http://games.kikizo.com/news/200305/010.asp

It seems Kojima has gone back on what he said, and has gone forth in creating the next installment of the MGS series. what is your view on this? Do you believe Splinter Cell may have caused him to do this? Do you think the game will be more stealth oriented like Splinter Cell? Or do you believe it will not be effected in any way by SC? Basically, what are you expecting?

I loved both Splinter Cell and MGS2, but they were completely different styles of Stealth... MGS2 focused more on action (like boss battles, and the harrier flight thing) and story, whereas SC focused more on actual stealth gameplay.

If they change MGS3 in light of SC, that' s fine I guess... I liked them both, but.. hopefully a little less trial and error than SC had. ;)

I agree they felt very different. But it seemed like once SC was released, Kojima quickly started to get back into the MGS series. It was like he felt he had competition, and he had to top it. Normally when this happens the game trying to top the other " borrows" ideas from the title it is dueling with. That' s just what I think though.

I am expecting to see this the day before E3!
Splinter Cell was fantastic, it will be interesting to see if MGS can still keep up.

Well hopefully they' ll be a bit more uninterrupted gameplay this time.

I personally enjoyed the cut scenes in MGS2. I love heavily story driven games with plenty of cool cutscenes. MGS2 might have gone a little far(especially at the end) but I still enjoyed them.

The two main questions I have are: Will they be implementing a new graphics engine and what consoles will it be on? I' m sure we' ll find out at E3.

Well.. I personally think MGS3 will be first released on the PS2 simply because of all the sales it had vs the XBOX version of MGS2 (I actually own both versions. ;) )

Later, it may be ported, but hopefully they won' t wait as long as they did with Substance... Cause I think that was part of the reason why it sold so poorly.

As far as the graphics... The video that' s been going around the ' net looks awesome! I can also tell that they added more textures vs the plain gray ones in MGS2. Looks good.

EDIT: Oh and I also love story intensive games... MGS2 was fine with me as far as the cutscenes go.

The only reason MGS2 didn' t sell well was because it had been on the PS2 for over a year and everyone got it for that. If they would be released at the same time I bet the Xbox version would sell just as well if not better.

Hi @ all,

I like the MGS series. Solid Snake is one of the greatest characters in the gaming scene. But Sam Fisher is an excellent part between Solid Snake. MGS and Splinter Cell have two different backgrounds. I think both are great...

Hey, welcome to the forums Toby! MGS is a great series and so is Splinter Cell. They have their differences which is great and I hope it stays that way. I' m a little afraid that MGS might start behaving like SC though.

Hi every body.
I am a new member in this sight and I would like to thank you for the terrific work you are doing.
I am a huge MGS fan and I also got SC. But for me MGS is something very far away from SC. I really enjoyed playing SC but I found some emptyness in the story. I felt like I was watching one of hollywood repeated movies. I enjoyied every mission of the game but at each one of them, there was nothing that made me thrilled to see what is coming next.
While MGS has its own world. The story is full of emotion and thrill.the brother hood, the friendship, vengeance. Each character in the game is a story by its self. Each evil boss is a work of art.
I also belive that when SC came into the market. It was big and now Hydo kojima is doing something to keep his game at the top. This is good for us as gamers, wheter we like MGS or SC.
Any way. let' s keep on waiting to see what these jenious people are cooking for usssss.

Welcome essa. I hope you enjoy your stay at kikizo!

No one ever welcomed me...... Anyway I dont really like MGS that much. I loved SC. There was a good plot to SC but a lot of action. As for MGS, if i wanted that much plot I would watch a movie.

Well, since nobody welcomed you-

Welcome!

Thanks