Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-3566131-20150731210443/@comment-173.27.228.235-20150803203500

Whathopercy wrote: Paranoid Donkey wrote: Whathopercy wrote: Unfortunately, I've never owned nor experienced the gloriousness that is the playstation in my life. I'm unfortunately screwed in the department, I guess. Thanks anyway. I know it's off-topic, but if you have an Xbox 360 you can get the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection which has MGS3, Peace Walker and MGS2. If you want to get in to the series, you can just play MGS3 then Peace Walker, then Ground Zeroes, and you're all caught up as far as Big Boss is concerned. To be honest, I've never owned a console in my life. Computer has been the only road to this kind of thing, although I've always been fascinated by this universe due to my preexisting love for Splinter Cell and kind of wanted to get in on it, but I was prohibited by the platform.Thus, Phantom Pain was announced, for the computer, so that's really where my interest was piqued. I own every Metal Gear on every platform, except the alleged game.com one lol, allow me to throw my 2 cents in and see if it helps you. Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 (Integral and Substance respectively) were both released on PC, however you won't find them on Steam, and the controls are seriously awkward on both, I'd recommend connecting a gamepad if possible should you go that route. The physical releases can be hard to come by even via amazon and ebay though. Some people frown on the use of emulators, but if your PC is up to snuff, you should easily be able to handle a playthrough of either Snake Eater or its refined version of Subsistence, this will set the stage for Big Boss and Ocelot and help you not be TOO lost in the Story in 5 however Peace Walker will shed the most light on Phantom Pains story, but if it comes down to it, every single game has had a "Previous Operations" section that explains the events leading up to the game, or the story of previous games so you're not always in the dark, they can be fun reads too... or perhaps listens, now that we are all about the Walkman and cassette tapes. The main difference between Snake Eater and Subsistence is the camera controls; in Subsistence, they're more modern and along what you'd see for newer games (behind view, semi OTS), whereas the original release of Snake Eater gave you a more classic (as far as Metal Gear is concerned) overhead view. Peace Walker you may be able to emulate as well, but I definitely recommend, should you acquire a console/handheld that you still buy these entries, they are worth every penny (depending on if you turn out to be a Metal Gear fan or not) Ground Zeroes will show you the core mechanics of how 5 will play in terms of being in the field or on a mission, if a Steam sale crops up, you can usually bag GZ for $5, to say thats a fair price is an understatement. As for 4, it's a PS3 exclusive as I'm sure you're aware, but... that's also pretty much the end of the road story wise, at least for Solid Snake/Big Boss and the main canon. Revengeance has come to PC too and you can snag that for a song during a steam sale, though it's not *exactly* a traditional Metal Gear game... Good luck, and I hope you enjoy the crazy, sometimes borderline psychotic world of nanomachines, illuminati and nuclear missile launching walking tank mechs Kojima has envisioned!