Metal Gear Ac!d 2

By request of games_r_us, here is a quick review of Metal Gear Ac!d 2 for the PSP.

Everybody likes Metal Gear Solid, with the Solid Snake, and the sneakin', and all that good stuffs. But what happens when you take a classic shooter/stealth game and turn into....you're gonna love this....a TURN-BASED STRATEGY? It's obvious that nobody but Hideo Kojima could pull of such a feat with a good result. Lets take and Acid Trip, shall we?

The mechanics in this game are flippin' awesome. They are very user-friendly, providing some solid game time. Solid Snake is controlled by--what else--cards. There are separate cards for shooting, healing, etc. You also trade in cards to move. But the difference between most card strategy games is this is actually easy to understand. The in-game tutorials will teach the noobs and refresh the veterans. A caveman could play it! And don't try to sue me if your a "caveman". Just because you're a bum and actually live in a cave doesn't make you a caveman. You wouldn't be reading this if you were a bum anyway. So with that out of the way, let us continue.

Like every other game, there is a flaw. Actually, there's two. First, there's this new 3-D thingy called "Snake Eye". And it will damage your eyes. Not really, but if it was any worse, it would. After a half hour of play, you will be racing to Rite Aid for a jumbo bottle of Advil. And that's not a metaphor. It's true. It's not too bad though, as you can turn the Snake Eye feature off. Aside from that, the only other flaw is the storyline is kinda boring. It's new, just really, really boring. I mean, the original Metal Gear Acid started with possesed dolls hijacking an airliner, which makes this look like a romance novel. But at least this game doesn't have 8 bazillion pages of text every cutscene!

Overall, the game is easy, fun, but just a teeny tiny bit boring. You should rent it at least, and if you liked the original MGA, it's a buy. An 8.5 out of 10.