Subsistence!
Normally it means survival, but here... well, it still means survival. In MGS!
Published: March 14, 2006
Sometimes the geekier part of us starts to take over and we get all jittery and nerded-out and everyone in the office starts giggling spontaneously. This is one of those times. Why? Good lordy, man, have you been living in a cave? Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence is out. What's that? You have been living in a cave? You want to know how you got here? Nacho cheese, man, that's all we're gonna say. But read on!
Actually, read this preview first, it's vitally important to the future of mankind, and it'll update you on everything you need to know. It's that important.
Back? Good, now it's time to hear from the people making/pushing the game:
“With the addition of online play and an unprecedented variety of original gameplay modes, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence lets fans experience Snake’s Cold War adventure like never before,” said Wilson Cheng, Product Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., before flexing so hard his shirt tore right off. “The Metal Gear Solid series is constantly evolving, and this installment in Hideo Kojima’s ongoing saga once again brings the tactical espionage genre to new heights.”
Now, if you read the preview but you still don't know what's up, here's the poop: Subsistence is something of an add-on to the original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater that everyone freaked out about last year. But, see, it's a Hideo Kojima game, and so there was probably about 80 bazillion hours of content that didn't make it into the game the first time around, and now Subsistence fills in a good 1 bazillion with online play, a new camera that actual sits behind the main character, Snake, and the original version of Metal Gear and its sequel Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, which only appeared on the MSX in Japan.
In other words, you're getting a crapload of extras, the full MGS3 game, two classic games, an online mode so damned awesome that it's like another game in and of itself, oh, and a little something Konami likes to call "Snake vs. Monkey", the flipside to their partnership with Sony's Ape Escape that turns Snake into a monkey capturing man on a mission. God this game is going to rock.
In fact, we're done here. We need to go run down to our local game store and pick up a copy, and we'd suggest you do the same. You can check back here in a few days to see if our opinions of the game match up with yours. And they'd better, or we'll get Jack Thompson to sue you for disagreeing with us.
Actually, read this preview first, it's vitally important to the future of mankind, and it'll update you on everything you need to know. It's that important.
Back? Good, now it's time to hear from the people making/pushing the game:
“With the addition of online play and an unprecedented variety of original gameplay modes, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence lets fans experience Snake’s Cold War adventure like never before,” said Wilson Cheng, Product Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., before flexing so hard his shirt tore right off. “The Metal Gear Solid series is constantly evolving, and this installment in Hideo Kojima’s ongoing saga once again brings the tactical espionage genre to new heights.”
Now, if you read the preview but you still don't know what's up, here's the poop: Subsistence is something of an add-on to the original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater that everyone freaked out about last year. But, see, it's a Hideo Kojima game, and so there was probably about 80 bazillion hours of content that didn't make it into the game the first time around, and now Subsistence fills in a good 1 bazillion with online play, a new camera that actual sits behind the main character, Snake, and the original version of Metal Gear and its sequel Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, which only appeared on the MSX in Japan.
In other words, you're getting a crapload of extras, the full MGS3 game, two classic games, an online mode so damned awesome that it's like another game in and of itself, oh, and a little something Konami likes to call "Snake vs. Monkey", the flipside to their partnership with Sony's Ape Escape that turns Snake into a monkey capturing man on a mission. God this game is going to rock.
In fact, we're done here. We need to go run down to our local game store and pick up a copy, and we'd suggest you do the same. You can check back here in a few days to see if our opinions of the game match up with yours. And they'd better, or we'll get Jack Thompson to sue you for disagreeing with us.
