Konami

The game is perfectly, almost proverbially, meh.

Clearly, the goal with Metal Gear Ac!d was to score once more by launching the new PSP hardware with a proven superstar. However, this time Snake's mission is quite a bit different than his past forays, and the results are mixed.

According to ESRB, this game contains: Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

Game Description: Metal Gear Acid is a whole new take on the blockbuster Metal Gear franchise. A plane full of hostages is going to die, unless they're given a mysterious secret weapon called "Pythagoras". When the U.S. tracks down "Pythagoras" to a remote lab in Africa, they send in Solid Snake to retrieve it. In this card-based adventure, strategy is everything. Use the Weapon card to take out enemies, the Action card to duck & hide from enemies on patrol, or call in support with the Character card.

According to ESRB, this game contains: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence

Starring a salon-beautiful cyber-ninja named Jake, the game limply gurgles a weak tale about technologically advanced "nanites" taking over an island and turning everyone on it into mechanical monstrosities. Our hero is sent in kill everything that moves while assisting a female technician in shutting down the island's central computer.

Game Description: Cyborg Jake is the only one powerful enough to rescue nanotechnology scientists before their microscopic robots kill them in NanoBreaker, a sci-fi slash-and-hack adventure., In the distant future, nanotechnology goes awry and nanomachines start to harvest the blood of humans in an effort to construct an army of monster machines to defend the world from this certain apocalypse, players control a military cyborg who wields a powerful, shape-shifting plasma blade using a variety of fighting techniques, hack and slash through hordes of enemy units to save humanity. The game consists of intense hack and slash 3D action with hordes of enemy units; transformable plasma blade offers a myriad of attacks; combo based fighting system with simple and expert techniques; multiple gameplay modes, including story and time attack.

After reading Matt's analysis of Neo Contra, I think he nailed it when he said that it lacks the staying power of its predecessors. It's clearly a good game at its core, and technically, things are smooth and feel good in my hands. In fact, I'm always glad to see this kind of fast-action shooter come down the pike, especially with the name Contra attached to it.

In the main review, Matt makes the statement that Hideo Kojima is one of the best game designers working today. Without question, I agree completely. In my mind, Kojima is a visionary; possibly even a genius when it comes to making games.