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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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It's funny to think of people seeing MGS as "chuddy" because the first experience I had with it was MGS2 where you start by raiding a ship secretly transporting US marines and an illegal weapons platform owned by the US government and it talks a lot about the rich manipulating countries for their benefit. I was like "hell yeah, the US aren't even the good guys and you're working against them!" It's definitely silly as well. There was a quote from Kojima talking about being scared easily, something like "I like horror movies but they scare me so when I have heavy scenes I add humor afterwards." Really a unique vibe and style that I fell in love with, unlike any other action series to me. It's the only action series I know of that there is almost always a way to win without killing anyone too.

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