Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

• Platform: IBM PC Compatible
• Release Date: March 29, 2003
• Genre: Action
• Style: Stealth
• Similar Games: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (IBM PC Compatible), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty [Greatest Hits] (PlayStation 2), Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven [Greatest Hits] (PlayStation 2)

Game Description

The PC port of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is an enhanced version of the PlayStation 2's Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. In addition to advancing through the entire storyline found in 2001's blockbuster game, players are able to take Solid Snake through five completely new scenarios in a standalone mode called Snake Tales.

Other additions include over 200 VR (virtual reality) missions structured in a similar manner to 1999's Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, and over 100 stages of alternative missions in which players elude guards and perform other covert tasks as quickly as possible. Playable characters now include Solid Snake, Raiden, Pliskin, and Grey Fox.

Roots & Influences

The PC-DVD version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance contains enhanced versions of the original Metal Gear (The Outer Heaven Uprising mission from 1987), Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (The Zanzibar Land Disturbance mission from 1990), Metal Gear Solid (The Shadow Moses Island Incident mission from 1998), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and several DVD exclusives (five new Solid Snake Tales, unlockable playable characters and modes, and more than 350-VR and 150-alternative missions).