Video Games Metal Gear Talk

Konami is like the mother of all developers when it comes to Easter Eggs.

MGS:

It had all those codec talks. For example, you shoot the rats, soon enough Naomi or Campbell come a callin' and berating you. Call Mei Ling 10 times without saving, and she cherries you.

Punch a wolf then hide in the box really quick, and then you get them to pee on you...but when you use the box, they don't try to bite you anymore.

If you think the only way to beat Ocelot is to shoot him, think again. Not many people know this...but if you strap C4's on the very end walls...you won't trip the bombs in the center. You should have enough to take half his life.

You can also use Stingers against Sniper Wolf.

If you have any saved Konami Games, your fight against Pyscho Mantis will have a few extra cut scenes. He'll also tell you how you play the game: whether your careful or reckless. I always got reckless....since the only time I really save in MGS is right before the Metal Gear fight.

MGS2:

Codec talks are brought even further. Try pressing R1 or R2 during one and you get to hear Snake's/Raiden's thoughts on who he's speaking too. R1 for positive thoughts, R2 for negative thoughts. You can also use the analogs to zoom and trace in codec mode.

Try taking a picture of the girls and Olga with the camers in the Ship mission. Better yet, y'know the one that guard was looking at? Shoot it. It explodes and people come runnin'. Supposedly.

There are four actual Easter Egg Island Statues in the game. One is in the small air ducts when trying to free the President. I forgot where the others are.

Try shooting Snake when he's sleeping. Also, if you found the shaver before hand, at the end of the game, he'll look clean shaven. He's also actually holding the last dog tag.

When you have the scope/binoculars, I believe you press triangle on guards, and if you have their dog tag, it says all vitals on the screen. Also, if it happens to be their birthday...then you see Happy Birthday!

If you can't seem to get past a guard because of his position and you REALLY want his dog tags and your on Normal and below...just shoot him with the M9. Then run up to him, spray him on the face with the coolant. He'll wake up after a bit, since it must be annoying...then you can proceed to hold him up.

Speaking of holding up guards, try using an empty gun (they still freeze, as long as you don't shoot) or the RGB6 or Stingers (the wet themselves).

In the first mission, get Snake to the locker with the girl's picture on it. Duck and press R1...he kisses the picture. Also, try just having your back pressed against it and tap against the picture...you get cool sounds.

Use the Mic in the conversation with Olga and Solidus I believe and aim it towards one of the walls. You'll hear the guy from the first one...the one who got his clothes stolen by Meryl and had the runs during the torture sequence. He goes by the name of Johnny.

The Box delivery is ALSO in MGS2. You just have to go to the parcel room (the box delivery room, below the helipad) and hid in a box on the panel that fits you. Stay a while and you get shipped to that location.

Try shooting EE with the tranq. Punch her, spray her with coolant, choke hold her through the lice, turn the mic on her when she's walking the connecting fences.

When a guard goes on caution mode shoot the question mark or the exclamation point, he gets stunned.

If you take the underground route to Metal Gear Ray, you can actually SEE Ocelot in hiding! You can't really do anything about it though...however, you CAN get away with shooting the general from there. LOL.

There's a Metal Gear Ray named MGS-ROSE. If you defeat that, the Ray fight sequence ends. It's the fifth Ray to show up.

Cigarettes work like the diazepam. Equip 'em and you are a lot more still than without 'em.

With the stealth mode on, hold up a guard that will be intercepted by the other guard. Funny stuff.



Okay, that's all I can remember right now. Good stuff though, eh?

 

I believe Konami said that they might make Raiden star his own series, while Snake stays with Philanthropy. IF this happens, we'll pretty much have two good series under one name!

I just hope they keep the Titanic references down to a minimum. *sigh*

 

Jack "Raiden" = Leonardo DiCaprio
Rose = Kate Winslet

Jack is a pretty-boy blondie.
Rose looks like a redhead.

The roles are reversed a bit, this time it was Rose that was hiding something. (Was that even in Titanic?)

That whole, "Jack be careful!"

"Jack!"
"Rose!"
"Jack!"
"Rose!"

Eh, there isn't really that much...but you'd think they'd come up with something better for names, y'know?

Oh, as an aside, I forgot about one little tidbit.

In MGS2, go ahead and plant a c4 in the sea lice...go into first person, then blow it up. You get bug splattered. You die in FPV, and the camera glass shatters. You kill someone up close, your camera gets bloody. Do it in the rain, and things are a little blurred and random drops appear.

Also, when you hold up someone from behind, shoot the radio. Then proceed to have lots of fun. Why? He can't call for backup. And as long as you keep him away from doors, you get to play "cat and mouse". Shoot his arm and run away, and you'll find his accuracy SORELY lacking...shooting an AK with one arm MUST be hard. Shoot his leg and run, and see him hobble. Go into Extreme and do both...and LAUGH.

There is so far one ghost that's been heard of. In the second hold in the tanker, take a picture of the second screen. When you look at your camera shots that you saved, there should be a ghost there.

 

Here's a handy dandy easter egg from substance, since I have no clue (because my PS2 is currently broked) about SoL. Get a lv.2 grip guage in the Tanker episode. Get to the hold...it's easier if you use a few rations, get full life. Anyway, either doing a falling grab or whatever to the second floor, then shimmy all the way to the other side. Do the same for Hold 2. On hold 3, you should end up on the rigging platform high about the marines. Actually, you're now able to get close enough to Metal Gear to touch it! Run all the way around the platform and drop down the the dock right next to Ray's head! Viola, instant...errr, closeness.

Oh, you all might have known this already, but I didn't. The second hold has those switching projectors. They also have remotes right next to them. If you're impatient, just press the action button next to 'em, it'll switch the picture. Saves time.

 

Ya got it backwards Pheonix! Integral is the japanese or PAL release that had the original and the VR missions. VR missions (the American piece of crap compared to Japan's version) only has: you guessed it, VR missions. *sigh* Kinda sucks, huh?

 

Alright, I just did a quick little search (since I'm hungry and want some breakfast...and possibly some lunch before heading for work) and I found this:

If you obtain the ranking of Big Boss in the main game, you have the option for becoming the Ninja in VR Missions. (This is in the American release too, though I seriously think it's unlocked differently)

If you obtain the ranking of Big Boss, you'll get a photo oppurtunity in the Photo Missions with Mei Ling! She does a whole bunch of poses for you, nothing hentai mind you, but still cool and she made the codec contacts worthwhile. (Screw Meryl!) You can also supposedly see snippets of this in SoL if you keep contacting the Colonel when he goes on the fritz in Arsenal.

There's likely more, but...I don't know too much. Including Meryl wearing Snake's Sneaking Suit...the Ninja...and other stuff...I'm pretty sure you get what you get in the American release. I'm just miffed that a couple months after MGS was released, people in Japan could get Integral and save cash, while we had no choice but to buy two separate discs. I didn't buy VR missions for just that fact.

Oh, and I'm not aware if it's compliant or not, but Integral is also Pocketstation Compatible. It's one of the ways to get the Ninja in VR.

 

I actually have no idea of how many other little snippets of extras there are in the Integral set. AFAIK, Integral was released to bundle them together...however, Konami thought it moot to bring it over because the Solid packaged with Integral happened to be the English version with Japanese subtitles. So, there really is no point to get Integral (though REALLY cool for collecting) in any case.

Oh, and I've just tested it, and there IS in fact clips of the model shoot with Mei Ling in SoL. Try it out, just get to that little corridor where you meet Snake in the end, and keep contacting the colonel. It's a pretty long clip too, it seems as if she goes through about half her poses.