Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection
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| Product DescriptionMetal Gear Solid Essential Collection PS2 MODEL- 25078 VENDOR- KONAMI
FEATUERS- Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection PS2
Since its inception, the Metal Gear franchise has been one of the
most successful game series on any console receiving worldwide
recognition and praise. The franchise that pioneered the stealth
action genre is back with Metal Gear Solid: The Essential
Collection for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system.
Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection includes the original
Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation and the director's cut of
Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 for the very first time
in one collection.
Metal Gear features:
- Enemies react to sight and sound
- Suspenseful, gripping story with multiple endings for a truly
cinematic experience.
Metal Gear Solid 2 Features:
- 350+ VR missions and 150+ alternative missions
- Unlock playable characters and game modes
Metal Gear Solid 3 Features:
- Outsmart enemies with camouflage, close-quarters combat, stalking,
interrogating, climbing, hunting and treating injuries.
- Traps catch enemies and prey, threats lurk in the shadows, and noise
alert predators.
-- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------------------------
ESRB Rating : M for Mature
Genre/Category: Shooter
System : Playstation 2
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-07-25 
MGS The Essential Collection: a spy game series that rivals James Bond
Game series I started playing since I was a kid. A unique form of game play, fun, and exciting series that rivals James Bond! These games have parts to it that you have to get past with the aid of something outside the game! I have never played a game like that before, I love it! The series has a plot that is pure fiction but has a real-life spin to it. If you like spy games that have terrorists as the bad guys, this is your game! |  | Reviewed on 2008-07-16 
MGS1 is the Playstation One version
As a huge fan of the MGS series I thought this sounded like the perfect set - all 3 games and accompanying features, together in one place....
....And it would have been if Konami had done it right. On with the problems of the set:
-First and foremost, MGS1 IS THE PLAYSTATION ONE VERSION. TOTALLY UNFORGIVABLE. Why Konami opted to use this inferior version over the now out-of-print 128-bit, enhanced Twin Snakes port I will never know. Additionally, this means you'll have to save to a PS1 memory card, which is an inconvenience. Including this version of the game is misleading, considering the great big "Playstation 2" banner atop the packaging.
-The MGS3 port here IS MISSING THE SECOND DISC. You know, that awesome bonus disc that had the retro games? No "essential collection" is complete without the classics that were available on that disc.
-The VR missions aren't here! Why they couldn't include these as a bonus disc with the port of MGS1, since they went with the inferior original PS1 port anyway, i have no idea.
Final verdict? Metal Gear Solid is a great gaming franchise, but this is just a terrible set for what it omits. To the people at Konami - when you put together a PROPER MGS set that has the Twin Snakes port of MGS1, the bonus disc for MGS3, and the VR missions, I'll be first in line to get it. But skip THIS set. Wait for the franchise to get a REAL essential collection. | | Reviewed on 2008-07-14
BEWARE!
I feel completely shortchanged, Konami is successfully getting a good deal of money, you don't get the full MGS3:Subsistence, just disc one. The idea was that I buy a PS4 with MGS4 then get the full blown Solid trilogy with the first two original Metal Gear games to finish it off.
Well now I have to buy another Subsistence since MG and MG2:Solid Snake are on DISC TWO THATS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SET.
Seriously, not one reviewer has mentioned that here! Did you even check your set out before reviewing? | | Reviewed on 2008-07-14
A must
If you consider yourself a hardcore fan, i mean the one that spends his life in forums giving opinions about the colors and textures used in the game series, or how the machine should sound like, or you just a normal person who just liked it for what it is, and damn good story, then this is a must, the price is fair for the content it has and the fun it delivers. | | Reviewed on 2008-07-07
Perfect if you don't already have these...
What can I say? This is a collection of three of the finest video games ever created. If you've never played them, this is a great and inexpensive way to start. I guarantee, by the time you're halfway done with Metal Gear Solid 2, you'll be hooked like nothing you've ever experienced!
My only qualm with this box set is the decision to leave out disc 2 of the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence set. This second disc contains the original Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for the MSX system. You'd think that by "Essential Collection", that would include the two games that started it all!
However, the other games are presented in their original state and they are incredible. Well worth it! | |
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