METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake

slightly annoying in the way everything from that era was, but I love that you can see the little kojima touches that would define his later work already being kind of toyed with here. the biggest surprise to me was how much of a glow-up MG1 -> MG2 was in terms of new mechanics, whereas MG2 -> MGS1 feels like less of a leap despite the technological jump between the two

These games are quite a bit dated but for Metal Gear fans they are a must play. There is a ton of backtracking and some of the bosses are pretty nonsensical at times, but it's a set of games that are worth your time.

Excellent Collection. Came for Metal gear (Nes), stayed for Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake (MSX) and beyond!

Kudos for the two full games' entire screenplays, because frankly... there is dated, but this is ANCIENT territory, pre-historic game architecture and design. These games are unplayable unfortunately. I truly tried, as I wanted to delve into the full lore of the MGS franchise. Good thing I still got to enjoy the story through the screenplays.

Great set of games. I never played them growing up. I feel like they were fairly ahead of their time honestly. Incredible mechanics especially in the second one. The first one feels particularly annoying to play without a guide especially if you're part of the modern gaming audience. I'm not going to spend my time knocking on every wall to find places to bomb. That being said, with a guide these are real fun.

This is my first experience for anything Metal Gear: The story for MGS1 is practically nonexistent and the story for MGS2 is present, but vague. The best thing MGS2 did to improve from MGS1 is adding humor. I chuckled at a few dialogues. This, however, didn't help alleviate the game from being frustrating and boring. My biggest issue with both games is that it is incredibly easy to get lost on what to actually do. I gave up and ended up consulting guides nearing the end of MGS1 and somewhere around the middle of MGS2. Figuring out where to go and remember where to back track to was the least fun part of the game. In MGS1 and MGS2 stealth was fun until I found rooms that would just clear my detected status, so I just stopped caring. Shooting, hitting, and exploding enemies also stopped being fun. I tried to keep the weapons I use to take out common enemies varied but that didn't do much. The gameplay for both MGS1 and MGS2 are almost exactly the same. The only substantial difference in MGS2 is that they introduced proning, allowing you to hide and lose the enemies. For both games you are unable to save unless you are in an elevator. Why? I don't know, it's annoying and it sucks. I want to play the game and stop playing the game whenever I want. Having to backtrack to the elevator every time is just so exhausting. The bosses didn't really have any unique or creative approach to beating them, it felt as if they were designed to beaten by the new you toy just obtained. Though I discourage this, if you are going to buy the two games, my advice is to not take anything in the game seriously. This isn't a jab at the game, the game overall is just not serious. In the most non-derogative way text can convey, this game is a joke.

First Metal Gear was a bit of a drag but still fun and most likely still insane for the time. I was truly blown away with Metal Gear 2 though. It has an incredible story even by today's standards, and was super innovative for a game that came out so long ago.

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