MGS2 Novelization Might Help You Understand What The Hell Happened On Arsenal Gear

Remember how confused you were at the end of Metal Gear Solid 2? If you're anything like me, the thought process went something like this: "Oh ok, so the S3 plan is the 'Solid Snake Simulator'...just a recreation of Shadow Moses meant to train supersoldiers. Wait...what's the Selection for Societal Sanity? I thought the S3 plan was...hang on...ah crap, now Rose is talking about our first date again." Granted, after a few subsequent playthroughs I fully understood the story and learned to love it, but a new novelization should help those who were too confused to return to Snake's (ahem...Raiden's) adventure on Big Shell and Arsenal Gear.

Available on November 24th from Random House, Raymond Benson's written version of Sons of Liberty should be a nice alternative to watching two green heads chatter back and forth for two hours. Granted, this is from the esteemed author of "rock 'n' roll thriller" A Hard Day's Death, so it might not be a bad idea to tread with caution.

Reading the back of the book, I'd imagine non-gamers would have absolutely no idea what it's about:

"In a labyrinthine superstructure in New York Harbor known as the Big Shell, enemies, allies, secret agents, and double-dealers converge: Russian commandos, a blood-thirsty vampiric assassin, a long-legged, leather-clad, rifle-bearing beauty named Fortune, a deformed, finely-manicured bomber called Fatman, and a mysterious Mister X. Somewhere in the maze, as well, is the president himself - his biometrics coded to a bomb that can take out Manhattan, his loyalties unknown."

Apparently in my multiple playthroughs of Sons of Liberty, I missed the detail about Fatman being "finely-manicured." Those hoping for new insane ramblings from the Colonel Campbell A.I. should keep an eye on the retail bookshelves next week when it releases on paperback for $14.