I sure could go for some snake about now.00:42 Jul 05 2005
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Well today I got my hands on the third instalment of the Metal Gear Solid series entitled
Snake Eater.For those of you that know nothing about these games you play a character called “Snake” and you are basically a one man army sent in behind enemy lines to do a job. As with all three of these games that job is to Destroy a weapon system known as metal gear and of course save the world. Now that is all im giving non-fans of the game.
For those of you who are familiar with the games let me tell you it is the same good old metal gear set up. Snake goes in, has his backup of experts and his cardboard box A-Z. However this time he is in a Jungle setting and the game takes place in the 1960’s. This means no cool radar system to let you see where the bad guys are and what their field of vision is, oh no. In this game you have to use your eyes to spot enemies hidden throughout a vast jungle environment and you have to watch their head movements to gauge their FOV.
So far this game is great, and it really deserves its title “Snake Eater” as when you catch a snake and use it for food you get a nice little video of snake ripping into the side of the snake with his bear teeth, groovy.
You also have a knife this time around and you can use it to hunt for food or to slice up your enemies. The interrogation system has been upgraded and now the enemy guards tell you where items are located, the best route into a camp, the location of fellow guards and or booby traps. Of course they tell you these things because you happen to have your newly acquired blade pressed against their jugular and if you don’t like what they are saying you simply slit their throat to the accompaniment of a nice blood spray.
As with the other games there is the female medical adviser and save game person who just like the other games once you save the game talks your ear off this time she happens to be a movie buff so when you save you get to hear her say….
“Snake, have you ever seen the movie Forbidden planet?”
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“Snake, ever heard of Godzilla?”
There is also the same kind of humour to be found, for example at one stage you are talking to a female spy wearing a rather revealing jump suit and if you press the R1 button while in the cut-scene with her snake stares are her boobs. And later as she is getting dressed if you press R1 you can see snakes view of her ass through half closed eyelids as he is waking up.
But what made me laugh the hardest was the song lyrics for this game. As with the other games the song that accompanies it is a sort of a lounge act with jazzy music. And as the game was directed by a Japanese person the Lyrics of the song are a little confusing and funny in places.
But don’t take my word for it, read them yourself
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What a thrill...
With darkness and silence through the night
What a thrill...
I'm searching and I'll melt into you
What a fear in my heart
But you're so supreme!
I give my life
Not for honour, but for you
**Snake Eater**
In my time there'll be no one else
Crime, it's the way I fly to you
**Snake Eater**
I'm still in a dream, Snake Eater!
Someday you go through the rain
Someday you feed on a tree frog
This ordeal, the trial to survive
For the day we see new light!
I give my life
Not for honour, but for you
**Snake Eater**
In my time there'll be no one else
Crime, it's the way I fly to you
**Snake Eater**
I'm still in a dream, Snake Eater!
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