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How Metascores Are Calculated
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Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed games. |
Offering gameplay based on strategy and sharp decision-making skills, Metal Gear Acid is a turn-based, tactical espionage game requiring players to collect cards and strategically construct their own decks to complete various missions and objectives. Metal Gear Acid takes place in 2016 on Lobito Island, located in the fictitious Tejan Republic of South Africa. Players once again take the role of Solid Snake, the famed top-secret agent, who has been called out of his retirement when a plane is hijacked over U.S. airspace. Tasked with infiltrating an unknown terrorist organization holding passengers hostage thousands of feet in the air, players must diffuse the situation to save hundreds of innocent lives. While playing through the game, Solid Snake encounters numerous dynamic characters, including a new playable female heroine. Players will have the ability to strategically control both Solid Snake and the new female character to defeat their enemies. [Konami]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 91
Into Liquid Sky
The play mechanics are well realized and thankfully add something new the to genre. If you're a Metal Gear fan, the card collection aspect alone will make it worth you time for nostalgia's sake.
 90
Gamezilla!
The most interesting features I found were the cost system, which determines the relative order of actions in the game, and the equipment bonuses, which can vary depending on how you equip each item in relation to another item.
88
Da Gameboyz
A great game with superb graphics, game play and re-playability.
87
Game Over Online
If you love card games or are a fanatic for Metal Gear, and you're fairly patient, then this could easily be the game for you. It's a really great implementation of new technology as well as being very ambitious.
86
eToychest
The experience is analogous to an elaborate board game in which the board and architecture change from mission to mission—much like Hero's Quest (fantasy setting notwithstanding). It may not be a typical Metal Gear title, but it is a very robust game and it is worth a look for those yearning for something different.
86
PSX Extreme
Easily one of the best turn-based strategy games to come along in years. It offers a deep and flexible system of deck building and card playing, and, better still, it contains everything that has made the Metal Gear franchise so popular over the years.
85
Gamers Europe
The graphics are stunning, the sound is incredible - this is definitely Metal Gear, just with cards. Whatever you do, don't ignore the importance of this game to the early life of the Playstation Portable. [JPN Import]
85
Weekly Famitsu
8 / 9 / 8 / 9 - 34 gold [Dec 2004]
85
1UP
This game is great precisely because it's an original take on a familiar world.
85
GamingExcellence
While Metal Gear Acid is an amazing title which strategy fans and hardcore MG addicts will appreciate and love, it cannot be recommended to everyone. This is a niche title that is perfectly suited for the handheld console, but which may be too slowly paced and strategic for most - add to that the initial learning curve of the card system.
84
GameBrink
A rewarding experience that rewards the player for how well they play in a stage, and with an intruguing storyline.
83
Game Informer
Snake has made a surprisingly smooth transition into the world of turn-based combat. [May 2005, p.126]
82
GameZone
Those who stick with the game will get used to this new style of gameplay. As far as strategy games go, this one is chock full of action and just a few of the things we love about the series.
82
GameSpot
Once you get a handle on the core mechanics, you'll find in Acid a rewarding game of strategic stealth combat coupled with a quirky, intriguing storyline and some neat points of nostalgia for the longtime Metal Gear fan.
81
PSX Nation
Fans of previous Metal Gear stealth adventures will have to adjust their tolerance level to ‘HIGH’ to deal with MGA’s insanely hard and complex new turn-based card system.
80
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
As solid as the turn-based gameplay is, I still have to warn you that your brain might fold in half as it comprehends how the game works. [May 2005, p.114]
80
DarkStation
Now it's not going to be as exciting as a full-on Metal Gear game, but to be honest, for a card-based strategy game, this is really a fun game that can be quite rewarding.
80
Next Level Gaming
I dig the card thing and all, but I would have loved to play a Metal Gear Solid game that stays true to the PS2 games.
80
PSM Magazine
It's also tense and well-balanced and the diverse selection of cards you can put into your deck enables deep customization. [May 2005, p.80]
80
Yahoo! Games
A fascinating, unusual combination of turn-based story-driven missions with "card-battle" mechanics (think "Magic the Gathering" or "Yu-Gi-Oh!"). And being part of the infamous Metal Gear franchise, it's got all the convoluted yet strangely intriguing plot twists you'd expect.
