Metal Gear Master Collection

[A.G.]

We know that Volume 1 will cover the first 5 games:

MGS 1 (including VR Missions)
MGS 2 HD Collection Version (including VR Missions and Snake Tales)
MGS 3 HD Collection Version (including MG 1 and MG 2)

What are your thoughts on Volume 2 and possibly beyond? One think to consider is MGS V. It’s a PS4 game, so it’s playable on a modern system. I wonder if they would include it. Unlike Volume 1, some of the later games are bigger and would likely require multiple disks.

For Volume 2, I think the most logical choices are:

MGS 4 (possibly a remaster)
Peace Walker HD Collection Version
Rising

Both Peace Walker and Rising have a strong following and it would get them off the PS3 for PlayStation users.

I doubt that we would see a Volume 3… but it is possible given what they did with they recent Ninja Turtles collection. Pulling all those other obscure titles together from various dead systems would be great:

MG NES
Snake’s Revenge
Ghost Babel
Twin Snakes
Acid
Acid 2
Portable Ops
MGS Mobile

Not sure how deep they can go into some of the ports, but most of those should be doable unless there is a Nintendo issue. In which case, maybe release the first 4 on that list for the Switch.

[fgdj2000]

Holy Bipedal Tank did I miss a lot!
I guess you're pretty much right about the MC Vol. 2, except I bet they'll include MGSV rather than Rising. A collection with some of the more obscure spin-off titles as well as Twin Snakes and Rising would be awesome! Don't get me wrong, Twin Snakes doesn't supersede MGS1, but it's still a cool derivative work that I'd like to play again.... without dusting off my GameCube which I actually only keep for this game!

[A.G.]

Guess it depends on how they feel about Kojima now in terms of MGS V. Homeboy plastered his name all over every chapter opening and closing! lol

[fgdj2000]

That‘s because he wanted the game to feel Like a tv.series rather than a movie, so every Mission had credits. I actually Liked it. And The Guy deserves a little indulgence in my book.

[A.G.]

Felt like overkill. He just stuck his name everywhere. Especially when you couldn’t even skip those scenes.

MGS4, MPW and MGSV are the most logical candidates from a story perspective though. Wonder if they will include the digital graphic novels for MGS1 and MGS2. Should be an easy grab from the Legacy collection. But that could be a good addition to Volume 3.

They did mention that some things may be removed due to licensing. Some are concerned with losing stock footage from MGS1-3. And MGS4 could be in trouble as it had a lot of product placement.

[A.G.]

We got trailers and new info!

The collection will include the NES games, graphic novels and a soundtrack! Very impressive! And even Switch is getting it!






The inclusion of the NES games gives me a different perspective in their strategy. I think they will try to get everything out but to get good sales for Volumes 2 and 3 they will need to avoid getting the remaining big titles in one go. Break them up so both volumes are attractive to buy. I would group them as such:

Volume 2:
- MGS4
- Twin Snakes
- Rising
- Ghost Babel
- Acid
- Acid 2

Volume 3:
- Portable Ops
- Peace Walker
- Ground Zeroes
- Phantom Pain

I wonder if they will include Survive. Technically it did use the MGSV mechanics.