Customer Reviews
Online is no more! - By: Peter Cox, 26 Mar 2008 
This isn't a review because I haven't played the game, but wanted to point something out that's stopped me buying it myself (please forgive me for rating this game, but amazon won't let me post a 'review' without doing so!)...
Despite what the product description here still says the online servers for this game have now been scrapped, & it's no longer possible to play online whatsoever.
I'm sure it's still a great game, but with no online gameplay (which was what I was reallly after) I'll be saving my hard-earned cash for MGS4!
HDTV - By: Y. Huitson, 14 Feb 2008 
To the person that said the reveiw on Subsistence on a HDTV then you are right if your playing it on a PS2, but if you on a PS3 & the upscale & smoothing functions are on then the game looks amazing.
Great Game - By: Metal gear solid rules, 09 Dec 2007 This game has 3 disc. one which has the normal game with the added 3d mode which increases the gameply overalll funness, & it also has the origanal metal gear series that were realesed in 1987. this is one of the best games ever. If you want to truly appreciate this game then you will have to either play the two earlier metal gear solids or read up their stor line. Also, while playing, remember that you are playing as 'Naked Snake' who is otherwise known as Big Boss. In the other games, you play as Solid Snake who is one of the clones of Big Boss. This is the first game of the entire story, after this comes Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid 1, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 4.
Avoid if you have an HDTV - By: I really do look like him, 03 Dec 2007 There are plenty of reviews of the actual game if you search the web so I'll keep my review to what makes this version unique ie the 3rd person view. I was chuffed to bits when this came out because I could never get to grips with the original camera. Whilst this is an improvement on the original Metal Gear Solid 3 in terms of gameplay, the camera still goes into first person view when you go prone in grass etc which can be annoying if (like me) you hoped the 3rd person view would work for you, (you know who you are). Lastly if (like me) you have a lovely HDTV this game looks truly awful & was virtuallly unplayable due to the poor graphics you get when playing a ps2 on an HDTV. A stealth game like this needs crisp clear graphics but this game's a no-no on an HDTV.
A Great game - online play being discontinued 30/10/07 - By: Mr. Aj Flynn, 15 Oct 2007 This is not reallly a review but more to warn future buyers that the online play is due to be turned off on 30/10/07.
This is particularly disappointing since I only got round to buying MGS3 Subsistence (having been a buyer of the original MGS3) last month & specificallly for the online play.
I seem to remember the European release of Subsistence being delayed forever & a day. Wouldn't it have been nice if Konami Europe had given us PS2 players a bit more time to play online than merely a year?
If you're new to MGS or MGS3 then this is still a great buy, if not it's still worth getting MGS3 Subsistence but only if it can be picked up cheaply for the extra features including the new user controlled camera in the main game.
