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The games, in order of release:
Outer Heaven Uprising - 1995
200 km north of the region of Galzburg, South Africa, lay the fortress of Outer Heaven, a fortified state that had been founded by a legendary mercenary in the late 1980s. Within 15 years, he western world had received intelligence that warned of a weapon of mass destruction that was supposedly being constructed deep within the fortress. High-tech Special Forces unit FOXHOUND, commanded by the legendary soldier Big Boss, sent their best agent, Gray Fox to infiltrate the stronghold. However, days later, contact with Gray Fox was lost, his final transmission consisting only of two words: "METAL GEAR..."
With the goal of rescuing Gray Fox and uncovering the meaning of the cryptic message, rookie operative Solid Snake is sent into Outer Heaven alone.
The Zanzibar Land Disturbance - 1999
The Cold War had thawed, and it seemed nuclear proliferation would soon be a thing of the past. Despite this, all was not well in the world. A series of shocks to the oil market spurred the development of new high-tech energy sources, including fusion power. However, most vehicles still relied on oil for power. Oil reserves were at a critical low, and the world community was prepared to take drastic measures, either by drilling into sand and shale for more oil, despite the difficulty -- or moving on to renewable fuels.
Such steps proved unnecessary when Czech scientist, Dr. Kio Marv, successfully bio-engineered a new species of algae, OILIX, that could produce petroleum-grade hydrocarbons with little expense and effort. Marv presented the algae to the World Energy Conference in Prague, and was on his way to a demonstration in the United States when he was kidnapped by soldiers from Zanzibar Land. NATO discovers that Zanzibar Land's leaders plan to hold the world hostage by controlling the supply of oil, and some good old-fashioned nuclear brinkmanship, courtesy of a stockpile of nukes. Solid Snake is then brought out of retirement by FOXHOUND's new commander, Roy Campbell, and is sent to Zanzibar Land to rescue Dr. Marv.
Shadow Moses Incident - 2005
The night before the signing of the START III Accord, a nuclear weapons facility on Shadow Moses Island, off the coast of Alaska, was captured by Next-Generation Special Forces, led by members of FOXHOUND. Under the command of Liquid Snake, FOXHOUND and the NGSF formed the Sons of Big Boss, and initiated an armed revolt against the United States Government. In addition, they also held hostages on the island, including the DARPA Chief Donald Anderson and ArmsTech President Kenneth Baker, both of whom also carried the PAL override codes.
Threatening the White House with a nuclear strike, the Sons of Big Boss demanded that the government hand over the remains of Big Boss, giving them a deadline of 24 hours. In addition, the Sons of Big Boss, to prove that they weren't bluffing about their capability of supplying a nuclear strike, also supplied the serial number to the U.S. Government. The Genome Soldiers of the NGSF had been subject to advanced gene therapy, involving the use of Big Boss's "soldier genes" to enhance their combat skills and senses. Big Boss's DNA was considered to be a priceless treasure to the U.S. military, and the government could not allow it fall into the wrong hands.
Manhattan Tanker Incident / Big Shell Incident - 2007~2009
After the Shadow Moses incident, technological data on the nuclear-armed walking tank Metal Gear leaks onto the black market. Solid Snake and his allies form the anti-Metal Gear NGO "Philanthropy" and set out in pursuit of a tanker carrying a new Metal Gear prototype. But Snake falls into a trap set by former FOXHOUND member Ocelot, and is believed lost along with the tanker at the bottom of the Hudson River. Two years later, the Big Shell, an oil spill cleanup facility constructed on the bay, is taken over by terrorists led by a man claiming to be the long-lost Solid Snake. The government sends Raiden, a new recruit in the new FOXHOUND, to infiltrate the Big Shell and rescue the US President, who is held hostage inside... The underlying theme of this second entry in the series is "memes," or cultural genes.
Virtuous Mission / Operation Snake Eater - 1964
The story shifts back in time to 1964, the height of the Cold War. Naked Snake-the man who would later become the legendary mercenary known as Big Boss-heads into Soviet territory to help the scientist Sokolov defect to the West. But the mission ends in failure due to the betrayal of Snake's mentor and mission advisor The Boss, a female soldier known as "the Mother of Special Forces." The Boss defects to the Soviet Union, taking a miniature nuclear warhead with her as a gift, which her new hosts promptly launch at a Russian research facility. Naked Snake heads once more into the Soviet Union on a mission to kill The Boss... The third MGS game tells the story of men and women who struggle to remain loyal even while their fates are at the mercy of the ever changing political "scene."
Often considered the best game in the franchise, Metal Gear Solid 3 moves away from sneaking through buildings and focuses on the great outdoors. Instead of playing as Solid Snake, like in every other Metal Gear game, the game focuses on a previous villain in the series, Big Boss.
