A modder has restored a range of PS2-era visual effects to Metal Gear Solid 2 that had gone missing from later re-releases of the game. In the process, they reportedly uncovered numerous effects still marked as unfinished "BLUEPOINT TO-DO" items left in the source code, referring to Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the title's HD remastering work.

The find suggests that several visual details from the original PlayStation 2 version were never fully carried over or completed when the game was remastered, leaving gaps that have persisted through subsequent re-releases. The modder's work brings these effects back, restoring more of the game's original PS2-era look. Beyond this headline detail, the article itself (as supplied) contains no further reporting text, so specifics such as which release the fixes apply to, the mod's name, or a release date are not available.