Is this the most overrated stealth game of all time?

>extremely simplistic gameplay
>awful, linear level design combined with backtracking
>awful combat mechanics despite there being several forced combat sections
>shitty, overly convoluted controls
>has aged like milk in every way except OST and voice acting
>is a literal “movie game” and markets itself as such
>story is babby’s first melodrama with combined extremely generic “nukes bad” message and anime tropes

I swear that the only reason this game got more attention than Thief and Tenchu is because it panders to weebs who don’t even like stealth as a genre. It’s basically the vidya equivalent of Oscar-bait.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Thief is far more overrated, and is for pseuds who prefer DK64 collectathons but want to seem sophisticated so they pick something that has stealth elements

    People who shittalk Metal Gear are a dime a dozen but rarely will you see any shittalk Thief. This, of course, cope and seethe from Thief fans upset that the better franchise is more popular

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      cope

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Filtered zoomer

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This. There's no way anyone who played MGS in 1998 wasn't impressed.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Disagreed with everything but surprised you didn't mention the boss fights. I think everything besides the bosses have aged extremely well.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Bosses fall under combat. The combat in every MGS except GZ and V sucks. Who fricking came up with the idea of having to hold down 3 buttons to aim and fire a gun?

      I don’t know why stealth games bother to have forced combat sections unless the combat mechanics are at least passable.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Isnt it just r2 and square?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          You also have to aim with the D-Pad in MGS1’s case, which is AIDS. Most non-FPS shooters from around the same time had a lock-on system for aiming because they knew aiming with the D-Pad was clunky. Also, by the time MGS3 rolled around, the use “shoulder buttons to aim and shoot” became industry standard, so there was no reason why MGS3 couldn’t have done that. In fact, if that wasn’t enough, each gun in the MGS games has their own unique control scheme, which is just unnecessary.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            If you hold square softly, he'll autoaim to nearest target
            iunno, man. I was playing viddy before analog sticks were standard and never had problems with aiming things in either formats. Took awhile to get used to dual stick movememt and aiming. And FRICK 1st person jumping, until youre used to it

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Who fricking came up with the idea of having to hold down 3 buttons to aim and fire a gun?
        The same person who decided to make a stealth game rather than a shooter with "stealth elements". It's your punishment for getting caught moron
        And the boss battles in these games are always so gimmicky that pretending they fall under the purview of normal combat doesn't make any sense. You don't beat Vulcan Raven by shooting him

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It's the best. There's a reason you have it living rent free in your head.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Is Konami gonna post videos of the MGS3 remake yet or what? What a lousy company.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Here's your MGS3 remake, bro

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Thanks dawg. I'm starting to think the MGS revival was just a Ganker meme.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Too bad Tenchu's havent gotten rereleases. Id get em. Custom maps from other ninja's'd be sweet

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonynouse

    how can i play this game on pc?

    • 1 year ago
      saucy

      emulation I think.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonynouse

        doesnt work on emulator

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Wrong, I played it on Retroarch during quarantine. Ran really good too

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      There is a free pc version floating around, but it requires a bit of a workaround with mounting discs to make it work past title screen. If you have some money burning your pocket, it's available on GOG.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonynouse

        >it's available on GOG.
        oh didnt know that, ty

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >extremely simplistic gameplay
      >t.

      There's a pc port, you can buy it on gog
      >CAPTCHA: VNS GAM

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid:_Integral
      there is also emulators and a patched free pc version somewhere
      iirc mgs2 used to be on gog but now they have licensing problems so only cracked&patched version

      • 1 year ago
        Anonynouse

        couldnt get this to work on my machine, I am an idiot

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I actually played this on PC. There was a windows port

      https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid:_Integral

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Kinda feels like the stealth genre is in a rut. Most stealth games allow you to go Berserk mode on your enemies and doesn't punish you for going in loud. I think the last pure stealth game I played was Styx.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It was the best game of the generation for a reason. Cope harder tendie.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Not a stealth game

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Tenchus controls has aged far worse.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      They really haven’t. At least in Tenchu, it doesn’t take 5 button presses to accomplish what could be done in 2.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It's a timeless game OP, sorry you are circumcised.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonynouse

      I am uncircumcised but I keep getting discouraged because a lot of people trash talk us. I am self conscious about it because I am American 🙁

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Never understood the purpose of circumcision. I wash my genitals and ass in the shower.
        I'm sure it all made sense for desert tribes 3000 years ago.

        It's a timeless game OP, sorry you are circumcised.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    its probably the most normie stealth game of all time, but that isn't a bad thing. if you want something more in depth try the thief games or spilter cell chaos theory. mgs is FUN though which counts

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