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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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Best collection set overall

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I own, resident evil's collection, GTA's, hitmant's, need for speed's, and by far thsi is the best collection..... for $30!!! for collectionist or not..this is a must have.....

Great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection is great. I'm giving it five stars because a) it's Metal Gear Solid, and b) it's exactly what it says it is. The three Metal Gear Solid games in one. Nowhere does it say, "bonus content." I admit, it would be nice to have a PS2 copy of MGS1, but one was never made. All in all, buy this game if you have one or none of the MGS series--it's a fantastic value for some of the best examples of videogames in the medium's short history. If you've got two or all of the games in the series, don't waste your time. I only got this because my 360 red-ringed, so I decided to get a PS2. I'd beaten all the MGS games previously, but I wanted to do it again! But I digress. MGS: The Essential Collection is a fantastic deal, and I recommend it to anyone who has never played the series before or doesn't own all the games in it.

a must have!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

MGS, MGS2 substance and MGS subsistance for only 30 bucks!!
you can't miss this opportunity!

A Must Have In Prep For MGS4

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This collection is exactly what any Metal Gear fan is looking for and it is even better for the soon to be fan! If you have not played any of the Metal Gear Solid games or only one or two of them, get this collection! The original game in all it's glory will provide an experience in itself as surely even if you owned this game before it is most likely scratched or in poor condition. The Limited Edition copies of both of the second and third games will give you access to all the alternative missions including VR missions. The new box art gives a reason to add this to any collection, and all of this for less than the price that you would spend on buying one of these at used game store! Get this collection!

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