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The top art of videogame making

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 17
Date: March 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ever since i first played Metal Gear i became a super fan of the series, i couldn't believe how a game could have such an adult theme in it's story and yet it could be so much fun to play. I then began to search for every piece of news about the series and played all the games a lest 3 times, i think that every person who says that videogames are child's play and that it will never be consider a form of art should play these games, director Hideo Kojima deserves the same praise that every great movie director gets for acomplishing such a piece of art.This collection is perfect for anyone who doesn't own any of these games, and a must own for any fan of the series because of the beautiful art work by artist Yoji Shinkawa.
Now is just counting the days for MGS4.

Not complete but a great deal!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 18 / 29
Date: March 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I would just like to say that if you haven't played the first Metal Gear Solid, you have no idea what you've missed out on. I think this collection is outstanding because of the re-release of MGS1 alone, but to have the complete MGS2 and 3 accompany it? Oh, that's stellar. If you're missing even one of these titles, get this package.

My only gripe with it is that it's incomplete and devoid of equally as awesome incentives. While I understand it'd be giving too much away to include any bonus discs, having no extra features feels cheap to me. Especially so with the case of MGS1. Most people forget that they released the second part of MGS: Integral in the states as MGS: VR Missions. Including that would have made it a complete set. Also, and this is just wishful thinking, but the MGS3: Subsistence preorder came with Metal Gear Saga Vol. 1. I think it would have been wonderful to include either a copy of that or a Saga Vol. 2 with this and have Vol. 3 accompany MGS4.

Aside from those small points, at $30, you just can't go wrong with the essential collection. MGS1 by itself would be at least that much as it's rare now.

AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: March 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection

AWESOME games! For anyone that has not played the Metal Gear Solid series this is the game to get. You get three AWESOME games Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. If you plan on getting Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots I would buy Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection and play them all before playing MGS4. Also I want to pass on some important info:

"Metal Gear Solid" is in the Original Playstation Black Disc format. If playing on a Playstation 2 system, you WILL need an Original Playstation memory card in order to save your progress.

"Metal Gear Solid" is backwards compatible and has the ability to save on ANY Playstation 3 system.

"Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance" and "Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence" are only backwards compatible on 20GB, 60GB and 80GB Playstation 3 Systems.

Buy this game!

you cant go wrong!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: March 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I know this isnt complete- it does say the essential collection- but for $30 you CAN NOT pass this up I randomly stumbled upon this set today when at GS I was like today is the day I finally get to play some metal gear! Really though it may be incomplete BUT it has the original metal gear solid for Playstation!! I'm sure that this reprint worth the 30 itself! I told my buddy and he went out and bought this just for the first game, this is a steal, go get it! NOTE: I did not realize this until now but the MGS for PS1 still requires a old PS1 memory card, I dont see why they could have tweaked this to work with the ps2 memory cards but if you have a PS3 you can just create a PS1 memory card. Also I heard that konami might actually be considering throwing in the second disc for MGS3 but who knows this collection is really for collectors or people who have not played the series. I am not reviewing the games just the set, I dont know why this got marked as a bad review obviously if you wanted to know more about the games themselves you should look at them individually- just to inform all pessimistic people the original MGS sells for about $15 and up on ebay so yes this is a good deal even if it didnt include the original MSG it would still be worth the $30.

An essential collection at an unbeatable price.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: March 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I recently acquired this collection a few hours ago at Gamestop, and as a long time MGS fan I've played and beaten all the games in the Metal Gear Solid franchise, including "Twin Snakes" on the GC. With that said, after beating the games I sold them. But never bought the later releases such as "MGS2:Substance" and "MGS3:Subsistence", so just finding out that this collection was coming out by Konami has made me ecstatic to play these great games again and I was guaranteed that I'd get my money's worth.

I haven't played MGS3 in 3 years, since the day it was released in '04, and same with MGS1 and 2 which was a long time ago. They're still the great games I've remembered them to be. If you've kept up in the gaming world, you've heard critical acclaim of these 3 stellar games, and if this is your first time playing MGS and want to backtrack from MGS1 to keep up with the story to follow the upcoming MGS4 installment, then this is a no-brainer to BUY THIS!

There are a few things I dislike about this package and didn't know why in the heck Konami couldn't include. Like another reviewer has said, the MGS3: Subsistence is an incomplete package without the second disc and why couldn't they fix the memory card issue on MGS1? Not only can't we save games if we don't have a original PS1 memory card, but you literally can't find these in stores anymore! Unless you go on eBay. But if you own a PS3 or have a PS1 Memory Card already this just proves you're lucky. With that said, this makes this Essential Collection a bit flawed.

Pros:
- All three MGS's in one package at a great price.
- Two of them being the "Director's Cut"
- The original MGS on original 'black disc' PSone discs. A rarity to see since they haven't made these in a while.

Cons:
- MGS1 not save compatible with a PS2 Memory Card.
- The second disc for MGS3:Subsistence is missing.

All in all though, this collection is a must have if you don't own any of the MGS games in your library.

as a collectors item, just about there

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 49 / 50
Date: March 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As far as value goes, this is superb. These games are really worth so much more than other games on the market as far as production value and depth go. They are absolutely timeless. Content-wise, this is certainly five stars.

You may be interested to know about this set however...

The games are not individually shrink wrapped. In fact, the shrink wrap didn't even cover the whole box set and there's an opening on the side which the games "bindings" are. I could almost slip out the games without messing with the shrink wrap at all.

Also, the first game is on a ps1 disc and you need a ps1 memory card or ps3 to save like A. Pintor said. "Metal Gear Solid" is still on 2 discs so the set is 4 discs total.

All the discs are black with white font. So they match as a set but look different than the original released version discs.

Each game has a pretty meaty manual as well that match the front and back of their respective game case.

yup, if you're missing just one game in this series, its worth picking up the set.

Deal of the Century!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of the MGS series since I bought a Playstation 2 seven years ago. I applaud Konami for releasing this box set. This presents newbies the chance to catch up with the story just in time for the PS3 release of Metal Gear Solid 4. For $30 this is a steal. All 3 games are well worth the price of admission. You simply can't go wrong with this deal.

This is the Essential Collection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I mainly wanted to write this review in response to "W. Herrmann's" review.

His problem with the shrink wrap was just his set. He is right in that only the outter box is wrapped, but there were no defects in the wrapping on mine, The entire thing is shrink wrapped just fine with mine.

This collection is AMAZING if you don't own any of the other games. If you have every other MGS game you can skip over this unless you're a hardcore collctor like I am. This is a great introduction to the series. I have no complaints about anything being missing as this isn't The Complete Collection.

One more thing...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 15
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pretty much everything has been said already, but I just wanted to add, for those who are interested, that this collection does NOT include the original NES Metal Gear and MSX Metal Gear 2. It was one of the reasons why I purchased the set, and was very disappointed when I discovered the games had been removed. It's still a great collection, however, and worth the purchase.

Metal Gear Fans Alike!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been a Metal Gear Solid fan/junkie since the series was intruduced to me by a good friend on the PS2. He was playing MGS2 and I was hooked, later to find out I had already played MGS and hadn't known it. But as the Series has grown I have grown as a MGS fan and, this Collecter's set is just the thing for any Metal Gear Head!!! This product is not only amazing because of its low price tag but the disc lay out and original content of the previous games untainted keeps the games feel authentic and very real, a great buy for any MGS fan and definitely a great buy just for a fun play.

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