Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.
- Story and characters: 137 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k player reviews · updated a day ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Metal Gear Solid 2 continues the story of Solid Snake, but with a significant update in the gameplay and graphics department due to the jump from PlayStation 1 to PlayStation 2.
Kojima pulled out every stop with MGS2, the graphics are way ahead of its time, the attention to detail is somehow still impressive today and the overall gameplay loop is satisfying and engaging.
Between higher-quality textures, better controller support, and restored effects that Konami skipped here, the modded original release blows the Master Collection out of the water.
Compressed Audio: Many sound effects and voice lines use lower-bitrate files than the original PS2/PC versions, leading to a "tinny" or muffled sound.
Glitching saves that require you manually fixing the save file every single time, doesn't matter if the game runs on Steam Deck, the second you use steam cloud to sync progress it breaks and you have to fix it... why?
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.
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