Being born in the 80s truly was the perfect moment in time to appreciate video games as a medium to the maximum. We were children in the 90s, old enough to play what was coming out, and what was coming out was just innovative video game after innovative video game. Tech and tools were progressing at an insane pace, and so did video game design, and we got to be there to witness and experience it.
It's honestly insane that these two games came out the same year. And then you look at all of what came out in '98. Even more insane.
It's honestly insane that these two games came out the same year. And then you look at all of what came out in '98. Even more insane.
I played MGS first, shortly after it came out. I played it with at a friend's house. We didn't get very far I think, but I was in awe of what I saw. I think it would only be the next year that I would play it to completion. I think it was in the summer of '99 that my family and I went to a flea market and I got this little gizmo:
This thing was a gameshark that offered custom cheat codes, as well as the ability to play pirated games. So I rented MGS, copies the discs onto blank discs, and was able to play it this way. I would then go on to buy the game used a couple of years later, just to have the real thing.
Such magical time for video games.
Huh. I actually never realized how close together the game's US/JP release dates were. That was, to put it mildly, not usually the case back then. Especially odd because we then had to wait the usual several months to get Majora (Oct/Nov 2000 for US/PAL) whereas it came out in freaking April in Japan lol. Still absolutely mind-boggling how quickly that game was made.
MGS is my third favourite stealth action game of that year, too. That's not even an insult to MGS but a compliment to 1998.
