I've never played a Metal Gear game because I figured that it was some military glazing action movie wannabe with a couple of wacky memeable moments here and there.

Well I was watching a someone play through the original and this shit actually seems right up my alley. It's way, way goofier and less chuddy than I expected. It is very action movie, but it happens to mimic the style of the only type of action movie I like. The type that is so over the top and silly that you wonder if it's taking itself seriously or not. Like Escape from New York in game form.

I can pirate legally acquire literally every game in the series easily, But where should I even start? There's like a million of these games and remakes. Should I start with NES game? Metal Gear Solid PS1 or Twin Snakes? Which ones are skippable? What the hell is a Revengeance?!

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[–] 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

After MGS2, you should read up on the awful discourse surrounding that game at the time, specifically the E3 trailers.

Look up what happens in the non-Solid games at some point before playing Ground Zeroes and MGSV

If you had not already mentioned it in the post, one of these tips would be "watch Escape from New York"

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

    I love that movie. That's the one where Kurt Russel wears an eyepatch and surfs on a giant wave through New York, right? If so I'm guessing Kojima or whoever designed Solid Snake was a big fan because Kurt Russels character was called Snake in that, had a mullet and I'm pretty sure Punished Snake wears an eyepatch like that character at some point.

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