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[QUOTE=Drury;47191878]I made the mistake of going into phantom pain youtube comments "WTF CARDBOARD BOX AND FULTON UNREALISTIC" That was just so amazing on multiple levels. Since when is MGS realistic and since when are cardboard boxes and fulton recovery system unrealistic? :v:[/QUOTE] Im going to be so emotionally broken by the people who JUST play MGSV I know a guy who refuses to play the others cause they're dumb but this one looks cool and the story doesn't "matter in games anyway"

[QUOTE=Dick Slamfist;47191792]nah, MGS1 is canon raiden's VR training, that's shown multiple times plus it's part of the metatextual mindscrew that you played his VR several times[/QUOTE] If you look at Raiden in MGS4 and MGR it's suddenly not so far fetched anymore that his training was full of impossible bs tacticool cartwheeling.

[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;47191917]You mean in Twin Snakes or the original? I've never noticed and nothing comes up for me on Google.[/QUOTE] Twin Snakes. There was a video of someone showing where it was but I can't find it.

[QUOTE=Dick Slamfist;47191932]Im going to be so emotionally broken by the people who JUST play MGSV I know a guy who refuses to play the others cause they're dumb but this one looks cool and the story doesn't "matter in games anyway"[/QUOTE] This doesn't bother me that much. It is a game after all.

[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;47192034]Wow so the bullshit stunt rip offs from the Matrix actually make sense in that context. They knew exactly what they were doing and everyone else was too stupid to catch on.[/QUOTE] That might be reading a bit too much into it. It's very much a fan theory because most fans reject Twin Snakes because of the anime cutscenes. They somehow manage to find a way to make Metal Gear anime nonsense too dumb? It's all about context. MGS1 isn't nearly as goofy as say 4 or Rising Revengeance, where someone running up a stinger missile fired in the air isn't out of place, but in the cold spy thiller it's just bizarre.

[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;47192069]Yeah. Honestly the comment about there being a VR target in Rex's hangar is something I've never heard before and I was just expanding on that. I haven't found anything on Google so who knows. I might even load up an old save later and have a look for myself.[/QUOTE] I have definitely seen it before, it's a little diamondy shaped object kind of hiding in the corner of a desk. I don't own a copy of Twin Snakes and it somewhat haunts me. My brother bought a copy back when it came out, but sold it almost a week after because he hated the changes. Leap forward to 2015, and getting a copy can cost anywhere from 50-70 for a game that's not actually that good.

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[QUOTE=Drury;47191878]I made the mistake of going into phantom pain youtube comments "WTF CARDBOARD BOX AND FULTON UNREALISTIC" That was just so amazing on multiple levels. Since when is MGS realistic and since when are cardboard boxes and fulton recovery system unrealistic? :v:[/QUOTE] Its like that guy that denounced Ace Attorney 5 because of the magic psychic bullshit, compared to when it was a realistic portrayal of the justice system.

[QUOTE=Dick Slamfist;47191792]nah, MGS1 is canon raiden's VR training, that's shown multiple times plus it's part of the metatextual mindscrew that you played his VR several times[/QUOTE] In MGS2 Snake doubts that the Shadow Moses simulation Raiden went through was close to the real thing. It's implied that The Patriots created a censored version of it with the details distorted. Judging by the VR tech presented in that game I think it would have been Raiden prancing about in featureless corridors and hangars anyway, nothing close to him experiencing MGS1 or Twin Snakes.

[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;47192502]Looks like a misplaced node or something left over from an editor they used and not intentional. Probably just a glitch. I thought we were talking about these: [img]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OT0n7rmdg6o/hqdefault.jpg[/img][img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbBLt7ZlOZkUfN2L-PY-kzOjoVkVivNz6ZOgSvg-0MjuEZMC_rQA[/img] [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] Either way good find.[/QUOTE] It's been known for ages, and is generally considered an easter egg, not some 'leftover' since there's no point for it to be tucked away in an obscure corner of REX's hangar instead of lazily being left around elsewhere or such. Considering MGS2's VR mindfuckery, fans found it and then began theorizing that Twin Snakes is maybe one of Raiden's simulation runs of the Shadow Moses incident. I don't agree with the theory, but even if it is Silicon Knights I doubt it's just an accidental leftover. Maybe it's simply a nod to the fact that VR missions weren't in TTS.

