Not sure when it came out, but I thought I'd post a caveat about the new Metal Gear Solid comic series, based on the series of video games... since I don't currently read anywhere else that people discuss comics in general.
The first issue's script is 95% taken from the dialogue of the first Metal Gear Solid PlayStation game. It's not just retelling the story of the game, it's got the same characters saying the same things... It's like one of those old movie-adaptation comics that would be an abridged, illustrated version of the script, except that Kris Oprisko also felt the need to show us the hero collecting items (Seriously, Snake picks up weapons and grenades and stuff in the same places the items are in the game). However, the fact that you can tell that these fully illustrated locations are the same as the squarish, low-res ones in the older game is a testament to Ashley Wood's art, which is very nice, though occasionally muddy.
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Date: 2004-09-30 07:24 pm (UTC)The first issue's script is 95% taken from the dialogue of the first Metal Gear Solid PlayStation game. It's not just retelling the story of the game, it's got the same characters saying the same things... It's like one of those old movie-adaptation comics that would be an abridged, illustrated version of the script, except that Kris Oprisko also felt the need to show us the hero collecting items (Seriously, Snake picks up weapons and grenades and stuff in the same places the items are in the game).
However, the fact that you can tell that these fully illustrated locations are the same as the squarish, low-res ones in the older game is a testament to Ashley Wood's art, which is very nice, though occasionally muddy.