The focus on this new
Avatar character limited the amount of time playing as Sonic.
Not exact matches
No longer
limited to terse radio transmissions, Metal Gear 2's plot played a much larger role in shaping the flow of the action, and turned Solid Snake and his peers into legitimate
characters rather than mere pixel
avatars.
This is a very useful yet
limited gimmick that effectively gives you an «extra life» since the death of the monster
avatar does not mean death for your
character, you are instead transformed back to normal.
To expand on this, they're all white males, it's of course not an urgent issue as we all understand it's not completed and this is the beginnings of the
avatars being created, but I've seen some games released with only white
avatars, though there were also very
limited options for female
characters there too.