80
Modojo
A highly enjoyable tactical espionage adventure that forces you to think in new and exciting ways. It's also a sweet puzzle game, a card-based strategy title that takes familiar (albeit stale) gameplay mechanics and breathes life into them.
80
PALGN
Tactical stealth using cards? Not everyone will like it, and some will hate it, but for those who can get around it, a great gaming experience awaits.
78
GamingTrend
Card gameplay has some good moments but eventually just becomes monotonous.
77
Game Chronicles
Packing in all the strategy of chess and infused with the goodness that is Metal Gear, this could be the sleeper hit of the PSP.
77
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Give this one a try to experience something truly different, though be warned, it's a seriously hardcore game. [May 2005, p.90]
75
Detroit Free Press
While it's not what I'm used to from the "Metal Gear" franchise, these brain-straining battles are very rewarding, mainly because you invest a great deal of time in planning and methodical movement.
75
Worth Playing
There is fun to be had with Acid. It takes some patience to get there, but once you do, it feels like everything was worth it.
75
BonusStage
Don’t get me wrong, I’d choose real-time play over card battles any day, but that doesn’t change the fact that Acid is a unique, strategic approach to the Metal Gear universe, with enough depth to keep you coming back for more.
75
GameCritics
It's extremely unfortunate that the Ac!d team couldn't reshape the opening hours into something more welcoming and tolerable.
70
Pelaaja (Finland)
Acid is an interesting new direction for the Metal Gear series. Real time stealth action transforms into a turn based strategy game. The card mechanic, collecting more cards and adjusting your deck keeps player coming back to the action level after level. Still, the story is not on par with other Metal Gear games and playing the game can be an slow and sometimes boring experience. [Sept 2005, p.63]
70
AceGamez
Personally, I enjoyed the gameplay and story and upon completing it I was left with both satisfaction and the want for more.
70
Play Magazine
As expected, the story is completely convoluted, but the twists are still surprising (if not infuriating), resulting in a worthy but very different addition to the franchise. [May 2005, p.67]
70
Eurogamer
It's turned my head, even if it's not quite the 'trip' that it might have been.
70
GameSpy
At best, Acid is a really fun time for a very small percentage of gamers. At worst, it's a good game that a lot of people will find boring.
70
TotalPlayStation
The card battle experiment was a novel one, but the result is an unbalanced, unforgiving mess that will test your patience while you try to piece through a convoluted story. Strategy fans may dig it, but everyone else will do well to stay away.
70
GamePro
Wireless multiplayer mode (only available in the U.S. version) pits two players head-to-head, but this option is unlockable only after several hours of play (that may be too long for many players).
67
Game Revolution
It’s also a very original title - you don’t see too many turn-based stealth/strategy games, and we respect the fact that Konami took a big risk with their flagship franchise in an attempt to deliver a true PSP-only game.
65
IGN
It's cerebral and requires special attention, but that might not necessarily be fun -- all that hot PSP technology, just for an experience that's as graceful as a banana slug.
62
My Gamer
As a game by itself, Metal Gear Acid is alright. But as a Metal Gear game of the series, I much rather prefer the intense action of a third person real time adventure game.
60
GameBiz
Fans of turn based strategy games will enjoy this title though, if you aren't a fan then I suggest avoiding this title.
60
games(TM)
While the card and strategy elements work surprisingly well, they don’t really fit the stealth side of the game for which the series is so highly regarded. [June 2005, p.112]
60
Edge Magazine
In refusing to let the PSP’s home-console-style graphical capabilities dictate the nature of its gameplay, Acid is a valuable blueprint for future PSP development. [Feb 2005, p.77]
60
Gamer.tv
Metal Gear's move from all-out action to turn-based strategy has been handled with style. [JPN Import]
60
NTSC-uk
Two things ruin it though; the first is that the seeming blank refusal of the designers to refit the game's format so that it works as a card game. The second is that it's simply dogged by so many wincingly schoolboyish mistakes that it would be unconscionable to score it higher than that "Buy by all means but be forewarned" number six. [JPN Import]
58
Gaming Age
Metal Gear Acid is a decent tactical card battling game, but it is not a true Metal Gear title, and for me I expect no less.
Zem Z. gave it a9: Andrew gave it an8: Ali gave it a10: Jason B. gave it an8: New Recruit gave it a0: Sam gave it a0: Paul"MGS"freak gave it a2: |
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