is The Essential Collection good to buy??

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#1 Gamerboi27
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ive played probably 10 mins of MGS substance or w.e its called LOL

but i wanna know whats going on in MGS4 so ive decided to play through the 3 games...

thing is, if i rent them all it'll probably cost me like 15 bucks....so should i just rent it or is it relaly worth owning?

i dont even know if ill like the series..i cant even remeber why i stopped playing after 10 mins (a while back)

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#2 Gamerboi27
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ive played probably 10 mins of MGS substance or w.e its called LOL

but i wanna know whats going on in MGS4 so ive decided to play through the 3 games...

thing is, if i rent them all it'll probably cost me like 15 bucks....so should i just rent it or is it relaly worth owning?

i dont even know if ill like the series..i cant even remeber why i stopped playing after 10 mins (a while back)

another thing....is there anything thats improved in this collection? like...graphics or framerate or w/e

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#3 HULKMANIA_001
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Yes! it is a really good bargain. getting three MGS for the price of 1!
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#4 HULKMANIA_001
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Yes! it is a really good bargain. getting three MGS for the price of 1!

Edit: there is no improved graphics or framrate. but MGS2 and MGs3 both come in their latter versions, meaning substance and subsistence, which come with a lot of extra features and missions for MGS2 and a new fuly functional 3d moving camera for MGS3.


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#5 LuckyLy
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ive played probably 10 mins of MGS substance or w.e its called LOL

but i wanna know whats going on in MGS4 so ive decided to play through the 3 games...

thing is, if i rent them all it'll probably cost me like 15 bucks....so should i just rent it or is it relaly worth owning?

i dont even know if ill like the series..i cant even remeber why i stopped playing after 10 mins (a while back)

Gamerboi27

The only Metal Gear Solid game I played and finished was Metal Gear Solid 2: Son's of Liberty and I bought the Essential Collection even though I'm not a fan of MGS I will be getting MGS IV. I just want to know who or what the Patriots are. I'm pretty sure I won't even play the Essential Collection, but I'm a collector so it was worth it for me.

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#6 Gamerboi27
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Yes! it is a really good bargain. getting three MGS for the price of 1!HULKMANIA_001

i know its a good deal...but like i COULD just rent it and save more..plus is not like those games have online play which will give it more replay value...cuz im not the kind of person that likes to unlock EVERYTHING u know?

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#7 Gamerboi27
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[QUOTE="Gamerboi27"]

ive played probably 10 mins of MGS substance or w.e its called LOL

but i wanna know whats going on in MGS4 so ive decided to play through the 3 games...

thing is, if i rent them all it'll probably cost me like 15 bucks....so should i just rent it or is it relaly worth owning?

i dont even know if ill like the series..i cant even remeber why i stopped playing after 10 mins (a while back)

LuckyLy

The only Metal Gear Solid game I played and finished was Metal Gear Solid 2: Son's of Liberty and I bought the Essential Collection even though I'm not a fan of MGS I will be getting MGS IV. I just want to know who or what the Patriots are. I'm pretty sure I won't even play the Essential Collection, but I'm a collector so it was worth it for me.

so ur just gonna...keep it unopened?

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#8 MrBrown11
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buy it, its not alot of money anyway.

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#9 LuckyLy
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[QUOTE="LuckyLy"][QUOTE="Gamerboi27"]

ive played probably 10 mins of MGS substance or w.e its called LOL

but i wanna know whats going on in MGS4 so ive decided to play through the 3 games...

thing is, if i rent them all it'll probably cost me like 15 bucks....so should i just rent it or is it relaly worth owning?

i dont even know if ill like the series..i cant even remeber why i stopped playing after 10 mins (a while back)

Gamerboi27

The only Metal Gear Solid game I played and finished was Metal Gear Solid 2: Son's of Liberty and I bought the Essential Collection even though I'm not a fan of MGS I will be getting MGS IV. I just want to know who or what the Patriots are. I'm pretty sure I won't even play the Essential Collection, but I'm a collector so it was worth it for me.

so ur just gonna...keep it unopened?

I'ts unsealed now cause my friend wanted to play Metal Gear Solid 1. He only played it for about 10 minutes though.

