Story*
Solid Snake has identified the location to where Ocelot's/Liquid's Ray unit disappeared to after leaving arsenal gear. The homing beacon was last blipping at a military base in Colorado, a good 80 miles West from Colorado Springs, located near the Rocky Mountains. Upon insertion to the site, a very unexpected event happens. An extraordinarily silent transport gunship with the body of a Hind D and front of a Cobra attack gunship, offloads an attack force of black uniformed soldiers. However there is something very strange about these guys...their equipment is German but it shouldn't exist!
Looking closer at their suits...they are wearing full body exoskeltons (Black), their helmets are none other than WWII model M35's using the same materials and technology as the exoskeleton. Another feature is the facemasks which have a red and green tint in the eyes hinting that these units are using advanced night sights incorporating thermal and night vision technology together to utilize the advantages of both together... Another shocking thing, these units are using modified MP-44 Sturmgewhers with built in silencers. With a puzzled face and Otacon frequently asking about the equipment with a startled manor...Snake observes as this force quickly takes over the base with amazing speed and precision.
They target the power station and then cut off outside transmission. They storm the base and eliminate the unsuspecting patrols. Snake notices that these guards aren't standard army either...their equipment is more like "Black Ops" than standard army or marine. This base is very important and Snake wants to know why and just who these crack troops are...and what the Germans have to do with this whole thing.
A good five minutes pass before the troops start posting patrols and recieve more reinforcements via the Hind/Cobra hybrid choppers. After the reinforcements are out, a key figure steps out of the chopper. Wearing a black Gestapo style leather trenchcoat and a black berret, Snake watches as this higher officer gives orders to his troops...in German. When the coast is clear and only a few troops are patroling the outside of the base...Snake moves in to infiltrate and find out what the hell is going on! However once he is inside the base...the German troops are confronted by a past enemy on the Big Shell, the remnants of the Russian mercenary force! Apparently they want Ocelot and they want him bad! A war starts outside of the base and this helps Snakes infiltration for a bit!
*Gameplay*
Incorporating the same style of ambush and stealth abilities as will be in MGS: 3, Snake must use everything he can to take on this new enemy with numerous advantages over him! They are wearing full body exoskeletons where as Snake is still wearing his obsolete sneaking suit. However Snake has the option to gain access to one of these exoskeleton suits if he can manage to take down the right guard with his size fitting! Or MAYBE this should be a bonus once you have completed the game no?!
Fighting is still same and will incorporate anything new from MGS: 3 respectively. Ofcourse you can't use enemy weapons because they are using the same identification technology as was the Russian mercenary force on the "Big Shell". A modified Sturmgewher MP-44 will have to be found in the base once they bring in supplies. Other than this...you are armed with your standard Tranquilizer Gun and maybe a SOCOM on the side. Other than this...you have your hands and a bunch of guys walking around with assault rifles and full body exoskeletons!
Instead of having to lean against a wall to expose corners and any possible patroling guards...the camera view automatically reveals this before you exit hallways, clearing the cover of a building or other object you are hiding behind.
Solid Snake has the ability to run now...you just hold down the left analog stick and he runs full speed. This comes in handy when having to quickly evade guards who either are suspicious of the area you are currently in or who have spotted you.
Also, snake can now do a reversal kick off of walls when he is running towards one. If you are ever in a situation where you are going to collide into a wall or obstruction and you are running at full speed with or without a guard directly behind you...you can press the circle button just before you reach the wall and Snake will jump towards it and perform and reversal kick off of the wall either to avoid colliding into the wall and making unnecessary noise...or to hit the guard who is persuing him!
Along with the running option...you can now drop kick enemies. This is very useful if an enemy patrol is right infront of you ready to fire their weapon. In order to maintain stealth or to simply get the patrol out of your way...you must be in a full run and just hit the o button. This option ofcourse replaces Snake's rolling ability from MGS 2.
When aiming in first person view...you now need to make use of the front and rear sights on your weapons...along with any laser pointers they may have! If you look down...you can now see your feet, legs, and torso along with your arms as well.
