I'm going to have to go with Metal Gear Solid 2. I loved the story, and it was cool that they set up the first level with Snake and then switched characters. I know some people hated that, but I thought it was neat. And while the last hour or so was really weird (naked Raiden, the Colonel messing up), it was a really neat way to tie it all together. Plus it had some sweet environments, and some cool boss fights. That sword fight at the end of the game was epic!

Twin Snakes
Come on, the Woo esque scenes made the game so much fun.
I still get a boner from the scene when he kicks the sniper rifle and shots after turning 180°.

I honestly cannot choose. Is it MGS2 for requiring so many runs through to really get what was going on? (I almost got it...I think) Or MGS3 for being having such an absolutely phenomenal ending that I want to preserve the memory of it, without playing through again? MGS was sort of ruined for me- I played years after it first came out.I knew about all the tricks, so I was not quite as floored as some of you all were.

I'll go with MGS2, because I remember taking my PS2 over to people's houses at parties, and we all just crowded around the TV and watched somebody play it, hiding in the lockers, kissing the pin-ups, etc. etc.

And as great as the Snaker Eater theme is, nothing will ever compare to this, even if I don't remember hearing it until playing the shitty skateboarding game in Substance.

Yeah, +! for MGS2

MGS1. Simply because the whole problem of "Over cutscnes" wasn't there. The game had expert pacing, minigames (which have thus far, been absent from any other MGS) like The rop descent, and the torture chamber.

The story was nice, the multiple endings, the extras. Just everything was perfect.

Having only ever watched the MGS games and never actually played them, I liked watching MGS3: Snake Eater the best.

Ghost Babel! The reason for that is probably because its my first ever Metal Gear game, but it is truly a work of art!

Least favourite must be Metal Gear Solid, but because its the only other Metal Gear game I own.

I'm gonna borrow my cousins PS2 and play MGS2 and 3, then I will buy an PS3 with MGS4.

I'm breaking the rules.

Metal Gear Solid 4.

The trailers for MGS 4 are better than playthroughs of any of the previous titles.

Worst? Metal Gear Solid 3. Don't make me eat animals. I don't want to eat animals. I want to eat cooked animal parts.

Metal Gear Solid

MGS for favorite. The game was one of the very best I've every played on PSOne.

MGS: VR Missions for least favourite. While I think it's okay, it get's old and tedious.

MGS1/Twin Snakes.

Metal gear solid.

Also, you try getting all the fruit on every level, yoshi's story was pro :p

Damn! Next Game Debate please!
It's so hard to decide.

Let's see.
I love MGS 1, 2, 3.
I love AC!D 1 and 2
I hate Portable Ops 1 and 2
I hate Metal Gear Online PS2 (and PS3 but that's a beta so that doesn't count)

OK, I'll go for
BEST= Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
WORST= Metal Gear Online (PS2)

This is a tough one, I love MGS3 but I have to say the original Metal Gear Solid has to be my favorite. The game has some many iconic moments and while the other games also had their fair share they just don't stand up to MGS.
Plus the dialog was awesome:

Gray Fox: Snake. We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at. But... at least I always fought for what I believed in.


Liquid Snake: So the Snake's finally come out of his hole? Are you ready now... my brother?
Solid Snake: Why are you calling me brother? Who the hell are you?
Liquid Snake: I'm YOU. I'm your shadow.
Solid Snake: What?
Liquid Snake: Ask the father that you killed. I'll send you to hell to meet him.

Gray Fox: Good! Now we can fight as warriors! Hand to hand! It is the basis for all combat! Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon!

Favorite MGS2
Least: MGS3 because I could just not get into it. Also, closed quarters sneaking is way more fun.

Wow, there is a lot more love for MGS2 than I would have imagined. I wonder how many of the people that like MGS2 as their favorite never played MGS1 before the 2nd. Not saying they are wrong in their choice, just that it would be interesting to know that percentage data.

