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from this translated source: https://junkerhq.net/MGS2gameplan.pdf

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[-] good_girl@hexbear.net 25 points 9 months ago

This whole doc is super cool and also funny as fuck.

My favorite bit is right at the beginning:

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Metal Gear Solid III

Written as MGSIII for short. The three Roman numerals symbolize the three tallest skyscrapers in Manhattan, the setting for the game.

Instead of proceeding on to MGS2, as one might expect, we are making MGS3. The question in peoples’ minds, ‘Why is it 3 and not 2?’ will have a big impact.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago

Konami did not let my man breathe. That would have been amazing though if they called it 3 in all the marketing without explaining why. He probably had a kooky idea to make a sequel to a game that never got made, or mess with the idea of sequels in general. MGS2 is already like that. It subverts the player's expectations by suddenly introducing Raiden, and purposefully reiterates the plot beats of the first game.

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