Metal Gear Solid GC Enhancements Discussed

Thanks to IGN Cube for their new interview with Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack about Metal Gear Solid:The Twin Snakes, as he talks about this Winter 2003-due GameCube 'enhanced port' of the original MGS, including overall changes ("...one of the biggest enhancements is the ability to do all of the things you could do in Metal Gear Solid 2 in the Metal Gear Solid 1 world... there are all sorts of different [new] ways to finish a level"), AI upgrades ("...totally ramped up. I think it's safe to say that if you look at the AI from MGS2 then we're at [MGS] 2 and a half now"), and the Metal Gear Solid 2/VR Missions bonus rumors ("There will be extras, but there won't be another game in there.")

No GBA Support

[shadowcabbit]

"...we all talked together as a group, and we decided that the best thing to do was to not include GBA support and instead make the game as best as it can be."

Hell yeah. To be honest, I don't really buy into the whole "Nintendo is evil because they make me buy a GBA for FF:CC" crap-- I mean, I already have all the stuff, and I bought the link cable for Animal Crossing anyway. But to see a developer say "well, yeah, that's gimmicky, so we're not going to do it"-- that kinda hurts the overall image of GBA

Re:No GBA Support

[Babbster]

I don't think it hurts the "overall image of GBA support." I think it's more a refreshing acknowledgement of exactly what you said, just in different words. For some games, GBA support is indeed a gimmick. For example, I thought that Zelda: Wind Waker could have dropped GBA support completely and moved Tingle onto the TV screen, but Nintendo want their top-flight franchises to have the GBAGC support. Similarly, the Metroid Prime/Fusion connectivity was entirely a gimmick and the island in Animal Crossin

Re:No GBA Support

[unclethursday]

and the island in Animal Crossing was nothing but a cruel trick played on those few people with a GC but no GBA (if they exist).

*Raises hand*

I have a GBPlayer, but not a GBA. I'll probably get one soon enough, but the GBPlayer is all I need right now.

Thursdae

Re:Well, well...

[Goldberg's Pants]

I find it interesting that the GC is, essentially, getting a 6-7 year old PS1 title, and that's somehow cutting edge gaming news.

Really, it's no different then when Hasbro went through a spate of "upgrading" a bunch of old arcade titles like Pacman.

I actually feel sorry for GC owners on this. I mean PS2 got MGS2. XB and PC got MGS2: Substance (which was the original game with a TON of other stuff added. Sadly, you can only get it legally on DVD for the PC)... And then Gamecube gets a remake of MGS.

Doesn'

Re:Well, well...

[Dinny]

I agree that it's not really cutting edge news, but I'm fairly excited about it. I've been playing MGS2 Substance on the PS2 lately and love it. I've actually been considering going out and picking up a cheap copy of MGS to play again, but I would much rather play through an updated version.

So long as you don't feel obligated to get every edition of the game I think it's fine. I wouldn't bother getting MGS2 Substance for the Cube since I already have it, but I am interested in MGS.

Re:Well, well...

[Goldberg's Pants]

I just feel sorry for the GC owners. They seem to be getting gipped lately. I saw further down the games page here on the dot that Eidos is quitting releasing for the GC.

NO MORE TOMB RAIDER FOR YOU GC TYPES! I'm sure you're all heartbroken:)

Re:Well, well...

[Gr33nNight]

Yeah and I was so looking forward to all the games Eidos were gonna release...oh wait, Tomb Raider? No thanks

Re:Well, well...

[scot4875]

Well, if you'd played Eternal Darkness, you'd be excited too.

Way back when, Silicon Knights did the original Legacy of Kain. The story rocked, the game itself was so-so. Nintendo steps in, guides them through the development of Eternal Darkness -- lo-and-behold -- story rocks, gameplay rocks.

Here, we've got Silicon Knights, Nintendo (Miyamoto), and Konami (Kojima) collaborating on a remake to what was originally a pretty good game on crappy hardware. Hell yeah I'm looking forward to it.

--Jeremy

The modified M9

[MMaestro]

Will we still be able to fill the enemy's head full of needles?

Check out the screenshots

[Spleener12]

You'll see that the bosses have a stun gague now, so I would think that means that the M9 (or some other tranquilizer gun) would be there.

I'm not sure I want to do everything from before..

[UltimaL337Star]

"one of the biggest enhancements is the ability to do all of the things you could do in Metal Gear Solid 2 in the Metal Gear Solid 1 world" Will I get to play a long haired estrogen imbalanced boy who get's his crotch grabbed by the president?