So The Phantom Pain is out in a month and I'm on a massive MGS binge on my Vita, so I got curious about which ones people liked/disliked.

I didn't put Portable Ops because nobody would vote for it anyway, and no Ground Zeroes because it's like 1/4 of  a game, even though the gameplay itself is spectacular.

Anyway my favorite is a tossup between MGS1 and MGS3. MGS1 has the better characters and plot, I didn't fully appreciate Snake and Otacon as characters until I played this one (last!) It does a great job of humanizing Snake, the codec conversations are actually really good, and probably has the best bosses. If you go back and play it now the gameplay might feel a bit dated, but if you can get past the simplicity and lack of a first person mode it's great.

MGS3 has the best gameplay and I don't think it needs much explanation, most people say it's their favorite for a reason. The ending is my favorite in the series, and the Boss was a really good villain (not). The Cobra Unit aren't as memorable as other villains but they are still alright, and the fights were fun.

My least favorite used to be MGS2, but recently I've been playing it and I've changed my opinion on it. Sure Raiden and Rose can get irritating, but it doesn't bring the experience down that much. The attention to detail is amazing, and you can see how it was so advanced at the time. The gameplay still holds up, and it does a good job of confusing the fuck out of you.

So MGS4 is my least favorite. That doesn't mean I dislike it, but I didn't enjoy it as much. The graphics still look amazing, in fact it's a very very good game. But some of the levels are a bit of a drag, and I wasn't a fan of the gameplay itself or the nanomachines, but it ended well. Plus I wasn't a fan of Snake's moustache...

Metal gear rising > All MGS





















im joking, I'm going to get into this series soon, I'll buy the HD collection and such.

Syphon Filter

I'll get back to you on that

I've only played a small select few. Haven't finished any of them. So I really don't have a right to post in this thread, but whatever.

MGS1 is, so far, my favorite. It just seems really ahead of its time for a PS1 game. When I heard one of the Shadow Moses guards say, "...Huh? ...Who's footprints are these?..." for the first time, I knew I was in for a great game.

Least favorite is Metal Gear on the NES <_<
If you were to make a top ten list of the worst ports of all time, that game would probably be #1.

It still kinda has a place in my heart, though, being my first Metal Gear game and all.

I'm surprised you aren't complaining about it


MGS1 is still great though

triangle boobies, i bet

can you imagine i've never played a metal gear game before

The third one.

that could be either

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, if we're talking release dates
Metal Gear Solid, if we're talking about games that Kojima had involvement in
Or MGS3.

just played the one that's free on xbone. splinter cell is much better tbh

MGS1 is probably my favourite, though more for nostalgia at this point I think.

As for worst it's a toss up between 4 and peace walker, 4 went to shit after act 2 and I just feel like MGS isn't suited for a portable platform - with the console port of PW obviously suffering from being a console port of a handheld game.

I like them all to some extent though.

Sneak King

MGS1 is probably my favourite, though more for nostalgia at this point I think.

As for worst it's a toss up between 4 and peace walker, 4 went to shit after act 2 and I just feel like MGS isn't suited for a portable platform - with the console port of PW obviously suffering from being a console port of a handheld game.

I like them all to some extent though.

Every time I replay it, act 3 is what I look forward to the elast.

I actually love Peace Walker, playing it handheld is surprisingly fun. The HD collection on Vita is great.

Quote from: Jet Wave on August 02, 2015, 02:52:26 PM

MGRR is my favorite for it's awesome boss fights and soundtrack.


MGRR is also the worst one I've played because it's the only one I've played (so far).

STANDING HERE

I REALIZE

It's nice to see more people making MGS threads, Boss. Though I still think it's limited to the two of us.

My favourite MGS is the original, Metal Gear Solid, hands-down. It's easily one of the best games of all time.

My least favourite is MGS4, for obvious reasons that I've ranted on multiple times to no one's interest. MGS3 would be my least favourite were it not for the story, though. The gameplay is just fucking boring, and I couldn't bring myself to replay it when I was doing my binge-playthrough during Christmas.

Anyways, here's the order of my favourite to least favourite MGS games.

MGS
MGS2
MGSPW
MGS3
MGS4

Easy. MGS3 is the best. MGR is the worst. Not even worthy of being called Metal Gear.