Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

It's always nice to get releases of revamped old titles, especially when they come and release not just one, but three old titles in HD.

For people who don't have a PS3, the Peace Walker is a good added bonus.

These games are not the same quality as other titles graphically. They are in their old form in terms of graphics, only formatted so they can work with HD, so don't get upset when you decide to rent or buy the HD Collection just to find out none of these games are graphically up to date.

Peace Walker is the title I will be focusing on, simply because it's new to the platform of consoles. It's definitely fun, but is a lot different than other Metal Gear games.

Peace Walker, unlike the series, doesn't use cutscenes. It uses animated sketches of Metal Gear artwork. Sounds weird? It is.

The game also throws a new concept into Metal Gear, as one of the focuses is managing a base of soldiers. You can do quite a bit - you can assign soldiers jobs, send them in "battles" which are computer simulated. You can also put together a Metal Gear and send on these battles too.

The gameplay is sub par. A lot of the missions you do in Peace Walker are repetitive. The missions are also very short, and are just a filter before you get to the boss battles, which can be fun. The game itself is also a lot easier than other games from the series.

MGS2 and Snake Eater are good additions, and play exactly as their old counter parts, focusing on the mix of stealth gameplay and action, while relying heavily on cut scenes to tell a story.

It's a solid purchase and rental, and definitely worth the price if you want to buy the collection if you never played one of the games. But, if you only want to get it just to play Peace Walker, you might be better off just sticking to a rental. My rating of a 7 justifies that it's good. It isn't bad, or excellent, but good because it is simply a re-release of Metal Gear classic titles with the bonus of Peace Walker.

Overview
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I'm sure this a good game for those that loved the originals. For anyone else though these are dated games in terms of graphics and controls. Rent if you are a MGS fan and skip for everyone else.

Pros
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1) stealth style game (ala Splinter Cell)
2) HD upgrade do create decent visuals for old games

Cons
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1) controls were dated
2) graphics are dated compared to new games
3) had to quit out of game to switch between games
4) the cut scenes & voice acting are fairly poor