Metal Gear Solid 4....

I just recently got a PS3 with Assassin's Creed. Beat that one, now I'm looking for a new game.

I've heard really good things about Metal Gear Solid 4, but I haven't played any of the earlier games in the series. Do I need to know the whole backstory in order to enjoy the game??

no not really... u only need alittle bit of the back story... and also if u really listen to the cutscenes they give brief histroy of the story... so u get enough info to go by lol

buy it! its a great game... iv only played MGS2 but i bought this and loved it...

id suggest buying the previous games and playing them first. you only get one chance to experience the new game....and you'll hate yourself for missing the previous ones.

you can "get by" without the previous games, but you'd really be missing out

no not really... u only need alittle bit of the back story... and also if u really listen to the cutscenes they give brief histroy of the story... so u get enough info to go by lol

buy it! its a great game... iv only played MGS2 but i bought this and loved it...

mistergamer2006

If you don't play the previous games, you're not going to get a lot of references and jokes and things like that, which will only leave you coming out of the experience with a response of "Meh.." or 'Hey, cool.." at best.

This doesn't mean you necessarily HAVE to play the previous games, but I suggest you do.

If you're into story and script when it comes to entertainment, then by all means, play the previous games.

Otherwise, the twists and turns end up just being minor, when they could have been "Whoa!" moments.

If you don't want to play previous games, at least learn the story.

But if you really want to appreciate the characters, then I'd suggest playing the games.

I wasn't into MGS until two months ago. I managed to beat the series and then pick up MGS4 a couple weeks ago.

I loved it.

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no not really... u only need alittle bit of the back story... and also if u really listen to the cutscenes they give brief histroy of the story... so u get enough info to go by lol

buy it! its a great game... iv only played MGS2 but i bought this and loved it...

HULKMANIA_001

I agree with you 100%. I played the second one then played mgs4 and stopped in the middle to go back and play the first one. U might wanna play the previous ones first for the story and second like that one guy said you'll regret not playing them. Plus the little things in mgs4 will have little more effect when you hear them if you play the previous ones. they aren't hard at all too. it'll take you like at the most 5-10 hours to beat, maybe even less. Or more..... i dont know took me around there, but then i had a couple of friends to help me out.

I just recently got a PS3 with Assassin's Creed. Beat that one, now I'm looking for a new game.

I've heard really good things about Metal Gear Solid 4, but I haven't played any of the earlier games in the series. Do I need to know the whole backstory in order to enjoy the game??

Sundodger04

You really dont need to play the other MGS games but it does make MGS4 much more enjoyable if you did. Some other games to get for ps3 are, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, DMC4, COD4, GTA4, Uncharted, Rainbow Six Vegas, Unreal Tournament, Ratchet and Clank Future, Oblivion, Folklore.

I just recently got a PS3 with Assassin's Creed. Beat that one, now I'm looking for a new game.

I've heard really good things about Metal Gear Solid 4, but I haven't played any of the earlier games in the series. Do I need to know the whole backstory in order to enjoy the game??

Sundodger04

mgs4 was my first mgs game so I think that out of everyone here I can give u the best opinion..u will understand the basic story (the "u must do this and that to stop this person from doing bad thing" part) but often old series characters come and start talking about thier past with snake and u will not understand what they are talking about..even though I didnt understand the full story (I understood like 70% of it) I really enjoyed this game...in my opinion u should get it, or mybe rent it if u cant make up your mind..I was also scaired to get it but then decided to buy it becuase of the great reviews..I'm glad I bought it (currently on my second playthrough)

You can get most of the story by yourself, but it will be hard (and many times nonsense if you haven't played the older ones). You can either play the other games, wiki the story or download and read the MGS database...

Besides the game being a continuation of the other ones, there are a lot of inside jokes and references to things that happened in the previous games that you may not get. So, playing the other games is probably the best way to go.

Also (SPOILERS, kind of), there is one part in MGS4 were you return to the location of one of the previous games, which is basically aimed to get to players nostalgia. If you haven't played or at least know what this is about, you will probably not get a lot of it.

YOu really don;t need to go back and play and game of the series. Just do a little research on the aspects of the game. The main idea of the game is to use stealth, not be detected and on you force tactically and only when necessary.

:P 8)

i played mgs4 without playing through any previous games

and still found it a very enjoyable experience :)

Go to I think youtube and look up mgs4, think there is a whole video back story of all of the games. I had only played mgs on the ps1 I think and loved every min. of mgs4 and could understand everything for the most part. They did really well to try to keep joe blow up on the story. The long cutscenes are there for a reason :) First time through I watched everyone to the end. Audio calls were another story, but most of those aswell to really get the whole feel of the game. It met and beat any expectation that I couldve thrown at it. Not to many games that can do that.

mgs4=must have for a ps3 owner I beleive

no not really... u only need alittle bit of the back story... and also if u really listen to the cutscenes they give brief histroy of the story... so u get enough info to go by lol

buy it! its a great game... iv only played MGS2 but i bought this and loved it...

mistergamer2006

as you said it's not necessary to know the story from the past, only if you want to understand this awesome story till the very smallest detail!

it's so awesome the story!

I mean, I've been following the story since mgs1 for the ps1, and god! this game reveals some awesome things!

If anyone would like to play the mgs franchise... don't start with mgs4 or you'll spoill all the mistery that exists in the sequel