You're old when you know there are Metal Gear games without the word Solid in it...

I enjoyed the hell out of Snake's Revenge.

Fortunately I haven't played a bad Metal Gear. I stopped playing them after Metal Gear Solid.

I loved MGS1 1,2 and 3. I think my favourite would have to be MGS3. Like all of the MGS games, it told a great story with some incredible, emotional music to accompany it.
I'm hoping that MGS 4 delivers more of the same great gameplay that we're all used to

I feel the Solid series were all great, I can't speak for Twin Snakes though, never played that, never got used to the Gamecube controller.

But I will say MGS3 left a huge impression on me.

Why? CQC, Bond'ish, Excellent soundtrack. To boot it had the feel of an RPG, you feed, dress and heal Snake. Big Boss is infinitely more fleshed out than Solid Snake ever was.

"Some day, you feed on a TREEEE FROOOOOOG!"

"Snaaaaaake Eateeeeeeeeer!"

And the twist at the end must be experienced by every gamer.

I really don't understand why this game didn't sell so well, under-hyped I guess.

Sonic & Knuckles

One of the hardest descisions i've ever made - but I'm gonna go for MGS2.

"MGS3 > MGS1 > MGS2"
Seconded, if it wasn't clear, my vote is for MGS3, then MGS1. MGS2 is balls.

The original Metal Gear Solid is the best Metal Gear game (honestly, its one of the best games ever, period) because it's the only one of the MGS series that doesn't smack of "Hmmm... what sort of ridiculousness can we put in here to make it more than just a remake."

I'm not even talking about the amazing fights like Psycho Mantis and Sniper Wolf. Even the fairly generic encounters, like Vulcan Raven, are awesome. On the other hand, a fat man (named Fatman, for Christ's sake) on roller skates is *retarded*, any way you look at it.

Which leads me to my next point: Metal Gear Solid 2 is the worst Metal Gear game (and probably one of the worst games ever). Aside from having a practically incomprehensible story and a host of villains that were named by an eight-year-old, MGS2 has the most appalling bait-and-switch ever.

Yes, I'm talking about the prologue level of the game that lets you play as Snake infiltrating this dark, forboding tanker, like friggin' badass. Then after that you're like, "Who's this whiney blonde fruitbag?" And then you spend the rest of the game bitterly refusing to admit that he's the main character and he's locked in mortal combat with a fat man on roller skates (which, in my experience, was the first time I'd ever wanted to find a way to kill both the villain *and* the main character).

metal gear solid 2, now let me tell you why...

1) the battle with Olga on the tanker is amazing. despite being unbelievably frustrating due to the lights. its the first boss battle I've ever really fought where the back ground played such an immense part in the battle itself. It was unbelivably clever.

2) im female and my inner Japanese fangirl enojys the more fruity characters, such as Riden. The part with him running around naked is hilariousness.

3) i must have been around 15 when i first played this game, if not younger. but i remember being with my friend emily playing MGS2. we couldn't understand where snake was and couldn't believe he wasn't in it. But, i cant begin to describe the excitement and intrigue when we first saw Pliskin. It was amazing to watch Snakes story develop through another persons eyes.


4) Fortune from the dead cell group was one of the most amazingly tragic characters i've ever encountered. shes a character your forced to hate through the good Vs evil story line, yet you cant stop your heart from reaching out to the hardened warriors who is 'cursed' to watch everyone she loves dies, while she cannot be killed.

5) i loved how towards the end how creepy it all gets. when your getting random codex messages from people that have appeared to have gone slightly 'loopy'. tell you that your life is nothing more than a game. it was really creepy and set an amazing atmosphere.

6) Emma Emmerich Danziger's story was amazingly heart warming.

hmmmm thats it for now....

Twin Snakes is my favorite, combination of great story and great gameplay for the win.

MGS2 is my least favorite because of Raiden's cheesy dialogue with his gf.