You can start at MGS3 but you miss the plot twist of learning you’re actually playing as BB. Up until that game we’d only heard of him and his greatness. I remember thinking at the time “did Solid Snake get sent back to the 60s??” How they gonna explain this? Wasn’t until his eye getting shot out did I realize I was playing as big boss , the excitement was insurmountable
@stephenfxАй бұрын
By the way there is no such thing as metal gear solid 5 its V
@ForceWave-1139Ай бұрын
🤓
@bigking2743Ай бұрын
I ain't playing them games before solid
@setmason1510Ай бұрын
i just finished the games for the first time, it seems to me that everyone who likes them was a teenager when they first played them and are blinded by nostalgia. The writing is horrible, the controls are janky, i dont get the appeal. the whole series gets a 2/10
@mrdabrow2 ай бұрын
Instead of the cd-case you can just call Campbell a couple of times, suddenly a new person to call will pop up. Also, playing TTS somewhere between MGS2 and MGS4 should be considered, since the script was "updated", even if it's worse than the original.
@UnculturedPigeon4 ай бұрын
I love the little back of the CD case part. Perfect
@catlinkerswell36964 ай бұрын
Lets see
@2yoyoyo1Unplugged4 ай бұрын
I will always recommend MG1 and 2 before MGS1. Until Master Collection, the only way to play them easily was on PS3, and even then they were a bonus, not advertised as a key part of the collection like the Master Collection
@Messihaz5 ай бұрын
based minecraft enjoyer
@electrotab5 ай бұрын
Excellent video. I have now subscribed.
@stevenmorris22346 ай бұрын
Not including Metal Gear Survive. It’s amazing the main storyline plus the side games. The franchise came a long way from 1987-2015. Which lasted for 28 years. But of course it’s still going strong thanks to remastering the old games for the newest Gen consoles!
@Mintcar9236 ай бұрын
Am I the only guy who doesn’t give up his older systems?
@FirstnameLastname-my7bz6 ай бұрын
16:25 too bad that in MGS4 there are footages from Twin Snakes and Portable Ops cutscenes. Uh oh.
@Chris-dh3vi6 ай бұрын
Hey folks! I'm a real noobie to the Metal Gear franchise, but am enjoying my time starting with the first game Metal Gear (1987). I was hoping to get some help answering a question. In Metal Gear (1987), when the cigarettes are equipped, they will make a *ding ding* noise and blink every few seconds. What is this supposed to indicate? It happens in rooms with or without inferred lasers. Thank you all!
@TheDarkfire92518 ай бұрын
This is the best essay about the game I've seen! You have cut through the chaff and gotten to the core of the games meaning, unlike many others who go on and on about it for hours... Also I haven't realized what the ending mirror breakage actually meant until now, it's weird that nobody else pointed this out
@chrysm68429 ай бұрын
Thanks, I'll check all the links.
@SpierdalajTV9 ай бұрын
Horrible background music for gods sake. Anyway, good soup video.
@Txqenio9 ай бұрын
I barely started playing and I’m at the part with the big titty sniper girl this game is good 👍
@justincholos.balisang68849 ай бұрын
I recognize Portable Ops as canon since it gives a fitting reason/backstory as to how Big Boss met Campbell and how he got the idea of creating a PMC composed of recruited soldiers. It also kinda foreshadows that the Foxhound unit has and will become an antagonistic faction.
@FirstnameLastname-my7bz6 ай бұрын
@@ForceWave-1139wrong, as usual.
@orpheus01089 ай бұрын
It has ro be said but Twin Snakes is better than mgs1
@seb69919 ай бұрын
I can recommend Unmetal for e.g. Nintendo switch, it has the metal gear spirit
@ethan-scott10 ай бұрын
The fact that there are this many asterisks and weird things you have to know makes this pretty overwhelming for someone interested in the series. Good video, weird series.
@taknlewds10 ай бұрын
Should’ve stay off Xbox consoles
@danielschmaderer10 ай бұрын
9:07 this is SO much more important than one realizes for Metal Gear Solid 1. If you’re playing it for the first time and you’re stuck (which you will at one point), take a screenshot of this and come back to it.
@mrpsyco588410 ай бұрын
14:30 If it wasn't clear to you, DO NOT PLAY METAL GEAR SURVIVE its a game so bad its not even worth pirating
@michaelcooke433310 ай бұрын
Metal Gear Rising sucks I would rather play Metal Gear survive at least that game was fun
@audax11710 ай бұрын
This video is the personification of "ackshually 🤓"
@thesnakesoup10 ай бұрын
upvoted, heres some reddit gold for ya
@fnggaming8910 ай бұрын
All of these games need PROPER remasters for 2023 standards.....if a company likes money this would print a tanker ship worth
@ryancentnarowicz10 ай бұрын
I just finished metal gear 2 solid snake yea I recommend using a guide for these games. Don’t know how gamers back in the day figured some puzzles out without a guide. But yet again these games were only released in Japan back then and games in Japan were way harder than American games.
