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I just watched the new episode of Extra Credits today, "3D NPCs Please ", and this is a screenshot of the part where they say that mentor characters don't always need to be old men. I love it!
Here’s my submission to the 2017 MGS Secret Santa! Final Boss fight, Disney-style. Boop. (@kaxuhira) I’ve seen some really awesome MGS art so I’m a bit self-conscious.
I drew this silly sketch last spring, and it's been hanging on our refrigerator for months. Don't be jealous Kaz & Ocelot. Snake needs petting just as much as you do!
Few things in our game will ever be this glitchy again, so we have to savor these moments as they come. I do think we’ll keep the banana gun, complete with non-lethal banana bullets.
This is the debug space for our retro MGS fangame Peace Day. It doesn’t look like much right now because we don’t have enemies or any real gameplay yet - but we have PHYSICS! One way platforms and stuff like that! Plus, just about all the basic movement mechanics are done. Finally, we can move on to more exciting things besides the solid foundations of the game. (Disclaimer: I’m aware that some of the movement still looks a bit funky and we’re working on that. But you get it. It basically works!!!)
Today I made the animation for kidnapper drones that can capture Snake! In the game you’ll have to escape before they fly too high up and cause you to get injured or even die when you finally get free. The physics of the animation will probably be a lot smoother in-game, but I won’t know that until Glowdust programs it in. He’s working so hard on that awesome physics engine! (I had a bit too much fun drawing the first annoyed and then horrified expressions in this sprite)
I was trying to make a decent “idle” animation since we were missing one. Glowdust said that Snake needs to fidget a little bit, shifting from foot to foot. Well, I did it and THIS happened. It’s officially going to be an in-game sprite now (for our fangame, Peace Day).
Today I made some of the animations for Snake holding a pistol for our Peace Day retro-game fanfic. The pistol sprites could be changed out. Fun and tricky!
(Can’t get the damn gifs to play so I’m using video!) Game Debug Mode! Glowdust just put in the new (larger) background, which caused the mines to end up in the air. This happens on startup now!
Snake: “Shit-shit-shit-WTF seriously?!”
petals of white, cover fields flowing in grieving tears.
the metal gear solid legacy.
what i’m going to talk about is a video game franchise -- the video game i loved the most, and made a big impact in my life. this franchise made me learn about the effects of war, teamwork, and a lot more things (i couldn’t put it in words, there’s a lot that i learned about this franchise!).
the story line of this franchise will get you hooked up. i won’t tell the whole story line of this franchise because honestly, explaining the story line would take me an hour or so to explain (or even a day!) for you to understand the whole story line, so it’s best if you play the franchise itself.
first, i’ll give you a list of what made hooked in this franchise, and the best parts in this franchise.
SOUNDTRACKS!!! - i swear to the boss, the soundtracks of each games in this franchise makes me so emotional. these soundtracks got stuck in my head while playing these games (i even want to sing every soundtrack on stage).
easter eggs - the easter eggs in this franchise were hilarious, especially the johnny part and ~ posters ~, if you know what i mean.
the one where they let you view their perspective by clicking “R1″ (i used PlayStation my whole life so i don’t know much about Xbox).
truth to be told, the snake family, big boss, liquid snake, and solid snake (yeah let’s add solidus snake), are actually attractive. admittingly, when big boss has an eye patch, he looks sexier than he was before. okay, this may be getting out hand, but i can’t help but have a big crush on them. i even have a crush on EVA, The Boss, Quiet, and Meryl! i’m pretty damn sure every gamer has a gay crush on every character in a video game they play.
yeah, that’s all the lists i could come up to. i know there’s a lot, but i can’t put them into words, they’re too good.
anyway, let’s head on to the main point. what do i think of all the games in this franchise? what are the best parts in every game in this franchise?
i could give you a list my fave games, and writing this excites me.
Metal Gear
tbh, i don’t really know much about this game. i only played the first part in this game because it was kinda hard for me. i played this on my PS3, i guess i just wasn’t familiar with the controls in this game. this was originally played in a MSX2, and i’ve never gotten my hands on one before, so yeah.
