Pre-load for the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 has started! Here are the install sizes on the PS5: MGS1 - 8.45 GB, MGS2 - 16.06 GB, MGS 3
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I think this will be a fat dud. As much as I'm fiending for an accessible version of MGS4 (rumored to be vol 2), I don't trust Konami to do right by the franchise. Everything I've seen looks closer to the baffling RDR Switch+PS4 port than the Bluepoint-style overhaul we dream about.
Yeah, that's what it looks like. The amount of content is the real draw here. Not just the 3 mainline games, including MG1 and 2, but the Nintendo spinoffs, guides and soundtracks for each game.
What I want to know is what they plan to do with AC!D and Portable Ops. PO would be great to play with 2 sticks instead of the PSP version.
Furhtermore, what about The Twin Snakes? We getting that?
MGS1 is in this pack, and I bet that's where it ends.
I would love to see Peacewalker in 4k with twin stick controls and dualsense features. Phantom Pain was practically like Peacewalker 2 with less ambitious storytelling. If Konami wanted to have a 'new' MGS without Kojima, renovating that game would be a good start. It's AAA caliber content most people probably haven't seen.
AC!D 1/2 they should've put out as mobile games 5 years ago.
We will have a way to officially play MGS3 on PC after 18 years. That alone will make the collection worth it. Looking forward for part 2 that should include MGS IV with a pretty hefty remaster to make it run and look better.
If Konami wants to try if they can put together new metal gear material they could give it a shot at finishing MGSV.
If Konami wants to try if they can put together new metal gear material they could give it a shot at finishing MGSV.
Wouldn't hold my breath on any of that. You can get better performance on DuckStation than you can in this collection with MGS1. Probably the same with 2 and 3 on PCX2.
Remastering MGS4, made for CELL, might also be a shitshow.
And according to Kojima, MGSV is finished. He made the game the way it is because "he didn't want story to get in the way." That's why he overused the tapes as a storytelling medium.
The only thing that seems left out is the last Episode with Liquid.
This place addresses some of the issues: https://thesnakesoup.org/editorial-articles/phantom-pain-unfinished/
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Storywise, they're interesting. Over the top, anime characters with shifts to some pretty serious anti-war/anti-nuke messages. It's also a series that goes a bit deeper into the psychological issues of war.
Gameplay wise? You'll have a tough time. MG 1 and 2 are 2D games (canon and part of the story). made in the 80s, they play exactly how you'd expect.
MGS1 and 2 shift to 3D but still keep the birds eye view camera, that shifts when you approach corners. While you can shoot while moving, it's more a gimmick than anything else. MGS3 offers a 3rd person camera but still keeps that stop-and-shoot gameplay.
Probably would be tough to get into these days, gameplay wise. But the stories are worth it.
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I’m going to assume I can plug in my PS3 to play the old MGS collection and I wouldn’t tell the difference?
I would expect that. This collection just offers more content.
With adequate patches and tweaks, MGS4 runs decently enough on RPCS3 these days.
Yeah, PS3 is the only console where you can play all the Metal Gear games.
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MGS1 is pretty aged, particularly in the graphics department. But if you can over look it and enjoy the story, which is really what's so great about it, you'll be hooked. You must start on MSG1.
