Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 2001
- Released
- November 13, 2001
- Anniversary
- Turns 25 on November 13
- Genres
- Shooter · Tactical · Adventure
- Platform
- PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
- Publisher
- Konami
Where to buy
- Physical
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Is it still worth playing?
Konami's 2001 stealth action game for the PlayStation 2, directed by Hideo Kojima, in which you infiltrate the Big Shell, an offshore cleanup facility seized by terrorists who hold the U.S. President hostage. It has two chapters, the tanker USS Discovery and the Big Shell plant. First person aiming lets you target specific points, and the silent M9 tranquilizer gun can disable an enemy with one headshot. Guards can be blinded by steam, distracted by a thrown piece of fruit or hit in their weak spots, and they work in squads and call strike teams. You can shoot out lights, break glass and burst pipes, and standing in rain can make Snake sneeze and give him away. Lights, glass, steam and fruit are all tools against those squads, so the environment keeps its part in the stealth today.