Playing Metal Gear Solid 2. Taking me WAY back.

*Notices he hasn't posted in a while...<_<*

You might not know this but I actually started the Metal Gear Solid series with Metal Gear Solid 2. Don't ask me why, I know it's stupid. I never really heard about the series much until my friends kept talking about how awesome MGS2 was. So I blindly bought the second game without knowing what I was getting myself into. For this very reason, MGS2 holds a very special place in my heart. A very crazy, convoluted, and sometimes goofy, place in my heart.

I just got the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in the mail today and I've been playing Sons of Liberty for a little over an hour now. Playing this game is bringing back some major memories. I couldn't have known what was going on the first time I played it, or caught the little references from the first game, but I know that I loved it. There was one time when I played this game for 8 straight hours until I realized I was hungry and needed food. Which was really only to give me the energy to play more.

Traipsing around the Tanker, putting guards to sleep, stuffing them in lockers, listening to Otacon ramble on about irrelevant Chinese proverbs, it's all so oddly refreshing and nostalgic at the same time. I haven't played this game in a long time but I'm remembering why I love it. No matter how bat shit crazy and off the rails this game goes, it's still one of my favorite of the PS2 era. Yes, Metal Gear Solid 3 is a masterpiece and is a much better game. But I'm drawn to Sons of Liberty more so than the first Metal Gear Solid. Even if it's the better game, I guess having played the first one so late in the series reduced it's impact.

I am now excited to re-acquaint myself with this game and keep moving forward in this collection. Eventhough I had the game for my PSP, I never played Peace Walker. I keep hearing nothing but good things about the PS3 port, and I'm sure it's much better to play with the PS3 controller versus the PSP. And I'm sure it will look great. Which reminds me, MGS2 is very nice looking. The HD upgrade has made it very easy on the eyes.