MGS2 delayed.. But also VERY GOOD NEWS for Europeans!

METAL GEAR SOLID 2 DELAYED IN EUROPE, EXTRAS DETAILED

Awesome bonus additions and generally high demand shunts Snakes latest adventure back two weeks, says Konami

18:34 Konami officially delayed the release of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty today, citing the addition of a "Making of" DVD and unprecedented demand for the title as reasons for the slip. March 8 is the new release date for the covert adventures of Solid Snake on PlayStation 2, a two-week stumble from the previous date of February 22. More than 1 million launch units are currently required to satiate Europe\'s appetite for all things Snake.
"This is our biggest ever day one order," said a Konami spokesperson today. While the extra DVD is a serious bonus for Europe, the manufacturing of such enormous numbers of the two-disc set has forced the small delay. "We want to give the European consumer the extras for having to wait for the release of the game after Japan and America. We would have released it on the correct date, with all the additions intact, but demand has been nothing short of sensational."

It doesn\'t matter. European gamers will have to wait a little longer, but the extra disc isn\'t the only exclusive goodie for the PAL version: Hideo Kojima\'s masterpiece actually ships with three new modes over already released Japanese and American versions. You read that right. The European game will include an Extreme Difficulty Mode that does exactly what it says on the tin, and a Casting Theatre. The latter will allow you to physically alter character models, one of which is the Ninja from the game: the European version is the only to allow gamers to play as the cyber-warrior.

Better yet is the inclusion of a Boss Survival Mode, giving you the opportunity to take on the likes of Olga, Fatman and Solidus in a series of scraps.

Konami loves you, so don\'t worry about the delay. You\'re getting a ton more than any other territory for the sake of having to sweat for an extra three months. The game\'s completely mint, packs a plot twistier than an extremely twisty thing and is guaranteed to take pride of place in you "My Favourite Games" list for many moons to come.

Expect Europe\'s PlayStation 2 collective to grind to a slack-jawed standstill this March.

Patrick Garratt

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Boh-yeah.. Feels good to be €uropean :fro:

and an australian

Well if Konami have done what they did with the Silent Hill 2 game then the "extras" DVD won\'t be that great. OK I like the free extras DVD with Silent Hill 2 but if I had a choice of having a 60Hz version of the game months earlier or having the extras DVD I know which one ill chose.

So im still mad at Konami like any other company for releasing PAL games later but its nice they have frown in a extras DVD but im hardly celebrating this fact.

You call that good news??!?!

I would too

Way to go Konami, show the way for others to follow! I loved the "Making of" DVD that came with Silent Hill 2 (though it could\'ve been better). I\'ve been hoping for these kinda extras in games since I saw them on a DVD movie for the first time. Anyways I don\'t care if MGS2 is a bit late (as everything here), \'cause I wanna be saving as much money as possible now (just bought Zelda :OoA & clothes, oops).

Well I remember how badly europeans wanted the first person view option available only in MGS Integral.So I expect these news are great for europeans.

If I\'m not mistaken there is already an Extreme mode in the US version so how is it special

Boooyaaaakaaaashhhhhhhaaaaa!

Extra\'s in MGS2 and ICO !

as for the ICO extras ...we will be getting advanced enemy AI plus a whole lot of other features not included in the US version.

Originally posted by Bozco
If I\'m not mistaken there is already an Extreme mode in the US version so how is it special

Maybe its a Extra special Extreme mode?

Originally posted by ooseven


as for the ICO extras ...we will be getting advanced enemy AI plus a whole lot of other features not included in the US version.

Have fun with the increased enemy A.I., they weren\'t smart at all in the U.S. version but it was still hard, by god never leave the chick standing around, she\'ll be gone before you know it

Originally posted by Bozco



Have fun with the increased enemy A.I., they weren\'t smart at all in the U.S. version but it was still hard, by god never leave the chick standing around, she\'ll be gone before you know it

And thats an advice for the real world too:D

I feel sorry for Europeans. I mean we get everything before they do, play it, talk about it as they just stare at a calender.

I\'m glad that Konami made up all that to give you guys the extra goodies.

its nice that we get a few extras...but id rather have it a bit before now!!!!! also if you gonna do extras, do something big, the boss survival sounds cool

ahh well that sucks...i wish i could of played with the ninja throughout the whole game!:(