Poll: MGS collection or MGS 4? Which should a new comer get?
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Metal Gear Solid collection without a doubt
MGS4 didn't have enough game to go with its movie for me
Plus I consider MGS3 and MGS Peace Walker to be the best two games in the franchise, that might have swayed it slightly ^_^
Also if you can't get your hands on a copy of the first Metal Gear Solid game, I'd look up the story for that
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MGS4 didn't have enough game to go with its movie for me
Plus I consider MGS3 and MGS Peace Walker to be the best two games in the franchise, that might have swayed it slightly ^_^
Also if you can't get your hands on a copy of the first Metal Gear Solid game, I'd look up the story for that
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If you jump straight in at 4 you may enjoy some gameplay but you will have zero idea what the hell is going on.
Actually, you can play the whole series and have no idea what the hell is going on as well.
Still, I say play the series first.
Actually, you can play the whole series and have no idea what the hell is going on as well.
Still, I say play the series first.
Let me put it this way: MGS HD Collection gives you Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, MGS2: Substance, MGS3: Subsistence and MGS Peace Walker.
That's almost the entire series in one go. And if you buy the first MGS off PSN you'd have all of the essential storyline leading up to MGS4, all for the price of your average PS3 game.
After you've finished those and you've decided you like the storyline, you can always chose to finish things off with MGS4.
That's almost the entire series in one go. And if you buy the first MGS off PSN you'd have all of the essential storyline leading up to MGS4, all for the price of your average PS3 game.
After you've finished those and you've decided you like the storyline, you can always chose to finish things off with MGS4.
Out of the two, the collection.ShadowRatchet92 said:
Either way you have no hope to understand the story, it's all really tied in and you have to play AT LEAST 1,2,3 and 4 to even have a shot at understanding it fully.
in the first game the bosses are sniper wolf, vulcan raven, psycho mantis and decoy octopus.
MGS 2 had vamp (awesome with knives), fatman (bomb expert), fortune (had a rail gun) and solidus (equipped with tentacles and a p90)
MGS 3 the joy, the fear, the sorrow, the pain, the end and the fury (and some others)
MGS4 (and the tie in) you had Laughing Octopus (armed with a p90)
Crying Wolf (armed with a rail gun)
Raging Raven (armed with explosives)
Screaming mantis (armed with knives she threw with telekinesis)
See how it all comes together?
Take crying wolf = sniper wolf from MGS1, rail gun from MGS2 and sorrow from MGS3
MGS 2 had vamp (awesome with knives), fatman (bomb expert), fortune (had a rail gun) and solidus (equipped with tentacles and a p90)
MGS 3 the joy, the fear, the sorrow, the pain, the end and the fury (and some others)
MGS4 (and the tie in) you had Laughing Octopus (armed with a p90)
Crying Wolf (armed with a rail gun)
Raging Raven (armed with explosives)
Screaming mantis (armed with knives she threw with telekinesis)
See how it all comes together?
Take crying wolf = sniper wolf from MGS1, rail gun from MGS2 and sorrow from MGS3
Edit: You will read a lot of people say the cut scenes are long in MGS4 and they are seriously long but they are really enjoyable!
The last cut scene is a doozy at about an hours length but it's just awesome.
You have the option to pause the cut scene and skip it though.
And just another thing about MGS story lines, if you get to the end of MGS3 and aren't moved you are either an emotionless robot or didn't understand the story! (it's okay to weep like a baby!)
Another edit: If you want to play it in order, go 3, 1, 2, 4.
the greatest part of mgs4 can be summed up in a single gif.
Honestly Snake eater is the absolute best one and one of the best games I've played period. Plus the value is better and you'll have to play all of them for the story to make sense.
If you get MGS4 I can guarantee you one thing - you won't have a clue what's going on.
Get the collection. It comes with the best MGS game ever made, MGS3: Snake Eater (Subsistence version). And it's one of the best games I've played in my life. Coming from a die hard PC gamer, that's saying a lot.
Get the collection. It comes with the best MGS game ever made, MGS3: Snake Eater (Subsistence version). And it's one of the best games I've played in my life. Coming from a die hard PC gamer, that's saying a lot.
That depends, would you prefer to watch a movie or play some games?
MGS4 has so much untrimmed fat, it's insane.
MGS4 has so much untrimmed fat, it's insane.
MGS4 won't just make no sense if you don't play the rest of the series or have someone explain everything to you, it will make anti-sense. Logic will literally melt in your brain and ooze out of your ears. It will then come to life and start slapping you senseless until finally you ask yourself "what the fuck am I doing playing this? I have no idea what's going on." You will then die because you forgot how to breathe due to brain damage.
MGS collection. Its no contest.
You get the first 3 games which are each infinitely better than 4, and Peace Walker which is a nice bonus if you missed out on it due to a lack of a PSP. Plus 4 games for the price of one, none of which are loaded down with story vomit like 4 is. Only buy 4 out of ignorance, request it as a gift or at ten bucks or less.
Also i like the poll so far, 100% landslide to MGS collection.
You get the first 3 games which are each infinitely better than 4, and Peace Walker which is a nice bonus if you missed out on it due to a lack of a PSP. Plus 4 games for the price of one, none of which are loaded down with story vomit like 4 is. Only buy 4 out of ignorance, request it as a gift or at ten bucks or less.
Also i like the poll so far, 100% landslide to MGS collection.
The Collection. Though if you're like me and find yourself more invested in Big Boss/Naked Snake than you are Solid Snake, then get Portable Ops on PSP as well and to cover MGS1 just get the digital graphic novel.
Also MGS4 is impossible to understand without extensive information on at least the main three 'Solid' titles. You'll also miss a fuck ton of references if you haven't played the MSX Metal Gear titles.
Also MGS4 is impossible to understand without extensive information on at least the main three 'Solid' titles. You'll also miss a fuck ton of references if you haven't played the MSX Metal Gear titles.
MGS4 is, like other people have said, not so much a game but an interactive film, and not one that appeals to newcomers to the Metal Gear Solid series. I played Metal Gear Solid 3 before going on to "play" 4. That was a bad choice, and I wish I'd just played Sons of Liberty after Subsistence/Snake Eater. 4 sadly doesn't add much to the whole MGS story, it just awkwardly ties up a bunch of loose ends and kills off half the characters, as Hideo Kojima's way of saying "f**k this, I'm through with Metal Gear Solid".
So, yeah, you want the collection.
So, yeah, you want the collection.
MGS 2, 3, and PW alone are better than MGS4, in my opinion. Getting them together is like a godsend among people interested in MGS.
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Yeah, though, MGS4 is still good. I shed one distinct tear at the end. But to get to that point you have to care about the characters--and to do that it's somewhat necessary to play through the collection. And Twin Snakes, if you get the chance. I never played Twin Snakes myself but I imagine, since it was based off of MGS2 (gameplay-wise) then the stealth gameplay is far improved from MGS1.Vandenberg1 said:
