Metal Gear Solid

Once upon a time, there was a man named Raymond Benson who was commissioned by Hideo Kojima himself to novelize the epic, beautiful, yet convoluted story laid out somewhere in the frames of the Metal Gear Solid games. Kojima read the finished product and saw that it was good. Metal Gear Solid came out in 2008 for the masses where I discovered its existence, bought it, read it, and also saw that it was good. But then, a million picky, insatiable, overprotective MGS fans flooded Amazon's review columns and tried to convince other MGS fans that it was NOT good.I'm actually a part of that pack. When it comes to Solid Snake and crew, I'm overprotective, I'm picky, I'm insatiable. The series has been in my life since I was 12 years old and that makes me feel personally responsible for its well-being and preservation through out the mediums of entertainment it has and will travel through (MGS movie, anyone?). Thankfully, this book is a solid adaptation with some reasonable liberties taken by Mr. Benson and, more importantly, approved by Mr. Kojima. Until YOU have taken on the challenge of condensing a storyline that easily goes for 900 pages in dialog alone into a publishable 300, you have no idea the tiny miracle this book actually is.Now, would I have personally added all the extras Raymond did to the story? No. There are a few lines of dialog from Snake that I remember physically cringing at while I was reading. But, there's a few lines in Guns of the Patriots (a script penned by Kojima himself) that Snake said that I physically cringed at while hearing them. And to this day, I'm sure that Solid Snake's English voice actor David Hayter still believes Snake would have just pulled that damn trigger in the graveyard at the end of Guns of the Patriots instead of pussyfooting around long enough to let Big Boss show up and "talk him out of it". The point is, everyone and their grandma have their own views, opinions, and analysis about Solid Snake and that's wonderful, actually! It says volumes about the character--that there's enough substance in his presented personality and ideals to be interpreted differently by people. Trust me, there is not enough Internet to tell about the many games there are with stiff, linear stereotypes for main protagonists.At no point in Benson's novelization did Snake break out into show tunes, shoot fireballs out of his hands, or suddenly realize he was in love with Otacon so I can't get behind some of the complaints from other fans. I read the same book everyone else did and I didn't come away feeling as if Snake had done or said anything unspeakably out of character but I guess that's just me.Totally recommended for the casual or the hardcore MGS fan.

This book takes so many odd turns, and has so many odd lines and odd differences from the game that it was undoubtedly bad. Snake feels like a parody of his actual character. And even though they have no canon ages, the author places snake at 33, and Meryl at 18-19, which I thought didn't feel right but, whatever. And the author legit has an oc in here. I don't know who Natasha is but she's not even important and the story is no different without her, but her role is basically the same as Sigint from the third game, I guess.This book made me cringe so many times, and yet, I couldn't put it down. It really was so bad that it was good. You can't make something that bad on purpose. I just couldn't get mad at how contrived it was that Meryl has a psg1 before the Sniper Wolf battle or how Otacon cries like three times in the first scene he's in. I really just had to see it to believe the overwhelmingly negative reception was true. But I do recommend this, however if you haven't played the game there's a big chance you wouldn't understand a lot of it because had I never played it I definitely wouldn't have

I have been a Metal Gear fan for years and I was skeptical at first about the book, as I continued to read I found things in the book that weren't exactly as the game had it but I also understand that the book cannot have the same stuff as the game. Again amazing read, I could not put it down. A must buy and I got it in good shape.

Came in excellent condition is an excellent book if your a metal gear fan

Its the metal gear solid story exactly so you know the story is great but the dialogue is just okay.. Alot of action in. I enjoyed it fun read. this is coming from a huge metal gear solid fan

This is the funniest book i read in my life. If you find amusement in the concept of snake going to a theme park with master miller when he was a child, you'll love this novel.

Okay my boyfriend is a huge Metal Gear fan so I thought this gag gift would be perfect for him (after reading some of the reviews). I'm sure he'll enjoy it. The condition was good when I got it. A little worn, but that's to be expected.

Great read!!!

Exzellente Adaption eines meisterlichen Videospiels. Für Fans ein Muss, für Neulinge eine Empfehlung

A grande novel do MGS2, muito boa qualidade no livro e entregue muito rápido! Recomendado para fãs da franquia!

I love the MGS lore, and this book compliments it.

One of my favorites videogame sagas, this is yet another way to enjoy the great history of Solid Snake, your memories of the cinematics will return while passing the pages of this novel.

Mio figlio che è un amante della saga di Metal Gear lo ha molto apprezzato.