Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally being freed of its PlayStation 3 prison
It's been a big day for stealth fans. Konami spilled the beans on the full contents of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection and, surprise surprise, it's going to include the non-canon game that series creator Hideo Kojima hates. At the same time, however, Konami accidentally spilled some extra beans in an update to the game's official website: And PC players are finally going back to Shadow Moses.
First spotted by Twitter user Nitroid (thanks IGN), the official website features a Metal Gear Solid timeline page (necessary because the games jump around chronologically) with the games in Master Collection Volume 1 but, oopsie, inspect the page's elements and you'll see placeholder buttons for Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, Metal Gear Solid V, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. PC Gamer can confirm the accuracy of this.
Sure sounds like the Master Collection Vol. 2 lineup to me, and expect a few bonus titles (possibly the PSP's Portable Ops and Acid spinoffs, though Kojima Productions also made a range of mobile games and there's an excellent Game Boy Color title) on top of that. The big, huge, absolute megaton news, though, is that Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally going to be freed from its shackles: the first time the modern classic will be officially playable outside the PS3.
That's a sign of the times in which it was made, with Sony ponying up huge amounts of dough for what it told everyone would be the best-looking and best exclusive on the planet. MGS4 really does look the part, with visual effects like Octocamo still capable of taking your breath away, and is stuffed with fantastic sequences. For me it doesn't quite stick the landing, with a rushed-feeling second half, too much cutscene
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