Basically, this is just an occasional post about
my thoughts on certain video games I have or would like to buy. I could make a
video about this but I can’t even force myself to shoot with all the things I
have to do right now. I can only write these out.
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Max Payne 3 has got to be my second
favorite Max Payne game in the trilogy. My favorite in the
series in the second game, even though more people like the first one better. I
could say that Max Payne 3 has got to be the most polished
game in the series but that wouldn't be fair to Max Payne and Max
Payne 2. I’ve enjoyed Max Payne
2 the most because it was more fun than the first one for some
reason.
Both Max Payne and Max
Payne 2 were really messy in terms of environment, which makes the third
game really, REALLY polished in comparison. Max Payne 3 pales in
comparison to 2 because Max has somehow become whinier than before (and
I don’t even think that’s possible). In the third game, the environment is a
bit brighter and doesn’t have that city film noir atmosphere of the first two
games (most likely because of the lack of tall buildings)
But I love the trilogy regardless.
I love the dialogue. I love the metaphors and literary references. I love the
action. I love Max Payne as a character.
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I have never actually played
the first Metal Gear Solid game because I never had a Playstation. I’ve
gotten a PS2 and a PS3 but never the original gray Playsation. Hell, to
actually get the PS2, I had to save up several months of my allowance to buy
it. To get the PS3, I used up 130 Dollars of my money from working at a drug
store and actually bought my PS3 at a pawn shop.
Anyway, back to Metal Gear
Solid. I’ve started with Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on the PS2 so
technically, I started with the first canonical game with the series since MGS3
was set in the 1960’s. I just played it out of pure boredom, to be honest. I
never really liked the series because it was focused on stealth. Then I got
several Action Replay codes for infinite heath and all the weapons and I just
had an extremely fun time. Pretending Naked Snake was Tony Montana from the
film Scarface is awesome.
Being part of the non-vocal
minority of the Metal Gear Solid fandom, I wanted to play the series on
the PS3. I paid 25 dollars for Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for the
PS3, which contains MGS 2: Sons of Liberty, MGS 3: Snake Eater,
and MGS: Peace Walker. At first, I regretted buying it because it’s 25
bucks for one disc but then I realized that I paid 25 bucks for three
games in one disc. The most likely reason why I regretted buying MGS HD
Collection was because I finished MGS 3: Snake Eater on the PS2
several days before. I really didn’t want to start over again.
However, fate would screw me over
since Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection was announced for the PS3
which included 8 Metal Gear games, even the one for the Playstation and
the NES. It even had Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots! How the hell did all those game fit in one disc? To twist the knife further, it was released on my birthday, July 9. Oh
what a (really shallow) heartbreak for a gamer.
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Well, those are some of my video game thoughts. I hope you... um... read them.
