Best metal gear game?

1
3
Peace Walker
2
Ground Zeroes
MG2: Solid Snake
4
MG
Any other title with Metal Gear in it


















phantom pain blows

From a gameplay perspective?

hard to beat MGS phantom pain.

taking in what it was for the time and overall narrative, the original MGS for PS1.

MG or MGS would be my personal choice.

I like MGS2 but it is intentionally derivative of MGS.

Played some MGS3 and I know it is highly regarded but I wasn’t nearly as interested in it as the copies of MG and MG2 packed in with it.


Hell, I had a lot of fun with some of the gaiden games like Acid, Acid 2, and Portable Ops as well.

1 was my first so I hold it in high esteem.

2 was jarring initially, but I think it’s a pretty solid entry at this stage. The colonel’s codec calls hit different in 2023. Hideo was on top of media narratives, echo chambers, and information distribution in the digital era before anyone else.

3 was a solid mix of espionage and survival.

5 had so much potential but the story fell flat with me. Kojima and konamis bitter divorce tarnished this potentially amazing project. I enjoyed what was there, at least.

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2 was jarring initially, but I think it’s a pretty solid entry at this stage. The colonel’s codec calls hit different in 2023. Hideo was on top of media narratives, echo chambers, and information distribution in the digital era before anyone else.

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2 definitely qualifies as “before its time”, which is a label a lot of people love to give to failed properties. In this case, it is true. Does not help that the back half of the game was a disjointed mess because 9/11 meant they had to redo everything from between the fight in the VR environment against the Ray models to the Solidus fight. Can’t have video of NYC being partially leveled by the Arsenal Gear…



The colonel doing things like telling you to turn off the system power made me think of some “outside the box” solutions from other games, such as the “reset the system” puzzle from X-Men on Sega Genesis. Turned out he was just corrupted and spouting shite instead.

playing and beating metal gear solid over christmas break as a 6th grader - that was an eye opening experience coming from mario etc. from the beginning with Meryl and her bouncy arse to the cig smoking and genome soldiers + mechanized nuclear powered attack vehicles. wow

I never owned a ps3.

Watched some clips of mgs4, but I don’t have much of an opinion since I never had an opportunity to play it.

MGS2 story alone makes it a classic. Gameplay is solid too.

3 was my fav.

MGS1-3 are masterpieces. Snake Eater is probably my favorite.