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METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 58% of players who started
Started playing 68% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 4,859
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 58% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Lights Out” (Defeat Olga Gurlukovich) and “Spaghetti Cinema” (Meet Revolver Ocelot): from 100% to 88% of starters.
- Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,879 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 16.1h for positive, 9.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (67.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Lights Out Defeat Olga Gurlukovich 100%
- Spaghetti Cinema Meet Revolver Ocelot Most players quit here 88% −12
- Bomb Squad Learn how to defuse C4 bombs from Peter Stillman 81% −7
- Lady Fortune Survive Fortune's attack 71% −10
- Party's Over Defeat Fatman 70% −1
- Thanks, Ames Learn the location of the president 67% −3
- No-Fly Zone Destroy the AV-88 Harrier II 65% −2
- Bohemian Candidate Meet President James Johnson 63% −1
- Vampire Slayer Defeat Vamp 62% −1
- I Think You Need a Hug, E Find Emma Emmerich 62%
- No Ray, José Defeat Metal Gear RAY 59% −3
- Another Snake Bites the Dust Defeat Solidus Snake 58%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Lights Out Defeat Olga Gurlukovich 100%
- Spaghetti Cinema Meet Revolver Ocelot 88%
- Animal Control Collect a dog tag 87%
- Silence is Golden Shoot an enemy radio 87%
- Bomb Squad Learn how to defuse C4 bombs from Peter Stillman 81%
- Lady Fortune Survive Fortune's attack 71%
- Party's Over Defeat Fatman 70%
- Hurt Locker Put an enemy in a locker 70%
- Thanks, Ames Learn the location of the president 67%
- No-Fly Zone Destroy the AV-88 Harrier II 65%
- Bohemian Candidate Meet President James Johnson 63%
- Photo Finish Acquire the digital camera 62%
- Vampire Slayer Defeat Vamp 62%
- I Think You Need a Hug, E Find Emma Emmerich 62%
- Sharing Is Caring Befriend Olga Gurlukovich 60%
- No Ray, José Defeat Metal Gear RAY 59%
- Another Snake Bites the Dust Defeat Solidus Snake 58%
- A Cut Above Beat the Tanker and Plant chapters on any difficulty 54%
- Weapon Completionist: Tanker Collect every type of weapon on the Tanker 44%
- Moving Day Collect all boxes 39%
- Weapon Completionist: Plant Collect every type of weapon in the Plant 38%
- Kissing Booth Kiss a poster in a locker 28%
- Piece of Cake Complete a VR or Alternative mission 22%
- To Catch a Predator Lure a guard with a girlie magazine 19%
- My Rations... Get sea lice all over your rations 17%
- Down in Smoke Disorient an enemy with a cloud of smoke from a fire extinguisher 16%
- Bye Bye Big Brother Destroy 5 cameras 16%
- Snake Beater Get caught by Otacon stimulating yourself 14%
- Hold Up-aholic Hold up 30 enemies 14%
- Cover-to-Cover Solid 2: Books of the Patriots Read all the pages in the Screenplay Book 12%
- Steel Grip Attain grip level 3 12%
- Casting Theater Watch something in the Casting Theater 11%
- Vamp Eyer Catch a glimpse of Vamp standing in the streets of New York during the end cinematic 9.3%
- Pacifist Run Clear the game without killing anyone 8.4%
- Don't Taze Me, Bro Tranquilize 100 enemies 8.3%
- Sexting Send Otacon a picture of the marine with no pants 7.7%
- Love Hurts Watch Rose kill Raiden on a rooftop 7.7%
- Who Ya Gonna Call? Take a clear photograph of the ghost image in Hold No. 2 7.2%
- Tell Me a Tale Complete at least one of the Snake Tales 6.9%
- Caution: Hot Down an enemy with steam from a pipe 6.3%
- Yorkie Get the bandana 5.8%
- Rent Money Beat 30 enemies unconscious 5.6%
- Nothing Personal Break the neck of 30 enemies 5.5%
- Johnny on the Spot Hear Johnny's bowel noises in two locations 5.2%
- Poodle Get the Tanker stealth suit 5.0%
- Beagle Get the infinity wig 4.9%
- Complete Stealth Clear the game without entering Alert Mode (not including events where Alert Mode is mandatory) 4.6%
- No Boss of Mine Complete Boss Survival 4.4%
- In It to Win It Place first in 50 different VR/Alternative missions 4.3%
- Shiba Inu Get the Plant stealth suit 4.1%
- Big Boss Earn the title of Big Boss 2.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.