A compilation of three great games at a can't-be-beat bargain price!!

User Rating: 9 | Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection PS2
What a great compilation! Three of the best action/adventure/espionage games ever made are back in a three-game set just in time to enhance your nostalgia for Kojima's wonderful Metal Gear Solid series before the launch of the much-lauded (and supposed final installment) Metal Gear Solid 4.
The games in the set are all the originals - including the 2-CD PS1 version of Metal Gear Solid, and the PS2 versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence (minus the second disc, the online play, and Snake vs. Monkey).
This series is remarkable for its cutting edge graphics and play control (for the times that they were originally made), decent voice acting, intriguing (albeit sometimes confusing) storyline, enjoyable soundtrack, innovative and interesting boss battles, and epic ending battles.
These games have withstood the test of time, considering they were the foundations for many of the modern-day action/adventure/espionage games, and they are still fun to play.
My only complaint was the lack of inclusion of the Metal Gear Solid remake (seen on the Gamecube) and the necessity of a PS1 memory card to save for the original PS1 game.
In summary, you can't beat this deal: Three great games for an impressively low price.