If the title hasn't given it away, i have started playing Metal Gear Solid again. Being one of my favourite (and most traumatic) games of my childhood, it is nice to be able to return to it after ten or so years. I recently purchased it off the Playstation Store, along with a few themes and backgrounds, and i have definitely enjoyed the experience.
In a nutshell, i started off by listening to the full Briefing, followed by completing all 10 rounds of the VR Training before starting the game, as a way to familarise myself with the controls once again. After that was done, i set the game on 'NORMAL' mode and away i went.
After successfully infiltrating the docks, i managed to make it to the elevator and up to the Heliport without any trouble. Once i got there (and listened to the subsequent cutscenes and codec conversations), i snuck around the Heliport, collecting Chaff & Stun Grenades, followed by a SOCOM pistol.
After getting in contact with Nastasha, she gave me some important information about the START-2 accord, and about all my weapons and cigarettes. I snuck into the Tank Hangar via the first floor ventilation duct (the one being guarded by the camera and genome soldier). A simple Stun & Chaff Grenade combo did the trick easy enough.
Anyhow, once inside, i made my way through the ventilation system, before being contacted by Master Miller, who provided me with some helpful advice. Making my way through the Tank Hangar, i descended to the 1st floor basement, where i picked up the DARPA Chief's signal, and proceeded to enter his cell via air ducts.
After a lengthy discussion, he suffered what seemed to be a heart attack and died in his cell. After a codec call to the Colonel, i hid under the DARPA Chief's bed, and waited until the cell door opened (it sounded like a fight was going on outside). Once the door was open, i snuck out, only to be caught by a female guard. After learning that she was on my side, we fought off several waves of soldiers before she legged it, leaving me behind. After she boarded the elevator, i saw a brief glimpse of Psycho Mantis before he vanished.
Still puzzled as to how the DARPA Chief died, i descended to the 2nd floor basement, collected some ammunition, C4 and Grenades from the rooms in the Armory, and proceeded to the room where the President of ArmsTech was being held. Once i got there, i realised that he was strapped to a pillar with C4 wired all around him. Revolver Ocelot then made his presence known, attempting to shoot my leg, but narrowly missing. After an exchange of words, we fought.
He was fairly easy, the only difficulty was trying to keep up with him while running. Aside from that he was a very easy first boss. After defeating him, and watching his hand get sliced off by a mysterious cyborg, i helped the President of ArmsTech (who had been freed from the pillar by the cyborg) over to a wall where he sat down and told me all the necessary info about Metal Gear. He also informed me that he had given the card keys to the female soldier, who it turns out, is the Colonel's niece, and also gave me an optical disk, supposedly containing all the data from the Metal Gear exercise. He also told me that i should seek out one of his engineers, a scientist named Hal Emmerich, who was supposedly being held in the Nuclear Warhead Storage building to the north. After that, i pressed him for info on the cyborg but he told me to ask Naomi about it.
Shortly after, he suffered a heart attack, similar to the one that the DARPA Chief had and died as a result. Furious, i called the Colonel and Naomi, asking about it, but they both swear they didn't know what was going on. I also asked Naomi about the cyborg, but she also swore she didn't know anything about it. With a lot of questions swirling in my thoughts, i proceeded on with the mission.
After collecting the FAMAS from the Armory, and successfully dodging all the guards, i made my way back upto the 1st floor of the Tank Hangar, where i was about to commence calling the Colonel's niece Meryl.
That is as far as i have gotten in the last two days. I'm only playing the game casually, usually at night before going to bed (Oblivion is my main game at present, and i'm determined to complete however many quests there are in the game).
Anywho, that's my first (of many updates) for the Metal Gear Solid series. See ya next post!
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