Metal Gear Solid 2: The Sons of Liberty (2001)

We're continuing two projects at once this week: the continuation of 2001: A Game Odyssey as well as our closer look at Hideo Kojima. That's right, Metal Gear Solid 2 is the best of both worlds! It's a critically important follow up in one of the biggest franchises of all time, and this is the game where the rails really come off. How does "the ending" feel now 22 years later?

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The List So Far

 

1. Disco Elysium
2. Silent Hill 2
3. Elden Ring
4. Celeste
5. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei
6. Super Mario Brothers 3
7. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
8. Super Smash Bros. Melee
9. Katamari Damacy
10. Quake
11. Raw Danger!
12. Metal Gear Solid
13. Hyper Light Drifter
14. Halo: Combat Evolved
15. Yakuza Kiwami
16. Papers, Please
17. OutRun
18. Snatcher
19. Into the Breach
20. Neon White
21. Ocarina of Time
22. Jet Set Radio
23. Final Fantasy 7
24. Bangai-O
25. Centipede
26. Hitman (2016)
27. Super Monkey Ball
28. Crusader Kings 3
29. Skyrim
30. Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
31. Portal
32. Soulcalibur
33. Pikmin
34. Secret of Monkey Island
35. Kirby Super Star
36. Mass Effect 3
37. Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
38. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
39. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
40. Halo 3
41. Journey
42. Inside
43. Journey to Silius
44. Mario Kart 64
45. Inscryption
46. Mass Effect 2
47. Max Payne
48. F Zero
49. Mirror's Edge
50. Forza Horizon 5
51. Darkest Dungeon
52. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
53. Advance Wars
54. Grand Theft Auto III
55. Kingdom Hearts
56. Donkey Kong Country 3
57. Anachronox
58. Sonic Adventure
59. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
60. Twisted Metal 2
61. Solar Ash
62. Mass Effect
63. Aliens vs Predator 2
64. Metroid Dread
65. Killer Instinct
66. Goldeneye
67. Halo 2
68. Sonic Adventure 2
69. War of the Monsters
70. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories