Reddit reviews Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection - Playstation 3

cheaper here $21.95 http://www.amazon.com/Konami-20294-Metal-Legacy-Playstation-3/dp/B00KTZELMY/ref=sr_1_5?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1452035774&sr=1-5&keywords=metal+gear+solid

Nope. 1 and 4 are not included on the 360 HD MGS Collection. You can only get those on Playstation. If you want the full comprehensive collection, and you own a PS3, this is the one you want.

Play then in release order:

Metal Gear

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (It’s debatable whether you need to play MG 1 and 2, but if you don’t, you need to watch some gameplay)

Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (some consider this non-canon as it wasn’t directed by HK but it doesn’t affect the overall story if you consider it canon)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (same situation as Portable Ops, it’s amazing though so play it)

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

The best way to play the entire series is to pick up a PlayStation 3, as you can play every main series game on that beautiful console.

Metal Gear 1-2, MGS 1-4 and MGS: Peace Walker are in the Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KTZELMY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_z.6kDb96JQQGV

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006T960GE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Ua7kDbY6WFGGZ

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GRMMQDY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2b7kDbXDMPPP2

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0146JO2AO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Ic7kDb0G2ZD39

Portable Ops is only on PSP and hasn’t been ported to consoles which kind of tells you how Konami and HK see that game...

Aside from the mainline canon games there’s:

Metal Gear (NES)

Snake’s Revenge (NES)

Metal Gear: Ghost Babel (GameBoy Color)

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GameCube) [This is actually canon, it’s just a remake of MGS1]

Metal Gear Ac!d (PSP)

Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP)

Metal Gear Survive (PS4/Xbox One)

Play the games in the order I stated. Don’t read anything about them. Don’t read reviews. Don’t look at the wiki to try to make sense of confusing things like I did. Just experience the twists and revelations as they happen. Enjoy. ✌️

It's $1.22 cheaper here, and it's the same product since neither of them have the artbook (the artbook was only produced for the first edition run, you won't find it on Amazon anywhere).

User /u/mrgameboy280 found it even cheaper on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Konami-20294-Metal-Legacy-Playstation-3/dp/B00KTZELMY

I apologize to anyone who paid the extra $1.22.

Well stop what you're doing and go buy this right now.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Gear-Solid-Collection-Artbook/dp/B00KTZELMY

£40 is more like $60

It's like $25 on Amazon US. If you're on some other country the price may be different.

I recommend release order and staying away from the botched NES release and it's 500% non-canon non-Kojima sequel.

The way I recommend playing Metal Gear (not solid) 1 & 2 is disc 2 of MGS3 Subsistence, it has both of them on there and iirc, it's the first official English release of MG2. I was able to emulate the two of them fine on a PS2 emulator, even taking advantage of save states (MG1 has some pretty terrible one way elevators). I'm not 100% sure, but I think the HD versions of MGS 3 have this included.

You're going to need a PS3 and you might as well pick up the Legacy Collection (not the HD collection), it's got most of the games including MGS1 and MGS4 and it sells for about $25, it's an amazing value for some of the best games ever made. The canon PSP games that it leaves out aren't really worth it.

Peace Walker is one of my favorites, make sure to play the PS3 version over the PSP version, you'll get better controls and a much better framerate.

If you liked Metal Gear 1 & 2 and want more 2D action, Ghost Babel (released as "Metal Gear Solid" in the US) is a Game Boy Color game that is visually stunning in motion for the platform, it's non-canon

Seems like just getting the legacy collection would be a better deal when it comes to ps3 games

http://www.amazon.com/Konami-20294-Metal-Legacy-Playstation-3/dp/B00KTZELMY?ie=UTF8&keywords=metal%20gear%20solid%20legacy&qid=1459274111&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

This has almost every Metal Gear game.

https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-Legacy-Collection-Playstation/dp/B00KTZELMY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1495036164&sr=8-2&keywords=metal+gear+legacy+collection+ps3

I just played the first MGS for the first time ever about 6 months ago. The graphics aren't the greatest but I still thought it was a lot of fun and has aged decently well.

All of the MGS series is heavy on story. If you skip MGS1 I would at least watch a let's play on youtube or a story synopsis.

I would recommend getting the legacy collection and if you find you don't like the first game you can always skip it.

http://www.amazon.com/Konami-20294-Metal-Legacy-Playstation-3/dp/B00KTZELMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458841293&sr=8-1&keywords=metal+gear+solid+legacy

Edit: Just found this in my saved links. This is an awesome resource if you're just starting. Have fun!

http://imgur.com/gallery/VpkZL/

It's only like $25 on amazon?

https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-Legacy-Collection-Playstation/dp/B00KTZELMY/

Just start with this guy right here and you'll know what the hype is about.

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There's the Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection on the ps3

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"The Legacy Collection includes Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid 2: HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid 3: HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid 4 Trophy Edition and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition
Also includes Metal Gear Solid 1 and Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions via included voucher codes "

https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-Legacy-Collection-Playstation/dp/B00KTZELMY/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_63_t_0/144-0493105-1926316?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AE3ZV7080RADRTH4Y7BT

https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-Legacy-Collection-Playstation/dp/B00KTZELMY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=metal+gear+solid+legacy+collection&qid=1565236368&s=gateway&sr=8-1

This is where I got mine for a similar price

It will depend heavily on if you get a used copy or not, the download codes are most likely one time use.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KTZELMY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That is where I bought my copy, still sealed.

This will be the release order for the game and the recommended order to view them. I started playing them from MGS1 and will play MG1 and MG2 at a later date.

Metal Gear 1

Metal Gear 2

Metal Gear Solid 1

Metal Gear Solid 2

Metal Gear Solid 3

Metal Gear Solid 4 with no gameplay

Metal Gear Solid 4 with gameplay

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker short

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker long

Metal Gear Solid Ground Zero

Chronologically it goes MG3, MGSPW, MGSGZ, MG1, MG2, MGS1, MGS2, MGS4.

Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain will Happen After Ground Zero.

You could jump into Phantom Pain from what I heard,

"I guess I tried to use what we did in Peace Walker to bring this motivation to Ground Zeroes. Then you might ask, will the people who didn't play Peace Walker be able to understand what is going on in the game. Well because there are 9 years between Ground Zeroes and the beginning of Phantom Pain.

So when the Phantom Pain starts, Snake is in a similar position to the player that is playing Metal Gear Solid for the first time - there is a huge blank that he need to fill in, and he has to figure out what happened during those 9 years as he completes missions. I'm trying to make the game in way that people who are playing MGS for the first time will at some point have a similar understanding and level of motivation to those who have played Peace Walker."

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If you'll like to play the games, Metal Gear Solid Legacy comes with all the games I mentiond exept for Ground Zero.

Have Fun

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https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-Legacy-Collection-Playstation/dp/B00KTZELMY

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-Gear-Solid-Legacy-Collection-for-Playstation-3-Brand-New-Factory-Sealed/293155988043?epid=65844957&hash=item444175624b&_trkparms=ispr%3D1

amazon is $25 and the ebay one is $23 but slightly slower shipping

make sure you buy it sealed! do not buy it used, MGS1 and vr missions come in voucher codes and you need them unused

$45 on Canadian Amazon

I'd recommend the Legacy Collection new off Amazon. I got the one without the artbook for $29.99. I wanted the codes for MGS1 and MGS VR Missions so I could download them to my Vita (MGS1 needs a PS3 to transfer in NA, FYI). Even at that price for the amount of games you're getting, this is a steal. I've only ever beat MGS 1 & 2. MGS1 for PS1 may be hard for someone who's never played it before to get into. If you played action games from the PS1/N64/Dreamcast era though you should be able to pick up and play. Easy mode is pretty damn easy for MGS games (MGS2 even has a "very easy" mode if I'm not mistaken) so if you just want to play and catch up on the story for those games, you can do so with minimal frustration. If you like a challenge, start on Normal and work your way up.

EDIT: $29.99 Canadian, FYI. Looks like it's down to $27.50 now too https://www.amazon.ca/Metal-Gear-Solid-Legacy-Collection/dp/B00KTZELMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466955575&sr=8-1&keywords=metal+gear+legacy