metal Gear's greatest strengths has always been its rather bizarre and convoluted storylines, and in this, Substance certainly satisfies. Each game in the series has Snake trying to find and/or destroy a newly built Gear - Substance involves one built by the US Marine Corps that ends up being hijacked by an old enemy from a previous game.
Yet, despite all these problems, the sheer quality of the underlying game manages to shine through.įor the three people who just emerged from the cave they've been living in, the Metal Gear series is the story of secret agent Solid Snake, who is now a member of a group dedicated to stopping the construction of "Metal Gears" - giant fighting robots that can also be used as nuclear weapons. The PC version of Substance does everything I absolutely loathe in a PC port of a console game - it has no optimization for the platform's controls, no upgrade to the graphics and system requirements that are just short of absurd. Playable characters now include Solid Snake, Raiden, Pliskin, and Grey Fox. Other additions include over 200 VR (virtual reality) missions structured in a similar manner to 1999's Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, and over 100 stages of alternative missions in which players elude guards and perform other covert tasks as quickly as possible. In addition to advancing through the entire storyline found in 2001's blockbuster game, players are able to take Solid Snake through five completely new scenarios in a standalone mode called Snake Tales.
The PC port of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is an enhanced version of the PlayStation 2's Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
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