METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version

[b]It's not just a Video game, it's a Hideo game.[/b] A cinematic, cold-war era political spy thriller set in the Metal Gear universe. Despite being the first event on the canon timeline, I would strongly recommend playing MGS1 and MGS2 before this one, because [spoiler] some characters from those games appear here and are written with the expectation that the player is already somewhat familiar with them. [/spoiler] This game allows for a early version of the modern 3rd person camera controls. This makes it much easier to see what's around you. And that becomes very critical as this game has a heavy emphasis on the new "survival" mechanic, where you mostly sneak around in forests, hunt animals for food and treat your wounds. The game also introduces a new Camo system which encourages you to blend in with the environment as much as possible by wearing the right suit at the right places. The game simply has lot of things to find, collect and see. Writing is once again, top-notch, with new memorable cast of characters introduced. Many of whom will go on to become iconic in Metal gear lore. The music and the character moments are phenomenal as ever and this is one of the most emotional stories of the series and many consider this their favorite. PROTIPS: - Use the Codec at every opportunity. Spam conversations until you've played them all. Nearly half of this game's amazing storytelling and brilliant character moments comes from the codecs. - There is no pausing cutscenes or codecs. If you accidentally press a button during them, you may skip them forever until you reload! So be careful. You really want to be playing the game for the cutscenes and the codecs. - Game can only save your data on area change or some major cutscene events. So only bother manually saving after you change areas. - Use first-person view often to look around and when shooting to have an easier time. For best experience, play this AFTER MGS1/MGS2 and before MGS4. While a modern remake exists which is extremely faithful to this game (almost too faithful), this still remains the Director's cut edition that Kojima envisioned, with his choice of color grading and camera angles unique to this game. And if you plan to play MGS4, you may be better off going into it from this game than delta which may be feel like a visual downgrade. Regardless of what version you end up playing, the experience will be like no other.

This was the game that got me into the series back when I was 18, over the past two decades I've played this game time and time again. This is the Subsistence Version, but it lacks the bonus disc that has the secret Theater stuff. That said, it's damn good, it's a classic, and there's a reason why it was remade.

Brings back the best memories!!

K reative O bsurdly realistic J enious I ntelligent M aster cinematographer A bsolute kojima

good but a little too hard just buy the remake atp

game kept me waiting huh

This is EASILY one of my new favorite games oat, and Big Boss is one of my new favorite characters, The gameplay has evolved so far from MGS1 its actually insane and very enjoyable The story in this game was so good and i really liked the characters involved the ending was phenomenal and i cant wait to play MGS4 My favorite metal gear game so far You're a wonderful man.