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4.5
Before purchasing this collection, i never played a Metal Gear game before. I knew they were popular games and i knew about solid snake, that's about it. So i started playing them in chronological order from the stories stand point. This means i play Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, First. This game turned out to be my favorite Metal Gear game, and one of my favorite games of all time. This game remade in HD alone is worth the $25, then adding Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 on top is just icing on the cake. Now to move on why you may enjoy the game as much as me:- The Story is, should i say epic? like Homers book odyssey type of epic. Around every turn there's a shyamalan twist. The story involves very mature themes such as Nuclear War, R*pe, Cancer, Cloning are just some examples. ( 2 of those examples are from games not in the collection, but still part of the story and plot.)- Each game had ground breaking graphics for the time they came out. While some still look really good and aged well, others graphics are not the best ( i'm looking at you peace walker and Metal Gear Solid 1.)- The Games make you think about the world around you. They some how manage to suck you into their universe but at the same time have you thinking about the one you live in. Provokes thought about loyalty, or what really is right and wrong? I start thinking about my own life when i play the games, and I'm sure you will too.-The games are actually fun on their own! Story sure does help keep you involved, but the game play of sneaking can get your adrenaline flowing. Or during an incredible boss battle of shooting rockets at the boss, and getting the timing right of hiding from its attacks.- Amazing atmospheres! A lot of thought has went into your surroundings in these games.- Sound tracks are incredible. ( That fight with Psycho Mantis)- The Boss fights are the best out of any game series made.Here is some of the things you may not like from the game:- Story can just feel like it's progressing at a snail's pace at times.- You can actually be punished for going in guns blazing. Sometimes it doesn't just make the game more difficult, you will be penalized some other way.- This isn't a game you just mindlessly play. It's important to be involved constantly or you will miss out on a key part of the story from the cut scenes, or if you're not careful you'll be spotted by an enemy sentry. So this isn't some call of duty game to pop on and play for 5 minutes when you need something to just aimlessly play.- Most of these games have LONG cut scenes. Cut scenes that you cant skip or pause, and even if you could skip you wouldn't want to when its your first time playing through the game. I remember first playing MGS3, it took me 45 minutes to actually get the game started cause of all the cut scenes. MGS 4 has about 8 hours of cut scenes reportedly. I don't remember that much cut scene though.- There are puzzles in these games that are so difficult to figure out! Thank goodness you have a codec to call and ask questions with. But if you get really desperate, i guess you can always look on the internet? But figuring out the puzzles can keep you angered and entertained for hours.
