Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

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2001
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9.0/10

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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)

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Action Adventure Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.

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IMDb RATING

9.0/10

9.5K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Solid Snake
(English version)
(voice)

Quinton Flynn

Raiden
(English version)
(voice)

Christopher Randolph

Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich
(English version)
(voice)

Lara Cody

Rosemary
(English version)
(voice)

Vanessa Marshall

Olga Gurlukovich
(English version)
(voice)

Paul Eiding

Colonel Campbell
(English version)
(voice)

John Cygan

Solidus Snake
(English version)
(voice)

Maura Gale

Fortune
(English version)
(voice)
(as Maula Gale)

Phil LaMarr

Vamp
(English version)
(voice)
(as Phil La Marr)

Barry Dennen

Fatman
(English version)
(voice)

Greg Eagles

Peter Stillman
(English version)
(voice)

Jennifer Hale

Emma Emmerich
(English version)
(voice)

Patric Zimmerman

Revolver Ocelot
(English version)
(voice)
(as Pat Zimmerman)

Cam Clarke

Liquid Snake
(English version)
(voice)

Earl Boen

Sergei Gurlukovich
(English version)
(voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

CMC Scott Dolph
(English version)
(voice)
(as Kevin M. Richardson)

Peter Renaday

Richard Ames
(English version)
(voice)

Paul Lukather

President James Johnson
(English version)
(voice)

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Trivia
The script, written by Hideo Kojima, was over 800 pages long.

Goofs
On top of Federal Hall, Solidus tells Raiden that George Washington became the first US president "200 years ago today". Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, but this scene takes place on the same day in 2009 - 220 years later, not 200. This is because Solidus is intentionally rounding the number down, presumably to make his "speech" flow better.

Quotes
Colonel: I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

Crazy credits
The end credits list the book "In the Darkness of Shadow Moses: The Unofficial Truth" (story in the "Special" section) as actually being written by Nastasha Romanenko.

Alternate versions
The European version has altered at least one line of dialogue in order to convert the measurements to the metric system.

Connections
Edited into Metal Gear 20th Anniversary: Metal Gear Solid Collection (2007)

Soundtracks
Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Music & Words / Produced by Rika Muranaka
Recorded by James P. Nichols (as James Nicholas) at Manhattan Center Studio
Mixed by Alan Meyerson at Media Ventures Studio
Vocal - Carla White
Piano - Onaje Allan Gumbs (as Onaje Allangumbs)
Bass - Kenny Davis
Drums - Eugene Jackson Jr. (as Eugene Jackson)
Sax - Don Braden
Trombone - Robin Eubanks
Conducted and played by Felix Farrar Orchestra

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Featured review

9/10

Brilliant in every way.

How to describe the greatness of this game. Here I go. When I went to buy this on the day it came out. I was so excited, I couldn't wait to get home and start playing this right away. When I got home and put the game inside the PS2. The intro started and my jaw fell to the ground because it was so f***ing breathtaking. I knew this was gonna be one hell of a thrill ride.

The Graphics: Simply spectacular, probably the best I have seen on any console. Snake looks even more like a badass than ever. All the other characters look completley realistic.10/10

The Controls: Awesome, is easy to control snake,raiden and the weapons you get to use.10/10

The Story: Mind-Blowing. The plot is very dark and complex with so many plot twists from beginning to end. This will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat just waiting to see what happens next and I thought 24 had a lot of surprises but nothing comes close to this. This is the type of story videogames should have.10/10

The Sound: Excellent musical score by Harry Gregson Williams, very cool attention details and also great voice acting especially from David Hayter. Also with one of the greatest videogame soundtracks ever made. 10/10

Lasting Ability: Collecting all the dog tags is very fun but other people would probably stop playing it for awhile, mainly to free there minds of what they just witness.9/10

Overall: This is the greatest game ever made, simple as that. Took a lot of years to make this magnificent piece of art work. My hat goes off to Hideo Kojima and his entire MGS2 crew for creating this true Masterpiece/Classic. Too bad we have to wait for MGS3 to come out in November but trust me is worth the wait.(A++)