Konami sends word that new Metal Gear game collection is on its way to prepare you for the Metal Gear Solid 4 release.
The Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection is coming to the PlayStation 2. It contains the original Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation as well as directors cuts of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 in a commemorative package with artwork by renowned MGS artist Yoji Shinkawa.
"Since its inception, the Metal Gear Solid franchise has been one of the most successful game series in the history of video games, receiving worldwide recognition and praise," said Anthony Crouts, Vice President of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. "Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection represents a great value for gamers, bringing together three must-have classic titles which pioneered the stealth action genre."
I don't know that this collection is "essential" to any MGS fan. I'd guess that most of them already have these titles. If not, though, the price of $29.99 for this collection breaks down to $10 a game. Not bad, right?
Nothing against this collection, but I'd recommend the Gamecube remake Twin Snakes, which looks great on the Wii in 480p, instead. Between this and a $10 copy of MGS3, you'd be set.
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5:53 PM on 02.05.2008
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I'l be here all week.
Twin Snakes was awesome, but sometimes you can't accept substitutes, even superior ones. Nostalgia FTW.
Is there still a way to do the memory card thing with Pyscho Mantis on my PS3? That's all I need to know.
And Twin Snakes is horrid, those ridiculous cutscenes just killed the enjoyment that the original MGS had, plus the lack of accents.
no questions asked
You are basically wrong on every point. I hate to be one of these guys but if you don't like MGS 2 & 3, you just don't get it, go play splinter cell.
The only real difference in what we're getting and what they have there is the Saga of Metal Gear DVD which is a timeline and interviews, The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 which is eh and it comes with Portable Ops for the PSP.
Oh. And a pretty case.
Not much of a difference.
@ArrestedDeveloper: I wouldn't waste my breath, man. He just hates on everything because he thinks it's cool. Comes across sounding like a total douchebag.
Though honestly, I'd have to agree, mostly on that MGS3 plays like ABSOLUTE SHIT. Ironically because they upgraded the AI beyond seeing five feet in front of their own face, yet the gameplay mechanics were still stuck in the klunky past. Even with the free camera for Subsistence, it was still retarded. However the story, boss fights, and general cool stuff you can do in the game still makes up for it. Enough to play it anyways. Barely.
Still, even though I have all these games except the PS2 version of Substance, for the price, I'd get it just to have a single case for them all.
Not worth it, unfortunately.
Is this a problem as a gamer?
Please show me where I can get MGS3: Subsistence for only $10.
Hell on Amazon the lowest price for a disc only copy is more than the price of this entire set.
Pretty good deal if you ask me.
It's a pretty good deal for all three games, I just wish it came with the extras of the Japanese collection.
Also, you're forgetting to remind people that this also contains the original two games. And considering that Metal Gear 2 is my favorite game of all time, that's rather important.
I have to admit I enjoyed the crazy Matrix-like cutscenes, but only for the 'WOW' factor.
To really get in the mood, I'd much rather play the original.
Oh, and who here is purchasing the collection despite owning the original copies of each game included? *raises hand*
But this is only if you can play one of them, if you can play both.
Bummer.
As for the MGS vs TS debate, I for one preferred Twin Snakes to the original. That's probably not the most informed opinion, as I hated the original with a passion and refused to play it. Twin Snakes was at least tolerable due to the improved controls and graphics. But even then the game was a chore.
All Metal Gear games are pretty painful to play, yet I've bought each and every one of them. That's the true genius of Kojima. Story.
The Metal Gear Solid series out performs even the great Phoenix Wright trilogy in the "I hate playing this game, but I love the story too much to stop" category.
If you claim to have never felt this way about a Metal Gear Solid game, you're a liar.
Just because a new system comes out, doesn't make the old systems shit. Jesus Christ.I can't believe someone would even say stupid shit like that.
Moving on,
I have to say that I'll definitely pick this up (and put it down right next to my PS2-DMC: 5th Anniversary box-set), even though I already have Twin Snakes, MGS2:Substance, and MGS3: Subsistence for the PS version of the original game, and the nice artwork =).
Seeing as how they're releasing Director-Cut versions of the 2nd and 3rd game, I really think the original should be the expanded version that was released in Japan as MGS: Integral, including VR missions, extra difficulties, and a first-person view mode. That, in my opinion, would clearly be the "essential" box-set for any MGS fan.
Aren't PS3 ports for the wii all the rage? why not this too?
Games are something you play, not just look at.
@frozenbabylon:Crane is just talking out his ass, nice point you made. Nicely said.