The first was better in every way except graphical fidelity, but even then the environment was way more interesting looking. It's like they tried to make the gameplay as annoying as possible in this.

The first was a tech demo made to sell the MGS2 demo.

>>11797613
At least it didn't have multiple atrocious escort missions, easily one of the most infuriating lock on mechanics ever in gaming and an even more incomprehensible machine translation. Because the shitty sequel has all of those things.

Just when I thought this game would have one non retarded gimmick boss, it whips out an old classic: the Simon Sez minigame. How in the fuck did anyone go from the shitty hot n cold mine minigame, straight to this utter trash and think "yeah that was fun"? Disguised techdemo or not, the first game at least wasn't a collection of shitty minigames.

OP is crazy. ZoE is like 2 hours long and you do jack shit in it. ZoE2 is pretty kino although not GOAT level like some people claim

>>11797297 (OP)
>>11797618
>>11797670
Why are you this filtered when you could be learning how to play the game and enjoying it? Or just fucking off and playing something else? Why is 90% of this board either bots or zoomers making shitty threads like this?
>>11799235
This. Its an above average action game that does a lot of things right, but its not perfect. You can dislike a good game without being a faggot about it.

>>11797613
Why do people say this, I agree that the game is a little barebones but it has an OVA and 26 episode anime attached to it

yeah the gimmicks bring it down

first was actually more fun because it was more straightforward

>>11799376
I actually continued playing the game last night after malding like a motherfucker and beat it. In conclusion: I think it's alright but the lock on prioritization and required near constant dashing was driving me insane.

>>11799451
the 2nd game is literally nothing but straightforward gameplay, the 1st game is way less straightforward
I don't know how you people can go on about the 2nd game having gimmicks when the entire 1st game was a big gimmick and if you didn't play along well enough you could even bad end

>>11797297 (OP)
Yeah and the cartoon cutscenes are lame.

Viola (or Ken) SEX!

>>11801457
not true at all

the 2nd one literally starts with an escort mission where you need to carry some dweeb around.

and there's another awful part where you need to do the same with some chick in some ditch

it's not a "gimmick" of it's a mechanic through the entire game

>>11802116
>During escort missions, you can literally use the helpless idiot as both a shield and a weapon, and can recharge their health
>Complains anyway
I get it that muh escort mission bad, but those were honestly a fucking joke compared to all the rescue mission bullshit from 1.

Confirmed for not finishing it, the final 1/3 of the game is nonstop perfection

>>11802453
you just protect the cities in 1 which feels organic it's not near as bad as in 2