Wednesday, June 1, 1988

Video Game Review: Metal Gear

Within ten seconds of starting this game, you are actually punching dogs. In their throats. Awesome! And look at that sweet dog tag-like font! Now, to be fair, I haven’t yet managed to get past the third screen of this game, so I don’t know how ‘in-depth’ this review will be.
The play control is kind of awkward, I keep hitting the ‘garrote’ button when I mean to hit the ‘disembowel’ button, but the graphics are great. I can just imagine what some of the later stages are like, if this first stage is any indication, I bet they are awesome!
Sweet! I just cut a guy open and wedged a grenade inside his ribcage! For 8-bit, the detail depicting his open chest cavity is surprisingly realistic. I predict this game will spawn many successful sequels across numerous gaming platforms.