Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

I found a lot of things to like about this game, but my favorite was the concentration on stealth missions. Where this game fails, however, is in the incredible amount of dialogue one has to wade through in order to get any actual playing time. Raiden's whinny girlfriend made me want to shoot my TV set, and the malfunctioning Colonel was about the most annoying thing I've ever encountered in a video game. Konami could've spent half the time they used on vapid dialogue and cutscenes to create more chapters for this game.

I'm playing through all these games for the first time to fully appreciate Metal Gear Solid 4.

I burned through this game in 10 hours (one day) because I was so hooked on the story. Like the first game, the production value is fantastic.

The story is great, but they still have too much dialog in between sessions. One cut scene was close to 30 minutes. What if I want to save? There's also unrealistic pauses between speakers.

Top down camera angle is still difficult to work with. Beginning missions are a little tedious, go here, go there, go ALL the way back, but the second half of the game has much more variety and makes up for it.

The story gets really confusing in this one, so pay attention.