Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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A stealth mission on a tanker and an offshore cleanup plant spirals into a mind-bending story about information, control and identity. It set a new bar for in-game detail on the PS2 and baffled as many players as it amazed.
Kit's verdict · 8.8/10
A brilliant, prophetic mess that was 20 years ahead of the internet.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Astonishing physics and guard AI for 2001
- Huge range of stealth tools
- Themes that aged eerily well
Not so much
- Marathon codec calls and cutscenes
- Ending is a deliberate head-scratcher
Play it if players who want stealth with something to say.
Skip it if anyone who wants to play more than they watch.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Hold up a guard from behind, then aim at his head to make him drop his dog tag.
- Shake a held-up or unconscious guard to make him drop items.
- Hide bodies in lockers so patrols don't raise the alarm.
- Use first-person aim to shoot radios and cameras before they spot you.
- Hang off railings to slip past patrols, and do grip pull-ups to build strength.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
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Trivia
- Marketing hid the change in playable hero for most of the game, which caused a huge fan uproar.
- Harry Gregson-Williams composed the score.
- Scenes of New York were changed after the September 11 attacks.
- Its 2000 E3 trailer is often called one of the most influential game reveals ever.
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