The credits just finished rolling.
Well..
It was a great game nonetheless, but MGS is still a lot better in my opinion. I actually liked MGS2 moreso than this.
Anyway...
Heh... Not surprisingly, I kinda bit lost with the plot and everything about halfway through, and never really understood everything after that (Although the whole deal with Boss in the ending (NOT before you fight her, but the actual ending) cleared some things up).
Speaking of Boss...
God I hated her, she was really annoying (Probably just her VA), and she just looked weird.
I never really thought much about the graphics...
Until you get to the caves!
The backgrounds and water effects are amazing! The flame effects later in the game are FUCKING INCREDIBLE! Fury was my favorite fight alone, just for the flame effects.
The best part of the game, was when Snake's walking down the river, and the trees are on fire. Put together the best water effects, and best fire effects I've ever seen, makes for some serious eye candy.
Ocelot was the man. He took awhile to grow on me, but he was real cool.
Oh yeah and, play the game the way it was meant to be played. Play with the Raiden mask on all game! That's what I did!
Bow before Raidenovitch Raikov! (God... Why did Kojima have to make him a gay guy?)
Eva: "I'm able to get several men to take their clothes off, but not him. I'm sure you'll be able to Snake."
Me: "WHA?!!! They made Raiden a gay guy!"
Also, why the hell does everyone say that the game can takes about... 17 hours or so if you RUSH IT, when I beat it in just over nine while taking my time? :huh
The final boss area has to be one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life.
The worst flaw of MGS2 carried over to MGS3, that being the absolute lack of character development in some cases.
In MGS2, the enemies lacked so much personality (Fortune has to be the worst character in any game ever), but MGS3 is even worse than that! UGH! It goes like this "Oh.. big guy with hornets is attacking me, I must kill him." "Here's a big guy with a flamethrower! Run! Shoot him!" There almost seems to be no point to the boss battles.
In the original MGS, the enemies had some personality, that made you like them. The scene after the second Sniper Wolf battle is very emotional, and has made me cry.
Also, Eva is the main female protagonist... Uh... Did they just throw her in there for sex appeal?! I just didn't care for any of the characters at all. Not even "Snake". Ocelot was the only one who really interested me (His meow drove me insane. I want to kill whoever decided to give him that...).
The soundtrack was pretty good at points. You have no idea how excited I got when I heard the MGS2 Theme during the Granin cutscene, and during the ending, and credits. I really didn't pay that much attention to the soundtrack as I do the other games.!
All in all, I was a bit dissapointed with the game. Like I said, it's a great game, but you won't see me playing through it six times like I did with the original and Twin Snakes.
I will say again, the water effects, and fire effects are the best I have ever seen in any game. Ever. WOW!