Solid Snake can now take guards or persons hostage. You have to enter the same strangle hold as you would but a weapon must be drawn and you must be close enough for the game to know what you are planning to do. Instead of you shooting the person you wish to hold hostage as you would have in other games...you simply put them in a hold with the weapon pointed at their head.
Hand-to-hand combat has NOW recieved a face lift! In order to engage in hand-to-hand combat now in MGS 4, you have to tap the right anolog stick to fight in the normal (Punch, Punch, Kick) routine. HOWEVER, if you tap on the right analog stick and press up on it, you target the head when carrying out the normal fighting routine (Punch, Punch, Kick). If you tap on the right analog stick and press right or left, you target the sides of the one you are fighting. If you are pressing down, you can now perform a leg swoop and knock your opponent off their feet! You can ALSO parry the attacks of your opponent. Without tapping on the right analog stick, if you press up you jump up avoiding any leg swoops from your opponent. If you pres left or right you can parry left and right. If you press down, you can duck under high punches and kicks to your head.
As pull-ups helped to increase your griping abilities in MGS 2, they can now increase your overall strength when it comes to fighting and how quickly you can snap an opponents head. *Note* (The German soldiers have weakness in their exoskeleton suits...their helmet/face masks aren't permanently attached to the suit so snapping their necks is VERY possible if you are silent enough and fast enough!)
Although weapons have an advanced identification system...they still require for the user to wear a device that allows the computer inside of the weapon to identify them. If you can find this device on a guard, you can now steal and use their weapons!
There are higher ranking German officers in the base complex during the coarse of the game. If you choose to steal their leather Gestapo style trenchcoats simply because they would look good on Snake...you can now do this. Even to steal their black Berrets which also would look good on Snake! Try a combo with an exoskeleton suit without the helmet and facemask but with a berret! *Snake...you just look too good for this game!
Your going to find a few surprises in the game like the connection between Ocelot/Liquid and the German force. I will tell you that since Liquid has grudge against the patriots...he is going to need this German force to help him secure the prize within this military base and I probaby assume that you guessed what it is right? It's a new and advanced Metal Gear! One that will be cappable of bringing the patriots to it's knees with full military might, Liquid Snake style!
The new Metal Gear looks like Metal Gear Ray only that it has been tweeked a bit. It supports a huge cannon or for futuristic reasons, a huge rail gun on it's back and due to this it MUST walk on all fours when firing the weapon! So now the thing as an extra pair of limbs to trample you with! This model really has no maritime value as it is more landbased now than marine based. It can still use it's water jet but the only problem is it needs a water supply to keep re-filling. The other more VALUABLE ability of this model is that it has a cloaking device... YES, this baby has stealth camo! Now your going to be in for a treat when you fight it and it disappears firing missles at you! Liquid needs this model to attack the Patriots directly! It is the PERFECT weapon of choice with that right kind of firepower to boot! (I just hope that MGS 3 doesn't introduce a conflicting storyline about who the patriots really are because otherwise my sequel to MGS 3 won't be worth doggy poop!)
There should be people that you will make contact with inside of the base but right now, that is just OUTSIDE of my game idea abilities right now! So I guess Hideo Kojima would like to help out with this?!
Ofcourse one STRANGE thing about this base is that...it looks very MUCH like the base on Shadow Moses IRONICALLY! Now after all that talk about the S3 plan in MGS 2...what could possibly be going on NOW?! Another Metal Gear that is rather similar to Ray at a base like the one on Shadow Moses? Snake wonders what is going on and what kind of sick joke this is! Maybe Ocelot/Liquid was right about the Solid Snake Simulation...maybe we have ANOTHER shadow moses on our hands?! We shall have to play the game and see!
*The story behind the German soldiers*
Supposidly these guys aren't NEO-NAZIS nor survivors of the German Third Reich. They are an elite force of German troops belonging to an unknown branch of the German military. It is VERY uncertain that they even belong to the German government. It is suspected that they may belong to the Patriots but then again their attack on the base leaves more questions than answers towards this suggestion. They do however have a connection with Ocelot/Liquid and apparently Ocelot needs these crack "Stormtroops" to help him acquire the new Metal Gear model. During the game you will learn about the reason for this force's founding in Germany and how they aren't really the "Nazis" they are styled after...
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