Topic: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D

I tend to agree with Nintendo Power reviews more than most reviewers, so a 9/10 is great. And an 8 out of ten from Edge is like a 9 or 10 from anywhere else. I'm starting to think we just got a really cruddy demo. I never understand why demos that are supposed to sell you on a game are sometimes awful.

With that said, there's no way I'm getting this game without a CPP, and that combines to a $60 purchase. I'll wait for year end clearance.

I understand the gfx being better, the textures and models have been slightly improved, not to mention inclusion of 3d. the hd collection is exactly the same as the original just upscaled. I really hope the framerate issues were only in the demo thought.

a fellow on 3ds forums claims to have got the game early and that the frame rate is better thab the demo...

Im so glad this is the only proper mgs I haven't played.

@SamuraiShyGuy Try closer to $67 with shipping + tax (from Nintendo's online store), unless there's a GameStop in your area that carries them.

@romulux So the dream stays alive, at least until I actually play the game. I feel like a guinea pig for you guys, ha ha.

I was actually pretty damn satisfied with SAGA. I still haven't beat it though, but the lag in runner was no where near as bad as everyone complains.

Edit: After watching the snake eater intro again I have decided I will definitely be picking this up. On sale though. I have too much to play right now to warrant a purchase.
I'm stiiiill in a dreeeam SNAKE EEEATER!

You know I was just being a jerk when saying he was a lying liar and thought "nah, he's probably right". But I guess not. Go me?

There's probably something wrong with my eyes, but this looks just as good as good as COD on my 360!

Ill tell you what. For Nintendo power to give it a 9 is saying something. They have been giving 9.5 to Zelda skyward sword and super Mario 3d land when I thought they would get easy 10s. So it will probably be really good. I guess ill definitely still pick up my copy next week since its already paid off. I wont be getting the cpp so ill let anyone know how it plays without it.

@Tech101 that is impossible, Nintendo power hasn't even released there feb issue if you don't believe me go look

Its what's in the post up above. That's what I'm going off of. I will probably get my issue this week sometime!

The nintendo power score is on metacritic and it is of 9/10.

I preordered the game yesterday and now im hyped. Anyone knows if it plays better with the CPP or without?

With, from everything I hear.
I haven't tried playing the demo without it myself.

it plays a fair amount better with it. the cpp is hard to get used to and i didn't like it at first, but it is much better to use a real analog instead of trying to do the same job with digital buttons. it's really grown on me and now i think revelations and metal gear are much better with it. just imagine the exact same control scheme as the default, but a little easier and with more precision.

This was more or less my experience too. I suspect the people complain about the controls thought this was, like, a Call of Duty pew pew everyone's dead dealie. Rather than, you know, a stealth game. Clunky shooting controls aren't really a problem when a) 99% of the time anyone who you're shooting should be stationary and unaware of your presence or b) you should be avoiding them entirely.

I'm playing through the game on the 3DS now, and it's ok. I'll still recommend people get the HD version first but eh I know that's blasphemy because games can only be fun on a Nintendo console.

Nintendo fanboys should probably give this a proper go and don't go in guns blazing. It's fun that way.

For about the first half an hour of Revelations I thought that it felt really weird.
But after that, it started to feel reaaaaaaaaaaaally comfortable.

@ChocoGoldfish I agree that it's a lot more rewarding as a stealth game and there aren't as many control issues that way, but if it controlled well "Call of Duty pew pew everyone's dead dealie" style in the PS2 version (which I can't know for myself but would assume it did), it's still a flaw of the 3DS controls that they don't work as well for shooting moving objects.

As for me, the only reason I'm not getting the HD version is because I don't own an HD console/handheld (is Vita the first HD handheld with built-in button controls? That's pretty cool), and they're too expensive for me to be owning one very soon. I don't have any misplaced loyalty to Nintendo in that regard.

But yeah, buy this if you don't have an HD console/handheld, a CPP if you don't like the controls, and you'll have a more rewarding experience by choosing to sneak around, all stealthy-like.

Actually MGS3's controls are pretty awkward on the PS2 if you're used to modern 3rd-person action games. You can't move while aiming in first person (and can't aim over the shoulder at all), you use R to aim, left analog to move the cursor and square to shoot. It was even worse before Subsistence because the camera was set in place like in MGS2, you couldn't freely move it around. Oh and O/X were switched to Accept/Cancel respectively D:

You get used to it like any other game after a while though, and the same can be said of this version.

My main problem with the game is my own fault. I can't focus on anything. Everything is sooo smaaall. I guess I'm just used to playing it on a giant screen. Maybe ifI I put my glasses on, but I hate playing games with my glasses!

Was playing through the demo again... C'mon The Boss, why the obvious statements D:

"You can change your camouflage by selecting 'CAMOUFLAGE' in the Survival Viewer. The 'UNIFORM' option lets your change your uniform, while the 'FACE' option let's your change your face paint."

ORLY?

There hasn't been near enough discussion of the one-second shot of Yoshi at the end of that one trailer. Discuss!