Metal Gear Solid 3 is a great achievement, one that fans of the series will love and vividly remember long after 2004 is over. Snake is in for another richly cinematic, and ultimately satisfying adventure in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the latest installment in Konami designer Hideo Kojima’s long-running stealth action series. The mechanics of Metal Gear Solid 3 can be just as intriguingly confusing as the storyline and just as rewarding, especially once you reach some of the game’s memorable, dramatic confrontations against some of the greatest bosses ever to feature within any game. In short, this is a great game that both the impressive style and the spirit throughout merits a buy with anyone’s hard-earned cash.

If:

I want to know what happened before MGS 1 and 2

…Naked Snake again

…intense and lifelike cinematics

BUY IT

If:

I want less of an extraordinary and complex story

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Half-Life completely redefined what immersion meant, and was truly a stunning masterpiece that made anyone surprised to find that Valve only created one title prior. The game macadamized concepts for many first-person shooters that have followed. Half-Life 2 has been in development for more than 5 years, and it has finally seen the light of the cold day. Half-Life 2 is a technical masterpiece, a brilliant sequel to a great first-person shooter, and stays true to the roots of the experience while furthering it to a whole new level of light. The storyline itself isn’t that terrific, but that doesn’t mean that Half-Life 2 is not an impressive and moreover engaging shooter that is worthy of being titled a ‘classic’ in the near future.

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There is not much we can say about Halo 2. In general, you all read our review about Halo 1 and many of you agreed regarding the bad decision to not have cooperative multiplayer campaign. Halo 2 is sadly not what Halo: Combat Evolved was. It comes packed with a rather short campaign and a disappointing storyline that’s just extremely annoying. It still manages to get the multiplayer demands from feedback for people completely wrong, but is still an exceptional shooter that frequently delivers thrilling moments.

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Jak is making a 3rd and final appearance in Jak 3, the conclusion to Naughty Dog’s best-selling franchise. Last year’s Jak II turned the series, replacing the original Jak & Daxter’s world with a rough future cityscape and gameplay reminiscent of Grand Theft Auto riche and nouveaus. The final entry in the Jak trilogy makes no drastic changes, and sticks to the formula that made it a success. By adding more weapons and abilities,  a great story, and an endless array of weapon arsonals, Jak 3 offers the same experience Jak 2 did, but even better. Jak 3 offers fans of action-adventure something to sink their teeth into, even if it is not the Jak 3 we have all been dying to see an incredible change in, one that we all thought was needed for a final game.

If:

I want a great conclusion to the series

…amazing storyline

…brilliant character models

BUY IT

If:

I want

less confusing puzzles

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