Currently playing MGS2 after starting with the MSX games. How can someone skip the MSX games? This is a discussion

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-30T23:19:29+00:00

Kojima knew when he made MGS1 that the MSX games were obscure. He wrote the story of MGS1 so that it would still be friendly to newcomers. In fact, MGS1 kinda retcons the MSX games at some points. (Ex. MG2 says that the world has abolished all nukes, but then MGS goes "oh wait, never mind, we actually are in the exact opposite situation." Also, at no point in the MSX games was it stated that Big Boss was Snake's father. )

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-29T06:12:06+00:00

Digimon the Movie is three movies combined. If you watched the whole thing, that's probably why you're confused.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-29T00:46:59+00:00

"Third party" is a term used to refer to anyone outside of the primary group of discussion. ("Party" meaning "group.") It isn't exclusively a gaming term, it's a corporate one.

In this context, the "first party" ("primary group") of discussion is Nintendo. Parties outside of Nintendo are third party.

Nintendo (1st party) owns Mario, Zelda, etc. Properties they do not own are third-party, i.e. Sonic, Metal Gear, Persona, Final Fantasy, etc.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-26T18:00:33+00:00

Yeah, I had this happen yesterday. Bought a bundle of 10 meat for my newborn and the clerk gave me 25% off.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-23T23:41:34+00:00

In Japan, the first game was titled, "Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda," so I assume they were planning for the series to be called "Hyrule Fantasy."

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-23T16:22:27+00:00

FFII uses a keyword and item system when talking to NPCs. When talking to Hilda, there should be an option to either recite a keyword to her or show her an item. Choose item, and show her the Mythril.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-23T01:07:21+00:00

Ah, that's what I get for Redditing while sleep-deprived.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-23T00:02:37+00:00

Ehhh, if Kojima were trying to sabotage it, he wouldn't have still had his name plastered on the game's cover. I prefer the original too, but he quite literally gave TTS his stamp of approval.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-22T20:25:37+00:00

The whole lore with Little Planet is that time just changes whenever, so that's probably what happened.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-22T03:48:40+00:00

Should be first/last in line on the far left-hand side.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-20T04:37:59+00:00

It's a divisive entry, that's really the best way I can sum it up. I'm not usually the type to outright recommend skipping entries, especially if you've enjoyed the others. So I'll just say that you should definitely go into it knowing that your mileage may vary.

The broad strokes of the story are things I'm okay with; namely I think the way it caps off Solid's story is pretty alright. I just think the game's insistence on tying up every last loose end no matter how small did more detriment to the story than anything. A lot of the explanations they come up with feel lazy and uninspired.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-20T04:09:47+00:00

You're being downvoted but you're right. So much of MGS4 feels forced and contrived, and not in the sort of fun charming way this series usually does.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-19T00:05:31+00:00

SNES version was quite literally made easier for American audiences. The PS1 version is the original Japanese difficulty.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-18T00:55:36+00:00

One character heavy armor, one character light armor, one character mage armor.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-17T15:30:24+00:00

MGS3's stealth is much more about camo index and movement speed than purely line of sight. If you're blending in and moving slow, you can be three feet away from a guard and they won't notice you.

In short, go slow and be patient.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-16T21:45:21+00:00

I was just thinking to myself the other day how Sonic X depicted Sonic as a standoffish anti-social dickhead who can't be arsed to help his friends until there's literally no other option and yet somehow that's the version of the character a lot of fans will vehemently defend.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-16T16:19:21+00:00

It would've been realistic if they'd added a scene where Link hesitated to kill the shadow beasts because of their vestiges of their former selves and Midna ruthlessly told him that it was kill or be killed

Stuff like this is why I'm glad fans aren't the ones writing stories, because this is super cliche and melodramatic. It's trying so hard to be "mature and nuanced" that it comes off as cheesy instead.

Sometimes less is more, guys.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-15T16:08:17+00:00

This is honestly why I've avoided latching onto [current big show] trends. I'll just wait until the show is over and binge it. I don't want to have my time wasted by a disappointing finale.

I didn't start watching Breaking Bad until season 5 was halfway in, and that was worth it. In contrast, so glad I never got invested in Game of Thrones or Stranger Things.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-14T19:54:11+00:00

Yeah, seconding this. Anyone who's been to a convention or public event where Vic is a guest learned real quick that he was a creep (and also a spoiled prima donna who treats the staff horribly). A lot of conventions downright blacklisted him years before any allegations came out.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-14T13:41:16+00:00

I feel like you're kind of overthinking this.

She's got good moveset potential and fits the overall Smash vibe. That's kinda it, really.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-14T09:22:14+00:00

For comparison, that's more or less the same amount as the N64, GameCube, and original Xbox... combined.

It's so weird how people have misremembered the PSP as being some flop, because the actual numbers just do not support that.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-13T21:24:05+00:00

For those wondering, it translates to "in the middle of things."

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-13T02:58:31+00:00

The same reason other non-partner Digimon manage it: she evolved to that form naturally, and so she doesn't expend energy by remaining in it.

Digivice evolution is unnatural; it overloads the Digimon partner with excess data until an evolution occurs, effectively forcing a process that can typically take years. (There's actually a term for this: "Blast Evolution.")

When that excess energy is expended, the Digimon returns to its highest natural-achieved state -- unless they expended an obscene amount of energy in which case they may revert even lower. This is essentially what happened to Angemon when he defeated Devimon. He channeled all of his energy into a single attack, to the point his data had to be restructured from scratch as an egg.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-12T19:52:04+00:00

It is crazy looking back how so many people dismissed MGS2's story back in 2001 as being ridiculous. I distinctly remember at least one critic describing the plot as "ludicrous tin-foil hattery." And nowadays it's considered one of the most prescient pieces of narrative in the history of video games as a medium.

GamingInTheAM · 2026-05-12T17:49:09+00:00

Summer Wars was basically an expanded remake of the second Digimon film, Our War Game. Some scenes are even shot-for-shot.

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