San Hieronymo Takeover - 1970
Six years after the events of Operation Snake Eater, Naked Snake's former team, FOX, has broken their allegiance with the CIA and gone renegade. Snake himself is also targeted by the FOX unit, which sent renegade FOX unit soldiers to attack and capture him. Snake is tortured and interrogated by one of the members of FOX, Lieutenant Cunningham, who's trying to locate the whereabouts of the missing half of the Philosophers' Legacy, with the United States Government having already acquired the other half of the Legacy from the Soviet Union at the conclusion of Operation Snake Eater. Snake is imprisoned in a cell next to Roy Campbell, the sole survivor of an American Green Beret team sent in to investigate the base. Snake learns through Campbell that they're on the San Hieronymo Peninsula, the site of an abandoned Soviet missile silo in Colombia.
The two escape and Snake makes his way to a communications base, where he attempts to contact his old CO, Major Zero. Instead, he is greeted by his old FOX comrades Para-Medic and Sigint, who reveal that Snake and Zero are being accused of instigating the revolt and that the only way for Snake to clear their name is to find and apprehend the leader of the rebellion, Gene. To complicate matters, Gene has also convinced most of the Russian soldiers stationed on the base to join their side by simply taking over the chain of command of a former Red Army unit, that was secretly stationed inside the Colombian territory. In order to complete his mission, Snake must persuade enemy soldiers to join his ranks.
Ocelot's Insurrection - 2014
The world is in chaos, and the "war economy" has plunged the world into never-ending battle. This fuels the need for private military companies, the five largest of which (together rivaling the power of the entire United States Army) are owned by a single mother company, Outer Heaven, with Liquid Ocelot at the helm. Liquid Ocelot, a fusion of the consciousness of Liquid Snake and the body of Revolver Ocelot, is once again set on world domination and Solid Snake, now suffering advanced accelerated aging and under the codename of "Old Snake", is dispatched as a personal favor to Roy Campbell to assassinate him.
Peace Walker Incident - 1974
Stories tell of a legendary solider who once waged war against the world. His name was Naked Snake, a.k.a. Big Boss, and the truth behind this legend will finally be told. The era is the 1970's . Big Boss had stationed his soldiers in Colombia, South America, where he was approached by visitors from Costa Rica, a "nation without a military." In the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis, as Latin America became a key to maintaining the power balance between East and West, Costa Rica had miraculously managed to maintain its peace and neutrality. However, in various regions of the country, a mysterious armed force seemed to be engaging in suspicious activities. Now, to preserve peace in this nation without a military, the soldiers move into action. In time, they would be known as the founders of "Outer Heaven."
Main-Ops
The Main-Ops section is composed of a ton of missions that involve the Peace Walker incident, as well as Big Boss' growth as a leader. You can play as Big Boss or any of your soldiers for most of the missions, but certain missions require that you play as Big Boss. There's some story nonsense above if you feel the need to read about it.
Story Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikjpRuhfH6s
Co-Ops
Peace Walker is the first Metal Gear Solid game to have co-op play, and it is very well done. You can co-op on just about any mission, and there are a lot of new items to use for co-op, such as the Box Tank and the Co-op Gun. Boss fights are incredibly intense with four players, and sneaking with two players is a unique experience.
Co-Ops Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlpH_I4DTLk
Extra Ops
Peace Walker boasts hundreds of extra missions. A lot of these missions are crazy minigames that make no sense, while there are tons of mission that test your aim or your stealth. Some of the missions outright explain things going on the story mode. At any rate, Extra Ops was built for co-op play. You can, of course, solo many of the missions, but there will be a point where you'll be begging for a co-op buddy.
Extra Ops Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbinrD_1_qI
Versus Ops
This is the competitive side to Peace Walker. It's a lot of fun, and I'd be up for a Facepunch game. There's a variety of gamemodes, mostly borrowed from MGO.
NEW GAME - METAL GEAR SOLID: GROUND ZEROES
Set somewhere between the Peace Walker incident and the Outer Heaven Uprising, this title is to be an open-world game featuring at least Big Boss as a playable character. Not much story or gameplay information is known at this time.
MSF Soldier List (Facepunch Players)
Xbox 360 (FP Name - Gamertag)
Agoat - Agoat944
Megafan - NCR Sergeant
MrDestroyer - RocketHeadCrab
myalt22 - CracKforBrumak
certified - Johny 1337
PotatoArmada - Benny922
SpartanXC9 - SpArTaN 09 Alex
Playstation 3 (FP Name - PSN ID)
Take_Opal - WASDF
FetchingToaster - FetchingToaster
Starpluck - Starpluck
NinjaWilko - NinjaWilko
Camwi_003 - Camwi_003
Hakita - Patalaiska
cdr248 - TunaManChild
judgeofdeath - dagonedge
milkandcooki - Milkandcooki
Vallux - Vallux989
PaChIrA - PachiraSanctis
Turnip - Afpca
Avatars!
