MGS ...in what order?

Ujin

Dilemma:

I convinced a co-worker to play MGS4. He loved it. Now he wants to play the rest.
In which order he should play?

In time correct game order?
MGS3, MGS1, MGS2.

or in

In time correct release order?
MGS1, MGS2, MGS3.

hoodie13

time correct release. they get better in that order, and he should cover up the possible disappointment of 2 with the sandwich of 1 and 3.

RUNN1NGMAN

Yeah, do them in the released order. MGS3 is a prequel, but like most prequels, the big reveals mean a lot more if you've played 1 and 2 first. You'll totally miss a lot of stuff in MGS3 if you play it first.

brandotheninjamaster

3rd vote for release order

Willeth

I want to play them in release order but I just played the first act of MGS4 and I love it more than my half-finished save of MGS1. Also I feel like I kinda know the story anyway. Any advice?

brandotheninjamaster

Have you tried the Gamecube release of MGS1 (Twin Snakes)? They reworked all the cut scenes to put in more action. The controls are a little...annoying, but once you get used to them they are ok.

Luck3ySe7en

yeah definitely in release order. MGS1 will set up the best baseline for the story (ie. solid v. liquid). MGS2 will be better second since it introduces the patriots who are explained in more detail in snake eater. To be honest, you could probably skip through most of the codec messages since they dont have any real bearing on the overall story. 20 minutes of dialogue at the end of 2 is stupid.

RUNN1NGMAN

Also, there is an entire act of MGS4 that you will not appreciate at all unless you've played MGS1 first.

ANTVGM64

does MGS4 sufficently tie everything up? I've played and beat every MGS except for this stupid PS3 exlusive one and all the misc PSP ones.

I want to play it if it gives me answers, but if it's all foreplay and no money shot I can wait.

Glaeal

ANTVGM64 wrote: »

does MGS4 sufficently tie everything up? I've played and beat every MGS except for this stupid PS3 exlusive one and all the misc PSP ones.

I want to play it if it gives me answers, but if it's all foreplay and no money shot I can wait.

It goes well beyond the point of becoming unbearable just to explain every loose end.

Hahnsoo1

ANTVGM64 wrote: »

does MGS4 sufficently tie everything up? I've played and beat every MGS except for this stupid PS3 exlusive one and all the misc PSP ones.

I'd just like to say that Metal Gear Portable Ops is probably one of the best Metal Gear games EVER. I'd rank it equally with Metal Gear Solid 3 (which was my previous favorite Metal Gear Solid game before I played MGS : PO).

EDIT: And chronologically, it comes just before the first Metal Gear (NOT Solid) game and after MGS3.

Ujin

Thank you! It is unanimous!
In release order it is!

p.s. Metal Gear Portable Ops is an excellent game. I can not thank my friend enough for getting it as a present. Small peeve -- stages a very small though.

edit: There was an EXCELLENT game for Game boy color. It was an amazingly good game -- lost it when I left my GBC on the plane T_T
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EaCsQ-UP-o

but, I wonder how it fits to the story...

Clint Eastwood

If that Game Boy one is MGS: Ghost Babel, then I believe the main gist of it is that

it's one of the training simulations that Raiden goes through before MGS2

I could be wrong though.

Einhander

It's technically non-canon (it takes place in an alternate timeline in between Metal Gear II and Metal Gear Solid), but the main character is referred to as "Jack" at the end of Ghost Babel, and in MGS2 they talk about how Raiden (Jack) trained extensively in VR, and went through several missions that emulated the Shadow Moses incident (and the story from Ghost Babel has a lot of similarities to MGS).