Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG)

Director:

Hideo Kojima

Writers:

Hideo Kojima (story)
Hideo Kojima (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Year Of The Snake

Plot:

Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.

Plot Keywords:

Snake | Terrorist | Tanker | President | Metal Gear

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

David Hayter	...	Solid Snake (voice: English version)
Quinton Flynn	...	Raiden (voice: English version)
Christopher Randolph	...	Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich (voice: English version)
Lara Cody	...	Rosemary (voice: English version)
Vanessa Marshall	...	Olga Gurlukovich (voice: English version)
Paul Eiding	...	Colonel Campbell (voice: English version)
John Cygan	...	Solidus Snake (voice: English version)
Maura Gale	...	Fortune (voice: English version) (as Maula Gale)
Phil LaMarr	...	Vamp (voice: English version) (as Phil La Marr)
Barry Dennen	...	Fatman (voice: English version)
Greg Eagles	...	Peter Stillman (voice: English version)
Jennifer Hale	...	Emma Emmerich (voice: English version)
Patric Zimmerman	...	Revolver Ocelot (voice: English version) (as Pat Zimmerman)
Cam Clarke	...	Liquid Snake (voice: English version)
Earl Boen	...	Sergei Gurlukovich (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

MGS2 (short title)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (USA) (short title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (cutscenes) | Dolby (gameplay scenes)

Certification:

New Zealand:M | Australia:MA | Ireland:15 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:M

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Konami Computer Entertainment

Trivia:

In order to get the whole production team more involved in the incorporation of ideas into the game, Hideo Kojima produced notebooks for the whole team to write their ideas in. After each day, Hideo would see which idea he liked and tested it out to see if it could be programmed in. The Coolant spray and the sneak peak move are just a few of these successful ideas.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In both the end credits and the citation of the quote at the beginning of the Plant Chapter, the name of the Smithsonian Institute is misspelled as "Smithonian".

Quotes:

Solid Snake: [thinking] You were watching?

Movie Connections:

References Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions (1999) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday

Brilliant in every way.

How to describe the greatness of this game. Here I go. When I went to buy this on the day it came out. I was so excited, I couldn't wait to get home and start playing this right away. When I got home and put the game inside the PS2. The intro started and my jaw fell to the ground because it was so f***ing breathtaking. I knew this was gonna be one hell of a thrill ride.

The Graphics: Simply spectacular, probably the best I have seen on any console. Snake looks even more like a badass than ever. All the other characters look completley realistic.10/10

The Controls: Awesome, is easy to control snake,raiden and the weapons you get to use.10/10

The Story: Mind-Blowing. The plot is very dark and complex with so many plot twists from beginning to end. This will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat just waiting to see what happens next and I thought 24 had a lot of surprises but nothing comes close to this. This is the type of story videogames should have.10/10

The Sound: Excellent musical score by Harry Gregson Williams, very cool attention details and also great voice acting especially from David Hayter. Also with one of the greatest videogame soundtracks ever made. 10/10

Lasting Ability: Collecting all the dog tags is very fun but other people would probably stop playing it for awhile, mainly to free there minds of what they just witness.9/10

Overall: This is the greatest game ever made, simple as that. Took a lot of years to make this magnificent piece of art work. My hat goes off to Hideo Kojima and his entire MGS2 crew for creating this true Masterpiece/Classic. Too bad we have to wait for MGS3 to come out in November but trust me is worth the wait.(A++)