A couple weeks ago, I decided to play Metal Gear Solid 2 for no reason in particular. I had stopped playing when I could never get past the Metal Gear RAY battle on Extreme. I hadn't played it in over a year according to my save file. When I started playing again two weeks ago, I happened to not only get past that battle, but beat the game as well. Of course, I was on cloud nine. Bascially, I looked like this.
Now I had unlocked everything and have gotten every dog tag in the game...or so I thought. There are two sets of dog tags. The 2001 dog tags and the 2002 dog tags. I finished the 2002 dog tags. So if I wanted to truly complete the game like the hardcore complete freak I am, I had to start another file and get all the 2001 dog tags. It went quite well. I need to revisit the game on Normal difficulty since I missed one dog tag. I'm on Extreme right now and have gotten all the dog tags on that difficulty. I just have to beat the same and save. The other difficulties are complete.
But I'm stuck again on Extreme. The Metal Gear RAY battle and Solidus will not be a problem as I'm now used to it. I'm stuck on that section of Arsenal Gear when you have to fight wave after wave of enemies with Snake. I'm sure I'll get past it after a few tries. (Stop dying, Snake!)
My second time through Extreme after over a year of not playing the game went well. For me the hardest boss on Extreme is Fatman. Running into me with those darn skates of his. Fortune is easy if you use the box trick. Those familiar with the "no damage, no kill, extreme" speed run by Takeshi will know that trick. Vamp was also easy due to Takeshi's run though I first saw the Vamp battle strategy on a different speed run on Speed Demos Archive.
The Harrier Jet was always a pain on the higher difficulties, but I totally went ballistic when I beat it without taking any damage! That's right. NO DAMAGE! ON EXTREME! Made that jet my b****! Hell, yeah!
Takeshi's speed run and the one from SDA use different strategies for going through those two battles on Arsenal Gear. I'll try both and see how things turn out. One thing's for sure, coolent FTW!
Lately, I've been addicted to wating videos by a group known as 4PlayerPodcast. I've only learned of them recently. The most popular player is named Brad who is famous for his screams when playing games like Fatal Frame and Silent Hill. Here are a few of my favorite ones.
Fatal Frame 2 - You shoulcn't have looked into the window, but you did it anyway.
Fatal Frame 2 (Dolls are scary)
Fatal Frame 2 again and yes, they're more dolls.
Fatal Frame 4 - watch this one all the way to the end
SH4 - Walter Sullivan encounter
SH5 - You..um...Got Something on Your Face
Some of the clips are slow at first, but watch them all the way though. You will be amused.
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Yes, beating any of the MGS games on a high difficulty is exciting. Oh, I beat MGS2 on Extreme again so I now have all the 2001 and 2002 dog tags. While I didn't dance this time, I probably will when I beat SH4 since I've never beaten it cause I chicken out after about 30 min of play.
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Update will be posted on Tuesday.
Yep, beat MGS2 on Extreme again so I have all the 2001 and 2002 dog tags. I'm never doing this again. Ever. I'm done.
I'll probably jump a few times once I get my copy of Fatal Frame sometime in the future, but I won't scream like a girl. It's quite funny to see a grown man do it though.
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