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Metal Gear Solid Gets TTS Speed Demo, Sequel Features

Posted by simoniker on from the snaaaaaaaaaaaake dept.

Thanks to Evil Avatar for pointing to the Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes speed demo archive, which is storing a massive 294MB DIVX video showing the recently released GameCube title completed perfectly on Extreme mode in 1 hour and 10 minutes - the record holder 'Karma Hunter' explains: "I decided to help those I knew by making a video of a no-save game. Nothing fancy--a perfect run. So, I turned GOID (Game Over If Discovered) on, and made a video. Imagine my utter shock when I achieved a World Record at the end of the video." Elsewhere 1UP has a few more details regarding the PS2's Metal Gear Solid 3, after last week's voice casting call revealed possible new character names, also noting much more complex combat for the sequel, with moves "...developed by MGS military advisor Motosada Mori, himself a teacher of self-defense and close combat techniques."

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  1. Horrible by GrandCow · · Score: 4, Informative

    I downloaded the video, and it's absolute shite. I can see a dark blob running around on a slightly darker screen, and hear some sound in the background. Lets hear it for correct lighting so we can even see what's going on

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    1. Re:Horrible by Radix37 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yeah it's dark, but if you go into your DivX settings and turn up the brightness you can still see it fine. I've already got a dark monitor and that makes it quite viewable.

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  2. World Record Holder? Not anymore. by TechnoPops · · Score: 3, Informative

    It seems the vyper6 guy he mentions in the article has (as of now) beaten him again by a cool 30 seconds.

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  3. Re:World Record Holder? Not anymore. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The difference is that vyper is not getting the Big Boss rank; he doesn't have Game Over If Discovered on. Ergo, he is free to use a few time saving tactics that just wouldn't work otherwise.

    For example, if you throw down a Chaff grenade, you can run through a room regardless of which guards see you. They aren't counted as Alerts because the guards don't get to report them. Obviously, if GOID were on, the game would end as soon as one of those guards saw you.

    I think Karma Hunter is definitely the better of the two, considering those criteria. But you're right; he does not technically hold the world record. He does, however, hold the record for the world's fastest Big Boss run.