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#10 Gamerboi27
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i heard that u need a ps1 memory to save the first game or something...is this true?? or only on ps2
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#11 GUNpoint_
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considering MGS1 is nearly impossible to get in stores, yeah, it's a hell of a deal. plus, Subsistence revamps the games camera, which makes a HUGE difference imo. plus Substance has skateboarding.
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#12 Gamerboi27
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i also heard that theres no bonus disk for substance or w.e that allows u to play through all of them...

are they gonna fix this? or no

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#13 LuckyLy
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i also heard that theres no bonus disk for substance or w.e that allows u to play through all of them...

are they gonna fix this? or no

Gamerboi27

Subsistence only comes in one disc instead of two in the original Subsistence and no they're not going to fix this.

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Yes! it is a really good bargain. getting three MGS for the price of 1!

Edit: there is no improved graphics or framrate. but MGS2 and MGs3 both come in their latter versions, meaning substance and subsistence, which come with a lot of extra features and missions for MGS2 and a new fuly functional 3d moving camera for MGS3.


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i heard that u need a ps1 memory to save the first game or something...is this true?? or only on ps2Gamerboi27

Only on PS2. You need a virtual memory card on your PS3 HDD to save.

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Let me put it this way, you will never spend 30 bucks in a better way.
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#17 Gamerboi27
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i read something about the first one not being the twin snake version with the better graphics....bleh that sucks eh

o well..probably picking it up tomorrow

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#18 Tlahui
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Better deal than the orange box, thats all I have to say.

But you have to be patient until you get the hang of things for you to start to enjoy the games

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#19 Gamerboi27
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in wat order should i play the games??

like for the story to be from beginning to end

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#20 LuckyLy
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in wat order should i play the games??

like for the story to be from beginning to end

Gamerboi27

I think 3,1,2.

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#21 GUNpoint_
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Better deal than the orange box, thats all I have to say.

But you have to be patient until you get the hang of things for you to start to enjoy the games

Tlahui


what the..? you are not a fan of HL2?
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#22 GUNpoint_
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[QUOTE="Gamerboi27"]

in wat order should i play the games??

like for the story to be from beginning to end

LuckyLy

I think 3,1,2.



nah, it's 1,2,3. subsistence contains plot which gives some background on the patriots; its more shocking when you've played and beaten MGS2. for in order to play 3,1,2 in that order, you'd need to play Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake as well, cause there'd be a big gap in the plot.
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#23 LuckyLy
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[QUOTE="LuckyLy"][QUOTE="Gamerboi27"]

in wat order should i play the games??

like for the story to be from beginning to end

GUNpoint_

I think 3,1,2.



nah, it's 1,2,3. subsistence contains plot which gives some background on the patriots; its more shocking when you've played and beaten MGS2. for in order to play 3,1,2 in that order, you'd need to play Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake as well, cause there'd be a big gap in the plot.

Don't Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater take place before Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty?

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#24 GUNpoint_
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[QUOTE="GUNpoint_"][QUOTE="LuckyLy"][QUOTE="Gamerboi27"]

in wat order should i play the games??

like for the story to be from beginning to end

LuckyLy

I think 3,1,2.



nah, it's 1,2,3. subsistence contains plot which gives some background on the patriots; its more shocking when you've played and beaten MGS2. for in order to play 3,1,2 in that order, you'd need to play Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake as well, cause there'd be a big gap in the plot.

Don't Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater take place before Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty?



yeah, but then comes Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2, which was when snake fought Big Boss
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#25 LuckyLy
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[QUOTE="LuckyLy"][QUOTE="GUNpoint_"][QUOTE="LuckyLy"][QUOTE="Gamerboi27"]

in wat order should i play the games??

like for the story to be from beginning to end

GUNpoint_

I think 3,1,2.



nah, it's 1,2,3. subsistence contains plot which gives some background on the patriots; its more shocking when you've played and beaten MGS2. for in order to play 3,1,2 in that order, you'd need to play Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake as well, cause there'd be a big gap in the plot.

Don't Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater take place before Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty?



yeah, but then comes Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2, which was when snake fought Big Boss

So...it's 3,1,2? Gah I'm so confuse.

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#26 Gamerboi27
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umm...so is it 312 or 123 ????
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#27 americahellyeah
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i already own MGS1,2, and 3 :D
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#28 FreedomBYgaming
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can i play MGS4 if i havent played the other ones?

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Nice sig man. First time I clicked on it lol..

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#30 Gamerboi27
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im still confused about the order....
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#31 CosmoKing7717
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im still confused about the order....Gamerboi27
it's 1,2,3...that's the order it's meant to be played in...