@StrawberrySoaps10 ай бұрын
But do I need to track down MGSV Mission 51?
@gamecube888510 ай бұрын
I hope Portable ops is in Volume 2. Jesus, it really desires more respect.
@rickymayberry999810 ай бұрын
I think Death Stranding would work better as a movie. The story mainly.
@arealhumanbeing465110 ай бұрын
Snake's Revenge?
@thewrathofrevan599910 ай бұрын
"This is the back of the game's CD case. Pretty cool, right?" And they refuse to elaborate, lmao. Got a good laugh outta me there. Thank goodness the back of the box and the digital store pages are cool too now that the Master Collection is out.
@matthewhewitt41453 ай бұрын
Evidently, not because maybe an hour into mgs1, they require you to look at the back of the actual CD case to get the frequency 140.15 to call Meryl. Unless it is automatically in there on master collection. @sameeratownsend6509
@soulblazerz10 ай бұрын
The differences between the MSX and NES versions are highly overstated. 🎉
@randallharter10 ай бұрын
Wish there was a new MGS coming out. I would unretire and get a new console for MGS6.
@arealhumanbeing465110 ай бұрын
Snake Soup... I missed this website...
@jacobsendejo878810 ай бұрын
Really hoping Portable Ops and Rising get included as bonus in Vol 2. in the future. Portable Ops features some very crucial events that plant the seeds for Big Boss' private army motivation plus alot of character development for Ocelot, Roy Cambell, and Gray Fox. The only problem is that you can only play it on PSP, i own it but I'd much rather play on the big screen with dual analog controllers. And Rising is a super underrated and underappreciated MG game, a jolly good time of hack and slash and heavy metal.
@matteostrobelt603410 ай бұрын
Great video, very interesting and helpful. Thank you!
@liquidsnake7610 ай бұрын
The whole "Minecraft" way - Yea the documentation there.... But the tools to do so isn't there fully!
@blackice199410 ай бұрын
You forgot portable Ops a key factor in the Metal Gear solid series.. do not mess this up for newcomers😮 take your time this is the rise of Big Boss Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker is the continuation.?
@SodaPopBot10 ай бұрын
I'd love to play the MS Sex
@Zockanumber110 ай бұрын
When I first got into the series I played MGS3 first, it being a prequel and all and I would heavily advise any newcomer against doing so. With MGS3 being arguably the best in the series and one of the best games ever in general MGS and MGS2 felt like a massive downgrad and I robbed myself of a lot of the fun I could have had
@cookieface809 ай бұрын
It also clearly builds off of the Patriots from MGS2 with the Philosophers. Also the Raiden jokes won't be funny if you haven't played MGS2.
@Zockanumber19 ай бұрын
@@g3nj1 Thats true. Feeling robbed is part of the experience of MGS2. The gameplay and presentation being a downgrade from MGS3 isnt an intended part of the experience though lol
@g3nj19 ай бұрын
@@Zockanumber1 you're right about the experience downgrade, and the references won't land as well in reverse order. I think starting with MGS1 is the best, then 2 and 3, and so on.
@eevee22510 ай бұрын
i personally would have just added metal gear rising since if anything it's a fun "fair-well" to the series once you're done playing all the games.
@angelsackson10 ай бұрын
HOW HAVE I JUST FOUND YOU?! IM 31 AND I WAS ALWAYS ON YOUR WEBSITE BACK WHEN I WAS IN 7th GRADE! Jeez I was like, 11?!? SUBBED, THEN, NOW & FOREVER, BOSS!
@MrAwesumo10 ай бұрын
Didn’t even know about this collection spent 3 days setting up emulation on my steam deck to play em 😭. It was worth it in the end lol
@rosema790910 ай бұрын
People act like you can’t just buy a ps2 and and the best 3 metal gears for maybe 50$ lol
@cobraregala457110 ай бұрын
You forgot po and rising since they are canon too, just not made by kojima
@ForceWave-113910 ай бұрын
Check out the Myth articles under our Further Readings guide.
@NebLleb10 ай бұрын
I deleted my past comment to also provide some help for newcomers: DON'T buy the Master Collection 1 on PC. The Collection is actually a mostly solid attempt, but the PC port is _very_ barebones with clickbait channels even declaring it a SCAM just because they're only familiar with the PC port. Go for the console versions, and you'll be fine (though I personally am content with PC as it's the version I pre-ordered and there's tons of modding potential, if V's fix from the equally dire, if not worse Solid 2 Substance port is any indication).