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-snip, bad reading-
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Tip for anyone making threads: DO NOT USE NOTEPAD TO MAKE YOUR THREAD
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Doesn't look much different to what they used to be? Polys stand out, and the quality would jar easily with current games, in my opinion. But I'm buying it.
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It looks great in motion. The framerate makes it look really good.
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Doesn't look too bad, plus I always wanted to get into the Metal Gear Solid series, but never had a PS3.
I'll probably rent on Xbox.
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I play PS3, by the way. Anyone wants to co-op, just say.
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Does Metal Gear Solid 3 have Disk 2 with Metal Gear 1 and 2 on it along with secret theater?
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Secret Theatre won't be there. MG1 and 2 will be there.
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Wasn't MGS 2 also released for XBOX, I have a copy right here.
It came with 2 campaigns, one with Raiden and the other with Snake.
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Substance?
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Goddamn, this HD collection was not advertised at all before release
Not even IGN has reviewed it yet.
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Excuse me.
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Correct me if I am wrong, is Metal Gear Solid in this? The one for PS1?
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It is not.
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in 2013 people will no longer be judged by ethnicity but by the anime girl used as their avatar
March 2007
7,653 Posts
they got rid of snake vs monkey, mgo, and secret theater
i'm bummed that they did that
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I want to play MGS3 again. That was the best one.
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This is out in the US? Its like February release for us..
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in 2013 people will no longer be judged by ethnicity but by the anime girl used as their avatar
March 2007
7,653 Posts
if you have a ps3 you can import the US copy
as far as i'm aware ps3s aren't region locked
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Awesome, can get it for £33 on Amazon US and shipping is fairly cheap too, thanks.
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I'm a pretty big MGS fan, so I'll definitely be buying this, but to be honest, I'd buy this just for a remastered MGS3 alone.
MGS3 was not only the best in the series, but it was seriously one of the best games I've ever played, and definitely one of the best PS2 titles. Kojima really knows how to get the best out of a console.
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Got this collection a few weeks ago. Let me tell you, getting the Kerotans during the bike chase in Snake Eater was a huge pain in the ass.
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I played MGS3 on PS2 this summer and unlocked Stealth Camo, and I bought the HD collection anyway. Strangely enough, I'm looking forward to MGS 2&3, but not Peace Walker, which is the only one I haven't played yet.
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\o/
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Lacks splitscreen co-op, though. Otherwise, it would have been better.
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So how does it taste?
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When will this be released in europe?
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Add me to the list of players, Agoat!
PS3 - WASDF
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Perfect time to own neither PS3 or Xbox360.
I love this series.
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After playing so much MGS4 and Peace Walker then going back to playing MGS3, pressing the square button to fire a weapon is really awkward now.
I love playing these games especially MGS4 and MGS3 on the hardest possible difficulty. It makes you really think about your approach, path and being as stealthy and undetectable as possible; you can't just gun your way through everything.
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I'm almost tied between both MGS4 and MGS3 but personally I enjoyed MGS4 more just because it gave everything the fans wanted like that kick ass rail-gun fortune had and being able to pilot REX'
I can also say Peace Walker has the best music after hearing it on a proper surround sound system
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Why do I not have a PS3...
And why did they not throw in MGS1 aswell? That would make it perfect.
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Well, MGS2 and 3 have existing engines that need to be ported, which would only require the devs to accomadate the platform transition. Peace Walker was probably more complicated, as it worked on the PSP. The likely reason their excluding MGS1 from the collection is probably because of the fact that the last remake was the Gamecube, which is owned by Nintendo, who, being Nintendo, would probably not give up the rights to Twin Snakes. Konami probably wouldn't bother recreating the first MGS, regardless of whether or not they use the existing engine of Metal Gear Solid 4 or otherwise.
Also, it's cross platform, meaning that you can get it on the 360.
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in 2013 people will no longer be judged by ethnicity but by the anime girl used as their avatar
March 2007
7,653 Posts
you can get mgs 1 on psn store if you really want it
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Dude if this has Co-op, I am so buying it. Agoat we need to play together like old times.
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Fuck, I wish I had known this was coming out before I scoured the Earth in search of a copy of MGS2 and MGS3: Subsistence. Right after I finally found a copy of each, I saw this. Oh well.
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Here's the best line in the series:
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Nope.
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wrong again
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Done!
Fucking yes.
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Would you kindly add me to the list of PS3 MSF recruits, Agoat?
PSN = FetchingToaster
WHEN HEAVENS DIVIDE~
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Peace walker was built on Coop play.
Winner x 9
Late x 2
Dumb x 2
Funny x 16
Agree x 1
Disagree x 1
Friendly x 1
Optimistic x 1
