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I've been convinced to give the Metal Gear series a try, but I've never played them before. Where do I start and what are some tips I should know? (hexbear.net)
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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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He hired the director of Versus (goofy ass Japanese action movie set in the suicide forest) to help with the cutscenes in Twin Snakes IIRC.

You can probably skip the NES games, the events in there do get mentioned later, but they're old and show their age.

I would recommend the MSX games over the NES ports (Metal Gear 2 on NES is a different game altogether). Honestly, I'd recommend some of the other games in Kojima's catalogue/periphery (e.g. Snatcher, Policenauts, Zone of the Enders) before going back to MSX games.

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