[merylsilverburg]

I can't edit my post, but I have a correction to make with the CQC:

Bared-handed, if you go up behind the enemy, you'll knock him unconscious.

Stalk at all times if you want to do the following:
If you equip the knife + gun, then you can use the guy as a human shield.

If you equip knife + gun or knife only, interogatte by pushing and holding down L3. Then the guy will say funny things/advice like, "The large snakes are the best!"

You can experiment using the area you come to after Snake looks through his scope. There will be a lone soldier that'll come walking through, all you have to do is wait, then stalk (be sure to stalk, otherwise he'll hear you) and then do whatever you like with the guy. If you mess up or something, all you have to do is return to the previous area then go back. Everything will return to normal.

Also, one other thing with the graphics and enemies...the blood thing has been improved much now, so if you shoot the enemy in the face or the leg or something, blood will seep out and stain the ground, leaving a mark. Keep this in mind if you kill someone and drag them away. (A cool thing about crawling and shooting the enemy at close range in first-person...blood will splatter on the camera lens and it drip down slowly. )

The weapons Snake has in the demo are only in the demo for now. In the actual game, in the first mission, Snake will only have the MK-22 and knife only...Kojima only wanted us players to get a glimpse of the potential weapons Snake'll have for the game.

The items that consume battery are: Thermal Goggles, Night Vision Goggles, Active Sonar, and Motion Detector. The Thermal and NVG have improved in graphic value, as it looks so much more realistic now.

The Codec moments: I forgot to mention...the conversations are not split-screen anymore...instead, you will see Snake's full body as he crouches while the person he's talking to will be a photo. Sorry about that.

The food Snake eats: the ones he likes (such as the reticulated python), he'll express with vigor (which sounds a bit unusual in the Japanese version). The ones he doesn't like, he'll just mumble something. Apparently, if Snake doesn't like a particular food, in the real game, if you constantly keep feeding it to him, he may grow to like it.

Finally the stamina thing: in the real game, apparently, if you have a low stamina and save your game, coming back to it a few days later, the game will realize that a few days has gone by meaning that Snake "slept" in your absence. When you load up your game again, the stamina bar will be full.

Err...that's about it, I think. ^_^