"Zone of the Enders," a new game for PlayStation2 from Konami, is one of the finest giant robot games ever made. But it has been upstaged by a freebie -- a bonus demo Konami packed in with ZOE.

People who purchase ZOE will not be disappointed with it; but they are likely to be even more excited by the demo, which features early levels from a game called "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty."

"We are anxious to get comments on the demo," says Hideo Kojima, the Konami game designer who first conceived the Metal Gear series for the MSX computer. "We are waiting for people's comments so that we can incorporate people's ideas and make changes to the final game."