Gamers are well aware of the notorious things that theMetal Gear Solidseries does well. Still, Hideo Kojima has filled the entirefranchise with awesome details that might go by unnoticed just like Solid Snake would.
Not anymore.
The original Metal Gear Solid is haunted by many ghosts
This one is a little hard to notice as it only shows up in second or further playthroughs of the originalMetal Gear Solid.
When we go forMGS’New Game+, we’ll get a digital camera from the get-go. Players can use this camera to snap pictures of cool-looking parts of the Shadow Moses military complex, but there’s a secret, darker, reason why the camera is there.
In true Japanese horror fashion, it’s there to capture ghosts. You’ll never notice it when you’re taking the pictures, but, when you go back to look at your gallery, chances are you’ll see the spookyghost of one of the game’s many developers.
There’s a secret game inside Metal Gear Solid 3
If you save and reload your game while Snake is in the cell after getting captured by the bad guys, you’ll get back not toMGS3per se, but to a game calledGuy Savage. I’m gonna call it aminigamebecause it’s very short, but this doesn’t feel likejusta minigame.
Guy Savageputs you in the shoes of a two-sword-wielding man who has to chop up a small army of enemies. The whole thing is wild because it looks and plays just like a demo for a real game, butGuy Savagedoesn’t exist outside of Snake’s dream inMGS3.Can you imagine a team led by anyone other than Kojima making such a detailed experience and putting it in a place that most players will just miss?
I don’t think anyone would ever accuseMGS3of suffering from a lack of features, but it’s nice to see Kojima will never stop going above and beyond.
Guards breathe realistically in Metal Gear Solid V
There are many ways to kill guards inMetal Gear Solid V. One of the cheapest and most callous options is to knock them out and drop their bodies face down atop a body of water. Wait for a short while and they will simply drown.
An even viler mode — though one that shows the game’s great attention to detail — is to order conscious enemy guards to lie down on a body of water. I’m just pointing out that this is something you can do — not something you should do.
Sneezing can be Snake’s greatest enemy in Metal Gear Solid 2
The Tanker at the beginning ofMetal Gear Solid 2provided one of the most impressive showcases of environmental video game design back in ’01. Don’t stay out to marvel at the beauty of the rainy Hudson River for too long, though, as this will cause Snake to catch a cold and start sneezing.
Snake’s new ailment might feel like a bit of harmless fun at first, but be careful. It’s only all fun and games until Snake’s random sneezes begin giving away his position to nearby guards.
You can get Snake to puke in Metal Gear Solid 3
Snake can suffer from a bunch of ailments inMGS3. No ailment of the future Big Boss is funnier than a quick vomiting bout — especially when it’s all the player’s fault.
If you open the game’s menu and decide to use the analog stick to spin Snake around, he will throw up on the floor as soon as you return to the game. Please spin your Snake responsibly.
You can have a lot of fun at the bar in Metal Gear Solid 2
You can completely ignore the bar area in the Tanker segment fromMGS2, but that would be a grave mistake. I don’t mean that in the sense that booze rocks. I mean that this discrete area contains a multitude of showcases of some of the most interesting examples of attention to detail in the history of gaming.
you’re able to realistically destroy glass bottles with your gun, see wine spilling toward the floor, and, most interesting of all, engage with an ice bucket. This unassuming bucket displays proper physics and even drops ice cubes that will melt just as if they were the real thing. The ice bucket/cubes serve no real purpose and only exist in the game in that tiny part of that one map.
It’s just wild to think that the developers put who knows how many hours into creating something so spectacular that only very few would notice.
The many ways to bring about The End’s end
You probably know by now that you can avoid fighting Cobra Unit’s The End entirely. You know you can snipe him in the head before his boss encounter starts, by setting your console’s clock ten days to the future, or simply by, well, sitting down for 10 days with your console on until he dies of old age. Those are all great, but did you know that The End owns a pet parrot that you can capture and use to find his location? That’s true!
Regardless of your strategy, remember never to save during the fight against this boss. Loading that file will trigger a cutscene where Snake falls asleep and gets taken to prison. This will result in the worst fate one can suffer in anMGSgame — having to backtrack your way to your previous position.
I love every single detail of this battle, and I like that not even this was enough to satisfy Kojima. Did you know that he originally wanted the battle against The End to require atleast two actual weeks of your time?
Metal Gear Solid 2 features realistic seagulls
The development team behindMGS2paid more attention to making realistically diabolical seagulls than many games put into the creation of their human NPCs.
The seagulls inMetal Gear Solid2 will poop on the eyes of players who dare to look up to enjoy the beautifulMGS2skybox in first-person mode. Also, walking over their poop will cause you to slip and fall.
Your natural reaction might be to shoot them, but I recommend against it. Any attempt to get violentrevengeancewill result in the game itself straight-up refusing to save your progress. Whenever you spot a seagull inMGS2, think of it astheoneenemy you don’t want to trifle with.