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
all i know about this game is Solid Snake in Zanzibar Land. just like Metal Gear, i only played the first part. i also played this on my PS3 since the game we bought, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, also have it inside but they can only be accessible in one of the games in the collection, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
Metal Gear Solid
I never got the chance to play this game since this game was released in 1998 and it was originally played in PS1. i watched the gameplay in youtube instead, thank god for youtube. this game was remastered as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, where the graphics improved and the game could be playable in PS2. when the graphics improved in PS2, i was excited to see liquid’s face since i was curious on how he looked in an improved way, and boy, guess who just had a crush on him? me. (his accent are plus points.) the original game can be now playable in PS3, it’s either you buy the game on PlayStation Store or buy the legacy collection in a video game store. solid snake’s character was so flirty in this game, and you could feel the love between solid snake and meryl.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
there comes raiden! actually, this is the first metal gear game that i played. i played this when i was like 5 or 6 or 7, and i gotta admit, it was hard for me at first. but when i was like 11 or 12, i finally found no difficulty in playing the game. it made me understand the story line more about this game. the VR missions in this game are also my favorite. i usually play that part whenever i finish the whole game. there’s also a demo theater (fun fact: you could achieve a trophy in this game while watching Rose and Raiden have a sword fight, which Solidus and Raiden are the original characters there) where you could watch some cutscenes from the game and you could change the characters, if you wish to.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
the one that started it all! there goes the camouflage and foods (and by foods, i mean snake eats animals from the jungle). he is guided through radio by major zero, the boss (who defects to soviet union in the gameplay), para-medic, sigint, and later by EVA throughout the game. the easter eggs in this game were hilarious as hell. the radio conversations with para-medic were fun to listen to, especially when they about movies. sigint was also fun to talk to, you’d always get into a funny conversation with him. oh and boy, don’t get me started with EVA. who later becomes the lover of snake throughout the series. the boss was such a badass! she deserved better though.
WHAT A THRILL~ SNAKE EATEEEEEEER~
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
this is probably the saddest game i’ve ever played, and also one of the best. all remaining characters who are still alive were all here. playing this game will give you nostalgia if you’ve been playing the MGS Series for a long time. (spoiler: solid snake or should i say, old snake, goes back to shadow moses.)
i won’t leave some more spoilers, it’s better if you play the game itself.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
i didn’t finish this game, honestly. it was still hard for me. i’m stuck on a mission where big boss would defeat the pupa flying around the sky. i always run out of supplies. but the game is great, i gotta say. i don’t know much about this game honestly, but i’ve watched some cutscenes in youtube.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
i also don’t know much about this game, but i’ve watched some cutscenes in youtube. i think this a good game, even though the voice of snake was changed. nothing beats to david hayter’s voice as snake’s voice, honestly. however, kiefer sutherland did a good job, i’m just disappointed how big boss didn’t speak that much through MGSV and there was no codec.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
same with mgsv: ground zeroes. i only know about big boss’ phantom, i also watched some cutscenes in youtube. there were some feels in this game, especially when zero visited big boss in a hospital when big boss was in a coma for nine years. overall, i think the game is great. i’d play this game if we’d buy PS4.
here are my fave soundtracks from all the metal gear franchise.
“The Best Is Yet To Come” - Rika Marunaka (MGS1)
Metal Gear Solid Main Theme (MGS2)
Can’t Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Carla White (MGS2)
Snake Eater - Cynthia Harrell (MGS3)
“METAL GEAR SOLID” Main Theme (MGS3)
Old Metal Gear (MGS3)
Sailor (MGS3)
Salty Catfish (MGS3)
Don’t Be Afraid - Elisa Fiorillo (MGS3)
Pillowtalk (MGS3)
Surfing Guitar (MGS3)
Way To Fall - Starsailor (MGS3)
Debriefing (MGS3)
Calling To The Night - Natasha Farrow (MGS:PO)
Old Snake (MGS4)
Love Theme - Jackie Presti (MGS4)
Metal Gear Saga (MGS4)
Heavens Divide - Donna Burke (MGS:PW)
The Man Who Sold The World - Midge Ure (MGSV)
Sins Of The Father - Donna Burke (MGSV)
Quiet’s Theme - Stefanie Joosten (MGSV)
there would be one day where i won’t communicate with other people because i’m busy playing my fave franchise ever, Metal Gear.
that’s a lot for now. thanks for taking your time to read this. this sure is long.