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

By the way there is no such thing as metal gear solid 5 its V

I ain't playing them games before solid

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

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.

I love the little back of the CD case part. Perfect

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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

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Excellent video. I have now subscribed.

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!

Am I the only guy who doesn’t give up his older systems?

16:25 too bad that in MGS4 there are footages from Twin Snakes and Portable Ops cutscenes. Uh oh.

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!

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

Thanks, I'll check all the links.

Horrible background music for gods sake. Anyway, good soup video.

I barely started playing and I’m at the part with the big titty sniper girl this game is good 👍

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.

It has ro be said but Twin Snakes is better than mgs1

I can recommend Unmetal for e.g. Nintendo switch, it has the metal gear spirit

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.

Should’ve stay off Xbox consoles

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.

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

Metal Gear Rising sucks I would rather play Metal Gear survive at least that game was fun

This video is the personification of "ackshually 🤓"

All of these games need PROPER remasters for 2023 standards.....if a company likes money this would print a tanker ship worth

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.

But do I need to track down MGSV Mission 51?

I hope Portable ops is in Volume 2. Jesus, it really desires more respect.

I think Death Stranding would work better as a movie. The story mainly.

Snake's Revenge?

"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.

The differences between the MSX and NES versions are highly overstated. 🎉

Wish there was a new MGS coming out. I would unretire and get a new console for MGS6.

Snake Soup... I missed this website...

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.

Great video, very interesting and helpful. Thank you!

The whole "Minecraft" way - Yea the documentation there.... But the tools to do so isn't there fully!

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.?

I'd love to play the MS Sex

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

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.

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!

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

People act like you can’t just buy a ps2 and and the best 3 metal gears for maybe 50$ lol

You forgot po and rising since they are canon too, just not made by kojima

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).