[QUOTE=tempunary;47186277]Dark times have fallen on Diamond Dogs and Miller's mental health. [video=youtube;rrlQhklDjIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlQhklDjIs[/video][/QUOTE] i still have a hard time not thinking travis touchdown when i here his voice like this in mgs he has a different tone

Here's something that will anger a few people, upset a few people, and make some people just pity me. My order of playing: Metal Gear Solid 3 Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes Metal Gear Solid 2 Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Metal Gear Solid Metal Gear Solid 4 Forgive me fathers for I have sinned

[QUOTE=IceyMalone;47192689] Forgive me fathers for I have sinned[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vw84NuE.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=IceyMalone;47192689]Here's something that will anger a few people, upset a few people, and make some people just pity me. My order of playing: Metal Gear Solid 3 Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes Metal Gear Solid 2 Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Metal Gear Solid Metal Gear Solid 4 Forgive me fathers for I have sinned[/QUOTE] Not even angry, just confused how something like that can happen

first one I ever played was 2 I think, and by played I mean my brother saved and then passed me the controller It wasn't until years later that I really went balls deep into MGS, played MGS1 proper and jumped feet first into this series my brother is 100% the reason I'm as obsessed with metal gear as I am, it's something that we've bonded over hardcore for years, which I think given the amount of BROTHERS in this series it makes sense

[QUOTE=Yogkog;47192841]Not even angry, just confused how something like that can happen[/QUOTE] I guess he just liked it more and more and it spiraled into an out of control 'what fucking ever who gives a shit' order of playthrough

I did it in MGS3>MGSPW>MGSGZ and then MGS1>MGS2>MGS4. I tried starting with 1 but I couldn't get into it at all, though after finishing MGS3 I found I was a lot more interested into the series as a whole.

I still reccomend starting at 1 though, I know lots of people suggest 3 to start since it's disconnected and has the gameplay that became standard for the series but I'd worry getting spoiled by the nicer gameplay would make it harder to get into 1 and 2 for modern audiences. Actually, interested for the folks in this thread who hadn't played MGS1 until Legacy Collection, what did you guys think of the gameplay? I'm very much in the camp that while obviously its not as up to date as it could be it's a PSX game that holds up remarkably well in terms of control.

You should always try to start the series with MGS1, even better if you can play it in '98 and continue the series from there.

[QUOTE=PotatoArmada;47193059]You should always try to start the series with MGS1, even better if you can play it in '98 and continue the series from there.[/QUOTE] I think the series also benefits a lot from playing it in release order because of the tone of each story. MGS1 is god tier spy thriller and action espionage, and opens you into the world of MGS MGS2 is brilliant post-modernism that made you question your actions and why you play video games, and is a masterpiece of the medium MGS3 is a refreshing wacky james bond story after all the insanity of 2 and MGS4 is a closing epic that brings all of those stories tightly together in one giant messy finale

I went MGS2>MGS3>Peace Walker>MGS1>MGS4>MGR, and just went on by release order from there. [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Dick Slamfist;47193044]Actually, interested for the folks in this thread who hadn't played MGS1 until Legacy Collection, what did you guys think of the gameplay? I'm very much in the camp that while obviously its not as up to date as it could be it's a PSX game that holds up remarkably well in terms of control.[/QUOTE] I didn't play it on the Legacy Collection (I played MGS1 a year or two before it came out), but I thought the game had aged pretty well. Then again, I grew up with a PS1, so I guess I'm used to 90s video games.

I did MGS4, MGS3, Portable Ops, MGS1, MGS2, Peace Walker, and Ground Zeroes. Moment I played 4, I was hooked, but for at least five years I had no idea of what was happening.

I grew up with PS2 games, but I thought MGS1 held up extremely well. [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] I was GZ, then release order :v:

I did MGS3>1>2>4>PW>GZ do you guys hate me?

I did only 2>GZ>1 :v: Not having a console sort of breaks my wish of playing the other games, I played 1 and 2 on the PC ports.

mine was MGS1-MGS1 (4 year gap) MGS4 (2 year gap) MGS1-MGS2-MGS3-MGS4-MGR-PW It was odd.

just play em all one day that's the goal and join us in mother base

I was lucky enough to play the games as they came out over the past like 15 years. This is of course excluding MG and MG2 because I wasn't even alive when they came out.

So far, i have done MGS1 - Ghost babel - MGS2* - MGR - MGS4 and currently i am going to do MGS3 - Peace Walker - MG1 - MG2 - MGS2* (*but not the ending, damn disc would always crash after the final boss so i am redoing it.)

So far, I only beat MGR but am continuing the story with MGS3 and MGS4.