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[Corpsepyre]

Been a while, and....shit, this was on a whole different level of fuck back then, and even now this is so strange and mindbending.

I just reached that Colonel haywire part, and....nightmares.

GAF, is any of it real? What does 'reality' even mean?

 

[Any Questions]

Are you on something OP?

 

[Shifty]

Of course this is real, Jack.

Now stop reading GAF and get back to your mission.

 

[awesome_pants]

Believe in the memes.

 

[Koyuga]

Are you on something OP?

They're on MGS2.

 

[BadWolf]

The game was far ahead of its time and even now there is really nothing quite like it.

 

[Roni]

How can you know we're not all AI's who have been programmed to respond to you in a dismissive manner now that you've discovered the truth about your existence?

Spoiler

It's just a game, OP.

 

[Smooth Operator]

You just have to know that MGS2 is probably the most important video game ever made.
Enjoy.

 

[Asd202]

Are you on something OP?

He's on Kojima.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Are you on something OP?

You mean any stimulant? No...However, I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

 

[Shifty]

Spoiler

It's just a game, OP.

Too late.

 

[Maxim726X]

Yeah, I thought the game was a mindfuck way back at its release.

I can only imagine what an older me what process if I replayed it.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

This thread is. Its real Jack...

 

[FuturusX]

Kojima gold.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

In a nutshell.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Kojima must have been on the same stuff Neal Sthephenson smokes.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Jack, do you know what day it is tomorrow?

 

[Corpsepyre]

Yeah, I thought the game was a mindfuck way back at its release.

I can only imagine what an older me what process if I replayed it.

*Raises hand*. I can tell you it's not the least bit easier to digest. Sure, you pick up on things you wouldn't back then, but it's still the same WTFISGOINGON KOJIMAAAAAA as before.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Go back to the mission and play your role OP.

This is just a type of role-playing game after all.

 

[icespide]

absolutely the best MGS

 

[BadWolf]

Fingers crossed for Death Stranding bringing the same level of crazy.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Go back to the mission and play your role OP.

This is just a type of role-playing game after all.

You know, I remember feeling violated back in 2001 when I played it first. I was only 17 then. The game makes me feel super uneasy when all the revelations come in. No other game has accomplished this.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Actually, it's probably more of a mindfuck now than ever, considering how accurately the speech at the end has panned out.

 

[Garmonbozia]

I love the ending. That jazz, that Snake speech, that stinger.

Best Metal Gear.

 

[Dremorak]

You've been playing too long OP. Why dont you turn off the game console and have a brEaK..

 

[whalleywhat]

absolutely the best MGS

 

[Voras]

Gaf is part of the simulation.

 

[liquidtmd]

absolutely the best MGS

No lies detected.

MGS5 had better gameplay but there is a feel about MGS2 that is absolutely unique and the culmination of everything I loved about the series.

 

[Corpsepyre]

So, I just found the image that fucked my head in to smithereens. What in the absolute fuck?

 

[Glix]

I replayed when it came out for Vita and it made so much more sense than when I was younger.

The game is weirdly prescient as well.

 

[Barrylocke]

Actually, it's probably more of a mindfuck now than ever, considering how accurately the speech at the end has panned out.

I finished MGS2 for the first time in summer 2015, and as world events were panning out in 2016, I found myself thinking back to that Colonel and Rose speech a LOT. I'm not sure how I feel about it but it was definitely relevant.

 

[Smooth Operator]

No lies detected.

MGS5 had better gameplay but there is a feel about MGS2 that is absolutely unique and the culmination of everything I loved about the series.

Yup, you're right. The OST helps a lot

 

[AstroNut325]

Of course this is real, Jack.

Now stop reading GAF and get back to your mission.

The truth!

 

[rikichi]

Nothing compared to MGSV. You just don't get mind fucked, you just get fucked over.

 

[Kuraudo]

The most mindbending thing about MGS2 is reading Snowden's message board posts from 2002 where he shows sympathy for the villain trying to what's essentially Stellar Wind.

 

[NotLiquid]

It's kind of weird replaying the game knowing that the Colonel was an AI.

He always felt so robotic/lifeless compared to his performance in MGS1. Then when you get to the finale it all makes sense.

 

[Stabby McSter]

man

MGS2 is a masterpiece

 

[Seik]

Yeah, I completed MGS2 for the first time as well, last year.

Game is something else, considering the year it came out, some of the stuff said in it is...spectacularly accurate and ahead of its time.

 

[gweemz]

I've never played a MS game. Maybe I should start.

 

[Ranma]

Fission Mailed

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

The most mindbending thing about MGS2 is reading Snowden's message board posts from 2002 where he shows sympathy for the villain trying to what's essentially Stellar Wind.

Wait, what ?

 

[Lemonte]

I need scissors! 61!

 

[Smooth Operator]

Wait, what ?

https://arstechnica.co.uk/civis/vie...id=fb8dc8da77f9411a5c5d961d4a3479a9#p12895644

 

[Dremorak]

The most mindbending thing about MGS2 is reading Snowden's message board posts from 2002 where he shows sympathy for the villain trying to what's essentially Stellar Wind.

Wait, what now?

 

[Caim]

OP, complete your mission according to the simulation!

 

[Kthulhu]

So, I just found the image that fucked my head in to smithereens. What in the absolute fuck?

Ain't post modern art great?

 

[RedToad64]

Having played this for the first time last year, it is absolutely crazy how it basically predicted what is going on now.

 

[jwhit28]

https://arstechnica.co.uk/civis/vie...id=fb8dc8da77f9411a5c5d961d4a3479a9#p12895644

Could MGS2 have inspired Snowden enough to be the main catalyst behind doing what he did?

 

[John Kowalski]

One of the seminal texts in game's criticism.

https://arstechnica.co.uk/civis/vie...id=fb8dc8da77f9411a5c5d961d4a3479a9#p12895644

So Snowden is the kind that breaks off one post into multiple quotes huh.....

 

[BriGuy]

I thought that part was nonsense when I first played it at release, but it legit spooked me when I replayed it again last year. It's like someone from the future tried to send us a warning through a video game, but I was too busy shooting guys in the dick to pay attention.