Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 Preview – First Impressions

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The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 clearly wants to be the definitive collection that every Metal Gear fan is going to want and, well, so far so good based on what I’ve played. What Konami has packed in here for 60 bucks – so many amazing Metal Gear games, and some spectacular fan service extras – has left a heck of a first impression after my two hours spent playing it.

After getting to play it, I could not believe how much care went into this collection. Like Konami’s TMNT Cowabunga Collection, I don’t think any fan is going to be disappointed. The NES games are there and all of the different versions are included, with Metal Gear Solid clearly having gotten a ton of love and attention for the first time since the Twin Snakes remake back in the GameCube days. Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 are the amazing Bluepoint HD Remakes, but even those received subtle touch-ups according to Konami’s Director of Brand Marketing Ben Kinney, “We put the white gloves on and just whatever needed to be touched up or trimmed just to modernize them. We did that and then the rest we just left as it was, because that was the intent.”

VR Mission and Special Missions are also included, and I was ecstatic to see that a gem I don’t have in my current collection, Metal Gear Solid Integral, was also here. Integral is unique because it added cool little details like difficulty settings and a tuxedo outfit for Snake if you beat the full game a few times. The VR-Disk that was included with this version can also be started from the Integral sub-menu.

For the main game they even thought about the players that will be discovering the hidden codex code for the first time as a 3D case can be selected by going to the “online manual” section for the