Category: Metal Gear
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Ranking the Metal Gear Games
Here we are. At mission’s end. Every mainline Metal Gear game, played and reviewed. Now only one task remains. To be clear: I don’t think any of these are bad games. I’m of the opinion that Kojima never put out a truly bad Metal Gear game. Each one has their own strengths and shortcomings, and…
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is Barely a Game
Metal Gear Solid 1-3 are among the greatest games of all time. Imaginative, unforgettable, and wildly fun to play (most of the time), it’s a rock solid trilogy. One with a highly devout fan base. Perhaps even too devout. Because they really wanted an MGS4. Problem is: Kojima and his team didn’t want to make…
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is Completely Insane
You thought Metal Gear was insane before? That is just adorable! Oh, you sweet summer child, the insanity hasn’t even begun! ‘Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty’ is by far the most divisive game in the series. If you ask a fan how they feel about it, they’ll either say it’s a timeless masterpiece…
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Metal Gear Solid: A Game That Changed Everything
MGS3 Remake and MGS 1-3 ports, baby!! Let’s fucking GOOOOOOO!!!! For clarification: I’m playing the original PS1 version, not Twin Snakes. Sorry, but I’m not in the mood for ‘Metal Gear Solid But Dumber’. Is dumber Metal Gear fun? Oh, hell yeah! But you gotta respect the original. While the first two Metal Gear games…
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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
Just one more game, then we can talk about the Metal Gear games people actually know again. Just gotta survive another trip into the jungle. When a scientist capable of ending a global energy crisis is kidnapped, and his findings used to hold the world at ransom, Solid Snake is sent in to rescue him.…
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