Title Relevance (not graded)	-	"Metal Gear"=nuclear launching thingy prototype; "Solid"= Solid Snake
Characters	8/10	I do not like the appearance of Raiden nor do I like the evil characters (...there should also have been more of them).
Story-line	8/10	The Tanker chapter featuring Solid Snake was very brief and Solid Snake is my hero. Then dumb@$$ Raiden has to show up with his girly self...(I'm sure that the rest of the Metal Gear Solid fans were greatly disappointed as well). -2 for both problems... (Me staring at sky: "Mr.Kojima, what the hell were you thinking? Drinking some of Masamune's Saki, were you not?" To all that do not know, Masamune is a brand of alcohol and Saki is an alcoholic beverage.)
Action	10/10	Ah, this category was most certainly not a disappointment. Guns, missile launchers, grenades, you name it! There's even more than before! Whoo hoo!
Graphics/Music	10/10	Perfect! It could not have gotten more realistic than this! (AI=good) But as for the music...the endin song was in Japanese (and it wasn't even a good song, in my opinion of course). Umm, how does that relate to NYC? But anywayz, I do believe it was also in English, correct? Whew...that one was even worse than the Japanese version. But whatever...the rest of the songs were really good though. Moving right along! ^_^*
Miscellaneous	10/10	No problems except Raiden. ^_^*
Overall=	46/50 (92%)	My advice=Play it.

Additional Comments: "Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance" is the greatly improved version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. To all of you who have not purchased MGS2, I suggest you purchase "Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance" instead since it's basically the same price as its predecessor, but has much more features (...the features which should've been in the first installment...) and more! (Such as skateboarding on the Big Shell, Snake's journey throguh the Big Shell, etc.)