Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-209.220.66.20-20140131165820/@comment-1504072-20140131174410

I'm afraid it's unlikely that Kojima will ever release it in HD, given that it would already have happened by now with the previous HD Collection and Legacy Collection. Its worth a playthrough as there is an interesting story there, although its the worst in the Metal Gear Solid series in terms of gameplay and controls. While canonical, you can skip this and you will not miss anything important, besides foreshadowing of revelations in MGS4.