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[luciazephyr]

I am so bad at Metal Gear Solid, I had to restart my game to change the difficulty from "Easy" to "Very Easy". Not fucking kidding. My giant gamer ego is shrinking fast. Also, whoever came up with the idea of a fixed-camera in a third person shooter needs to die.

I don't have the patience to be sneaky. I wanna run and kill. In FPSes, I instantly become slow-moving and stealthy. In TPSes, I go into Ratchet & Clank mode and try to kill everyone. That strategy? Not working too well, lemme tell you.

On the flipside? I'm really enjoying the game. Even tho I suck at it, I like it a lot. Also, the gratuitous shot of Meryl's ass in slow-mo and all? I know it's a Plot Point* but I still laughed when it happened.

-Luce

* - I am very, very impressed** that Hideo Kojima managed to turn a fanservice trope into a fucking plot point. That takes talent and a certain level of bastardness.

** - The fact that things like this impress me worries me.


ETA: Okay, I took out Revolver Ocelot with only one Ration. I think I'm getting better. :D Yay, first person mode. Now if only I could move in FPOV too...

But that's for tomorrow. Now: Bedtime.

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Awesome subject line for the post

[gundamtsubasa.livejournal.com]

I've always been a careful kind of gamer across a hell of a lot of genres. Except TF2. I like playing pyros because setting people on fire rules.

Which would explain why I started MGS on Normal, got all the dog tags, then went back to Easy and Very Easy to get those dog tags. I never could get all of the dog tags on Very Hard, though. I just couldn't do the boss fights.

That said, while this may come off as a neener neener neener comment, rest assured that you'd beat my ass into the ground on platformers and FPSs

Re: Awesome subject line for the post

[lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com]

I'm not doing dogtags at all. Is there a big fancy prize for getting them? I was considering doing that sidequest, but my Action Button hates me and won't let me shake all the guards down. D:

Re: Awesome subject line for the post

[gundamtsubasa.livejournal.com]

You know, now that I think about it, you couldn't shake guards down for dog tags until MGS2. In THAT one you get all kinds of nifty shit, like a bandana (or wig for Raiden) that gives you infinite ammo, a stealth suit for Snake, or wigs for Raiden that give you unlimited oxygen or unlimited grip.

However, for the dogtags on any re-make of MGS1, there are no rewards for doing so. You couldn't shake them down at all on the Playstation version.